Olivarry short stories

In another life part 2

Things get complicated fast when Oliver and Barry are back on their own Earth. Some big secrets are revealed that threatens to shake up everything.
  And then the whole adventure concludes with an epilogue of what happens in afterlife post Crisis because I can't bring myself to rewrite COIE because there's too many wrongs and it would only make me upset.

Earth 1 Barry's POV

As soon as the portal had closed behind us and the Monitor had disappeared again I noticed we were back on our own earth again. Apparently we were in the same field where Oliver once shot me with those arrows.
   "It's all your fault! My husband, my kids, my friends and my whole earth is gone. Gone just like that. They're all dead because of you!" The other Green Arrow yelled at Oliver with tears in his eyes and a cracking voice while he pointed angrily at him. I had no idea what he was referring to or why he'd blame it all on Oliver like that. The archer I know looked away and I could nearly sense how hurt he felt so I defended him despite the argument we had earlier on Earth 8.
"Hey, that's not fair. He didn't know that would happen. We didn't even know why we were sent to your earth in the first place." Oliver glanced at me with guilt in his eyes for defending him while the other Green Arrow scoffed as tears rolled down his face.
"Of course you don't know. You're so fucking blind it's not even funny anymore." he glared at me and threw a spiteful look at Oliver when he continued. "Didn't you hear what he just said? That what happened on my Earth already happened on Earth Two. Isn't it strange how the Earths he visits suddenly implodes? Or how my husband suddenly vanished and Supergirl died a few months ago on my earth, huh isn't that strange?"
Wait, what if Oliver actually got the Monitor to change mine and Kara's destinies when we were supposed to die last year? The other Green Arrow's words made it sound like it. I looked at him but he refused to look at me. I think he even tried to blink away tears.

Earth 1 Oliver's POV.

"Please. Don't." I said quietly with a broken voice before my heartbroken doppelgänger would tell Barry all about the deal I made for him and Kara. He had already said too much just now based on the way Barry turned towards me and basically forced me to look at him. I just sighed deeply as I avoided looking directly into his green worried eyes.
"Please, Ollie be honest with me did you do something in order to change mine and Kara's destinies? Is that why you seem to be working with the Monitor?" he asked while I was shaking my head. He would do everything to change it if I told him the truth now. I could tell based on the desperate tone in his voice when he asked the question.
"No, at least not the way you think." I said with another deep sigh and turned my back towards both of them while I pulled my hands across my face.
   "You're such a big coward! You just want to save your own skin. Because you're so damn selfish even if you think you're doing the right thing and you think keeping the truth from your dear sweet angel Barry is what's best for him." The words my doppelgänger poured out of him caused me to feel a sting of pain mixed with anger and I ended up turning around again and punched him while Barry stared at the fight in horror until he finally rushed between us and pulled us apart after a few punches and kicks.
   "Guys! Stop it! Whatever is going on you both need to calm down!" Barry shouted while he was keeping me and the other Oliver apart on the same big field where I first trained Barry. "Ollie, whatever it is you can tell me. We've always been partners who tell each other everything." he said with a concerned expression on his face and I finally managed to look at him. I hated it when he was right. I had to tell him. At least half the truth.
   "You're right. I had to do something when you and Kara were meant to die trying to save the world. Mainly for you because I don't know Kara as well as I know you." I blushed slightly when I managed to look into Barry's green eyes for a brief moment when I found myself repeating words I had told Clark right after I made that trade for their lives. I let out an unamused chuckle. Barry got a confused crinkle between his eyebrows and then I proceeded to explain myself. "The Monitor ended up giving me a special arrow that I fired at the book of destiny, but only after I had asked him to spare your lives. And he wanted something in return so I gave my word that I'd work for him to try and prevent the Crisis or whatever it is that he's doing." I said with another sigh. Everything I said made Barry look more and more worried. It pained my heart so I knew it was the right call to not burden him with my death on top of it all but at least everything I said was mostly the truth.
"Why would you do something like that?" he asked with a low voice and reached for my hands but I took a step back. He searched my eyes for the answer but I broke the eye contact again. I pulled a hand across my face and looked away like a pathetic high schooler before telling their crush they like them.
"Why do you think? I did it because I love you and I can't live without you." I closed my eyes as I let the words pour out of me and I hoped that he wouldn't hate me for spilling the truth after all these years of ignoring my feelings and getting married and all but I wouldn't have much time to regret it anyway.
After my Earth 8 doppelgänger lost his Barry because of my choice, the least thing I could do was face the facts and now I actually had told Barry that I love him. There's no going back now and based on the look on his face his world had been turned upside down.