Persephone wore a look of concern as she inched closer to Morpheus. "D-Do you not like it?"

Just then, the final firework illuminated the sky brightly.

She had designed it especially for him. The silver sparks gleamed like a thousand stars, with two letters shining brightest in the middle—MY.

"Morpheus, see the 'MY' in the middle?" She smiled. "I designed that for you!

"Do you like it?

"Morpheus?"

Morpheus stood frozen, like a cold sculpture.

His heart pounded, but he could only hear the flying bullets in the battle—a haunting echo of his troop's last scream at the battle's end.

It was his father's final bellow of despair.

Morpheus covered his ears and squatted down weakly, his head throbbing with pain.

"No... No."

"Morpheus!"

she saw. She attempted to hug him, but he pushed her away. Despite being wounded from the push, she

Morpheus?

trembled and sweated as if his soul

"Morpheus!"

Persephone choked.

continued in the sky, but the person in front

Do you not feel well? Talk

He pushed her again!

hold

care for her even when she frowned did nothing at

returned to the

upon her arrival. A ghastly helplessness crawled toward her

supper, but Persephone had no appetite.

then, a voice came from outside. "How was the

up forcefully and saw Christopher entering with a smile while holding a small cake. "The

She remained silent.

he wouldn't ask her since

a lot of effort into it? Although I didn't help with the design, I was

helplessly. "Can you

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