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Home is where you are

"SO, SHE MADE a different choice in the end, and I can't say I expected it. Hundred times we saw her choose different destructive ways to end her life. Hundred times he's always sacrificing his life so she'll get another one. She's always killing herself and he's always negotiating with me and trading his life for a chance to restart hers. What changed her mind in this one?" Death asks.

Life smiles. "Love. And the heated desperation to fulfill her dream to save him. Charity thinks she is selfish, and born out of that thinking is the silent desire to be different-selfless-and this time, she finally heard that part of herself. Thanks to his love and her own effort to save herself. Deep within, though she doesn't know this herself, she knows what he's sacrificing to give her endless chances to live. Now it's her turn to pay him back."

"Hm. I see. What will happen to them now?"

"Time will rewind and fate will re-establish itself. In the next life, when they meet again, they will reap the harvests of this life. Free to love, free to dream."

"And they will be happy?"

"Ah, that is a choice they will have to make yet again." Life sighs with hope. "But yes, I hope, this time, they will be happy."

~ FIN ~

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

I know some of you may find the ending confusing, but it's written to be like that. Everyone is free to make their own interpretation and fill in the blanks :)

If you've read this story, thank you <3