The final step

days in the academy

In his room, Sunny was lying on his bed, facing the ceiling, with his hands covering his face. Sighing and removing his hands, Sunny stood up from the bed and went to the bathroom.

“Why did I have to do that? I should have known something like this would happen.”

Then, Sunny remembered what happened and stopped regretting it. He finally did it, and by some miracle, Sunny wasn't the only one being brought back.

Turning on the water, Sunny enters the shower he desperately needed. Thinking about it, it did make some sense but also not. He killed himself near Neph's grave, so it made a little sense; what didn't make sense was why Cassie said he needed to kill himself if it was possible for more people to go back.

'It was probably because she trusts me? That or she was telling the truth about not having many visions and didn't know.'

After spending a few more minutes in the shower, Sunny finally cleaned himself properly. Stepping out of the bathroom, he noticed Nephis waiting for him on his bed with her legs crossed.

"Good morning."

"Good morning, I hope you slept well. I'm going to shower next."

" I did, and take your time."

Giving Nephis a quick kiss when she stood up, he went to get his clothes in the closet. Spending time in front of your girlfriend in a towel is a bit embarrassing; they had even more embarrassing situations, but not in this kind of relationship and in this environment.

Hearing the door close and the shower turn on, Sunny calmed down and laid back on his bed. Thinking about what to do, he just decided to do everything the same, at least for now.

He was still going to approach Cassie and try to be her friend. What Sunny was also going to do was give Neph new armor. Since she had lost all her memories when she died, Sunny decided to give her an armor he had used briefly while trying to find them in the dream realm.

He was also going to give her the crown of dawn if it existed. Sunny noticed later that his shard memories had disappeared when he went back. They were the only ones to go away, and Sunny hoped it would stay that way. That didn't really make sense since Sunny also died but his most of his memories stayed.

'I still don't know how exactly Nephis went into the past with me. Was it because I wished for her memories to return to her? Wait, when did I even wish that? I don't remember something like that; is it because of [fate] that it happened? How does that even work?'

As Sunny slowly got to a sitting position, his face had a worried look. He looked at his runes again, hoping to find anything that could explain the current mysteries.

A few minutes later, he again heard the door open; he saw Nephis. Her hair was a little wet, and she was wearing clothes from the academy. She looked stunningly beautiful, like always. The look on her face was calm and relaxed; laying her eyes on Sunny, her face lit up.

Even though not many people could see the difference, Sunny could do it best. He had known her for half of his life; how could he not know something like that?

Seeing the slightly worried look on his face, she got to him and took him in a hug. Patting his head, she thought he was in pain because of something that happened. While she was doing that, Sunny started smiling and wondering if Effie thought that to her.

'What does it matter? I'm glad she did that. Even though I don't like Effie's teachings, I will allow it this time.'

“You can let go now; I'm okay.”

“Are you sure, we can stay like this for as long as you want?”

“I'm sure, I'm fine now. Thanks to you.”