Tears flow endlessly in a pool of regrets.

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"Everyone I had, taken away from me—
that was too much for me.

Ah, how selfish.

They were the ones who died and I only thought about myself.
So from that day on,
I vowed to help others,
no matter how much they are avoided by others."

She paused for a brief moment, with tear-stained eyes,
she looked up to him,
her expression change from depressed to hopeful,
and a genuine smile graced her lips.

"Two years ago, after the funeral of my parents and grandparents,
I wandered away from home.

Trying to escape the dreadful truth I had to face.

I was thinking about something else and didn't notice the truck headed my way,
luckily a boy— my guardian angel
came.

Pushing me out of the way with such urgency.

My emotions stirred,
he was the first to care about me after I lost my loved ones.

But he immediately left the scene,
and I didn't get the chance to thank him.

And so I swore that I would repay him.

You were that boy, Kurosawa Ryuu.

Arigato."

The last word was said in a hushed whisper.