Cracked Up

II : Death's Request

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Takemichi Pov:

My friends just left after checking up on me, I layed there in silence, debating on what I should do next. "Tatsuki?" I called in hopes of him answering me. "Yes?" he replied. I sigh in relief at his presence, I don't know why, but hearing his voice just calms me down. " I think I made up my mind," I say. I sweat-drop at my decision, I know I put a lot of thought into it, and I think I should disagree, but Tatsuki's words are the only sense of hope that I have right now. Even if what Tatsuki is saying is false, at least I know that I've finally gone mad. I mean who else would think up some imaginary person who says they know how to help you out of a frustrating situation? I honestly wouldn't be surprised at this point.

"let's hear it then" he replies, I think this is the first time I heard him sound like he's not bored of his mind. I clear my throat and sat up, My heart started to race, it felt as though one wrong move would ruin my life forever. "I-I will allow you to use my body, as long as you promise to save my friends," I say in a somewhat shaky voice since I was scared that I had made the wrong decision. It only made my anxiousness worse when he didn't reply, it felt as though the silence was eating away at me.

" . . . Of course, was your opinion of me that bad?" He said in a mocking voice. I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding. Who knew I would feel so relieved after hearing such words?

"Ok, I'll trust your wor-" I didn't get to finish my sentence as the world went dark. My eyes then shot open, I didn't know what was happening. 'Why did I suddenly black out like that?' I ask myself. I was about to look around when I notice that I couldn't move my body at all. I was about to freak out until Tatsuki interrupted me. "Good, it worked," he said. "Tatsuki, w-what's going on? what's happening to my body? why can't I speak!?!" I yelled in my head. I noticed that even if I can't move my body, I could still feel what was going on, and I could still look around, which made me even more confused.

"Because I'm in control of the body right now" he answers. I was about to ask for a more thorough explanation when the door to the hospital room was opened, and I watched as Hina walked in with some things she bought from the store.

Pov:

'Hina?' Takemich thought as she started to walk towards the mini fridge resting next to his bedside.

"Huh, they left already? you know Takemichi, your friends really care about you. They've been visiting you every day now, even when you were unconscious for three days" Hina says as she finishes filling the mini-fridge with goods. Takemichi couldn't think of a response, all he could think about was how grateful he was to have someone like Hina.

"They were really worried about you, you are blessed with such nice friends" she finishes as she turns and flashes a big closed-eyed smile toward Takemichi.

"I'm sorry Hina" Tatsuki suddenly says. "I came here and got them involved, I was selfish, so now I'm going to fix my mistakes and quit all the gang stuff that I've been doing up to now. I want to start fresh and new, so everyone could live happy lives" Tatsuki stated, giving back the same closed eyes smile that Hina gave him. Hina stood there in awe as she looked at her boyfriend, who she now sees as having finally grown up. She smiles and hugs Takemichi, she held in her tears and said her goodbyes as she left the oddly cold hospital room.

"So Takemichi, do you think I said the right things," Tatsuki says in his usually monotone voice. "Ah, I guess so, but why did you say I was going to quit my "gang activities" how am I supposed to save anyone if I can't even get close to them" Takemichi rambles as he tried to reason with Tatsuki.

"Being in a gang is the only thing that could give me a chance to see Mikey again, and besides, I don't think I'm ready to cut ties with Toman yet, I made so many friends and it would be such a waste to leave them behind" Takemichi states.

"Well Takemichi, unlike you, I know how to control our time leaping ability" Takemichi immediately went silent. 'He knows how to control it !?!' Takemichi thought as he gave Tatsuki his full undivided attention. "Can you really?" Takemichi asked as he was still a bit skeptical of Tatsuki's motives.

"Yes, but it may not be to your liking" he replies. "I don't care, just tell me. What is it, what do I have to do?"

"You have to die"

"If you die then you can go further back in time, I'm not quite sure how far you may go, but at least before the age of seven. Of course, you won't be dead forever, but you will have to endure the pain of dying" Tatsuki explains. Takemichi didn't respond. Takemichi couldn't think of anything to say, too many questions were running through his mind, 'how does he know all of this?' 'will it really work?' 'how bad will it be?' 'is this really the only way?'.

"Tatsuki . . . how do you know all this stuff?" Takemichi asks.

" A vision " Tatsuki replied. It was really hard to believe him, but if he is telling the truth, then this would be a horrible suggestion to turn down.

"I'll do it "

"As long as it means everyone else will be safe," Takemichi says. He thought about how much he could change if he went that far back in time, he didn't have much going for himself, to begin with, so something like dying would be trivial. All he cared about was making sure his friends were happy, it didn't matter, even if it means having to experience death.

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I'm sorry if it did not make much since, and if there was any mistakes

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