And he knew every word was true. Katherine would never be the type to kill herself.
She was shaking her head again, but wildly this time. "Just stop, please! I don't want to hear anymore—"
Just like he also knew he was the one killing her now.
He tried reaching for her again. "Katherine—"
"No!"
And the way she was looking at anywhere but him—
"I j-just can't stop thinking that I f-forced you—"
Kazeyuki whitened. "You didn't—"
"Please stop lying," Katherine said brokenly. "We both know...we both know I forced you to lie and lie and lie—”
“It’s not like that—”
“Because I kept jumping to the craziest conclusions—"
"It was not crazy—"
"But it was."
Three words.
Just three words that she had whispered, and it was enough for Kazeyuki to see how she was already unraveling and spiraling.
"I t-thought you were in love with me—"
Because of him.
"I t-thought you...I thought you..."
Kazeyuki could not remember feeling this powerless as all he could do was watch the girl he loved start falling into pieces, and even though pain had destroyed her ability to speak—
Words were unnecessary at this point.
Because whether she would ever forgive him or not, it would no longer change what he already knew would always stay true.
He loved her. Had always loved her and would always love her, and that was why...
What she saw in her mind, he saw, too.
Dr. Collington asked me to marry him, and I said yes.
And what she felt now, he felt, too.
A lie. All a lie. Everything a lie.
Because what broke Katherine's heart also broke his, and that was why—
Inhibit.
The final unchecked item on his list. It all started making sense now. The things that didn't use to make sense—it was because he was looking at the list with eyes that didn't yet see.
But now that Kazeyuki knew the truth...
