Everything went dark for a moment.
As if all hope had been extinguished. As if there was nothing left to be done.
And yet—suddenly—a faint glimmer of light began to spill through a narrow gap, little by little. And I witnessed she was speaking.
But I could barely hear it.
Her voice was muffled, her words lost behind glass, as if I was watching her from inside a coffin. My eyes burned with tears I couldn't shed. My mind clawed against the weight of nothingness.
You left her alone, a voice inside me whispered.
You were supposed to protect her. Not the other way around.
I wanted to answer. I tried to move. But the world refused to shift. My body remained immobile, paralyzed under a metaphysical weight I couldn't describe.
Like gravity born from guilt.
Then something warm pressed against me—faint but unmistakable.
A kiss.
Not romantic. Not tender. Something sharper, messier.
