wishes. #xiao

five

〔 cure 〕

"hey, have you heard?
this super scary
disease finally has
a cure!"

one of the guests told verr,
whom xiao recalled faintly
was a doctor.

xiao's head perked up
in interest upon hearing this
and decided to listen in.

"the disease is called
'blood contamination'.
it contaminates your
blood, and when
all of your blood
turns black, you die."

xiao froze, stunned.

that was your cause of death.

if only you were born later, when
the disease had a cure.

you would have survived.

xiao knew he had to move on,
but he couldn't.

even small things reminded
him of you, and would reopen
his wound again. it would
never heal, time making it
worse.

there would never be
a cure to his "disease".

even after years, he knew
his true wish would
remain the same.

all he wanted was to see
her one last time .

- fin.