ReBurn

Prologue □ The Beginning □

"If you want to die so badly, I got you this poison. Fits for an idiot like you."

"Man...you don't beat around the bush, aren't you?"

"I'm just saying, if you want to die, here's the most painless poison I could find in the market."

"Now there's that softy side of yours. I missed it."

He scoffed. The box in his hand was placed on the floor, right next to where the other person was laying "Stop with your chattering and quickly kill yourself if you hate your life so much."

"Don't say it like that," despite the disapproving tone, there was a gentle smile stretched across his countenance "If I hate my life, it means I hate everything that I have live for. But I never hate you."

The first person sighed, completely done with the latter's behaviour. Without thinking twice, he turned around and walked away. Black combat boots never stop, even when there was a hand stretched desperately behind him.

"Kio..."

The former halted, yet he did not turn around.

"How many times do I must tell you? Stop with those hideous nicknames."

"It's not hideous. Well, I guess it's kinda lame. But code names are pretty dumb, don't you think so?"

"If you want the enemy to identify us, be my guest."

"Cruel. But true. However," there was a pause "nicknames are just nice in this type of situation, don't you think?"

"On what? Surviving?"

"Dying-is a better word for it. We try to survive by killing others. How inhuman can we be, Kio?"

"Isn't it natural for humans to be trying to survive?"

"If it made us lose humanity day by day, can we consider ourselves as human?"

"..."

"You're becoming more to a flamethrower, dear brother. One day, you cannot differ between yourself and a killing machine."

"..."

"Kio-"

"Is that why you decided to kill yourself?"

"Kio...!"

"To end this awfulness called life?"

"..."

"..."

A chuckle, dried and lifeless. Yet so, so genuine.

How poetic, considering the situation.

"We're slowly driving ourselves to be something more than monster," he breathed out, the gentleness of his smile never faded away despite the lack of light in his dark grey eyes "It's better if I end myself while I'm still a human."

"...," he continued his steps "Goodbye, X."

"...ah, how nice. Even you acknowledged me as a human with that silly nickname."

"..."

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Human will do anything to survive, including him. In the world where humanity was nothing more but a pitiful act, empires fought each other to gain more land and authority. Kindness was scarce, and mercy never existed. This was the world he lived. This was the he lived.

However, the last conversation with X never left his mind.

It repeated in his mind endlessly. Like a broken audio message with a non-stop button and rewind.