After the graduation had ended, only two Battlefront members remained, Kanade Tachibana and Yuzuru Otonashi. "Say, would you want to go outside? I'd like to enjoy the breeze." Otonashi asked Kanade, who in turn made a small noise in agreement. Once outside, Otonashi turned towards Kanade to ask "Would you like to stay here with me?" Kanade, confused, walked towards Otonashi with a confused expression on her face. "Well, i just thought about it. There's going to be more people like us who can't move on from their previous lives. We could help them graduate. I think- It's possible that i came here to fulfill that purpose." Otonashi said, looking at Kanade. "Right." Kanade murmured, taking a step forward towards Otonashi. "I won't be lonely as long as your here with me." Otonashi said, facing Kanade as he tried to find the words to express how he felt about this beautiful girl in front of him. "Mm." Kanade murmured, looking back at the school. "I can do this, as long as you're by my side. Because, because i love you Kanade." Otonashi said, looking at Kanade as she said nothing. "Why- Why won't you say something?" Otonashi asked, as the silence thickened. "I don't want to." Kanade whispered, taking a step back from Otonashi. "But why?" Otonashi asked, confused about the predicament he was now in. Kanade didn't say anything for awhile before finally saying quietly "Because if i tell you how i honestly feel, i think that i will vanish." Otonashi gasped, murmuring "But- But why?" Kanade couldn't look at him, as she said "I came here to express my gratitude for the warm, kind heart you had given me that extended my life." Otonashi, shocked, is startled at this news. "Even now, i can feel it beating in my chest. I noticed when i stabbed you the first time, that you didn't have a heart. When you fell asleep on my chest, listening to your heartbeat, you regained your lost memories." Kanade continued, looking up at Otonashi as she walked towards him. "Yuzuru, please. Tell me. Repeat what you just told me." Kanade said, looking up at him with hope filled eyes. "No. Kanade, you'll disappear." Otonashi whispers, clutching his chest as if his non-existant heart was still there. "Yuzuru, please. Let me believe in everything you believed in. Let me know that life is worth living." Kanade said, walking towards him as he steps away. "No. I can't do it." Otonashi said, his eyes filling with tears, as he steps away again. "Yuzuru!" Kanade yells, stepping towards him again. Measuring the last bit of happiness he has left, Otonashi stepped forward and engulfed Kanade in his arms, while saying "Kanade, i love you. Let's stay together forever." Kanade, knowing this won't happen, snuggles into his arms and took a deep breathe before saying "Yes. Thank you." Yuzuru, crying now while holding Kanade, whispers "Let's stay together forever and ever. Kanade." Kanade murmured a "Yes." in return to his statement. "Kanade." Otonashi whispers, holding onto Kanade as if that was his life-line. "Thank you. Truly and deeply." Kanade said, closing her eyes as Otonashi repeats in a strained voice "Kanade." Kanade, knowing this is the time to go, says simply "Thank you for giving my life to me." Yuzuru Otonashi is left all alone, grabbing at thin air for his Kanade, but making no contact. He drops to the floor, crying mercilessly, as he yells out to the girl he loves "Kanade. Kanade!"
On a bright summer day, a girl with short white hair covered underneath a tan hat and wearing a white dress with a cut-off jean jacket, hums a song while she checks her phone. A boy passing by, on his way to a meeting for his work, stops in his tracks and runs after the girl. "Um, yes?" The girl asks, turning towards the boy as he stands there with his hand on her shoulder. "Where- Where did you hear that song?" The boy asks, pointing towards her headphones, as she nods understandingly and says "Oh. It's from this new band. Girls Dead Monster. It's called 'My Song'. Would you like to listen to it?" The boy, having a brief flash of a girl that looks similar to the one standing in front of him telling his former self goodbye, looks at the girl with new eyes. "Is something the matter, sir?" The girl asks, clearly curious as to why the guy was staring at her with this look like he was, well like he was in love with her. "K- Kanade?" The boy asks, seeing if that is this girl's name and if it is, then he must know her- No. He's going crazy. "Um, yes? Wait... Yu- Yuzuru?" The girl asks, biting her lip to see if this was in fact the boy she had been having dreams about for the past couple of years. The boy, Yuzuru, nods and smiles at her, before engulfing her into a hug. "This is better than my dream." Kanade whispers, before crumbling in Yuzuru Otonashi's arms and beginning this long awaited journey of reincarnated love.
