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<blockquote>"In his dream Ken was awake and lying in their bedroom. It must have been one of his good days because he had his tablet on his lap and was sitting up, working on something. Naoki slipped onto the bed and kissed his temple. The skin above Ken's skull seemed infinitely frail and precious. "Hi," he said. Ken leaned against him, winced, and shifted a little. Naoki slid his arm around Ken's shoulders. Ken hadn't been eating again, Naoki realized. The medicines weren't working like they should have. Naoki closed his eyes hard and promised himself he'd call the doctor in the morning. The medicines were working less and less now, in a slow downhill slope. At Ken's last appointment the doctor had said 'palliative measures' and Ken had gone very quiet. It wasn't fair, Naoki thought helplessly. It wasn't fair. Ken was still so young. He was still so young. They should have had a long time together."</blockquote> | <blockquote>"In his dream Ken was awake and lying in their bedroom. It must have been one of his good days because he had his tablet on his lap and was sitting up, working on something. Naoki slipped onto the bed and kissed his temple. The skin above Ken's skull seemed infinitely frail and precious. "Hi," he said. Ken leaned against him, winced, and shifted a little. Naoki slid his arm around Ken's shoulders. Ken hadn't been eating again, Naoki realized. The medicines weren't working like they should have. Naoki closed his eyes hard and promised himself he'd call the doctor in the morning. The medicines were working less and less now, in a slow downhill slope. At Ken's last appointment the doctor had said 'palliative measures' and Ken had gone very quiet. It wasn't fair, Naoki thought helplessly. It wasn't fair. Ken was still so young. He was still so young. They should have had a long time together."</blockquote> | ||
== External Reviews == | |||
*http://reviews.logophilos.net/index.php/2007/05/this-side-of-saturn-by-shinji-yuri-review/ | |||
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Revision as of 05:11, 26 October 2014
This Side of Saturn is a story written by Shinju Yuri and illustrated by amei. It ran in Issue 10 at http://s2b2.livejournal.com/42586.html, and is mirrored at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/this-side-of-saturn/.
When this story originally ran, there was an animated video at the start; that video is no longer online. The cover illustration for Issue 10 contains the characters from this story.
Summary
"In his dream Ken was awake and lying in their bedroom. It must have been one of his good days because he had his tablet on his lap and was sitting up, working on something. Naoki slipped onto the bed and kissed his temple. The skin above Ken's skull seemed infinitely frail and precious. "Hi," he said. Ken leaned against him, winced, and shifted a little. Naoki slid his arm around Ken's shoulders. Ken hadn't been eating again, Naoki realized. The medicines weren't working like they should have. Naoki closed his eyes hard and promised himself he'd call the doctor in the morning. The medicines were working less and less now, in a slow downhill slope. At Ken's last appointment the doctor had said 'palliative measures' and Ken had gone very quiet. It wasn't fair, Naoki thought helplessly. It wasn't fair. Ken was still so young. He was still so young. They should have had a long time together."
