The week after Closure Letters felt like silence after a concert.Everyone had screamed, cried, danced —And now… we were just left with the echoes.
But the echo I heard the most?
My own.
Yuna – Letting Go in Her Way
She caught me near the vending machines.
No buildup.Just her usual grin.
"Hey, dumbass."
I turned. "Hey."
She leaned against the wall, arms crossed.
"So… I'm over you."
I blinked. "What?"
"Yeah," she said. "Finally cried it out. Got drunk on peach soda. Wrote three angry love songs. Burned two."
"Only two?"
"One of them slapped. I'm saving it for my villain arc."
I laughed.
But then she stepped close.
Looked me in the eye.
Voice calm, certain.
"You were my favorite mistake.But I don't need to be loved to prove I matter."
She bumped her shoulder into mine, grinned again, and walked away.
Free.
Airi – Her First Step Forward
She approached me at the library.
Not her usual seat.She sat beside me this time.
She slid a notebook over.
On the front:
New Hypothesis: I Might Be Enough
I looked at her.
She smiled — shy but proud.
"I'm writing my own story now.You're not the main character anymore."
I nodded.
"You'll write a good one."
"Better than good," she said. "Unpredictable."
Then she stood.
No graphs. No data.
Just her.
Walking away, finally her own person.
Akari – The Chapter She Needed
I got a postcard.
From another prefecture.
Her name on the back.And three sentences inside:
"I'm smiling more lately.It doesn't hurt to remember you anymore.And when I fall for someone new,I won't compare them to you."
I held it for a long time.
Then finally smiled too.
And Us – Me & Riko
She didn't ask about them.
She didn't need to.
She trusted me now.
That's how I knew we were real.
Not because we held hands.Not because we kissed.But because she didn't doubt me in silence anymore.
She believed in the quiet.
Last Scene – The Final Message
Reina sat in the student council room.
Alone.
She lit a candle.
Burned every test. Every poll. Every scorecard.
Then whispered to herself—
"No more games.Let them just live now."