With Hye-Min's confession, the last threads anchoring Shin-Bi to this world are undone. For so long he kept Hye-Min dependent on him to satisfy the unfulfilled longing of his heart, but now it seems they can never depend on each other again. Each is guilty of using the other for selfish purposes, but while Hye-Min can turn to the arms of Ma-Ha, Shin-Bi has no one. Or does he? In the tragic aftermath of her decision, Hye-Min wrestles with the finality of it in the last volume of <em>Cynical Orange</em>.