"You could die at any moment."298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEId2axwXM
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.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbxRrx9RKh
Without warning, an incredible impact from behind.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WlsTJOpGz
A deafening screech.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ931ts1hd37
Glass shattering.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DmZ2nTwaS
Lights flashing.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcTmT49qbB
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Then, there was stillness. A distant beeping of hazard warning lights going off.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0xvLurx5L
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?298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfItfdFFeX
It always is. 298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBar0iUjIL
When I close my eyes, I'll wake up on my bed. 298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTy5ZHjfUjq
Yeah. It must be. 298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtz90mNBkX
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? 298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXg7n4S0Uy
I muttered a string of curse words under my breath. I cursed them and their family.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBqGCxGthc
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31faIzqCyJ
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. 298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTt5V9jqrV
Not a good sign.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJLosISzj2
Fear started growing within me.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzv4DvjH9J0
When are the police coming?298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNW6SwZqsnB
Is this really the end?298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcO55nyMSQ
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.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxObHGbdb2g
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.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfHOAwpIFf
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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. 298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6Dvv8NZZE
Will anyone else care if I'm gone?298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Zsu7qQwKg
At the end of the day, I never achieved anything. I came into the world with nothing, and I will leave with nothing.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFEknDVc1j
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.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNDN7hsLHg
...What would he do without me? Would he be taken back to a shelter? Or to my parents? 298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQzZUc6dXe
Would he even be found?298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBF5Rphhbjo
It's funny that I would start caring as my life ends.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRD8TyF0nr7
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. 298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuADPf07Phx
Sometimes, he would be limping when I came back from work, but I pretended I didn't notice.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAaoKKSLpK
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. 298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbTjXeIaIV
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.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZX4esGYwW
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He was always waiting.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmo3ZIXIhO
Waiting for me to come home.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToWKo7hwLk
Waiting for me to feed him.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEtaG9Ejcr
Waiting for me to play with him, walk him, praise him.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRmHhy7KOd
...Yet I was frustrated at how needy he was being.298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8AIFzSK0oC
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. 298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFfynV67NA
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. 298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqECvZEdU11
Please, don't wait for me.
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My username, Char_charlie, is partly named after a dog my family has, "Charlie."298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetbm8gm8vB
This was heavily inspired by "Star Protector Dog" - please give it a read!298Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBE6hJjsmW
[A Japanese manga]
