Kalos Academy 2 | Ash x Reader

Guilt

-Maddie's POV-

These two must have forgot that I was still here.

Hmph. So stupid.

But no matter, Serena only gave me a chance to kill her pathetic friend. I smiled evilly, walking towards (Y/N)'s back while raising my knife in the air.

-(Y/N)'s POV-

I felt my tears fall continously on Serena's lap as I sobbed loudly, letting all of my emotions out. "Shh.. It's ok.. It's okay.." she murmured, and I believed that.

All of a sudden, pain exploded on my neck, and I immediately pulled away from the hug, gripping my neck as hard as I could, curling into a ball on the floor. Everything hurts, my neck felt like it was on fire and everything was spinning. The world around me slowly, piece by piece, started to crumble into darkness. The world felt like it was on mute - I could barely see Serena in front of me, who was shouting something that I couldn't hear. From the corner of my eye, I could see Maddie laughing, looking at me whispering words that I never heard.

Deep down in me, I know that I deserved this. All of this.. was all my fault. This was all my fault and I dragged my friends into this. They didn't deserve this.. they were supposed to be living a normal student life.. but no.. instead they're here, barely even able to sleep each night, and can't even focus on their education because of one person - me. All my fault. It was all my fault. Tears flowed down my eyes, but it wasn't from the pain. It was because of what I did. My friends deserved better.. if only.. if only I treated them better.. none of this.. none of this would've happened.

I'm sorry..

Then suddenly, the world around me get plunged into darkness.

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Everything went by a blur. The first time I woke up, people were surrounding me, shouting my name over and over again. Their faces looked worried and scared, and why are there doctors and nurses around me? What happened?

The second time I woke up, I was on a bed and a raven-haired boy was beside me, sleeping on the chair right beside the bed I was on. I managed to look around the room before everything went dark again.

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I opened my eyes, looking around. Everything was pure white and it looked like I was above the clouds. I walked around the place, looking around it as I did. If this is Heaven, then that means..

"You're young,"

I turned around and saw a beautiful girl standing there. She had bright green eyes and she was wearing a plain, white long dress up to her toes. It was swaying gracefully in the air and on her red lips was the sweetest smile I have ever seen."Why are you here? You are too young,"

It took me a few moments to get what she meant, but then suddenly I remembered what happened and where I was. I was indeed in Heaven and I was dead..

"What do you mean why I'm here?" I asked, trying not to sound rude.

"You see," she said, gracefully walking towards me, her magestic black hair getting blown by the air. "When we're about to die, we are the one who chooses whether to live or die," then that means.. "which means.."

"I chose to die," I said, no emotions clear in my voice.

She smile sweetly, "Yes," her smile, however, turned into a frown as she continued, "But why?"

I stared down the ground.. why did I choose this? I wanted to die.. but why? Then it all clicked in my head. Maddie. I wanted this.. I wanted to be gone to punish myself.. to punish myself because all of this was my fault. Then I suddnely realized that all I caused them was pain.. pain because I was gone.. because I wasn't there.. I realized that I just made this way worse.. I didn't help them, I made their pain even worse than it already was.. I looked up and quickly explained to her why I chose this and looked down the ground again, feeling even more guilty.

"You know," she said, and I looked up. "I could give you another chance." I stared at her in complete shock as my eyes widened. "R- really?" I stuttered, and she only smiled. "If you want to,"

I thought for a moment. Did I really want to come back to my friends? All I did was drag them into all this.. but did I really helped them by choosing to die? I only caused them more pain.. but won't they blame me? I shook my head. No, they won't, I know them. They've been my friends since last year, and I know they won't blame me.. they're my friends.. they'll never do that..

"So? Do you wish to continue your life?"

I looked up and smiled, "Yes,"

She returned the smile, "Very well,"

"Oh, wait!" I said, suddenly realizing something. "Yes?" She asked. "I never asked your name," I replied. She smiled once again, "Rose,"

I smiled once again and suddenly, everything went bright. I was going to come back and I was going to fix everything..

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