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Okay, i know this is significantly shorter than the rest and I'm very sorry for that. I'm a very anti-ShinnxStellar person so just writing this was really hard for me. Hope i did okay.
Shinn was nine. His goldfish had died.
"Onii-chan, are you sad?" Mayu had asked.
Shinn nodded.
When he was eleven, his favourite television program had been cancelled.
"Onii-chan, are you sad?"
Shinn nodded.
When he was thirteen, he had failed his exams.
"Onii-chan, are you sad?"
Shinn nodded.
Now, with her frail and broken body in his arms, he realized that he had never experienced true sadness. Not until now.
What was true sadness?
Shinn guessed that it was what he was feeling now. Like his heart had shattered into a million pieces, but he wasn't dead. He wished he were dead.
"Shinn... Suki..."
He couldn't even tell her how he felt. He couldn't even say her name.
"I promised to protect her!"
Shinn knelt over on the palm of the Impulse. Gently, he released his hold on the girl, letting her sink into the cold water. As she sank, her arms spread out wide, as if she was asking Shinn for one last hug. And in the darkness of the water, Shinn caught sight of something pink around her neck.
"I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!"
Banging his fists against the hard metal, Shinn sobbed until snow completely covered his back.
"Stellar..."
When she was still around, her name brought nothing but joy to him. Now, it left nothing but a metallic taste in his mouth. Just like blood. He had been stained with her blood, it had stained upon his very soul. There was nothing more he could do.