Beyond This World ◇ Rui Kamishiro

◇Chapter 2: A New Face◇

ℝ𝕦𝕚 𝟙𝕤𝕥 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟 ℙ. 𝕆. 𝕍

My eyes widen as the machine began to spark. A bright white, door like structure began to appear.

"It's actually working?" I whisper to myself in astonishment.

I walk toward the machine slowly.

'𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘥𝘰? 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴' thoughts are racing through my head. However, they come to an abrupt end when the device I held to turn the machine on began to heat up intensely, the portal began to spark.

I squint my eyes to get a closer look. I see something inside, it gets closer towards me. Is that...a person?

They fell quicker, faster and eventually crash into my bookcase. I flinch at the sound as a few books fall from the shelfs.

The device gets so unbearably hot, to the point where it could possibly burn me. So, against my own judgment, I switch the machine off, throwing the button to the side so I could reach the person as soon as possible.

I kneel down beside them. Analysing their features. They're wearing pyjamas: the pants have a random pattern printed on them, the top is just a plain hoodie. Their hair's a mess most likely from falling from who knows where. I quickly notice that they aren't conscious.

'𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪?'

I check their pulse, hoping it's in the same place as people from my universe. Luckily it is and it's still there. I sigh in relief, getting up and walking to the couch to move some stuff off of it to make the place more comfortable for them. I set up a pillow and grab a blanket before returning to them. I gently pick them up and place them on the couch as to not hurt them, pulling the blanket over them so they don't get cold.

I sit back in my chair and begin to scribble down some notes of the situation. Spinning my chair around every once in a while to make sure they are okay.

𝟚𝕟𝕕 𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟 ℙ. 𝕆. 𝕍

You open your eyes slowly to a bright morning, being greeted with a throbbing head ache and the sound of pencil on paper. You yawn and stretch your arms out, turning to your side. You freeze as you notice you're not in your own room. The room you lay in was unfamiliar to you, yet you recognized some features such as various things scattered on the floor and a familiar colourful coat resting on the bookshelf.

'𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘙𝘶𝘪 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯?'

You felt a pair of eyes on you from behind. The pencil on paper noise came to a halt. You slowly look behind you to see a boy with purple hair and 2 cyan streaks. Your eyes widen at the sight.

You quickly sit up and move to the other side of the couch in fear.

"Who are you and why are you dressed as Rui?" You say in a slightly shaken tone.

He looks at you in confusion, "I'm dressed as Rui because...well I am Rui." He smiles awkwardly. He has many questions for you such as 'How do you know my name?' etc but he holds them back for now.

"That- that's not possible. Rui isn't real- he's a fictional character." You stutter out.

A shocked expression paints his face. He slowly wheels his chair closer to you. You move your legs up to your chest as he does so.

"Hey listen. I'm not going to hurt you. I'm here to help." He says in a soft tone to calm you down.

You relax into a less scrunched up position. Still slightly skeptical of anything he says.

He proceeds to explain to you what he believes has happened. Once you calmed down he begins to ask you the questions.

"This 'fictional' Rui you speak of. Please tell me more?" He tilts his head inquiringly.

You go on to explain Project Sekai and the characters within the game. He now takes a seat on the couch next you, listening intently.

"Here I have the game on my phone." You pull out your phone only to realise you have no Wi-Fi nor service. "Never mind."

"Rui Kamishiro is one of the characters. He's quite popular actually." You smile as you explain your interests to him.

Rui looks at you intrigued by your explanation of this game. He finds it very interesting that there is a universe where he is a video game character. It makes him think of all the possibilities in different realities.

You still didn't believe him with the whole 'your from another universe' situation.

"That's very interesting. Well you already know me it seems. And you are?" He finally asks you.

"Oh I'm y/n. I'm afraid I don't know you, your just a Rui cosplayer right?"
You ask him still not believing it's the man himself, despite sounding exactly like him.

'𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘙𝘶𝘪 𝘸𝘪𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘵..?' You thought to yourself.

He chuckles, "I'm Rui Kamishiro. Seemingly the same one your talking about right now." He smiles patiently, he understands that you won't believe him at first. It's quite a difficult concept to get a hold of.

"Your messing with me." You say in a joking tone.

He shakes his head, still smiling.

Your eyes widen. There's no way. It can't be. Your face began to heat up realising you were talking to your long time fictional crush. You cover your mouth with your hands, both out of shock and an attempt to hide any possible blush on your face. How is this even possible?

"Hey are you okay? Do you finally believe me?" He doesn't notice your the increasing redness on your face. He just believes your in shock of the situation.

You nod quickly still covering your mouth.

"Hey, hey. It's okay I'll get you back don't worry." He grows worried that you were going to cry from the stress of being somewhere new. So, he began to rub circles around your back in a comforting manner. However, that was only partly the reason you were freaking out. His words and action still comforted you though, slowly relaxing you.

"Thanks..." You say under your hands.

"No problem. So what do you think about staying with me?"
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Sorry for the abrupt ending idk how to end this chapter. I hope your enjoying the story so far! Have a nice day/ night!