The Life Series Oneshots

{He Remembers Pt 2 - SL/HC 🥀}

"Scar..?"

Scar looked up, seeing Grian right in front of him. Grian's eyes were filled with guilt and concern, and he slowly knelt down, as if to not scare Scar, and engulfed him in a hug. It took Scar a moment to react, and when he did, his emotional defence walls broke open completely. He sobbed, clinging onto Grian as he finally let out all of his emotions that he's been holding in for so long. All the tears he had gathered from 3rd Life until now were let lose as he could finally let them go. Grian was still holding him tightly, whispering words of comfort into Scar's ear. Thanks to Grians' reassurance, Scar started to calm down, and the tears fell less and less, until he had stopped crying. Moving over so he could sit next to Scar, Grian rubbed Scar's arm slightly, watching as Scar wiped the remaining tears off his face.

"So, what happened Scar?" Grian slowly asked. Scar turned to looked at him, a look of guilt in his face, before he responded.

"It's just ... It's just that all the memories of the previous Life Games just came all flooding back to me at once, and I could remember everything." Scar replied, hugging his knees to his chest once again. Grian was surprised, before he remembered that he shouldn't be. Scar was a winner, winners always remembered everything. Before he could open his mouth to reply, Scar cut him off.

"I could just remember every single little thing that happened in all of the Life Games. Everything. I could remember all of 3rd Life, where you and me were allies until the very end. I could remember Last Life, where my only ally was Joel. I could remember Double Life, where you and me were soulmates. I could remember Limited Life, where Cleo and Bdubs were my allies. Most importantly, I could remember Secret Life, where no one wanted to be with someone like me. I hated being alone after 3rd Life had ended, and it seemed that you didn't want to be allies with me at all. You distanced yourself from me since 3rd Life, and that was only because you had to kill me at the end. But still, no one wanted to be with me except for you, Joel, Cleo, and Bdubs. While yes, I'm happy that you guys stayed with me, I just hated the seasons where I was alone. It's like no one wanting to be my friend, because people thought that I was 'crazy', and that just broke me. So tell me, Grian, was I really good enough? Why did I almost never had allies?" Scar was crying again, silent tears falling down his face, and Grian's heart shattered for him. Grian tried to swallow the effect of Scar's words, but he just couldn't. The pair sat in silence for a few moments, before Grian found the courage to respond to Scar.

"Scar, listen to me. You are good enough, you're good enough and you don't have to try to not act like yourself to fit in. There are certain people in this world who you are too kind for, and are too cruel for you. I only didn't want to be with you because I had this major cloud of guilt over my head since 3rd Life. I didn't want to betray you again, yet I did, in Double Life. I cheated on Big B, and you knew. Scar, I know that I never get the chance to say this to you, but I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything, Scar. You're prefect, you're kind, you're the sweetest person I have ever met. I'm just so sorry for what I had to put you through, and I hope that you can forgive me." Grian looked up at Scar, who was full-on crying again. Scar quickly wrapped his arms around Grian again, sobbing. It had been so long since someone said the simple words 'I'm sorry' to him, and he just couldn't help but to break down again. No one had ever said 'I'm sorry' to his face since 3rd Life, and he had actually begin to think that no one cared about him anymore.

Except for Grian.

He apologized to Scar, apologizing for everything that he's done to him since 3rd Life, and Scar was finally able to express his emotions again.

"Thank you, thank you. I forgive you, Grian." Scar replied, still holding onto Grian. Grian smiled lightly, his apology was accepted by Scar. He didn't know if Scar would ever forgive him, yet here he did. Scar continued to cry for a few more moments, with Grian calming him down, before he stopped yet again. Scar pulled his head out, his eyes meeting Grian's.

"Feeling better now?" Grian asked, wiping the extra tears off of Scar's face. Scar nodded.

"Yes, I'm better now. Thank you Grian." Scar mumbled, smiling. Grian laughed lightly, kissing Scar on the cheek, and Scar went red, quickly kissing him back.

"I love you, Scar."

"I love you too, Grian."

Neither of them wanted to move yet, so they continued to lay against the wall, stealing kissed from each other, until Scar fell asleep.

While it would take Scar a while to get used to being a winner, luckily, he had Grian by his side, and Grian was never going to leave him, staying with him until the end.