Let Me Live, Please! [BxB]

Ex 01: Forebode

(A.N: This part is set after Heinly was shot by the assassin)

In the buring classroom there are two figures sitting in front of each other. If someone were to see this they would think that these two people were twins.

"The life of both Harkui and Daichi... Or... Should I say, Heinestus and Dainsleif? Whatever...

The lives of both individuals were a tragedy. They went through happy moments together, but all were in vain. For the ending crushed them both, but it never failed to stop their love for one another... "

The person paused, thinking about what to say next.

"You could say... They are fortunate?"

'Hans' slowly faced the nervous-looking Heinly and sighed.

"Heinly... Or... Should I call you Haruki?"

'Hans' awkwardly asked, but Heinly shook his head.

"It's okay, you can call me by both names."

"Sure."

And there was the awkward silence again.

"Uhm... who really are you? And where am I?" Heinly cautiously asked.

Now that he knew that he was a reincarnation of Haruki, there was an awkward feeling that he felt whenever he saw 'Hans'. But the latter stared at Heinly for a while before sighing.

"Well, as you can see I am you and you are me. But, to be exact. You are more of a twin of mine. And to answer your second question, you are in my personal domain."

Heinly was confused. "I am your twin?"

'Hans' thought for a while before answering. "It's complicated, sure, but to put it simply, you are me from a different universe."

Heinly tried to put it together but it didn't do much. "So... We are the same person, but we have different experiences right?"

"Yes, exactly..."

Things have finally cleared in Heinly's head, but he has more to ask.

"Uhm... What happened after the second timeline?"

Hans paused before answering. "After you were shot your soul broke into two individuals. The first one remained in your body to become the 'Cassanova' Heinestus. While the other individual drifted to another universe to be born as Hans the money greedy journalist who got in a street accident."

"Then what about Daichi?"

"Daichi had a similar case as you, after he killed himself in the middle of a forest, his soul retained its memories and was once more reborn as Dainsleif."

"So... When I died as Hans, I came back to the world where I was Heinestus?"

"It sounds so confusing coming from you. But technically, yes."

There was silence again, the only noise in this world was the cackling of the burning wooden cabinets in the corner of the room. Heinly hesitated before asking.

"So... What happened earlier?"

"You got shot by an assassin from the Higher Order."

"...what about Daichi?"

"He had a berserk moment before getting shot."

'Hans' said as if he was bored and Heinly couldn't accept it.

"This... it can't be!"

'Hans' looked at Heinly eyes filled with disinterest. Resting his arm to the armrest and propping his knuckles on his chin.

"Well, whether you accept it or not won't matter, what's done is done and you can't reverse it."

Heinly looked at 'Hans' with teary eyes trying to say something, but he couldn't get the words out of his mouth.

'Hans' noticed this and looked away.

"Well, I'll leave you to yourself. But be quick, I'm losing patience."

'Hans' left through the door of the classroom leaving a sobbing Heinly.

After so long... How?!

He felt like a failure. A person who was pushed towards the bottom after almost reaching the top. His heart felt tired after all the things he went through.

His first life as Haruki, his second as Heinestus, and his third as Hans.

But the only reason why he kept going was all for the same person.

Daichi...

He thought about it until he realised something. He ran through the door 'Hans' left to find him.

"Wait! Hans!"

Heinly wanted to ask if Daichi was also in this world. He opened the door and what greeted him was a hallway full of fire and smoke.

He covered his nose and realised that he couldn't smell anything. So he pursued.

Running through burn lit corridors and opening every door on the way was what Heinly did, he felt like he was running around in circles.

Looking outside won't help either, pass those windows only showed the void and nothing else.

So this domain is limited to only a burning school building.

"What are you doing?"

A voice sounded throughout the hallway. Though it seemed that the voice was only speaking moderately, it felt like they were speaking with a mic on.

"Hans? Hans is that you?"

Heinly tried to call out but only smog and emptiness greeted him back.

"Uhm... Is Daichi also here?"

Once again silence pursued. But it didn't take long for something to happen. Like lightning speed, a feeling similar to a rope bounded his entire body and lifted Heinly up in the air.

Heinly let out a yelp but was silenced by the voice earlier.

"Follow me."

And as if like a cue, Heinly was dragged towards the darkness.

Heinly was dragged towards the void, and in the emptiness he met the eyes of an irritated 'Hans'. Heinly knew better than to raise his voice. So he kept his mouth shut and silently apologised.

"Sorry..."

And it seemed to work, slowly, the bounds on Heinly's body began to loosen. So he began to open his mouth. But 'Hans' had spoken first.

"First, I hate how annoying you've become after I've left.

Second, I don't know where Daichi is and I don't care.

Third, your time is up and I'm about to throw you out."

Heinly was dumbfounded about what 'Hans' had said. He sat there with his mouth half open in a flustered state before rushing towards 'Hans' when he felt that he was about to be pushed away.

"No, wait!"

"Goodbye Harkui... Or Heinly? Whatever, hope to see you never" 'Hans' said, eyeing him with disdain as he flicked his wrists and turned to look away.

And with that Heinly was once again pushed out towards the emptiness.

"Wow... I can't believe you threw out your twin like some trash." A man that seemed like he came from the shadows creepy towards 'Hans'.

"Whatever, he should be thankful that I was helping him out this last time." 'Hans' gave the man a dirty look.

"And you should be thanking me, because I had done what you told me." The man said accusingly at 'Hans'.

"Really? All you did was kidnap him and run around before getting killed." 'Hans' snapped before leaving towards another dimension.