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I am actually having a lot of fun with this story. Maybe it's just cause I really love Satoru and I'm having fun writing him. Anyways, I hope you all enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 3:

Too Late

Satoru was fairly certain he had never run so fast in his life but he needed to get to Eki. She couldn't have gotten far, Eki wasn't very fast.

"Eki!" Satoru called, rounding the corner. There was the sound of beating wings and Satoru skid to a stop. In the distance, there were two figures already getting further and further away but Satoru wasn't paying much attention to them.

"Eki," he gasped, dropping to his knees beside her. He lifted her up gently but she didn't respond. Her body was still warm but it was limp and there was blood, her blood, everywhere. He wasn't sure where it was coming from. Her eyes were still open, but there was no expression of pain.

Satoru was too late. How did he not see this? He could see the future through the simplest touch but he hadn't seen this. What had gone wrong? He should have protected her. He shouldn't have let her walk off in the middle of the night. Why had he let her go? He shouldn't have. He should have thrown her over his shoulder and carried her home, no matter how much she kicked and screamed.

Satoru never cried, ever, but here, with the woman he loved in his arms, he couldn't stop. Why did he have to act the way he did at the party? Why did she have to come into his life and leave so suddenly?

It must have been early morning, before the sun itself had come up, when the others had found him clutching Eki's body tightly to him and weeping. They didn't say anything. There wasn't anything to say.

Eki was loved by a lot of people and it was made quite clear at the funeral and the amount of people who were there to pay their respects. Satoru was fairly certain there wasn't a person who wasn't crying, even a little. Well, except for Kakeru and Shiki perhaps but Satoru knew this affected them much more than they were letting on. Eki was a friend to them too, even though none of them planned on getting so attached to the human, least of all Satoru.

Satoru still hadn't been able to face her family. He had avoided them. They loved Eki so much and it was his fault she was gone. How could he face them? A few people had come up to him and expressed their condolences but they meant little to him. Feelings wouldn't fix what he'd done or bring Eki back.

There was an ongoing investigation into Eki's murderer but Satoru knew it was hopeless. It wasn't a human who was responsible for her death. Satoru knew it was a demon, a pair of them. This would not go unanswered. They'd regret this for the rest of their incredibly shortened lives.

The casket was closed and people had been passing it, saying good-bye and expressing how much they'd miss Eki. Satoru doubted anyone would miss her as much as he would. It seemed that the crowd had thinned, giving Satoru an opening. He didn't want to. It was too final and he knew that somewhere, Eki's soul had been recycled, likely somewhere far from here. It was unlikely he'd meet her again and even if he did, would it still be Eki? She certainly wouldn't know who he was and all that they had been through together. This was all he had to offer now.

Satoru placed his hand on the wood of the coffin. This wasn't right. She was supposed to grow old and die peacefully.

"I'm sorry," Satoru said quietly. "You were right, I was being a jerk. I should have treated you a lot better. I know it doesn't fix things, but it's all I have. I hope, wherever you are, you can find it in yourself to forgive me." What was he doing? It wasn't like she was in there and could hear him. Satoru huffed, moving his hand away. There was nothing that could make things right. It had happened and now he had to live with consequences.

"She'd probably tell you there was nothing to forgive," a voice said from beside him and Satoru turned to see Eki's mother standing there. Her eyes were red and puffy from the crying she had done and Satoru looked down. He couldn't reply. He didn't know what he'd say. "We're very glad she found you. She loved you so much." Satoru closed his eyes. He couldn't listen to this. He didn't deserve her. She had deserved so much better than him.

"I loved her too," Satoru said. "I just wish I had been better at showing it." He didn't give Eki's mother a chance to respond before he walked away, heading back to his lonely corner when something made him stop. A flash of blond hair. Their eyes met across the room and Satoru held his ground as the angel made his way over.

They say Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. They should change that to angel, but demons were of Hell and Satoru was in no mood to deal with whatever Tsubasa threw at him.

"You should have left her to me," Tsubasa growled. Satoru glared at him.

"She didn't even want you," he said. "Get over it." Tsubasa shook his head at him.

"You didn't deserve her," he said. "She was too good, too gentle for you." Satoru clenched his fist.

"Walk away. Now," he said through clenched teeth.

"You know it, don't you?" Tsubasa said. "She's dead because of you. She wouldn't be if you had let her go." Satoru's fist flew before he could stop it, right into Tsubasa's face. A gasp rang out through the crowd as everyone turned to watch. The angel reacted quickly, throwing a punch right back at Satoru, but Satoru took it. As much as he hated to hear it, almost everything Tsubasa had said to him were things he'd been telling himself.

Their fight didn't last long as Kakeru grabbed Satoru and pulled away and Haruhito stepped into Tsubasa's way, but he couldn't block the cold glare that followed Satoru. He'd had enough. He shook off Kakeru's grip and marched to the exit, his hands in his pockets.

"Where are you going?" He heard Kakeru calling after him but he didn't answer as he walked away.

Well, there it is! What did you all think? I haven't gotten a chance to try out all the routes yet-I'm taking all these games one character at a time-so feel free to yell at me if I got someone you love wrong. But yeah, send me a review and let me know! Thank you!