Even if I fade away... Even if I disappear.
Even if everything that was once "me" is gone from your memories... These times won't have been for nothing.
These feelings in my heart won't fade. They're constant, unchanging. Even when my own memories are buried too deeply to find, I won't let them be destroyed.
I won't let anyone take away the last fragment that I never wanted to lose.
Of course I'm scared. I'm terrified. There's... a million things that make me want to give up and go back. To rethink the choice I made.
To be selfish.
To make you shoulder the pain of knowing.
But I can't.
Because... if there's one wish of the old me that I can still make true... It'll be the wish for you to be happy. If even
one Hope is still alive in my heart... It will be to know you're there, smiling, even if I can't see it anymore.
So I want you to forget.
I want you to forget me, because if you forget, the others can heal you.
They can do what I was never able to do... They can make you believe in yourself.
They can show you that you aren't a monster. That you never were.
You were just like the rest of us.
After all... don't we all have a little bit of a monster inside ourselves? I... know that I definitely do.
We all have something we want to contain. Something ugly in our hearts. Selfish and fearful and sad…
My brother has one. Future Foundation has one. Touko has one.
But even if you have that monster in your heart...
That doesn't mean you have to become one.
You never… ever became one. And you won’t.
I know it.
If you're afraid... then take my hand. You'll never see it... You'll never know it's there. But take it anyway.
Let the feelings from the time where we were together guide you... And take my hand, okay?
If we work together... then everything will be alright.
We always succeeded before!
No matter what happens, there’s always someone who believes that you can be more than a monster.
I…
I believe in you!
I’ll keep reaching out, no matter what! My feelings won’t falter.
I love you. I believe in you. I want you to be happy.
I
believe that you can be happy!
Even if it hurts--even if I can’t keep myself from breaking-- I want you to smile.
The smile that kept me going for so many months…
The smile that healed me so many times.
The smile that saved me.
So take my hand, and even if I break….
I’ll lead you to the place where you can smile.