Ugly to you, Mine to me

Chapter 38: She Gave Me a Future I Can't Walk Into

Graduation neared.

Yumi didn't attend rehearsal.

She said the light gave her headaches.

But the truth was in her legs — how they buckled if she stood too long.How the pills in her bag weren't even working anymore.

She wrote letters again.

More this time.

Not just for him.

But for Reiko.

For her teachers.

For the girl who once laughed with her in gym class.

And one just labeled: To the sky.

Akiro found her sketching a train station.

"You want to run again?" he asked.

She smiled.

"No. But I want you to."

He looked at her.

Eyes glassy.

"I don't want to live in a world where you're not."