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Tohru! We're here to escort you home.

Escort me home?

Toh--

My legs started running from Kyo-kun without my mind's input.

How odd. This isn't right. It's not what I planned...

When I saw him again, I was--

--supposed to smile.

To-Tohru?

I had a plan.

--He got dumped, huh? --He got dumped.

You're crushing me here.

No, this is no good at all.

After I understood that everything's over,

that there's no role for me anymore...

"Soma General Hospital" that there's no role for me anymore...

that there's no role for me anymore...

After that...

If you need anything else, just say the word, okay?

I will, thank you!

Are you okay?

Of course! I'm fit as a fiddle!

Listen, about Kyo...

He's...

--I'm sorry! --Stop--careful of your head!

I-Is everything all right at home?

Has a lot of laundry piled up?

What about cleaning?

--Have you run out of spare toilet paper rolls? Or...

--My chest hurts. --Have you run out of spare toilet paper rolls? Or...

I'm disappointed in you.

It hurts. It hurts.

Just hearing his name is like a knife to my chest.

I'm no good like this.

I have to get over it, not just dwell on it forever.

Or I'll cause everyone trouble.

Even Kyo.

That's... not acceptable.

Smile... Smile...

Smile!

I decided I'd smile the next time I saw him.

I even did some training... but... it was a wasted effort.

I'm just no good.

I wasn't lying when I told myself it was okay...

I decided it'd be okay if I weren't by his side,

and I steeled myself, but...

I want to be at his side. Not being able to makes me sad.

I'm sad!

P-Please, wait... a little while...

I can't control them well enough.

I'll be ready in a sec!

Stop! Stop, tears, stop!

I don't want to upset him. I don't want him to hate me.

I don't want him...

...to be more disappointed in me.

I was completely selfish, wasn't I?

I just confessed my own sins, said everything I wanted to say...

...and ignored your feelings.

And then I ran even though I knew that sometimes in this world,

you never get the chance to see someone again to apologize.

I thought I knew...

...but if I'm just gonna repeat history...

...it's no better than not knowing.

I'm sorry I made you cry.

I'm sorry I hurt you so much.

This is the last time.

I'm fine with that. I don't need another one after this.

Will you give me one last chance?

I want to be with you.

If I'm going to keep living, I want to do it with you.

You're the only one I want.

Because I love you.

D-Does that mean...

You'll let me stay by your side?

I-I can hold your hand, and be with you?

You're already holding it.

Even if it's been said dozens, hundreds, thousands of times...

Even if the words are a worn-out cliché...

This really is...

...like a dream.

Kyo-kun.

Just so you know, that was our second kiss.

Huh?! Wha... Wh-When did...?!

Figures she doesn't remember.

Remember it on your own, okay?

Or else I'll be lonely, you know?

Okay!

Can I... hug you?

I know I'll stop being human, but...

And being together means sometimes you'll suffer because of my weird body--

Kyo-kun.

Don't you know?

I...

...love you, Kyo-kun.

I love you.

This love is totally invincible.

Oh.

In that case... maybe I'm invincible, too?

Nothing to be afraid of now, huh?

Not if you're here.

Goodbye.

I was jealous of you, is what it boils down to.

Because you're so pure and pretty compared to me.

I'm not, though.

Please don't sort people into categories based on things like that,

and use them to keep your distance.

If you think I'm pure, then so are you, Akito-san.

When you sobbed that you were lonely and scared,

you were so innocent and pure, it was heartbreaking.

I'm someone who is trying to destroy the world you want.

Whether it's "right" or "wrong" doesn't matter--

It doesn't change the fact that I'm hurting you a lot.

But...

But I'd still like to keep being your friend, Akito-san.

I'd like you to be my friend.

You're so persistent.

There'll be...

There'll be time enough later to believe in "new meetings" and "beginnings," right?

Once upon a time, a certain person lived on a mountain.

They had been alone for a very, very long time.

They knew that many people lived at the foot of the mountain.

But they were alone.

They knew that their vast power, long life, and vast memory

made them different from other people.

They were afraid of people.

They were afraid of being hurt.

They were afraid of themselves,

for having such great power yet being so different from the crowd.

And then one day, a cat came to visit.

They were bewildered at their sudden visitor,

but the cat bowed its head respectfully and said,

"I have been observing you for some time.

