Katawa Shoujo – The End of Time

By: Lightning Blaze

Lilly Satou
January 24 2022
Okabe's Laboratory

"Damnit... I never figured he would have lasted this long..." Okabe finished with a sigh. I observed his pacing with an amused expression on my face. He really likes to pace whenever he's thinking hard.

"I... just had wished he was alive today... Damn, he would have been proud of you." Okabe continued to pace around the floor, each step coming sooner and sooner. I noticed him speeding up. Not good. He's panicking.

"Damnit! I.. He was my friend! I... I need to fix this! Somehow..." I heard him say. Naturally, this caused me to raise my eyebrows in suspicion. I felt his footsteps fade away as he brushed some curtains away. He's obviously concocting something in his mind. But what he was planning was lost to me. I had some ideas about what he was planning to do, but all those ideas were brushed away when he returned, carrying something.

"I have this. It's a Quantum Tunneling Time Manipulator. It allows you to travel back in time, anywhere, any time. It's my invention, and it took me three years to figure out how to make it. SERN would've loved to have this on their hands." Okabe explained. A time manipulator... Oh. He's planning an adventure back in time to save Hisao...

Hisao... my love... He passed away two months ago, peacefully. I was alone in the world, and while this made me realize how independent I became, I longed to feel him, touch him, have him around me, comforting me when something went wrong...

I missed him dearly. And Okabe's mad plan would bring him back. That was his plan. I was to go travel back in time, he explained. I was to meet up with his past self, and figure out a way to cure Hisao's Arrhythmia. The Arrhythmia was the cause of his death; He passed away due to a heart attack.

I grasped Okabe's hands, and I felt him jump slightly. "Listen, Okabe. I want to save him. I want this nightmare to end." I said, my voice shuddering slightly.

Okabe reassured me, and strapped on the manipulator. "Listen, I made it specifically for you. Touch it. Go ahead, touch it. " He said, and I complied. I found that it had words printed in Braille, and raised dots for the buttons.

"Oh, Okabe, you're a good friend." I told him, and smiled. I couldn't see him, but I could have sworn that he smiled back.

"I'll see you on the other side... Good luck to you."

And with that, I passed through the barrier of time, and for a fleeting moment, I could have sworn I saw his smiling face, waving goodbye.

[END OF LINE]

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A/N: So, how'd it go? It's my first piece of fan fiction for Katawa Shoujo, and I figured that we need more LillyxHisao love around here. :)

Oh, and for those who are wondering, Okabe is the Okabe Rintarou from Steins;Gate. I figured that he and Hisao would make good friends. After all, they both emit concentrated awesomeness! :D