Before You Became a Memory
I replied, exasperated.
"And then one of them dies, leaving the other one completely alone," he added, a sad smile touching his lips. “It’s still not a happy ending because someone is left behind to mourn. Okay, let’s rephrase it: what if they die together? Then they just leave behind a grieving family.” He paused for a moment, letting his words sink in before continuing. “There is only an ending, Mia, but no one is truly happy. That is reality. The only comfort is if they pass away together, but even then, it ends in loss.”
Tsh! So that was what he was fighting for. He really was bitter, wrapping the whole world in his grief.