(The voices faded...)
But the impact of the decision had not yet settled.
The apartment was different now.
Four breaths... instead of three.
Four hearts... trying to learn how to live together.
Yoshika sat near Honoka, still holding her hand, as if she feared she would vanish if she let go.
Misaki watched them in silence...
And in her eyes was something new.
Responsibility.
As for Ahmed...
He stood for a moment near the window.
He looked outside.
The city was as it always was...
But inside him, it was no longer so.
(Everything has changed...)
He closed his eyes for seconds.
Then—
That scene returned.
The fall.
The screams.
The water.
...And the camera.
He opened his eyes suddenly.
His features hardened slightly.
(The video...)
He turned slowly toward the others.
Misaki noticed the change in his face.
Misaki (quietly):
"Ahmed...?"
He took a step forward.
Then he said in a serious, low tone:
Ahmed:
"There is something that hasn't finished yet."
Honoka looked at him.
Her heart tightened without her knowing why.
Ahmed continued:
"Everything that happened..."
He paused for a moment.
Then he said clearly:
"It is still being shown to the world."
A moment of silence fell.
Yoshika gripped her sister's hand.
As for Honoka...
Her eyes lowered.
As if she felt the weight of it all over again.
Misaki understood immediately.
Misaki:
"The video..."
Ahmed nodded.
He stepped closer, and his voice became firmer:
"I won't leave it like this."
He raised his gaze to them.
"I won't allow this moment to remain... an open wound."
Misaki looked at him intently.
She knew this determination.
But she also knew...
That the road wouldn't be easy.
Misaki (with slight concern):
"And what will you do?"
Ahmed paused for a moment.
As if he were organizing his thoughts.
Then he said:
"I will start at the source."
A short silence...
Then:
"I will contact the entity that published the video."
Honoka looked at him.
In her eyes was fear... but also trust.
Honoka (in a faint voice):
"Will... they delete it?"
He didn't answer immediately.
And this silence... was an answer in itself.
But despite that—
Ahmed said:
"I will try."
Misaki looked at Honoka...
Then back at him.
Misaki:
"You won't go alone."
He looked at her.
Then at Honoka.
Even Yoshika raised her head, as if she wanted to say the same thing.
Ahmed's expression changed slightly...
Its harshness softened.
And he said quietly:
"This time..."
He paused.
Then he smiled a faint smile—
"We are not alone."
(Silence... but it was comfortable)
But behind this calm...
Something was taking shape.
A new confrontation.
Not with people...
But with an entire world watching.
(And on the following day...)
Ahmed was standing in front of a massive building...
Trying to begin.
But not all doors open easily.