"You could die at any moment."377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8evRf6Cjso
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.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaQ6eq8hhn
Without warning, an incredible impact from behind.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFneXH01pAK
A deafening screech.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlyOm2Ar3m
Glass shattering.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawgUUM9W5L
Lights flashing.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6klMEmONl
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Then, there was stillness. A distant beeping of hazard warning lights going off.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8oyoqAiw5
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?377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3W6ewcdo3J
It always is. 377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZR7Wnnusy5
When I close my eyes, I'll wake up on my bed. 377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLL5SpZ0Ns
Yeah. It must be. 377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZQQJTSPGf
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? 377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hVbKaFCFF
I muttered a string of curse words under my breath. I cursed them and their family.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi10TcSj3AR
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTIv1b7aJB9
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. 377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1bl4xjxO0
Not a good sign.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6MLyAiT8G
Fear started growing within me.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaobX1DGpf
When are the police coming?377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2slPlsKeE
Is this really the end?377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlm9uqvsBRN
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.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHdeMYG3NJ
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.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdHzxJapjE
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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. 377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkPgWEczPY
Will anyone else care if I'm gone?377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobasENLlFw
At the end of the day, I never achieved anything. I came into the world with nothing, and I will leave with nothing.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPE6GanvTz
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.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMeSdjJaOr
...What would he do without me? Would he be taken back to a shelter? Or to my parents? 377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElDsKsdazf
Would he even be found?377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77D9y9VBnY
It's funny that I would start caring as my life ends.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgE7ocvHr0Q
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. 377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNlH6sN0ax8
Sometimes, he would be limping when I came back from work, but I pretended I didn't notice.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTEy0Npi2I
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. 377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsInX49CoT
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.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8INmTNxgvC
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He was always waiting.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpt5VJtw1T
Waiting for me to come home.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCZxDdz9OE
Waiting for me to feed him.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjGUnMSxnz
Waiting for me to play with him, walk him, praise him.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbIlohVCIMW
...Yet I was frustrated at how needy he was being.377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6AKvM8yogK
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. 377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGnnVjfqLIp
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. 377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtw8hS2h6D
Please, don't wait for me.
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My username, Char_charlie, is partly named after a dog my family has, "Charlie."377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhHr4jAXm8
This was heavily inspired by "Star Protector Dog" - please give it a read!377Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsTVe5rDUe
[A Japanese manga]
