Reincarnated As A Tutor (Quintessential Quintuplets x Reader)

Death [62]

???: Welcome back.

I finally came to and sat up to find myself inside a large, blue circular room. I didn't recognize the voice that was calling to me.

**Where the hell am I at?**

I was inside of a cell, but aside from being dark, it was pretty spacious and well-decorated. I walked over to the bars and looked through to see who was talking to me. A man sat by himself at a table and looked over at me. For some reason, I felt like I recognized him, but I didn't know where from.

???: Did you have fun? Oh, who am I kidding? Of course, you did. I was spectating you.

His voice shook the entire cell. It was calm and soothing, but also loud enough to make me not want to do anything reckless

Y/N: Wh-Who are you?

???: Really? You don't recognize me? It hasn't been that long... Only what, 2 years at best? Or I guess for you it would've been somewhere around 18...

**What is he talking about? He isn't even making sense right now.**

???: Fine, I guess it's fair you don't remember me. I won't take that personally. I'm Death, the guide to the afterlife. Welcome, to the Velvet Room!

Y/N: Velvet Room?

???: It was a Persona reference. Have you never played that game?

Y/N: What..? Wait?! Did you say you're Death?! The guide to the afterlife?!

Death: Yup, that's me. Don't be afraid, though. I was joking about the "Velvet Room" thing.

He clapped his hands and the cell I was in vanished. The entire room vanished and everything was lit up by sunlight. We were sitting outside in a garden, and the bench I was sitting on started to move closer to him. It didn't feel like Death was up to any evil, so I calmed down.

Death: So, you're probably wondering what you're doing here. Don't worry, you're not dead. Not yet...

Y/N: Not yet..? I'm sorry, this is just all kind of surreal.

Death: That's what you said last time, too.

**Last time?**

Death: So here's the basic rundown. The first time you died, I gave you a choice to pass on or to be reborn. And you chose-

Y/N: To be reborn? That sounds like something I'd pick.

Death: Ah, you know yourself so well. So let me show you something now.

All of a sudden, my vision went black, and then all I could see was the image of me and a bunch of people. There were a bunch of different people that I recognized, but couldn't seem to remember. The ones I remembered the most, though, were five red-headed girls. A lot of the images shown to me had them in them.

**I know them... I feel like I know them well. Who are they again?**

The images went away.

Y/N: Who were they?

Death: Just some people you've connected with in your second life. People you trust. People that trust you. People that love you. And people you love.

Y/N: W-Wait? Second life?! I'm so confused! So why are you showing me this? To rub salt into the wound?

Death: Not at all. I'm giving you another choice. This will be your last opportunity. You can proceed to the afterlife now, or you can return and live out your second life. I'm aware that you can't remember much about it currently, yet you still feel some strong attachment to it, do you not?