Re:World

Wayward Despair

Silence. Void. Nothing.

The sounds of life have escaped my ears. My life.

My eyes? Blind.

My nerves? Numb.

My emotions? Unresponsive.

My mind? Willem.

A light appears.

My eyes? Diolateing.

My nerves? Feeling.

My emotions? Despair.

My mind? Willem.

The sound of life fills my ears. My life.

Once my eyes finish dilation I see that I am in a street, surrounded by people. Featured and Disfeatured alike. I even see Emnetwihts... Emnetwihts? I thought they were extinct. Could this be the afterlife? No, if this was the afterlife they wouldn't need food, meaning... meaning...

I'm in another world...

I look around. Beside me is a man, at first I thought he was Willem. But he was not, his eyes were too sharp, and his hair wasn't the right color. Out of shock I back up and find myself sitting on a bench. I curl up into a ball and cry. I will never see him again. My joy, My light, My love. I won't ever get to experience the warmth of his arms, the smile on his face, the smile on my face, ever again.

Life without him is dull.

Life without him is emotionless.

Life without him is lonely.

"Hey!"

When I think about how he's feeling, believing I'm dead, never to come back. I lapse deeper into despair. To him, I might as well be dead. Why? Why me?

 "Hey!"

"Huh?" I look up. The man who was standing next to me was bent down and had his hands on his knees, looking at me.

"Are you OK?" he asked.

"Wh- Who are you?" I ask, still in tears.

"My name is, NATSKI SUBARU!" He does a pose and continues, "And I am 100% clueless as to how I got here!" 

I chuckle a little, temporarily forgoing my despair.

He gets down on one knee and puts a hand on my shoulder. "So hey, can you tell me what's wrong?"

"H-h-he's gone... I-I'll never see him again..." I sob.

"Who's gone?"

"Willem..."

"Who's Willem?"

"My love... My happiness... My everything... he was the last Emnetwiht alive. Before he..."

"Emnet- what?"

"Emnetwiht, you're one of them, aren't you?"

"No, last time I checked I was Human," he says while examining himself.

"He called himself that too..."

"Wait, so Willem was the last human alive? I'm pretty sure I see Humans everywhere here."

"A- at least in this world..."

I curled myself back into a ball. I'm running out of tears to cry.

"Wait, you're not from this world, are you? Just like me."

I didn't respond.

"Hey... I'm sorry for your loss. But sitting here in a puddle of tears won't do anything. Seeing as we are both wayward travelers how about we stick together?"