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I have to stop this. I have to do what's right.
I've been hiding. Hiding from my true feelings, hiding from responsibilities, hiding from the truth. I was- I still am- a terrible person.
But I can be a saviour as well.
With the cool metal of the gun in my hand, I push open the door.
«Makoto Naegi»
I hold onto Byakuya, shaking his limp body.
"Please! Please, wake up! Wake up!" I whimper into his ear.
"You'll need the cure for that." Yukiko whispers. "Here, have it."
I reach out to her, her hands tantalisingly close-
Then she snaps it away and hurls it into the pool.
"No. No!" I careen towards the water, as the calm lapping waves grow taller, taller.
I hold my breath and prepare to jump.
I splash into the water, the wave machine rocking me back and forth. Water pummels in my ears as I paddle forwards, to the deep end.
Come on! I can... I can do this. He did it for me-
With Byakuya's pained face crystal clear in my mind, My fingers grasp the tiny bottle.
And this time, I don't let go.
I rocket back to the surface, gasping. My hoodie drags me down, and my arms flail.
"Get away!" Yukiko hisses, and I feel her foot pushing my head down into the depths, dunking me under, arms scrabbling, and I gulp in a huge gasp of water as I'm hurled underwater.
"Help!" I scream, even though I know I'm doomed, that nobody can help me, that me and Byakuya will die. I have... to keep...going...
my final thought before my arms stop moving, letting myself be dragged down, down, further, further-
BANG
A gun?
"What the-? Sayaka?!" BANG
Sayaka?
The fight returns in my arms. Maybe there's a chance, a sliver of hope in a sea of despair.
"Makoto!" Sayaka!
A splash sounds beside me, and an eruption of bubbles welcomes Sayaka's body. Her lithe arms tug me up to the surface.
Oh, and how much it's changed.
Yukiko is tied up to the wall with rope, her arm bleeding from a bullet wound. Byakuya isn't moaning anymore- he lays unmoving one the floor, silent.
"Sayaka, we need to give him this." I hold up the vial. We run over, soaking feet slapping on the floor.
"Byakuya, can you hear me?"
«Byakuya Togami»
"Can you hear me?"
"Here, drink this."
Acid hits my mouth, the sour spit curling around me. My eyes twitch, the pain gripping me receding slightly.
"Makoto?" My thoughts start to realign, and I reach out a strengthening hand for Makoto.
"Byakuya!" My eyes still closed, I grasp his hand.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine. Everything will be ok."
Thank you all for reading my story! We have two more chapters to come, the final chapter and a A/N about the future of the eyes in the shadows series! Love you all💖💖💖💖
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