《roses》 ☆bfb/bfdi au☆ [COMPLETE]

18b. tears

same tw

leafy

"what the hell do you think you're doing? some last resort of yours, huh?"

rose, pleased with its actions, turns to me, grinning. i couldn't take it anymore. i couldn't stand by and watch coiny get beaten up.

tears streamed down my face.

it turns back to coiny. "you're aiming for the neck, you know that?"

my eyes widened. "you're... you're not going to actually kill us...are you?"

"well..." rose laughs, slyly. "i gave it some thought..."

"...and?" i ask, weary of the answer.

"you don't deserve to be alive."

my face goes pale.

"oh, this has been too easy. you were dumb enough to fall into my trap. first you get yourself caught up in this whole ferris-wheel mess you've created, and your unbridled hatred for firey only fanned the flames. your teammates hate you–hell, everyone hates you! it's not like you were really contributing to contests. you were the second person to be eliminated, and when you rejoined, nobody welcomed you with open arms."

rose motions to coiny. "except him, but seeing as he has a knife against our neck, i don't think he wants you in this world either."

my face drops. i accepted my fate–rose was right about those things.

"i believe my work here is done. you can have your body back, your vessel no longer matters to me since it's going to die."

my vision succumbs to blackness as i feel a giant weight being lifted off my shoulders.

...

rose's damage of fighting firey creeps up on me. the pain jolts me awake. the burns hurt the most near my eye and hand, where the roses were.

my other hand, however, feels as if i had just recently let go of something. i examine it to make sure i'm really alive.

wait...i'm...not dead.
wasn't coiny going to kill me?

coiny...

i take in the sight in front of me.
coiny, bruised and bleeding, lays on the ground cold.
unmoving. unresponsive.

bruises dot his neck, and i move my hand towards them.
it's a perfect fit, and i realize what rose had done.

rose killed coiny.
rose killed coiny with my own hands.
coiny's gone.

i killed him.

sobs started to escape my mouth and tears began to fall. i cupped his face with my hands, careful not to hurt him any more.

"coiny! coiny, please! d-don't die, don't die! it should be me! it should've been me..."

i closed my eyes, letting more tears fall.
i didn't want to see him like this anymore.
i didn't want to feel like this anymore.
i didn't want this to be real.

i sat myself up, mind still caught on coiny.
he's gone because of me.

suddenly, something familiar caught my eye. coiny must've dropped it.
a shiny, smooth...

well, if coiny's gone,

i leaned over to pick it up.
i gripped the handle, blade pointed towards my chest.

at least i can join him.

thud.

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Edit: Yo what's up guys I finally finished the art I wanted to draw for this chapter. I had the sketch made and then didn't touch it for over 3 months and now I finished it! Yippee!

i started writing this literally MINUTES after i posted last chapter because who doesn't love writing angst? aha?? (its 2 am as of writing this a/n i need to go to bed).

decided to label these 2 chapters as 18a and 18b because they're similar in plot and its just a change of pov's

i've gotten into saiki k since i've been gone
i love teruhashi don't beat me up for it tho

-mint