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Rewritten Ending of “A Temporary Matter”

Summary:

an actual assignment submitted for my English 11 class, co-written with my friend

Notes:

For context:

The short story A Temporary Matter is essentially about this married couple that has been going through a rough patch after Shoba (the wife) had a stillborn baby. While the lights go out every night for a week, they tell each other secrets in what the husband (Shukumar) thinks is an attempt to rekindle their relationship. Except he is genuinely a bum husband, ex. Not being there while Shoba went through her miscarriage and admitting to ripping out a picture from a model magazine to look at while his wife’s pregnant (boo 😡). After the week ends it’s revealed that the game was Shoba warming up to tell Shukumar that she is moving out and wants to break up (yas queen!)

In the end he reveals that he actually came to the hospital on time to hold the baby but never told her. Our assignment was to rewrite or add on to that ending, which gave birth to this :)

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The next morning nendo shows up and asks,
“SAIKIIIII YOU GO PEEPEE??” Shukumar doesn't know how his beautifully chiseled chin got into his house, but he cries himself back to sleep when he remembers Shoba dumped his ahh.

Later, as Shoba and Shukumar try to make up, they take a walk to a park to reconcilate. But suddenly! truck-kun comes out of nowhere and claims both of their lives. Worry not! for they have been isekai’d into the disastrous life of Saiki K!! Shoba wakes up and realizes her body has changed, no longer is her hair a rich jet black, for it is now a brilliant blue, resembling that of a sapphire, with a delicate golden glow surrounding her at all times, giving her an angelic aura. Shoba has woken up as the queen Teruhashi herself! Now Shoba will get the life she deserves with everybody worshipping the ground she floats on. Because she's a goddess of course.

When contact hits Shukumar, he gets thrown thousands of feet from the ground. Suffering grave injuries, Shukumar is unable to recover. As he lays there, waiting for the sweet release of death to overcome him, he sees a figure in the distance. That figure is none other than Omni Man. The big buff man in question stands tall above Shukumar, as though studying the inner turmoil he’s gone through these past few days. He looks… disappointed.

”I think,” he winds his fist back, charging his power in preparation to strike, “you miss your wife.”

Just then, Tung Tung Tung Sahur leaps in between the two, bashing his baton of pure energy into Omni Man.

Shukumar begins to feel a ray of hope, until Triple T turns around with a distasteful expression. “This is not to help you,” he warns, “you must witness how brightly your wife shines without you dimming her spirit like the power outage that pushed you to confess your horrible atrocities.”

At that moment, Shoba felt a disturbance in the air.

“Why have you forsaken me?” Shukumar inquires, “why couldn’t you have let me die?”
“You know why,” Triple T responds, “you’ve been a bad boy. Being unfaithful has led you down the wrong path, you must fix this at once!”

”Hur, Hur!” Freddy Fazbear pounds his chest plate in agreement.

Shukumar thinks to himself for a minute, are they telling the truth? Do I really need to fix things before it's too late? I thought we were doing well. Maybe I was wrong.

Yes! You are wrong!
“Who said that?” Shukumar yelps
It’s Me! Your inner conscious. You need to make up with your girl. You’re being a bum.
“You know what,” Shukumar decides, “I have to talk to Shoba immediately!”
Then they come together and hug and everybody cheers in the background. Saiki K and Kaidou kiss. The Dark Reunion is defeated!!!

Notes:

it’s funny that I’m genuinely wanting to write more serious works in the near future considering my current discography.

if you made it this far, I’m sorry.

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