Rem and Natsuki Subaru's Story, a Gentle Girl

[What Rem knew was that no matter how dark things became, no matter how impossible it was to see the future, Subaru was someone who had the courage to reach out his hand.]

[I liked having Subaru pat my head. Through his palm and my hair, I felt as if our hearts could connect.]

[I liked Subaru's voice. Every word I heard made my heart feel warm.]

[I liked Subaru's eyes. They were usually sharp, but whenever he wanted to gently comfort someone, I liked how his gaze would soften.]

[I liked Subaru's fingers. Though he was a boy, his fingers were beautiful. But when I held them, they were unmistakably a boy's hands—long, slender, and strong.]

[I liked the way Subaru walked. When we walked side by side, he would sometimes turn around as if checking whether I was following properly. I liked that way of walking.]

[I liked Subaru's sleeping face. He was as defenseless as a baby, and his eyelashes were a little long. Even if I mischievously touched his lips, he would not notice.]

[What filled Rem's heart was this: I love you.]

Heaven knew what Su Yunqing had felt when she saw this passage.

Especially knowing that Rem and Natsuki Subaru had no chance of ending up together in the anime.

The anime did not follow the Sloth Route.

They had had a chance, a chance to take the path of sloth. Rem had listened to Natsuki Subaru's sorrow and desire to give up, his wish to flee from everything and abandon all the important people here with Rem, living a peaceful life elsewhere.

Rem had imagined their future: working, getting married, having children, slowly growing old together with Natsuki Subaru, and dying before him.

But she gave it up.

Because if she did that,