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~ Sunshine Ending (Sunflower)

after the horrifying events of the previous ending (in which the ketsukane estate burns down with the two inside of it), kanako wakes up once more the very moment she died in that house.

isn't this becoming too much...? how long can she go on like this? the one time she tried to use force to make clover stay, it ended in disaster. she didn't want this.

that is, of course, until ceroba finally steps in. she finds her daughter like this and realizes that something is definitely going on. she puts away her lab coat, casting her research aside for the moment. some things are more important; she can't believe she let herself forget that. kanako needs her.

so, they start going outside and into two together. starlo and his crew are delighted to see ceroba out and about for once... she'd really become more of a hermit these past few years.

for once, kanako isn't alone. so when she spots a particular bluebird accompanying a human in Oasis Valley, she thinks that this could actually be her chance. things are different, now...

and things do play out differently. or, maybe more familiarly...? starlo sees a trusty sharpshooter deputy in clover and takes them in for training. ceroba is able to start off on the right foot with clover as well, being able to see them more as a person than an opportunity for research.

but maybe most importantly, kanako gets the chance to grow close to clover more naturally, as true friends. there's no rush or desperate force like before; for once, it seems like clover actually wants to stay.

with all of them together, kanako realizes why.

ah... i think i understand now. having one friend is good, but that's not really what you wanted, was it?

you... wanted a family, right? support, and company... more than just me alone.

it feels like there should be a sting there -- kanako not being "enough" to get clover to stay -- but strangely, it really doesn't hurt. seeing clover happy, having fun, making friends...

after last time, this feels like all she could have ever asked for.

the two become like siblings. (where have I heard this before?) they get into Shenanigans and all that fun stuff. the ketsukane estate is admittedly far nicer than the breaking house starlo and co. stay in, so clover begins to share kanako's room. every night is like a sleepover...!

they have fun, lots of fun together. ceroba hushes them, urging them to sleep in the early hours of the morning after they stayed up so late talking and giggling. kanako never has to eat another meal alone. clover is surprisingly good at mew mew love blaster. every day is so fun and exciting. this is what she had dreamed of for so long now -- the things she wanted all those previous times. she really just needed a little help to make it actually happen.

she's so happy. everything is perfect. she's satisfied, finally.

so...

so then, why...

why, after so long,

does she wake up again in an empty bedroom, back where she started?

it makes sense to assume that he keeps resetting for some reason or another, clover dies, something doesn't go his way, etc, etc...

but for this "sunshine ending", clover got to stay underground for a good while. shouldn't flowey have reset sooner? it's just another failed attempt at getting what he wants, clearly.

so why did he let clover stay living with kanako, even just for a little while?

why didn't he reset?

well, under any other circumstances, he would have. flowey doesn't really care about clover's happiness after all, right? he has his goal, and nothing should get in the way of that...

so then...

why does he hesitate?

maybe it doesn't have anything to do with clover after all. maybe, for a second, clover isn't there at all. it's just a human befriending a monster.

but flowey can't have that. he isn't even a monster. he can't feel anything. not for anyone, not anymore.

seeing it isn't the same as experiencing it. he'll never get those times from so long ago back. to live vicariously through some idiot would be stupid.

it's stupid, it's a waste of time, it won't do anything for him. it's stupid, stupid, stupid.

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so he waits, because he realizes something: the longer this ending is drawn out, the more despair will be brought onto kanako. he doesn't know why SHE remembers of all people, but maybe this could be a punishment for being a roadblock, for getting in his way. a punishment for the monster.

yes... yes, this is the perfect plan, isn't it? the higher the climb, the harder the fall. so he'll just wait, and watch...

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