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In the quiet seaside town of Tsukishima, there is a legend—one that no one dares to prove.

"On the night of the longest dusk, when the sun refuses to set, cross the old wooden bridge at Kageri Lake. A wish will be granted, but something must be left behind."

Sixteen-year-old Renji Asakura is desperate to turn back time. After an accident leaves his younger sister in a coma, he becomes obsessed with the town's legend. When he finally finds the bridge at sunset, it is exactly as the rumors say—suspended in a never-ending twilight.

However, he is not alone. Mikoto Shiranagi, a quiet but sharp-witted transfer student, is also there, carrying her own secrets. The two form a reluctant partnership, discovering that each time they cross the bridge, they can rewrite the past—but only by sacrificing a part of their own future.

As Renji and Mikoto continue using the bridge, their memories start fading, their bodies weaken, and time moves forward without them. Renji must face the ultimate question: How much of yourself are you willing to lose for the people you love?

But the bridge has rules, and breaking them could mean losing everything—forever.

The Bridge of Endless Dusk

The summer heat clung to Tsukishima like an old memory—persistent, suffocating, and unwilling to fade. The cicadas screamed their chorus into the evening sky, their cries mixing with the scent of salt from the distant sea.

Renji Asakura stood at the edge of Kageri Lake, his hands in his pockets, his heart drumming against his ribs.

"On the night of the longest dusk, when the sun refuses to set, cross the old wooden bridge at Kageri Lake. A wish will be granted, but something must be left behind."

He had heard the legend before. Everyone in town had. But unlike the others, he needed it to be true.

The doctors had said there was no hope. That his sister, Saya, would never wake up. That he should accept reality.

But what was reality to a sixteen-year-old boy who had nothing left to lose?

He exhaled sharply, eyes scanning the lake's surface. The sun should have set minutes ago, but the sky was locked in a strange, endless twilight, painting the world in hues of gold and violet. The reflection in the water didn't ripple—it was too still, too perfect, like glass trapping time itself.

A bridge, stretching across the lake, old and weathered, its wood untouched by the passage of years. It hadn't been there before.

Renji's breath caught. His fingers tightened into fists.

The voice startled him. He spun around.

A girl stood at the treeline, partially hidden by the shadows. Mikoto Shiranagi—the quiet transfer student who had appeared in class two weeks ago and barely spoken a word since. Her uniform sleeves were rolled up slightly, and a silver pocket watch dangled from her fingers, reflecting the strange twilight like a piece of stolen time.

She didn't look surprised to see him. In fact, she looked like she had been expecting him.

Renji narrowed his eyes. "And why's that?"

Mikoto took a slow step forward. Her gaze flickered to the bridge. "Because people who cross that bridge don't come back the same."

"You've seen it before?" he asked.

She hesitated. And then, she nodded.

Renji turned back to the bridge, his pulse quickening. "Then tell me… if I cross it, can I fix something that's already broken?"

A gust of wind stirred the trees, sending ripples across the lake's surface. The cicadas had gone silent.

Mikoto exhaled softly. "Yes," she said. "But not without a price."

Renji took the first step onto the bridge.

And the world around him began to change.

chapter 1: The Bridge That Shouldn’t Exist