"Shotarou...don't tell my sister about this..." Phillip asks.

Really, Shotarou has no room to argue the wish of a...dying man."You got it."

"Then...I'll be going."

The time to cry has come.

I'm parting from those I love.

This is really happening, isn't it?

I cannot believe we're parting like this.

Phillip's hand is on EXTREME and Shotarou's hand shoots out to cover it. "Let be the one this time...to do it."

Phillip is smiling, the bastard. How horrible this moment is, and he's smiling. Shotarou had been the strong one all this time, but he can't act like this doesn't affect him. "I'll leave it to you then."

A young girl's time of innocence

Cannot continue forever.

I understand this,

But this farewell is just too abrupt.

He doesn't want to do this. If they stop being Double, Phillip disappears. There is no room for a proper goodbye – that's it. It just...it can't happen like that. It's too sudden; he can't do it.

If only I had said "I'm sorry" that day

If only I had said one more "Thank you."

From this town full of our memories,

I alone will stay here

To fight.

"It'll be okay." Phillip assures him. "Even after this is over, we'll still be partners forever. So long as the Earth itself exists."

Such a corny, deep line that Shotarou can't stop the sob that bubbles out. Why did Phillip have to be so strong?

"Are you crying, Shotarou?"

Of course I am, you dolt. "Don't be stupid." He whispers.

You are important

You are important

You are so important to me.

"I'm gonna close this thing."

Phillip nodded. "Goodbye."

Shotarou bit his tongue, pulling EXTREME closed. It was a flash of light and he was back in the field, Wakana's body unconscious from him.

And Phillip no longer beside him.

Goodbye

and

Thank you.