:Rewind (9 x 12)

:Try Again

Nine was satisfied. He'd finally accomplished his goal. Now all that was left was--

The sound of a gunshot stopped his thoughts.

He turned around to watch the body of his closest friend fall to the ground. He fell to his knees and screamed. It was a scream of pure anguish, a scream that tore him apart from the inside out, a scream so loud it felt like flames were dancing down his esophagus, a scream that hurt so much he could feel the muscular damage it was doing.

Nine felt as if a corner of his heart had just crumbled away, as if the entirety of it had been squeezed to the verge of popping, then suddenly released as he remembered what it was to breathe oxygen.

"T-Twelve..."

A part of him had just been ripped to pieces.

He looked up and saw Lisa contorting her face in a look of horror, tears welling in her eyes. He suddenly became violent, yelling at the poor girl in a murderous tone.

"You...! This is all your fault! If only he had let you die! You and your pitiful existence, always getting in the way!! If only he hadn't become attached to you...if he'd never saved you...None of this would have happened if it weren't for you!!"

"N-Ni--"

"Don't call me that!! You don't deserve to call me that!"

Detective Shibasaki attempts to console him, but all Nine can do is shout incoherent phrases of mourning.

In that moment, Nine wanted nothing more to rewind time, to somehow have Twelve alive again. He raises the detanator in the air.

"Sphinx 1, you don't have to do this! You'll destroy everything! Lives that include your own!"

"So be it! If that's what it takes to get him back, I'll do it...!" Tears stream down his face as he breathes heavily, hysteria taking over the more rational part of him.

"All I wanted was to make him happy...and now...now...!"

"Sphinx!"

"I don't need this place if there's no one for me in it. I was fine with being caught so long as I had Twelve. And what now? What use do I have for this world?" Nine laughs.

"Nine! The only thing you'll do is lose your life, and kill innocent citizens!"

Nine smiles, sadly, finally calming himself.

"Then I'll see him on the other side."

He triggers the detonator to the last and final bomb. One that would blow up everything. Nine didn't care for a world in which there was no one who mattered to him. He holds Twelve's lifeless body in his arms. He smiles down at his friend's face, hugging it to himself, wishing that it still held warmth.

Everything turns into a blinding white, a familiar deafening ringing in his ears. He felt heat consume him for an instant.

And then he opened his eyes.

Nine bolted to sit upright, heart racing, blood pumping rapidly. Ringing in his ears. Was that just another nightmare? But it had been so real...and the dream included over a week's worth of events...

A familiar voice comes from a short distance away, both startling and relieving to him at the same time.

"Did you have that dream again, Nine?"

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Hello hello. I thought of this fic like, during summer, showed a few of my friends, and was the said "YOU FUCKING WRITE THIS RIGHT NOW" so here I am. Yes I ship Nine and Twelve Lisa can suck it. I don't hate her but there's no room for her in my znt ships. Um there's hella spoilers about znt so if u don't watch it or haven't, pls do. it's only 11 episodes. The ending fucked me up so I made this. Idk how long this will be. Very sad though. Tragic boyfriends. They're not even super like that though. But I still ship it. Twelve is the bottom, btw, though there won't be any smut here in this fic. Haha. PLEASE COMMENT. PLS. Oh don't forget to vote either c:

~Umi