Beep.
Beep.
Beep.
Beep.
Beep.
Bee-
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Some long for silence. Some long for the inky blackness that smothers their ears and encases their minds. They long to be free from the shrieking, squalling, unending chatter of everyday life. To finally be alone with their own thoughts and wrapped in a silence so deep that their breathes seem like blood splashed on an untainted canvas.
He was unlike those people. The noise kept him alive. Each beep told him that he was slowly climbing back up the thin chord that connects the clouds of Life to the pits of Death. The breathe's told him that there was a chance, A slim, minuscule chance, barely noticeable, in fact. But a chance nevertheless.
Now I want you all to know that I am not dismissing Death. Death is not an entity to poke fun at nor to disrespect so easily. The power Death has over all of us, over everything, often defines what and who we are, as humans. For you never know when Death will hold you tightly in It's lethal embrace. The embrace that only few of the most stubborn of people can worm out of. And even then Death still leaves It's mark upon us. Reminding us forever that no matter how strong or powerful one is, no matter how kind or deserving of Life they are, Death will come.
That's what makes Death different to Life, you see. Life is never guaranteed. When a child is born it's survival isn't certain. But for the living, and dead, Death is all that we will join.
So please, as I read this story, please do not underestimate Death and certainly do not consider It the villain in this tale. Sometimes, just sometimes Life can be far, far more crueller than Death.
And so, on that note, we shall begin.
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Threading The Chord
Short StoryAokaga fic. Please do not repost without my permission. Ghostly AU where Kagami dies on the operating table and becomes a ghostly entity in The Middle Realm. Who does he encounter but Aomine Daiki, another Ghostly entity waiting to be released from...
