Note: Read Yo-Kan't Leave Me and up to Fleeting Existences Chapter 9.3 to understand this story. This is from Arachnus's POV.

Dying.

We could only lay there as the life ebbed out of our bodies.

He grabbed my hand. "I...."

I never heard what he was going to say. His eyes closed and his body fell back, making his grip slacken.

His life faded away in my hand.

Soon after, I followed.

I eventually reached the afterlife.

It was a strange place.

I met a lot of people.

Some were familiar.

Some weren't.

But......

I never saw Toadal Dude there.

We had been separated.

Toadal Dude......

I'm sorry that I never told you that I loved you........

// It'll get worse unfortunately. Grab tissues and comfort.