"You could die at any moment."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5KrYd6luZK
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.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTWTPtQH02
Without warning, an incredible impact from behind.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHumqYvIWf6
A deafening screech.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8aLFgI7xY
Glass shattering.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9ChRFMXiC
Lights flashing.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXT1UlwDKBE
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Then, there was stillness. A distant beeping of hazard warning lights going off.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv8Q1Y9t444
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?436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDuv4c3Ymy
It always is. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3PRveWsyt
When I close my eyes, I'll wake up on my bed. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFgHJuZ9HL
Yeah. It must be. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hZjMbg0UG
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? 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xHRqhm4tn
I muttered a string of curse words under my breath. I cursed them and their family.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8U4ofYQ5i
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHr0vXX65w
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. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVG7XKlJutj
Not a good sign.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyCZtbR4pc
Fear started growing within me.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsxoSP2MJc
When are the police coming?436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72G8PVQoWT
Is this really the end?436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxCDNVyHvN
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.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtwZTCOTGg
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.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWRPFp5tPS
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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. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbnVIVcutP
Will anyone else care if I'm gone?436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNibV5iypng
At the end of the day, I never achieved anything. I came into the world with nothing, and I will leave with nothing.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9YFYExZ4hE
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.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAU9K69r0D
...What would he do without me? Would he be taken back to a shelter? Or to my parents? 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCoDqHyPNx
Would he even be found?436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHg1adnSwjf
It's funny that I would start caring as my life ends.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9SD2eFMxk
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. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3mtlp69Zlg
Sometimes, he would be limping when I came back from work, but I pretended I didn't notice.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6mH7PA8Td
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. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1b1YXVkct9
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.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStYGvALW9y
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He was always waiting.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXohsOIssg
Waiting for me to come home.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKGRCwbx5O
Waiting for me to feed him.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCSURsWarv
Waiting for me to play with him, walk him, praise him.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWc9fnCMYch
...Yet I was frustrated at how needy he was being.436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEp6CezYpq
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. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSs8C3T9K6
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. 436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSMKRfczGu5
Please, don't wait for me.
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My username, Char_charlie, is partly named after a dog my family has, "Charlie."436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5VpaGhcA1
This was heavily inspired by "Star Protector Dog" - please give it a read!436Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwI1X1KCpq
[A Japanese manga]
