Honestly, it's not really that sad since it's written in a really short way. MC doesn't has any feeling (i forgot how it's called again) and ML is kind of cold outside. Basically the story is like this :

Quoted in the last scene :

My mind was completely overtaken by him. Like a broken projector, it tirelessly replayed the scene over and over again.

I couldn't control the memory of him lying in my arms, in a pool of his own blood saying to me, "I love you."

These words should have been the sweetest words one could ever hope to hear. However, they only brought incomparable agony to me.

The pain in my heart felt like it was breaking me apart.

I don't understand.

Not bad for a oneshot. The words are very sparse, but you get an idea of the setting (they're secret agent partners/military of some sort) and the end was fairly impactful.

Short stories are difficult to write well because you don't get a long time to immerse the reader into the moment and emotions with the characters. Although I don't have much critique for the structure of the events (I think it was done well), nothing really stood out to me either. There were no interesting details (did they like a... more>> particular food? Did one person have a particular habit?) that made the characters feel more real instead of just fictional people on the page.

Spoiler

The moment for the tragedy about the 3.45 seconds of hesitation was done well. But overall, the author could have done more to make the reader care about what happened and feel the loss on a higher level.

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This novel was incredibly short. I think I read it in about three minutes. It was short, sweet, and tragic.

The MC is unnamed, but it's from his point of view. He's training in the military. There is another solider with him, Lin An, who is kind of quiet and a bit unreadable. Over time, they grow closer together, which this is only shown with a couple of scenes. Frankly, it's enough. Despite it being super short, they clearly had a situationship going on. The MC is a guy who is... more>> a person who is not too fond of emotions but ends up feeling the most in the end.

This ends with a tragedy. I won't talk about it, nor will I attempt to summarize it. The novel is way too short to do that without spoiling anything. I will say, however, that this read was cute and sad, but it was worth the read. <<less

Short and sad story about emotionless and cold person who realize his feelings too late. It's well written and a bit sad.

It was short but kind of sad as if it had 10 chapters, MC realized at the end that he could feel emotions. In the end I think he could see another exit :c

It’s short, but it’s so sad. It’s really a tragedy. I’m full of regret for the ending, An li didn’t deserve that.