Yes, after 2 months of my publication of Infinite Air Pressure, I decided to write the alternate ending based on one of the endings of the 'Air Pressure' game.

My other fic Kill the Air Pressure will not get the same treatment. It will stay as it is so there's that.

Shoutout to Kerlongsj Evert Orlejov and the guest who reviewed the fic. I'm glad it was to your guys' liking! :D

So without further ado, here's the alternate ending to Infinite Air Pressure!


I met her back when we were teenagers. At that moment, she wrapped herself around me, and has not let go of me ever since that day.

Several years later, she is still with me.

"How's it going?" Charlotte greets me

But lately, I just don't know how I feel about her being around me anymore. Lately, I've been feeling uncomfortable. Like, something is not right.

"Fine.." I answer her

"That's good. Do you know what day is it? It's our anniversary of the day we met." She said

Of course it is.

"So, do you want to do anything?" She asked me.

How about…

"I think I'm just going to go for a walk." I answer her.

"Uh, OK." She looks at me slightly disappointed.

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I thought I would head out into the town for a while. It was busy! People everywhere.

I wanted to get lost among the crowd for a while.

Maybe even feel like a normal person for a bit. But then… I hear someone.

"Hey! Hey, wait!" I turn around to see who it was. It was Charlotte.

"Oh, hi." I greet her.

What the hell is she doing here? I thought to myself.

"Sorry… I thought you might like the company." She said.

Hmm…

"Yeah, I'm glad you're here." I responded to her.

"I wondered if something was up…?" She asks me, I have a feeling that she might have seen my expression early in the morning.

"No, nothing." I assure her. At least, nothing which an't be solved now that you're here. I thought to myself. Ugh.

"Ah, I'm glad." She says happily.

"So, do you want to go somewhere?" She asks me.

"Sure, shall we find somewhere quiet? it's so busy around here." I answered.

"How about the park over there?" She points to the park that was just a block away.

"Sure, let's go there." I take her hand and walk there with her.

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I was glad, in the end, that she showed up.

But I can't help but feel a little disappointed in myself.

I thought I could cope without her…

We sat together on the grass in the park.

She's so cheerful.

It just shows me how oblivious she can be to my thoughts.

"It's nice out here, huh?" She asked me with that smile that I've always known.

Totally oblivious. I know I'm being unfair. What I should do is…

I should tell her what's up.

"Uhm, listen… Charl…" I muster courage to tell her how I'm feeling.

"Hmm?" She pays attention to me. Not knowing what I am about to say.

"Do you think… Do you think I rely on you too much?" I ask her first before I say anything else.

"How do you mean? We're friends aren't we?" She asked me, rather confused.

She's right, we're friends. But is this what I really want?

"W-well, I guess." I responded, nervously.

"..?" She looks at me with that same confused expression.

"I think I just need to be alone for a while" I managed to tell her.

"Huh. I make the effort to cheer you up and you don't need me?" She asked me, looking offended.

Nice job Ichika, you fucked up by making her angry. I scolded myself.

"…Sorry. It's not like that." I apologize to her.

"…" She doesn't look me in the eyes. I continue ."Sorry, I'm just confused. Of course I need you."

She then turns to me and asks me. "Shall we get home?"

"Sure, let's go home!" I answered.

I don't want to rely on her, but it's so easy! I can't decide if I'm better off with or without her. I thought to myself.

We went home and I didn't mention it for the rest of the day.

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It was the day after our anniversary.

I had a dull sense of pressure in my head.

I felt like I was surrounded.

"Uh, Charl." I try to initiate a conversation.

"Mh?" She turns o me wih a smile. But I had a feeling it was a forced one.

"I was thinking…"

"For a change" She interrupted me, hoping that we patch things up.

"Haha… Are you happy?" I ask her, while I was trying to be careful with the situation.

"Sure, I'm ok." She says with that smile. Then she asks me: "Are you not happy?"

"No, I am. Just… I was just making sure." I responded to her.

"Heheh." She chuckles. "I know. I can't help you with this decision." She says to me. "You have to make it."

"Then, I want to be closer to you." I decided.

"Then.."

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I knew it was a reckless decision.

I know she's not good for me.

I had to know what it felt like.

I know I made the right decision.

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"You're lucky this time." I wake up in what appears to be the hospital.

There was a nurse who attended me as I woke up.

"You didn't hit any nerves or arteries." She said to me.

As if I would be that stupid.

"Uh, when can I go home?" I asked the nurse.

"You have to wait to se the doctor in the morning, and we'll se then." She said to me

"Right." I said to her.

"Do you feel better now?" She asks me, seeing that I woke up in the goddamn hospital.

"… Yes." I answer her question.

"So, why did you do it?" She asked me.

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Of course, it was no problem to talk my way out of the hospital.

It was easy, because I honestly never felt so good.

I felt complete. I should never have doubted that I neeeded her.

At the end of the day, my flaws are as defining as my good qualities.

I need her to carry on being myself. To sustain my personality.

I need her to be happy.

THE END.


AND THAT IS ALL FOR NOW!

Well, I hope you enjoyed it despite it being short.

Well then, see you when you're older XD

Until then,

SAYONARA, MIS AMIGOS!