(Hakuoki) Eternal Night

If love is written in the stars, let me spend my whole life loving and caring for you.

Is it fate that I was destined to meet you in this life?

May this heart, weathered by the trials of the mortal world, stop grieving,

and begin its journey toward happiness.

If love is written in the stars,

should I have quietly waited for you from the very beginning?

Would that have given my drifting heart a shore to call home?

Would my life have held more joy and less sorrow?

If love is written in the stars,

was I destined to be unable to escape this ordeal?

Was I destined to bear such sorrow before I could find traces of you,

and then follow fate's lead, step by step, until I found you?

If love is written in the stars,

why couldn't I find you from the start?

Did I have to weather the ups and downs of life before I could learn to cherish your presence,

and let the passionate years settle into quiet days?

If love is written in the stars,

why have I still not found my way to you?

Did I overlook your presence, or have I been forsaken by the god of love?

Or has the god of love meant for me fallen asleep?

If love is written in the stars,

I hope to find you before my twilight years.

I don't want to meet you, my destined one, only after my youth has faded away.

If love is written in the stars,

please grant clear eyes to all those who wait for love, seek love, and find true love.

May those who love each other be spared the pain of longing.

May there be more warmth and less sorrow in the world.

May lovers everywhere be spared the suffering of endless cycles of rebirth,

and no longer have to search endlessly through a sea of people.

If love is written in the stars,

I hope no one has to live and die amid love, hate, and heartache.

May life bloom as brilliantly as a summer flower,

and death be as serene and beautiful as an autumn leaf.

Hijikata Toshizo: "...I want to protect them. I want to protect those beautiful memories from the past."

Okita Soji: "I'd really like to drink it again... the tea Chiya brewed."

Saito Hajime: "The cherry blossoms bloom in all their glory, but their beauty is fleeting. Before long, they wither and fall."

Kazama Chikage: "I am the leader of the Western demon clan. My bride must be a pure-blooded demon."

Minamoto Chiya: "I'm silly and foolish. I don't deserve to be treated this way by you..."

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