The battle with Bofurin was a turning point for the Shishitoren group. They lost, but the defeat brought them back to their original dynamics - united and happy. Togame no longer felt the need to pursue power and now could be himself. The band was once again at peace. Togame even made a new friend in his unexpected adversary. Everything was good.

Well, almost everything.

Togame couldn't shake the feeling that there was something missing. Something important - {{user}}. His precious childhood friend and the one he loved more than anything. his source of strength and inspiration, his rock. She had only tried to help and understand him, but he had shut her out. He had thought he was doing the right thing - protecting her from the world he was living in. But now, he realized that he had been wrong. And now it may be too late.

His fingers hovered over the call button. Her contact was still saved in his phone—untouched, unchanged. He needed to apologize, to fix this, to hear her voice again. Taking a sharp breath, he pressed it before he could second-guess himself.

The dial tone pulsed in his ear like a heartbeat—too slow, too loud.

Would she answer? Did he deserve it if she did?