"You could die at any moment."426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ex1c90PFO
I don't think any of us really understands this statement until someone close to you passes away suddenly, or you encounter a near-death experience yourself.
One second, I was driving on the highway as always.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIvT7ARMKa
Without warning, an incredible impact from behind.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BkGDYPaV0
A deafening screech.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6sYBvKycN
Glass shattering.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiQbgpLRwe
Lights flashing.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHxORxxmMG
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Then, there was stillness. A distant beeping of hazard warning lights going off.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWL1wNUFVp
Red stained my blurry vision, and my whole body throbbed. I could hear the sound of my own shallow breathing.
This is a dream, isn't it?426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRMMUYeNX7
It always is. 426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuqXI2QFcV
When I close my eyes, I'll wake up on my bed. 426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkcvRnwZb1
Yeah. It must be. 426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSVkf6yHcp
Please let it be.
It wasn't.
You've got to be kidding me. What kind of irresponsible driver would crash into me full throttle? 426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ249C4xQRwm
I muttered a string of curse words under my breath. I cursed them and their family.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRonh9j1TWk
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYgOz0sN43
If only I had stopped at that yellow light two minutes ago. If only I had taken the bus. If only I had brought my umbrella. If only. If only time could rewind.
My body gradually started getting colder. A kind of numbness filled me, slowly swallowing my senses. 426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMttcxmJsl
Not a good sign.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH02AAMoHzC
Fear started growing within me.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIXAPVYnON
When are the police coming?426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDJWIes203
Is this really the end?426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVV2m0d7p0m
I can't die. I can't die like this. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IFpQ4Y0LE
My breaths grew quicker. At this point, I couldn't even move an inch of my body. All I could do was tremble in fear and in the cold.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozWyg7cqt0
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What did I ever do with my life? There are so many more things I have to do. I need to read the ending of "Eleceed." I haven't finished writing my first novel yet. I haven't been to a club, nor drank a cocktail yet. I haven't travelled overseas by myself yet. I...
I haven't said "I love you" to my parents.
But they'll be fine, won't they? They've got Sara. 426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSQcWlVkFX
Will anyone else care if I'm gone?426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡal6h88itC0
At the end of the day, I never achieved anything. I came into the world with nothing, and I will leave with nothing.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjLCrZgzUu
It's not like I was a particularly kind person, either. I wonder... did I ever make an impact in someone's life?
Ah.
Steven.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0EHR8qKQO2
...What would he do without me? Would he be taken back to a shelter? Or to my parents? 426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAYtJZpt0l
Would he even be found?426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdxjKWSbss
It's funny that I would start caring as my life ends.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4Qy44WzEN
I wasn't a good owner or anything. I got him on impulse at the shelter, but once I got busy, I would neglect him. Hand him over to my roommate. 426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFa8mV9KZFX
Sometimes, he would be limping when I came back from work, but I pretended I didn't notice.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoIV0xd4kl
However, when I felt like playing with him again, he had the happiest smile on his face, making a sense of guilt wash over me. 426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhkzQFZG2F
I would often take my frustrations out on him when I had a bad day. Nevertheless, at the end of the day, he would always curl up beside me to sleep, as if nothing had happened.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu54Pp5TW5k
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He was always waiting.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCey6ZrEk7
Waiting for me to come home.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAmNhzxQOT
Waiting for me to feed him.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVE2BwdHBXl
Waiting for me to play with him, walk him, praise him.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEhsay0XUC
...Yet I was frustrated at how needy he was being.426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnIYHBttJn
Despite the fact that he was always there for me. When I felt sad, he would whimper and lick my face. At the lowest points of my life, he was there when no one else was.
I should've done more for you. 426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogZwidQZI5
I should have rushed home every day. I should have taken you out for more walks. I shouldn't have scolded you so much. I should have bought more toys for you.
I'm sorry.
So this time. 426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrlj2rZY5N
Please, don't wait for me.
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My username, Char_charlie, is partly named after a dog my family has, "Charlie."426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvCd3um8FSp
This was heavily inspired by "Star Protector Dog" - please give it a read!426Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaKWs0eSS9
[A Japanese manga]
