S I L E N C E

One is already gone. I will not let the other go.

Kinomoto Fujitaka.

Kinomoto Nadeshiko.

Kinomoto Touya.

Kinomoto Sakura.

This is our family. I will not let it break any further.

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Li Syaoran.

I don't hold grudges.

It wasn't your fault, from what I've heard, anyways.

I know how it feels to fall in love…

And then fall.

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I'm her father, you know.

She smiles.

Fake.

Obviously.

I'm her father.

I should know.

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Sakura, Sakura.

The name Nadeshiko loved so much.

A flower.

You're dying.

A flower doesn't die suddenly. It's slow.

Painstakingly slow.

A flower that half-way dies can't be revived.

You are not a flower.

Live.

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When you're tired, you sleep.

Yet you refuse to sleep.

Does something haunt you?

Something haunts me.

Sakura, you're my only daughter.

There will be Touya left, but he loves you so much.

And if you go, he will be broken without repair.

And what will I be?

Sakura… What are you going to do?

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I know you want to go outside.

Wait.

Please.

They will let you go out soon.

Nadeshiko… You're already gone.

Sakura, don't go as well.

It's far too early for your time.

Don't do anything.

For your father.

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If you don't want to smile, don't.

That fake smile is even worse.

The silence is even more prominent with that smile.

I never told you, did I?

I don't like the silence.

And there used to never be silence around you.

Such a happy girl…

Do you see?

He loves you as well.

But you need to see it for yourself.

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Tomoyo's about to break.

Touya is lost.

Syaoran is worried.

I am silent.

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I'm sorry.

I thought you just wanted some time to think.

I didn't, didn't think you would-

Oh. Sakura.

Why?

Your eyes, the ones that came from Nadeshiko…

The silence is suffocating me again.

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Nadeshiko.

I'm sorry.

I… Sakura.

Our daughter.

Her eyes, her legs, her arms, her voice…

Nadeshiko…

I hate crying.

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Sakura.

Will you listen?

You're even more unhappy now.

I can't-

You-

I-

Please. At least listen to him.

The boy you love.

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Sakura, my daughter.

Let go.

There is so much of the world for you to see.

He loves you.

Listen.

Your silence doesn't have to be.

Even if you can't speak… You can smile.

There is only silence for me and Nadeshiko.

Listen, while you can.

She is gone, and only silence remains for me.

Sakura, dear.

Your eyes remind me of Nadeshiko.

Not a day goes by without me missing her, hating the silence.

Do not leave him alone with the silence as well.