true to her word, aiya didn't make it past 18. sae hates himself for not preventing it and being too weak to speak up more. rin is another agonizing reminder of the girl they both fell in love with.
why couldn't i protect you from yourself?
so much guilt and agony sae felt when she had fallen 'asleep' in his arms that day. now the older itoshi is stood by her grave, unable to keep up his unfeeling act when he can no longer see her smile.
"i love you."
aiya means to love and cherish, which is what he did and will continue to do so.
all the things sae loved, it all rooted back to aiya. everything he loved was just a reminder of her because she was the reason he loved them in the first place. as painful as the reminder was, he could not get himself to hate any of it.
he placed down a small bouquet of pink tulips, giving a faint gloomy smile to her name.
itoshi sae loves her.
