happy ending | hotarubi no mori e ✓

Waking up

Wake up...

Open your eyes...

Gin..........

"W-What?" I woke up panting.

Where am I?

I looked around, seeing nothing but white.

Why is everything white?

I looked at my hand then remembered something.

Hotaru.

"What is this? Is this you, mountain God? Were you the one who woke me up from my eternal sleep?" I asked.

Gin, my boy...

Bringing you back was challenging so it took me three years. But now that you're here, go. Go to the shrine and see her again.

What?

"Why would you bring me back? Didn't you say that it's impossible? Why?" I was confused. I really didn't understand what was going on.

Am I even alive right now?

You didn't completely disappear that night. A bit of you was still left. I tried to turn you into a normal human again and it worked. You can go to her, she's in terrible pain.

Pain? Hotaru is in pain?

"Thank you, mountain God. Does this mean I can.. Touch humans?"

Yes

I felt tears forming in my eyes. I was so happy.

I'm finally going to see you again, Hotaru. And this time, I won't disappear.