And Then, Zero

"Did you really always believe me?"

She looked at him and asked.

Seeing the way she looked now, he realized he couldn't bring himself to say those two words.

When she saw him hesitate, she suddenly smiled.

That's right. She never belonged here in the first place. Why make herself suffer?

So, holding on to the hope she had started with, she brought everything to an end.

Then she returned to the place where it had all begun.

Her departure left everyone in shock.

She angrily demanded of him, "Why did you just stand there and watch her leave? What did she ever lie to you about? You were the one who said you'd always believe her! We believed you, but you didn't believe her!"

Suddenly, her words hit him like a bolt of enlightenment, and his muddled mind cleared in an instant.

But everything had changed, and she was gone.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.