My Hell Is Your Heaven

A rather tragic story with a bad ending. The hero refuses to admit how he feels, and misunderstandings mean he never gets to say it in the end.

(Swallow from the South, Wild Goose from the North: Swallows fly south, wild geese return north.

Parting Beneath the Courtyard: Only the spring moon in the courtyard is full of longing, still shining on falling flowers for those who have parted.)

Two orphans who grew up together were adopted by two brothers from the same family. Through a twist of fate, one of them became an orphan once again, and from then on, their lives diverged irrevocably. When they met again years later, neither was a boy anymore, and neither could find their old selves. The wheels of fate carried them in different directions, never to meet again.

?? One never speaks, enduring everything alone. The other says the opposite of what he means, hurting both himself and the one he loves. In the end, they miss their chance.

Is a childhood sweetheart no match for someone who appears later, or can that latecomer become a childhood sweetheart in time? Whatever the case, the ending is the same: the music stops, and everyone goes their separate ways.