Just Once More

Alex Li knew the saying. "You never know what you have until it's gone." And staring at his younger sister who would never smile again, never laugh again... He regretted it.

If he knew that she was struggling. If he had known that smile was a lie so he wouldn't get distracted. If he had known she was lying about her first year of high school so that he could focus on his last...!

"How about it? Alex Li will die today. In exchange you get a year's worth of time to try and save your dear sister. But it'll be hard. There was a lot you missed in that last year, you know? Many, many mistakes that you made."

An offer too good to be true. One only a fool would accept. But...

"Send me back."

"Then... Good luck."

...He'd be a fool to not try.

Just once more.

...Just once more...

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Originally an entry for the honeyfeed writing contest. Didn't have the chance to finish it, but I'm uploading the little I wrote here to centralize my stories.