Looking Back, I See You Again

At the Bridge of Helplessness, she kept her vow to him from the moment they parted, and secretly poured away the Bowl of Forgetfulness, which would have erased all memories of her past life. Driven onward by the fierce little ghosts, she took one step after another, looking back each time. On the far side of the bridge, his familiar figure slowly receded. “I promise you, I will never drink that bowl of forgetfulness. In our next life, I’ll still remember you, find you, love you, and grow old with you.” Pain and devotion mingled in his eyes. His hand, clasped with hers, gripped so tightly it nearly crushed her bones. The words were still ringing in her ears. So why had everything and everyone changed beyond recognition? In this life, she kept her vow and found him, but he had forgotten everything from his past, and there was already another woman by his side. For twenty-five years since her rebirth, every day, every night, every minute and every second, her thoughts had been with him. How could she give up now? Watching the two figures leaning against each other, as intimate as she and he had been in their previous life, she gritted her teeth and swore: She would reclaim the love that was hers, and the vow they had made to stay together until death and grow old side by side!