"Faded Petals" by Gasai_Junko

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There is a single rose. The rose consists of two colors that fade into each other. In the middle of the flower, the petals are full of vibrant colors. Toward the edges of the flower, the petals become fainter and harder to notice. There is only one flower

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like this in the garden. All the other flower's petals are vibrant in color. The single fading rose is an outcast, mocked and pushed away by those who even notice it. Eventually, the flower's petals fade even more and the rose becomes less and less

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relevant. The rose petals begin to fall, one by one, marking the lone flower's end.

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Nobody realizes the flower's absence. No one cares about the rose and its withering life, represented by the faded petals.