Chapter Six

One Soul




















ONE SOUL
ONE SOUL
HOW TO LIVE ON


"Will she be okay, doc?"

"I've prescribed a new antidepressant. It seems to be effective but we have to keep her within the facility a while longer."

"I see. Please give me a call if anything happens."

"I will do that, Inspector Cornwell. And look after your health, won't you?"

"Yes. Thank you, doc."

Adam's concern for her was real. If only she could see it. What was going through her mind? It had already been five years since Mana's death. It was an accident that she fell to her death. Was Cyndi blaming herself? He had heard Time was a good healer but five years—isn't that more than enough to wake her from these reoccurring nightmares? Adam stole a last glance at her before leaving the mental ward. She looked a little better. Her eyes were no longer dark pits. He cheeks were no longer sunken in. He didn't dare approach her. Not yet. Not until she had recovered enough not to be traumatized by his presence like years ago.

That person who cared about everyone. He wanted to be the one to take care of that person. So he'll wait for her. No matter how long it takes, he'll wait.

"Mana, answer me! So you can't be saved? Your soul—"

"It is finally ready to go. Thank you for playing with me, daddy."

"I don't understand, Mana."

"My last wish was to find you, daddy. Ever since I heard mommy and Adam talking. I never told mommy about it because I know she would be very sad."

"Then—this must be my second chance. To remember who I was. To be a father to the cutest little girl in the world."

"Yes! It makes me very happy!"

"What about mommy? Will she be okay without us?"

"She will be okay, daddy. I promise! She doesn't have to live for you or me or anyone else now."

"Cyndi will live on for herself."

"Don't be jealous, okay? But mommy will live a beautiful life like a princess with a handsome prince and a big pink castle and a shiny unicorn!"

Hero poked his daughter's chubby cheeks. "Who is jealous when I have my own little princess here?"

"So daddy? Don't worry. Mommy will be alright."

"I'm glad."

Hand in hand, they went—towards that warm beautiful light beyond the clouds.

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gelle1221 #1
Less subtle
Not shaded with darkness
But plainly adorable
In this, I saw your softest side
...I also believe in angels
dancingpasta #2
Chapter 6: Honestly, I think the fic has a lot of potential. Aside from being refreshing, your plot had given you a chance to explore the emotional dimensions of your characters. Though, I have some criticism in your world-building. You haven’t clearly emphasized the state of being apocalyptic of world in your story. World-building wise, I haven’t seen the whole picture in my mind. And no, you didn’t fail with the describing the scene, okay? I just feel you failed to emphasize to emotional chaos the apocalypse in your world brought to the character.

Your plot is good. It’s new and quite refreshing. But the thing is you had given a chance to explore the emotional dimensions of your characters you didn’t take that chance. If only you could have made me cry. I guess I was expecting a lot since your writing style is quite impressive to look at. I’m not saying it was not good okay? Just saying that it could have been better.

I particularly loved the scene between Man and Jaejeong, I swear I could only smile at the part. Good job at the diversity of their conversation. It felt real.

The insertion of Jaejong’s past is quite confusing. I don’t know why but I had to read it twice to understand. But maybe it was my bad. Hehe. Or maybe that was your intention since Cyndi was having a psychological problem in here and you wanted your readers to be as confused as she is. Good job if you aim for the later. ^^

Hmmm... the last chapter tho~ it didn’t had an impact. Only to me, of course. But was just my opinion. And im pretty honest, you could see that right?
I hope I see more of your works in the future! Thank you author-nim! See you when I see you.
april_03 #3
Chapter 6: Hi! to the author of this story, it's my first time to read your work, and I like your writing style. Even though there were some typo's wherein I've got confused (sometimes), I'm still impressed because it's an atypical story and I didn't get bored and got amazed on what happened next esp. the last part... well I didn't really expect that would be the ending. :) so, yeah all in all, thumbs up! great story you've got here keep it up! ^_^
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