When the storm faded, dawn broke across the field of flowers once more.
Tarou knelt before her, exhausted, human again.
> "I remember everything," he said quietly.
"Every death. Every time I failed to protect you."
Yukino smiled, tears glimmering.
> "Then remember this instead."
She leaned forward and kissed him—soft, warm, eternal.
The flowers bloomed brighter.
For the first time, time itself refused to rewind.