The concept of reincarnation was no stranger to me. You could find it everywhere you looked in the the twenty-first century; television, novels, manga, and animation. Ironically, reincarnation or transmigration was my favorite trope.
I had always im...
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"Oh hell nah" Felix slapped himself on the cheek very hard which resulted in an echoing sound. The slap was enough to give him back his senses.
"Huh?" William let out a loud yelp when he felt a hand tightly grasping his own. His eyes go wide as mandarin oranges, surprised to see Felix still on his two feet and not waking up.
"FeiFei, what are yo--!"
"I will not let you stay in this place! Being put in this torturous repetition is bullshit! For God's sake William, you were fucking 11! You were jealous because Albert was giving his attention to those boys and smiling so sincerely, which he never showed to you for so long. Sure, you bullied them but you were brought up as a noble, surrounded by arrogant aristocrats--"
"I know what I did was wrong! Stop justifying my actions!" Letting the words sink, William's crestfallen face caused Felix's heart to ache. William licks his dry lips, half-lidded eyes staring at the hand holding him "..and I deserve to be punished for what I've done"
"Ugh! I'm telling you! Why are you so stubborn?" Felix, still holding William's hand, starts to shake it to get William out of his dark thoughts. "You've changed, and you deserve a chance to redeem yourself. That means you deserve to be forgiven and given a second chance, even if you don't think so right now."
Felix hugged him.
"You've come so far," Felix muttered. "And you've learned your lesson through this hell-you will never make that mistake again but if you do, I will scold you... as an older brother should"
William's eyes watered at the words and tightens his embrace.
"So now is the time to let go of the past and move forward into the future" Felix finished with a whisper.
"...That sounded cheesy" William said before letting go. Felix's head drooped down at those words from William.
"Thank you," William said in a hushed voice. "I thank you for your kindness but--"
Felix felt sleepy again, this time a bit stronger than before.
"I had made my decision" William finished before letting go of Felix's hand but as the warmth left his palm, William frowned.
As his tired eyelids closed and his vision grew black, Felix cursed internally.
William remained motionless for a while as Felix vanished completely from view before heaving a contented sigh. After the interaction, he felt lighter all around.
'If only I had a sibling like you' he couldn't help but think to himself.
The boy looks to be waiting while fidgeting with his hands, yet all that can be seen by his tight smile. The seconds dragged on into minutes as the silence seemed to envelop everything in a heavy blanket that muffled every sound. The atmosphere was thick and heavy. Because of the emptiness that had built up inside of him, lips were locked shut, preventing him from uttering a word.
