There was no way anymore, i couldn't possibly tell her. if she were to be more honest, maybe things would've worked out, i CAN accept her for what she was, i guess i could understand more if i were in her shoes, that day couldn't go more painful than it already was, the fact that she now only left as a part of my memory was unbearable.

I hate that i couldn't make her happy, I hate the fact thay i couldn't convince her to be more optimistic, to wait and fight just a little bit more.

I hate the fact that i couldn't tell her to believe in me.

I hate the fact that she's stuck in a cold and neverending winter, or at least she thought was neverending.

Spring day will come, and it will definitely come, if i could just tell her to trust me, I'll go to her, and save her.

Because no season or night last forever.

But as i said that, I remembered that no one last forever either. Every flower will wither at the end of the day.

At least now she's happy, up there, with the one she cherished the most.

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"Hey, It's Shiota-kun again!" she said as she waved towards me, "Ah, um, you can call me Nagisa, you know", i simply answered, "Good thing you're here, i was kinda lonely back there!", she said again, "Huh? You don't go home with your friends?", i asked.

She seems to be a bit hesitant to answer the question, "Uh... I... Something's up! Yeah, that's why i'm alone!", her answer just now was definitely a lie,

She was hiding something.

But obviously, privacy is privacy, i definitely shouldn't be prying into her personal matters, but all that matters right now is that she's here.

She sat next to me and pulled out a sketchbook from her bag, she started to draw what it seems to be a scenery of a forest, looked similar to the ones on the mountain next to Kunugigaoka's building.

"That's beautiful"

My compliment snapped her back to reality, she has been focusing on her drawing for a while now, "Ahaha... You think so?"

She puts the sketchbook in her laps.

"I only do this in my spare time, it's nice to get compliment for doing something that i actually like, you know?"

I can see gloom in her eyes, doesn't seem like she have more spare time other than while sitting on a train, waiting till it reach the next stop.

"What do you do usually at home, then?"

She sighed, "Hours.. and hours... Of trying to fit with this so-called royal family expectations... That's what...", She said as she smiled with a hint of sadness in it.

"Ah, I'm sorry, i shouldn't ask you such questions, also that was very rude of me, I'm sorry."

"It's good, it's good, thank YOU, actually, haha."

She stared at me, looking at my hair.

"I like your blue hair, have you ever tried short hair? I think it'll look nice on you", she stated out of the blue.

"Ahaha, thanks, and no, i haven't tried that, I'll consider it"

I couldn't tell her why was i looking like this, obviously. But of course, since she's just a stranger, no wonder she would say so, heck, compared to other strangers and people that i actually know, her comment was nicer.

And then it went silent again.

She focused on her work again and i just sat there waiting for the next station.

Before we realized it, we arrived already, and she immediately ran out of train in the matter of second, what's wrong, i wonder.

Prior stepping out of the train, i checked the seat to make sure none of my belongings was left, and noticed a book was lying next to my seat.

And of course, it belonged to her.

Hopefully she didn't go far enough, so i can return this to her.

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"Asuka-san!"

I called out as i saw a figure was standing in the alley not far away from the station, she turned around, with wide eyes and dead blank expression on her face, her gaze was filled with lust, anger, as if she was hunting for a prey.

Two other girls in front of her was lying on the ground, they seem to be unconscious, they have bruises all over their face.

Asuka does have some bruises on her face too, even scars on her leg.

She walked away from those two, towards me, with the same expression on her face and grabbed my hand.

"C'mon let's go, we shouldn't be here"

She took me to shelter on a bench in front of a convenient store, she went inside to buy some things that could patch herself up.

She started healing herself without explaining what happened or even saying anything.

"I didn't meant to follow you, i just wanted to return your sketchbook, you left it on the train."

I put it on top of her bag, she didn't seem to be mad at all, fortunately.

"Thanks, that's really kind of you, and um... I'm sorry that you had to see that"

"It's fine, do you need any help with that? Or do you need help to go home-"

"No, I'm totally fine, I'm fine"

She stood up and stretched her arms, as if she wasn't injured or anything.

"You know, that sketchbook is my most prized possession, I'm really grateful that you returned it."

"I tell you what, I'll let you take one of my works", she added again.

"Wait, what? Really?"

"Yeah, as a reward for being a nice person, and a nice friend for the past few days", she smiled brightly.

She showed me the scenery she was drawing earlier.

"This, actually has two versions, i did the first version a long time ago, so, I'll let you take the first one", she ripped one of the pages and handed it to me.

"You're special, okay? So take care of that, because i rarely give my works to people", she added as she puts the book in her bag, making sure she didn't accidentally leave it again.

"I'll take good care of it, i promise", i said as i smiled.

"You hold on to the first while i hold on to the second, great", she picked up her bag as she started walking.

"Who know it'll be our talisman to meet again in the future, hm, Nagisa-kun?"

"Ahaha, i hope so, i hope we'll meet again"

She stood straight and smiled widely.

"Well, then, until next time, my dear friend, Shiota Nagisa!"

What i didn't know was that,

Her wishes came true.

End

Hi, it's AkabaneKarma25,

Yes, it took me a year to release this part, and I'm truly sorry for that.

And finally, Twin Tail Assassin reached its ending, although wasn't truly a joyful ending for the characters especially Nagisa who had to face Takahashi's death.

And by here, i can announce it officially ended, although took me a year to finally release this special epilogue + flashback chapter.

Thank you so much for the support all of you have gave me for the last 3 year I've been in this fandom and and be a writer here, as of now, we reached 53k readers and 2k votes, how cool is that? You all are the best!

This story is arguably the most popular story made by me, but of course, i can't say this is the best work I've made, this is definitely not the best story i wrote, and i do aware of the flaws, plot holes, and many mistake I've made in this book.

Everyday, i strived to be a better writer and write even better stories, the more i write hopefully the better i could get.

The reason i stopped publishing here was that because i have no more ideas that fit to be made into an AC or an anime fanfiction, and i wanted to try something new, so i decided to made a separate account to avoid confusion, but hopefully in the future, i would have a story to publish in this account!

As of now, i am writing stories in my other account sleepyjoon- if you are interested to check my work there, please go ahead and check the account out, there are English and Indonesian stories in there, and they are mostly K-Pop and BTS fanfiction but hopefully in the near future, I'll publish an original story there, just how it was according to my original plan when making that account.

Second reason i stopped publishing was that because I'm getting more and more busy, and now you probably asking 'then why did you make a second account?'

It's because i wanted to write according to how i want and when i want and just to have fun. As i published there without a schedule.

And that is all i have to say for now, I'm wishing all the best for you readers out there, and I am sincerely apologize for the mistake I've made here, hopefully we'll meet again in a brand new story!

- AkabaneKarma25, 4 July 2018.