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Dreams, Illusions, Bubbles, ShadowsAuthor: Tonomura Shigeru

Original Title 夢幻泡影
Author 外村 繁
Genre Modern Short Fiction
Author Type Male Author
Summary In a world where time and space blur, a devoted husband struggles to care for his chronically ill wife. Her nights are a torment of pain and sleeplessness, his a delicate dance between duty and exhaustion. But one morning, an unnervingly serene silence descends. The sky outside is a monochrome blue, beautiful yet ominous, mirroring the unsettling peace on his wife's face. She is utterly tranquil, no longer suffering, no longer waking.

Plunged into a terrifying new reality, he races against time and the grim pronouncements of doctors. As his wife drifts deeper into unconsciousness, the husband grapples with a flood of memories, regrets, and an agonizing guilt over his past actions. Can he find solace in the face of inevitable loss, or will the void her absence creates swallow him whole?