🌒 Opening Scene — The Lie Begins to Break
The first crack came not with a tremor…But with silence.
Kentarō sat on the edge of the bed, eyes locked on the thin line of light that leaked beneath the bedroom door. Sarah was humming softly in the kitchen, her voice light as always — but something about it was off.
The world was too perfect.
No messages from Reika.No mentions of Chronos.No distant hum of rewinding watches or whispering timelines.
Just this loop. This soft lie. This world the Watchers had left him in — warm and fake.
And yet… it was still her.
That smile, that tilt of her head, that half-sigh she gave when he stole a sip of her coffee. Every little habit was exactly right.
But that was the problem.
It was too exact.
🌌 Flashback: What Reika Said
"Memory isn't perfect. Real love isn't a pattern.""If she remembers you too perfectly… it's not love. It's programming."
☕ Scene 2 — The Fracture Deepens
"Did you sleep okay?" Sarah asked, setting a warm mug in front of him.
He nodded, watching the steam rise. "Yeah. You?"
"I dreamed of a hill," she said. "Somewhere high. There was a tower. You were there too. But…"Her brows furrowed.
"But?"
"You were… different. Bleeding. Smiling, but broken. I was saying goodbye."
Kentarō froze.
That wasn't this world's Sarah.That wasn't a loop's dream.
That was a memory.
"Sarah," he asked carefully. "Do you believe in other versions of us?"
She laughed. "You mean like... time travel anime?"
He didn't answer. Just looked at her, searching for anything — a flicker, a hesitation, anything real.
And then her eyes softened. Just a moment.
"I think I've loved you before," she said. "In ways I shouldn't remember."
🧠 Scene 3 — The Memory Room
That night, Kentarō returned to the black door. This time, he stepped through without fear.
The mirror room was colder now.Fewer versions of him remained.
Most had already faded — consumed by choosing this fake timeline or being erased by Chronos's cleanup efforts.
Only one stood there now.
Version 107. The one who had burned half a city to bring Sarah back. The one who had rewritten reality just to see her smile.
"You opened the door again," 107 said. "You're finally ready."
"To wake up?"
"No. To remember."
📦 Scene 4 — The Crystal Archive
In the center of the mirror room stood a memory crystal.
Unlike the others, this one pulsed — alive, glowing blue with fragments of every version of Sarah he'd ever loved.
He touched it.It shattered.
Suddenly, a rush of memories flooded him:
Sarah dying in his arms in Timeline 17.
Sarah choosing another version of him in Timeline 89.
Sarah begging him to forget in Timeline 44.
Sarah… kissing him under moonlight on the university rooftop.
"You gave up everything for her," said 107. "Even yourself."
"Because she's worth it."
"Then show her."
⏳ Scene 5 — Confrontation
Kentarō stormed out of the mirror world and back into their apartment.
Sarah was still humming — folding clothes, sipping tea. Her world hadn't changed. But his had.
He sat across from her.
"Do you remember me, Sarah?"
She blinked. "Of course. You're my—"
"Not this version. The real me. The one who rewrote the stars to find you. The one who watched you die. Again and again."
"Kentarō…"
"Don't lie to me. You dream. You remember fragments. They didn't erase everything."
Sarah's eyes began to shake.
Tears welled up. Not because she was scared.
Because she did remember.
"I wanted to forget," she whispered. "Because every version of you dies."
🩹 Scene 6 — Fragments of Who We Were
The air grew heavy. Time around them began to slow.
Sarah stepped back. The teacup in her hand fell — but never hit the floor.
"Do you know how many times I've held you, only to lose you the next loop?" she said. "How many times we were one moment away from forever before Chronos took you back?"
He reached out, tears now falling from his own eyes.
"But I came back. One more time. Always one more time."
"I'm tired, Kentarō."
"Then let me carry the memories for both of us."
🌠 Scene 7 — The Promise
Outside, the sky began to shimmer — the collapse of Timeline 1365625 had begun.
The Watchers had found them.
Reika's voice echoed in Kentarō's mind one final time:
"If she remembers, and still chooses you… this time, it's real."
Kentarō took Sarah's hands.
"You don't have to remember everything. Just this."
He leaned forward, and kissed her — not with desperation, not with fear.
But with truth.
Memories surged through both of them.
The rooftop.The apples.The broken watch.The rain.Every version of every 'I love you' they'd never gotten to say.
🕯️ Final Scene — Light Returns
As the timeline collapsed, a new world flickered into existence.
Not made by Chronos.Not a simulation.But a timeline they created themselves.
Sarah stood beside Kentarō in their new world — no memory of past timelines, but hearts still aching with unexplainable love.
"Do I know you?" she asked with a shy smile.
Kentarō smiled.
"Not yet."
But this time… he'd get to fall in love with her again.