Days went by and me and Konna only grew more distant. I'm not sure how to feel about it, it's like all the promises we had made to one another meant nothing. But maybe it meant something to her because I feel as if I have moved on from her.

It's strange, I remember visiting her every day, but now I can't stand getting near the cemetery where she rests at. We had no boundaries, and our love had no limits at one point, surpassing even the barrier between life and death. Now, it just seems like she's haunting me. I still feel her presence at times, I can't help but notice her softness, and the vulnerability that she carries around me. I haven't spoken to her in a long time, and I don't think that will be changing anytime soon.

...

"Akio?"

I heard a voice behind me call out, the familiar presence that used to be warm and comforting. The presence that now brings me dread.

I turned around slowly and saw Konna, her expression one of worry. She seemed distraught.

"What?"

I replied, my tone firm as I turned around completely now, my body facing hers.

"Do you still love me?"

She said, her voice was soft, it was almost like she had surrendered herself with those very words, vulnerable and exposed in the moment.

"..."

I opened my mouth to speak, but no words came out. I thought of an answer, it was honestly something to think about.

I remember the various promises I made to her during her life when she was alive. When we were together. I recall saying I'd love her forever until the stars in the sky were no more.

"I don't know."

Konna's expression faltered, and I saw how her eyes watered, and the way her legs trembled beneath her.

"You don't know?"

She said, her tender voice like a melody to me. Strange, though I don't feel the same way around her as I did before, I can't help but be mesmerized by her.

Our eyes met, her blood-red eyes meeting my hazelnut ones. Her once cold, sour gaze was so soft in the moment. Her eyes spoke to me, telling me just how much my answer would affect her. I sighed, my mouth hanging open for a moment before I finally replied.

"I don't."

I could practically hear her heart shatter, the way her expression turned from soft to shocked in an instant.

"I can't."

I continued, and Konna only seemed to grow more distraught.

I looked down at my finger, the ring that bound us together, the blue diamond that rested in the center of the silver band. It looked more like a symbol of our fallout now more than anything.

I slowly removed the ring I had worn for so long and watched as it fell to the ground, falling onto the concrete surface with a clang.

Konna looked up at me, tears streaming down her soft cheeks, visibly distraught and confused.

"No..."

She shook her head, picking up the ring.

"You can't leave me now, please!"

She called out for me, reaching out for me, but her hand simply phased through me.

Her eyes widened, and she was frozen there, mouth agape as the tears falling down her face seemed to be the only movement about her.

"..."

I watched as she just stood there, her mouth beginning to tremble as she looked into my eyes, betrayal and hurt in her expression.

The connection between us was broken, to never recover again.

I turned around and began to walk, the sound of Konna's weeping growing distant.

...

Something told me that this wasn't the end though.