“Rei was always by my side. I thought I could tell her how I feel anytime I want. […] I was always by her side, yet I didn’t do anything for her. I was so close to her, yet I couldn’t give her anything. I never thought she’d one day be so far out of reach. I don’t want her to be like me and suffer the same feeling of regret. That kind of pain… is enough for me alone to shoulder.”