Persephone wore a look of concern as she inched closer to Morpheus. "D-Do you not like it?"

Just then, the final firework illuminated the sky brightly.

She had designed it especially for him. The silver sparks gleamed like a thousand stars, with two letters shining brightest in the middle—MY.

"Morpheus, see the 'MY' in the middle?" She smiled. "I designed that for you!

"Do you like it?

"Morpheus?"

Morpheus stood frozen, like a cold sculpture.

His heart pounded, but he could only hear the flying bullets in the battle—a haunting echo of his troop's last scream at the battle's end.

It was his father's final bellow of despair.

Morpheus covered his ears and squatted down weakly, his head throbbing with pain.

"No... No."

"Morpheus!"

Persephone was shocked by what she saw. She attempted to hug him, but he pushed her away.

Despite being wounded from the push, she ignored it and tried to embrace him again.

wrong, Morpheus? You're scaring

sweated as if his soul was

"Morpheus!"

Persephone choked.

the person in

feel

He pushed her again!

Persephone couldn't hold back and

man who used to care for her even when she frowned did nothing at

to the

her arrival. A ghastly helplessness crawled toward her heart

Persephone had no appetite. She shook her

from

entering with a smile while holding a small

You won't find it anywhere else!

She remained silent.

she was moody, he thought he wouldn't ask

you tell him that I put a lot of effort into it? Although I didn't help with the design, I was the one who got people to

helplessly. "Can you leave

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