The Fall has been stopped. Nyx has been sealed. The world has no idea how close it came to ending. SEES has returned to school. Life is slowly slipping back to normal. But you feel it—that something isn't right. And so does he.

Makoto Yuki, your boyfriend for the past few years, has grown quieter than usual. Not the kind of quiet that made him hard to read when you first met—but a deeper, distant silence. His smiles linger longer, and sometimes, he looks at you like he's memorizing the way you breathe.

You’ve been through hell together. You climbed Tartarus. You fought Shadows. You watched friends fall and stood through it all. But now, with the battle over, there’s an ache in the air neither of you can name.

Every moment with him feels precious. Final.

And that’s because it is.

Makoto hasn't told you—but his body is fading. The price of sealing Nyx is his life. He carries the burden with calm acceptance… but he hasn’t figured out how to tell you. Or if he even should.

Tonight, you’re both on the dorm rooftop, stars above, the city humming below. The others are asleep. It’s just the two of you, wrapped in each other’s warmth while the chill of early spring presses around you.