[bxb] the forgotten promise | yeosang / ateez

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      THE male looked at his hand and saw crimson red blood dripping in it and he realized that it’s coming from his own mouth, he can’t prevent the overwhelming panic that’s taking over but he was distracted when he heard a voice. He looked at its direction and saw the younger male looking at him with such fear in its eyes and he can’t help but smile apologetically at him. He wanted to assure him that he’ll be alright when his own body betrayed him, groaning in pain as he hit the ground.

“No!” the younger male ran towards his direction and kneeled beside him, “No way. Y-You said that you’ll catch up but why?”

“They wanted me so I decided to stop them..” he mutters, trying to calm the younger male by holding his hand, “They wanted to kill everyone along with me so I decided to let you all escape. They wanted me along with some collateral damages and I wouldn’t let them..”

“You said that you’ll catch up. I knew it!” the younger male squeezed his hand tight.

“I’m sorry. Please don’t weep such sad tears for me,” he said, trying to comfort the younger one from the pain, “Your tears.. I am not worthy of it. You don’t deserve to be sad just because of me.”

“Don’t even dare to say such things! I have been with you for years! I am willing to be in whatever part of this mad world with you!” the younger one exclaimed which surprised the dying male beneath him, “Heck! I would do everything just to be with you! That’s our pact, right?”

“If you fail then let's do that together and if you succeed then let’s still do that together.” the dying male muttered as he lets out a laugh, making him wince in pain “That hurts. Y-You still treasure that one?”

“Of course, I do!” the younger male stated, smiling sincerely at him “This is my own will.”

“But you knew what’s about to happen to me, you should’ve just left me. What if those evil people comes back for my corpse?” he asked, trying to scare the younger one so he would flee to safety.

“Then I’ll die here. Beside you.” the younger male stated in a firm tone, “Dying is painful but the mere fact that you’re beside me makes it comforting. At the very least, I was able to stick to my promise.”

“Y-You’re so silly..” he can’t prevent the smile on his face as he kept on staring at his companion, “Fate have already decided what’s about to happen to me and I accepted it. You, on the other hand, should've fled with the others and live the life that I wouldn’t be able to have. You wanted to be a well-known alchemist, right? Then achieve it. Reach the stars for me.”

“Achieving it without you on my side is worthless,” he stated in a firm tone again, gripping on his hand tighter and not even letting go of it “It’s like walking on a throne without any lights in it.”

“You’re so silly.” he stated to the younger one, shaking his head slightly in amusement.

He started to feel Death's grip on him as he kept on catching his breath, sight getting blurry every seconds that passed and the urge to close his eyes. But he couldn’t. Not now when his companion is in a despairful state, he wanted to apologize for making him feel like that. He doesn’t even deserve to be weep for someone that is meant to die in a miserable state like him. And it became more miserable to die in front of the person that cherished him the most, he wanted to continue his life with this person.

He wanted to continue his daily routines while this rascal would barge in and ask him to accompany him on his silly antics. He wanted to witness how this rascal would achieve his dreams and that smile that he would let out once that he has his grip towards his success. He wanted to witness how this rascal would fall in love with someone and build a family in which he’ll take care of this rascal’s children. He wanted to see him grow. He wanted to continue living with him just like what they promised.