sometimes you don't know until afterward how much you've paid

by reminiscent-afterthought

[manga: Judge] If he had known what it would have cost him, cost everyone - maybe he wouldn't have made that move.

A/N: Written for the Mega Prompts Challenge, #039 – senryu poetry. Following the 5-7-5 structure. And for those who don't recognise the scene, this is the first chapter/flashback, where Hiro wanted to tell Hikari how it felt.

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sometimes you don't know until afterward
how much you've paid

It had been such an
innocent desire, but
the price was too high.