Maw x Remote Controller Rin

Chapter Nine

It's been weeks since the house burned down. No one is sure if people just forgot about it or don't want to remember it. Either way, no one is talking about it. The burnt house was lost in time for most people. No one seems to be talking in general actually. Everything feels so quiet. Most people just find themselves sitting in a room and staring at a wall, wondering what to do next. Wondering what will happen next. Only one person can truly fix this mess without rewinding the clock. Without touching anything. Just a few words need to be spoken. No one is quite sure who needs to say it, or who they need to say it to. But it needs to happen. Everyone's story can't drag on anymore. There needs to be an end, there has to be an end.

Does this mean the end of our narrative once these words are spoken? No. That can't happen, can it?

Or...

Maybe...

Unless...

Well, everyone always says the show must go on. So I guess that's what will happen. Everyone may be worried but there's always a chance for hope. A promise someone can make.

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Fear Garden Rin found herself sinking deeper into the water. It was clear. She could breathe. This wasn't supposed to happen. Fear Garden Rin turned around when she heard a voice. "Hehe, I'm sorry Fear. But I couldn't let you die." It was Deep Sea Girl Rin who was talking. "Why? Why not?" Fear Garden Rin stayed where she was. Deep Sea Girl Rin smiled and said, "More people care about you than you think Fear. But.. If you love something then let it go. If it doesn't come back then... Then they were never yours to start." Fear Garden Rin then blacked out.

Fear Garden Rin woke up laying on the cold dock she had fallen off earlier. Her head hurt like hell. She placed her hand on her head. "What happened... Last thing I remember I-" Fear Garden Rin was cut off by someone shouting "FEAR!" behind her. Fear Garden Rin didn't have time to turn around before she felt arms wrap around her lovingly. She processed this for a few seconds until she realized whose voice it was. "M-Maw? How did- Where-" Fear Garden Rin struggled to make actual words. "It's ok Fear... Just save your strength... Deep Sea Rin had run to me saying that you had slipped and fallen into the water. It's going to be ok... I promise." Maw carefully picked up Fear Garden Rin in his arms and started walking off the dock and back onto the ground. "Oh my god! Is she ok!?" Another familiar voice was heard. Remote Controller Rin had run up to next to Maw. "I'm fine. Don't worry you two. I've been fine." Fear Garden Rin smiled. "But you almost drowned! How could you be fine?" Remote Controller Rin continued asking a bunch of questions. "How could you just run away from the hotel, almost die, and say you're fine!?" 

Fear Garden Rin scoffed, "I never ran. I walked slowly. A lot of people saw me. They just didn't care enough to stop me. Hey... Remote Rin, can you leave so I can talk to Maw alone?" Remote Controller Rin was confused but listened and walked away. Maw looked down at Fear Garden Rin.

"You want to know my biggest mistake? It wasn't falling in love with you."

Maw was shocked, did she just say that she loved him? Maw stayed quiet and set Fear Garden Rin down on the grass as she continued talking.

"Hehe... My biggest mistake actually was thinking that you actually loved me too. Even just as a friend. I really am just an idiot. You were kind to me... You didn't seem scared... And I got the wrong idea. So stop pretending to like me. I've always wanted to hold your hand forever and never let go. But... Someone was holding the other. That's the best way to describe this. Knowing a person is like music. What attracts us to them is their melody. And as we get to know who they are we learn their lyrics. And then eventually the song ends. Some songs end too soon. Some songs are ended by another person. The thing about life is that everyone is going to hurt you. You just need to find the one worth suffering for. We... We're like parallel lines. Always close but never together. I've been fighting to tell you this for a long time because how can I tell you that I love you when you're happy with some other person that will never be me? So there, I said it. Yes, I do love you but I'm done fighting for your attention!" Fear Garden Rin had tears streaming down her face while she was talking. She then stood up and quickly ran away.

Maw stayed standing still, staring at the dark green grass. It all happened so fast. What was he supposed to do now? He didn't know where Fear Garden Rin had run off to. Did he even want to find her? He stood there by himself. Wondering what to do now.

Perhaps this story really is over? No, still no. There has to be some way. This can't just end. Nothing was right. Nothing was happy. Maw continued staring at the grass, struggling to comprehend all that he had heard. He summed up the whole thing. Fear Garden Rin loved him. For how long? Maybe this is all just a nightmare? He hoped that was the case as he started his walk home. He wasn't sure if he wanted to find Fear Garden Rin or not, but so far he didn't. He didn't want anything bad to happen either. Maybe he could get someone else to go search for her? "I'm sure some other Rins will gladly go looking, right?" Maw said to himself as he sighed. He continued slowly walking to the hotel. He barely looked up the whole way home. He still didn't know how to respond to all of this. Was this bad or good? Should he be worried? These thoughts swirled around Maw's mind as he continued on his walk home.

"Please let this all just be a bad dream.."