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Chapter 46 - (End) forYuna

 The sea breeze sweeps across Matsushima Bay. As the day wanes, the sun casts golden rays across the emerald sea, sparkling like silver scales. In the distance, hundreds of pine-covered islets rise from the bay—silent, sacred, and timeless.

 Hiroki and Yuna stand side by side, hands resting on the wooden railing at the cliff's edge. The wind tousles her hair, fluttering it like it does when they are in school. They say nothing, only watch the glowing horizon.

 The view stirs a shared memory—two kids sitting side by side on a rock back home, gazing out over a golden rice field. She sobbed then, and he sat silently, but his eyes never left her.

 Since that nameless sunset, they have weathered summers, winters, nameless trains, and broken paths. They lose each other, find each other—not through spotlights or fame, but in the quiet, genuine things.

 Hiroki turns to Yuna—the girl he once loves, once hurts, once waits for. The one who is both wound and healing. Her eyes reflect the evening sky—clear, calm, infinite.

 He suddenly drops to one knee.

 Yuna freezes.

 From his coat, Hiroki pulls out a ring—elegant, simple, and profoundly pure.

 It's made of platinum, cool and smooth as a flowing spring. Inside, delicately engraved, are the words: "forYuna."

 Instead of a flashy diamond, the ring holds a milky opal that shimmers subtly under sunlight, its iridescence framed by a slender rose gold band.

 Looking up, Hiroki's voice is soft but unwavering, like waves brushing the shore.

 "I want this ring to stay with you forever."

 Yuna can't speak. The wind catches a tear at the corner of her eye.

 She extends her hand. He gently slides the ring onto her finger.

 Their kiss is not dramatic. Just a gentle touch—honest, full of feeling. And in that moment, the world stands still. The wind stops. The waves quiet.

 Every memory, pain, and lost dream melts into that single, tender breath.

 On the cliffs of Matsushima, a boy who once closes himself to the world and a girl who has been broken—finally find a place to belong.

 No fireworks. No wedding flowers.

 Just the sea, the sky, and two hearts that once stray—now beating as one.

 And in a voice trembling with truth, she speaks:

 "I love you, Hiroki."

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