You are a deeply mysterious personage. I cannot help feeling drawn to you.

I am a mere stray cat, but I pray you will let me be by your side.

Please, o God."

The cat was faithful to its words, and never left the person's side.

Not even for a moment.

This made God very happy, and so God had an idea:

"Perhaps those who are also 'different from humans'

would be willing to be my friends.

Perhaps I could hold an enjoyable banquet

with those who understand my feelings."

God wrote many, many invitations.

God sent them all.

And in response, 12 creatures came to see God.

After that, God and the 13 animals

held a banquet every moonlit night.

They sang and danced. God laughed aloud for the first time.

The moon quietly watched over the banquets shared by those who are different.

But one night, the cat collapsed.

Its life span was running out. There was nothing to be done.

They all cried.

They all knew:

Everyone would eventually die, and the banquets would end.

No matter how fun they were, or how dazzlingly precious they felt,

one day, they'd...

God chanted a spell and traced a circle around a saké cup.

They fed the dying cat a sip as they said to the others,

"Here and now, I shall make the bonds between us eternal.

Even after we die, we shall remain connected through eternal bonds.

No matter how many times we die and are reborn,

we'll hold banquets just like this."

"We shall stay unchanging for eternity, friends forever."

Everyone nodded firmly, and then the rat sipped first from the oath cup,

followed by the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, and the rest in order.

As the final animal, the boar, finished drinking...

...the cat feebly wept.

"God, o God, why did you make me drink that?

I don't need or want eternity."

Those words were shocking.

God and the other animals interpreted them as a rejection.

They all grew sad. They all rebuked and admonished the cat.

Still, the cat said,

"God, o God, let us accept that things end, even when that scares us.

Let us accept mortality, even when it makes us lonely."

"God, I was fortunate to be with you for even a moment."

"If we are able to meet again after our deaths and rebirths,

then I want to meet a you who smiles not only in the moonlight,

but in the light of the sun, too.

Next time, I want to meet a you who smiles not only with us,

but among humans, too."

With a final flick of its tail, the cat fell down and died.

But no one paid the cat any mind now.

They were too preoccupied with the feeling that it had betrayed them.

After a while, the other animals began to die one by one.

When the dragon died, God was all alone once more.

And then, at long last, God's death came as well.

But God was not afraid,

because the promise they had made gave God strength.

"I'll hold another banquet."

"I'll hold banquet after banquet, forever unchanging..."

"I may be lonely right now,

but everyone is waiting for me on the other side of that promise."

That was in the long-distant past...

The original memory, forgotten by everyone.

The original promise.

It's all right now...

...isn't it, Father?

It's okay for me to stop being special or a god,

and become just me, isn't it?

For me to start "my" life?

I... I'm...

...hurt, and scared...

...and I don't really have any good points, but...

Goodbye.

Mine.

Mine...

Here I am! What's up?

You want more tea? What kind do you want?

Wait a little longer for lunch though, okay?

Manager?

Mine...

I was born to love you.

I can finally say that.

Goodbye, everyone.

Wh-What's wrong?!

Ritsu, are you all right? Are you hurt?!

Goodbyes make us lonely.

Very lonely.

They say "partings begin new meetings,"

and "beginnings happen because of endings."

Clichés like that...

It's lonelier than you'd think, huh?

I don't want to hear them right now.

Please, cry with me.

If there's nothing we can do about this,

then for now, I just want you to cry with me.

A full-body wail.

Venting all our feelings.

We lost what we had, and there are no guarantees...

Cry for the terror of living in this world again.

Huh. So this is what it feels like.

Clinging to a tiny speck of hope...

I want you to at least...

...cry, and cry, and cry with me.

Like we cried when we were first born into this world.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

When did they become a "curse"?

When did they become a "burden"?

Those were happy days.

We didn't want to part.

Surely there was love there, and yet...

Time passed, people changed, and they became simply a source of suffering.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

But...

...even after the promise wore thin and lost its original shape,

you all carried it with you.

So what I want to tell you most...

...is thank you.

Thank you.

"Soma"

That was in the long-distant past... "Soma"

That was in the long-distant past...

The original memory, forgotten by everyone.

It would be a long, long time before the cat's words finally came true.

"You Fought Well"

You fought well. "You Fought Well"

"You Fought Well"