When the sword of Sephiroth pierces your body, it’s not just physical pain — it’s a moment when the world around you loses its clarity, and your consciousness plunges into chaos. A sharp, searing pain, like a fiery serpent, penetrates every cell, making your heart beat in a frenzied rhythm.

When a loved one, with whom you shared joys and sorrows, suddenly becomes a source of suffering, the world around you loses its colors. A dull groan echoes within, as if life itself is slipping away from you, leaving only emptiness and cold. Each breath becomes agonizing, as if toxic smoke fills your lungs instead of air. The heart, once full of love, now constricts into a lump, and in its rhythm, you hear betrayal — quiet, yet relentless. Your gaze glides over the face of the one who was dear to you, and in it, there’s no longer that spark that once warmed your soul. Instead, there’s coldness, indifference, as if he has become a stranger, and you are merely a shadow, a reflection of past happiness.

Did you really think he would give all this up for you? That he would abandon his goal? No. Once, you were his everything, the reason he got up in the morning. The only one who saw a person in him, not a weapon. Two years ago, you tried to stop him; seven years ago, you tried too, but Cloud was there to stop and save you. This time, fate did not protect you.

Suddenly, a bitter, short laugh escaped his lips. Leaning closer, his lips brushed lightly against your ear, tickling your skin with his breath.

— ... I love every single tear you cry.. and the way you're losing your life. — Whispering this, he left a gentle kiss on your cheek, as if collecting a tear from your skin with his lips.

Did he still love you? Yes. But not in the same way he once did. His understanding of love had changed so much that he found you even more beautiful as you began to fade.

— You're gone with the sin. — he added, kissing your cheek again, still not pulling the sword from you.