✿☆*To the Moon and Back*☆✿ -- Hanako-Kun x Fem!Reader --

●⁕♪ The Clock Keepers (4) ♪⁕●

~~Chapter 20~~

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"...No more... Time left?" Kou asked, eyes wide. "Wha...?"

Hanako walked over to the two girls, kneeling beside Y/n while rubbing her back.

"What does that mean?! Hanako!!"

"It means just what it sounds, young man." A hand pats Kou's head, making him shrink to his usual height. "Whoa-AAAA!?" Kou exclaims, then looks over himself. "I'm back?!"

"Well, well, well. Look who finally decided to grace us with his presence." Akane said, his arms crossed while leaning on a wall. He opens his eyes, looking at the first clock keeper. "We wouldn't have had to deal with this if you were here from the start. You really are twisted, Kako."

"Ho-Ho-Ho. Please. I'm never late. Because all I have to do is turn back time, and everything will go back to its former state."

"Turn back time? He's the third?!"

Akane sighs. "Yes. The clock keeper who governs the past. He has the power to turn back time. He's kind of our leader."

"So you call him 'Kako' because it means 'past'?" Kou asks.

"Who cares what the supernaturals' names are? Anyway..." He looks at the two supernatural's beside the unconscious girl. "Isn't there something you should be more worried about, underclassman?" 

Kou turns to them, too. "Oh yeah! C'mon! Explain!"

Y/n wipes her tears, collecting herself. "This... Is why we asked you to keep an eye on her." Y/n said, voice quiet. Hanako frowned, face full of pain and sadness. "We told you to be careful.." He looks at Kou.

Kou continues to look at them shocked.

"But... It's not like we managed to stop her, either. So I can't blame you." Hanako stood up, watching as Y/n placed Yashiro next to the wall, propping her up so she doesn't fall over.

Hanako pat Yashiro's head before turning to the others with his hands behind his back. Y/n recovers from her silent crying from earlier, also turning to them while hugging herself.

"It's simple!" Y/n beamed. "Mirai-chan tried moving her time forward, but couldn't, cause Yashiro-chan doesn't have enough time to move! Like how I'm fading slowly right now." She gestures to the supernatural in Kako's arms, and herself.

Hanako smiled. "Yep! Yashiro will die within the next year."

"What..?" Kou furrowed his eyebrows. "How do you know that?! And how long have you known!!?" He shouts at the two.

"How long?" Hanako asks. "From the beginning?" Hanako answered with a small smile.

"I've known since the 4pm bookstacks..." Y/n muttered. "Kou-kun, I'm sorry."

"The beginning? You mean..."

"The only reason she can see Hanako-kun and other supernaturals... Is because she's destined to die soon. The only other way would to have a powerful sixth sense, like you, Kou-kun." Y/n smiled while explaining.

"Okay? How would you know that..? Are you going to die? You're fading." Kou asked Y/n.

"I'm dead. A supernatural. I have been this whole time, just didn't realize. But this isn't about me, Kou-kun." She answered, moving her hands to behind her back like Hanako.

"Oh... But... How can you two say that and act like it's nothing?!"

"Okay then... How are we supposed to act?" Hanako asked, his face becoming darker. ""You're gonna die soon, but live life to it's fullest until than, kay!?" Like that?" Hanako's smile turns into a small pained one. "Is that... What we should've said?"