Soulmates. The sequel II

Chapter 83

Warning! Light Mentions of rape.

It was dark but the place looked familiar. There was a long and wide table in the middle of the room and immediately he was frightened. He turned to his right and saw a long pole that went through both the ground and the ceiling. He knew exactly where he was and he didn't like it. Why was he here again? Wasn't he safe? Was it all just a dream?

He heard footsteps and became scared. He didn't have a weapon and even if he did, he couldn't fight. What was he to do?

The footsteps came to a halt, and a young man stood in front of him. The shadow was still covering his face so he wasn't sure who it was.

"Stop being such a crybaby." The man moved closer and when he finally saw his face, his eyes grew.
"Th..that's..hey! Why do you have my face?" He asked.
"Because I am you. Let's see...Mars? Yeah. That's what you always called me."
Seonghwa gasped.

"Mars!? What are you doing here? Why are we here? I don't like it here. It's scary," he said looking around the lab; the place he spent being tortured for 8 years.

"Again. Stop being such a baby Seonghwa. We're here because this is where I was born. And it's also where I plan to leave."

"Leave? Mars you're leaving? Where are you going? Don't leave me Mars. Please I'm sorry. I was mean to you and only called you when I was scared but I'm sorry. Please Mars don't leave," Seonghwa pleaded as tears streamed down his face.

"I SAID STOP CRYING!" Mars raised his voice startling Seonghwa.
"Heavens sake. You're grown now. You're about to be 22." Mars sighed.

Ever since he was 'born' and Seonghwa had dissociated, he was left with all the terrible memories while Seonghwa was only left with a few. He didn't mind but he knew now that he was leaving, Seonghwa would remember every single thing and he felt bad. If he was already crying now, what would happen after he remembered?

"I'm not leaving you completely ok. You just can't call on me anymore. But it's fine because you don't need to. You're strong now without me. You saved the prince all by yourself."

Seonghwa sniffled and wiped his tears.
"No you were there. You helped me," he argued trying to stop the tears that were about to flow.

"But you knew where to go and what to do. I was just following your lead. But it doesn't matter. Me being here isn't good for you anyways. Your brain has a hard time processing things because I'm here. And it's also the reason why you're a crybaby. So I need to leave," Mars said firmly.
Seonghwa began to cry again. Even though he never really considered Mars a friend, he relied on him. Why did all his friends always leave?

"Stupid I'm not your friend. I'm you. Well technically I'm your ability as well but that's not important. You have all those other friends of yours and you don't need me. Besides I'll still be here, it'll just be different," Mars explained again. He was starting to get frustrated.

"This is why I don't like saying goodbye. I just wanted to be nice and warn you."
Seonghwa looked up at him showing he was paying attention.

"When I was born, I took a lot of the more painful memories with me so when I'm gone you'll remember everything again. Ok?"
Seonghwa only began to cry harder.

"Ugh crybaby."
Mars walked up to him and hugged him, and just like that, his body turned to gold dust that circulated Seonghwa and shimmered. Seonghwa was caught up in the beauty of it as a leftover tear streamed down his cheek.

When Hongjoong exited the washroom, he put on his clothes and asked for food to be brought to him. He checked on Seonghwa who was laying on the bed and found he was crying. He became worried.