The Goodbye I Couldn't Grasp

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Reader Warning: This story contains themes of suicide, mental health struggles, and grief. It explores dark and emotional experiences, including the aftermath of loss and the challenges of coping with life's pressures. Reader discretion is advised.

He never really lived.

As a child, he was pushed to chase perfection-grades, prestige, the dream of a future that would prove he was worth something. While others went to parties, made friends, and laughed through their youth, he buried himself in books and pressure. By the end of high school, he had nothing but exhaustion and regret.

And when he failed at the finish line, he decided there was nothing left.
So he ended his own life.

But death did not let him rest.

He returned, reborn as a raccoon, bound to a cruel purpose: to save a girl whose despair ran deeper than his own. She was fragile-the kind who fed stray cats while starving herself. He tried to keep her from the same mistake, but when she chose her own goodbye, his world collapsed once more.

Shattered, he searched for villains to blame. But misery was everywhere. In strangers. In her. Even in himself. And when he finally demanded answers from the God of Reincarnation, the God only watched in silence... as if the truth was too simple-and too cruel-to ever be spoken.

A haunting tale of suicide, regret, and rebirth-
and the unsettling mystery of life itself.