Zene Oneshots

Memories

Rain streamed down the glass windows.

Gene layed down on his bed, the heavy comforter blanket covering him. His teal eyes were lifeless and dull, ice cold tears pricking at them. He hadn't left his room in days... not since the news.

A soft knock echoed off of his door, before a quiet voice seeped through.

"Gene...?"

The silky black haired male didn't answer. He opened his mouth to speak, but no words would come out. Even if he could speak, his voice would crack and the tears would flow faster than before.

After a moment of silent that seemed to go on forever, the person continued.

"Gene, please come out...."

Gene gripped the stuffed bear he had in his arms tighter, burying the fluffy head into the side of his face. He tried to block out the voice of his roommate, Sasha, by revisiting his happier memories.

"You haven't eaten in three days..."

Gene knew that this was true. He could feel the starvation he had forced himself into eating away at him, his stomach growling every now and then.

".... You're scared, aren't you....?"

Gene tensed his body when Sasha said that. Scared.... he wasn't scared. He was terrified... petrified, even... Zane's condition had gotten worse, and the doctor said he might not even wake up at this point. A part of Gene died when they said that... he had gotten so close to making Zane forgive him... he couldn't lose the raven haired goth now. Back in highschool, Gene would watch the goth from a distance, and he was overprotective of him. Now, here he was, in his bed and on the verge of tears. Zane was travelling the road of life and death... and there was nothing that Gene could do. If Zane did leave him and there was a funeral, Gene didn't know how he would survive.

Wait.... who said he had to survive?

Gene buried his face into his pillow almost as soon as the thought came to the surface of his mind. He didn't want to think like that-- not here, not now, not ever. His efforts to get rid of the negative thoughts were failing, as questions began flooding his mind.

Would he take his own life? Gene, thankfully, didn't like the thought as much as he thought he would. Still... he found himself dwelling on the idea. He had nothing to live for... Zane was the only hope he had for his survival. He did have his mother, younger brother, and two roommates... but were they enough?

Could he take his own life? Surely it couldn't be hard... it didn't sound hard. Even then... something was holding him back.. was it the hope Zane had given him? The reasons to continue living?

Granted, one of Zane's reasons was for the chicken nuggets...

Closing his eyes, Gene realized just how tired he was. It couldn't have been that long since he last slept... then again, he had only gotten two hours of sleep.. settling his breathing, Gene let the long awaited sleep overtake him.

Memories began flashing across his vision.

The first time he had met Zane... it was back in highschool, during Gene's senior year. The two had bumped into each other in the hallway, going to different destinations.

Zane coming up to Gene and asking to join the Shadow Knights... Gene could still remember the small expression the goth had when he did that... so full of excitement, hope, and a small dosage of fear.

Gene laughing with Balto in one of the male bathrooms, only to find Zane in there laughing with them. The two had beaten the goth up, but Gene couldn't remember why.

Walking into the bathroom, only to see Zane playing with a white slim. He totally didn't think it was something else. .. Okay, that was a lie... yes, his mind was in the gutter. Thankfully he hadn't said anything on the scene, leaving the bathroom immediately.

Zane greeting him in the hallway as he was being confronted by Aphmau... Gene had pushed him down. When he was walking away he could have swore he heard Zane yelling at Aphmau.

Finding Michi talking to Zane... Gene didn't understand why he felt such anger and jealousy towards her at the time... was it because he was so used to getting all of Zane's attention?

Realizing just how innocent of a mind Zane had... that day sure was fun. Gene had been drunk, and found Zane at the park. He had asked Zane if he wanted to have some fun, to which Zane started suggesting activities they could engage in. Gene had called Zane innocent, which Zane came back with claiming he had never harmed anyone in his life.

If there was one problem with Gene... it was that he was territorial. He always marked common grounds of the Shadow Knights with the gang logo, and was very picky about who walked through the area. He was especially territorial with people... which was why he had marked Zane.

During one of his shifts at Hot Topic, Gene had gotten a message from Ein. It was a picture that showed Zane with puffed up cheeks, sitting on the floor, wearing a cute and oversized sweater.

After that, Ein had sent him a photoshoot of the young goth.

Gene wouldn't say that he was a pervert, which was an obvious lie, but he did admit to very few people that he did have some fantasies that involved the raven haired goth. He could still visit them whenever he wanted to, but often only did so if he was by himself.

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Opening his eyes, Gene coughed harshly. Why was it so hard to breathe...?

Had Zane passed on?

Gene had read old stories about soulmates. If one soulmate died, the other died a few seconds afterwards. Then again, that was only one of the possible results... another was a disease, yet it was just a rumor. A false one at that.

As his vision got blurry, he could have swore that a spirit was materializing in front of him... it was a male, yet it was curvier than a male should have been.... it had feminine hips.

"Z.... ane...?" Gene coughed out, struggling to breathe.

"It's alright.." Zane whispered to him, cupping his cheek. "It'll be over soon.."

Gene gave a weak smile, hugging the stuffed bear closer. His breathing got slower and slower....

Until it stopped.

Gene was gone... dead... yet his soul lived on. He couldn't be seen by his friends or family, yet he did watch over them. And right by his side was his soulmate, Zane Ro'Meave...