Alternate Ending: Shion dies at the Correctional Facility, Nezumi does not.
Shion tells Nezumi about a book he read, The Five Stages of Grief. Nezumi enters stage one when he covers Shionās body with his jacket on the correctional facility floor. (x)
Rikiga throws Nezumi over his shoulder āDonāt die here Eve, Shion is already gone.ā Nezumi canāt stay conscious enough to fight back but he doesnāt want to leave.
Put me down. I canāt leave Shion. Let me sing for himā¦ Shion. Shion. Sh-
Inukashi is running next to them, crying as quietly as possible. It wasnāt supposed to end like this.
The correctional facility collapses, the walls between No.6 and westblock crumble just like Shionās third option, but Shion doesnāt know because he is buried underneath the rubble. Thatās fine. Nezumi thinks it was a worthy cause if any existed, Shion had to be sacrificed for his vision to come true, fair enough. Itās how the world works. Who knows if Shion isĀ even dead, crazier things have happened, itās fine. He managesĀ bed rest for two whole days before it becomes suffocating. Staring at the ceiling, NezumiĀ never noticed how cold it gets at night. Living people are so warm.Ā There are strands of shiny white hair left on the pillow.Ā
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ffFUck that was sad. Iām gonna think about this everyday now. It was so good
ok ok but let me introduce you to Shionās version.
