"You could die at any moment."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStMajU2K6D
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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuE81ZkwfW
Without warning, an incredible impact from behind.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnYxBmjCRC
A deafening screech.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5b5H8t7ElN
Glass shattering.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwjxPRX9J8
Lights flashing.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBhUOe0Bbb
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Then, there was stillness. A distant beeping of hazard warning lights going off.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxvTpIZ502
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?345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMI2z3XcIRe
It always is. 345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpzU091Mf4
When I close my eyes, I'll wake up on my bed. 345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwQ9NuLxLA
Yeah. It must be. 345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmrpmkNCwK
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? 345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0iQfBDkMa
I muttered a string of curse words under my breath. I cursed them and their family.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzv7G5Bc2w
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ4cJ98i1dJ
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. 345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6Ryd2AS4p
Not a good sign.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQHehuONIB
Fear started growing within me.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhi6NPZwUM
When are the police coming?345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfw07Q7BCsU
Is this really the end?345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqfsXwMAut
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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KQDh2q4MB
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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3ADfRPef2
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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. 345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQULw9HP8dU
Will anyone else care if I'm gone?345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkFPLXQG2pn
At the end of the day, I never achieved anything. I came into the world with nothing, and I will leave with nothing.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyL1p0ecUUY
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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWCeWGKEpW
...What would he do without me? Would he be taken back to a shelter? Or to my parents? 345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsawwx6hyg
Would he even be found?345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzasAZDYWa
It's funny that I would start caring as my life ends.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycEOGLgJyU
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. 345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1ydQKZHCA
Sometimes, he would be limping when I came back from work, but I pretended I didn't notice.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGP7Ze6fXQu
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. 345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HRaixp0PT
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.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZDPLI285U
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He was always waiting.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuhVrEnOaO
Waiting for me to come home.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ435s813oj0
Waiting for me to feed him.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuDFXxSOY8
Waiting for me to play with him, walk him, praise him.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEaADDnyoJY
...Yet I was frustrated at how needy he was being.345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6sIVh7Ob8c
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. 345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqI3Ak5Aes
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. 345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZF3iQ7HLb
Please, don't wait for me.
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My username, Char_charlie, is partly named after a dog my family has, "Charlie."345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxewBMgP9TT
This was heavily inspired by "Star Protector Dog" - please give it a read!345Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1M0ArI1uT
[A Japanese manga]
