What if he was still around?

What if Sophie realised her feelings earlier?

What if Sophie didn't freeze up, and let Keefe push her away, taking the hit for her?

Sophie let every sentence, every thought, every breath slowly break her heart as the tears she held back for so long let loose.

She lost him.

She recalled every bit of that disgusting memory, from the time he smriked at her before the battle.

The tease he made as she told him to go away, saying it may be her last words to him.

She didn't believe him.

But now she wanted anything, anything in the world, that could bring him back.

It was yet another fight with the Neverseen in the forest, after they stated their meeting time and place.

They thought they were prepared.

They thought they could win that time.

They thought they would come out victorious.

They didn't know they lost a piece of them.

Sophie was busy attacking the ogres they brought, and she would give anything to rewind time, to realise that a throwing star was aiming right at her heart right behind her.

She would do anything, to be back there, to dodge it herself, rather than Keefe pushing her away.

She would have brought more panakes blossoms to stop the bleeding.

But as soon as she took out the crystal to leap the Foxfire, once the reached there he was... gone.

Sophie was crying the whole time. She was hoping, scratching, holding on to any last bit of life left as she teleported to Elwin.

She would have ran faster.

But it was too late.

The painful memories came back to Sophie, from how Elwin cried as he tried any elixir he had.

Sophie felt a got tear rush down her cheek.

She looked at herself one last time in the mirror, wiping the tear before it left a stain.

"He wouldn't want you to cry again," she whispered, reminding herself how he smiled at her one last time as he wiped her tear away as she ran.

She straighted the jewel embroidered green dress, wanting to look the best for him one last time.

Wearing the necklace he gave her, she let out a huge breath she had been keeping in for so long.

Yet as she tried to smile a sob came out instead, remembering his last words before he closed his gorgeous ice blue eyes Sophie could never see again.

"I had always loved you Foster. Please remember me."

She went back down to her knees again, wishing she could have said it to him way sooner.

"I- I love you too Keefe." Her tears welled up as his grasp on her hand loosened. She tried to hold on to any last bit of him, begging as she laid on his chest.

"Don't leave me alone."

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.