A/N:Spoilers for the end Ketsu!
Shinra's POV
How do I start? I lost everything. Falling into the deep void was the last thing he could remember.
"Shinra? Shinra! Wake up!" I heard a faint voice, it was Celty's. I slowly obeyed, opening my eyes, cracks of light seeping into my vision.
Everyone was here. Shizuo, Kadota, Anri, and even more. I scanned around, Celty was nowhere to be found.
"Where...is Celty..." I sputtered, the noise of my hoarse voice shocked even myself.
I looked at the expressions of everyone's faces. Sadness, regret, anger.
"She's gone. Isn't she?" I muttered. She must've gone back to her homeland.
I have to find her.
I sat up, but my chest exploded with horrible pain, I tried to move legs, arms, almost all of them were immobile.
"You shouldn't get up yet, you broke most of your bones, you're lucky to even be alive. You landed in a pool." Shizuo said.
Tears welled up in my eyes. It wasn't supposed to end this way! I even became the villain, and I guess in the end, everything was futile.
Celty...
What happened?
"Shizuo, do you remember the promise we had in high school?" I asked. Shizuo took a little time to understand, but when he did, he had a giant smirk that screamed, 'I've been waiting for this'.
And with all his might, Shizuo threw me into the air. The cold air crackled against my skin, I flew even higher than where Celty was.
"CELTY!!" I yelled. She took notice of me, but she didn't flinch. Does she not recognise me?
Does...she not remember?
In that moment of hesitation, I fell below Celty. I summoned Saika and swung it at her, but it was too much of a distance. I missed. Celty eyed me for a split second, then looks back.
She... doesn't recognize me.
I failed to become the villain. The love of my life was slipping through my fingers, just like that.
Everything after that, felt like a dream. Every single thought he had, was about Celty. Why? Why did he hesitate? Why? Small drops of tears floated around him. Now, he was going to die.
The painful memories returned, I sat on my bed, too tired to do anything else.
Celty, Celty, Celty, Celty...that was the only thought going around my head. Memories, painful memories.
Months later
I finally recovered enough to be able to walk on my own. It was difficult, adjusting to a life without Celty. I walked around, enjoying the feeling of not needing Shizuo to help me to the toilet every time I needed to do my business.
Suddenly, the doorbell rang. I creaked the door open, and saw a head.
Celty?
I immediately open the door, and indeed, a headless woman, carrying its own head stood before me.
So many emotions ran through my head I could barely comprehend them all. All I knew was I was grateful.
"I've come to take your life, human."
The same tingle, the same feeling. The feeling of love. Why had the headless horseman come? I had no idea. She pulled out her scythe, and my mind went blank. I was going to die. Should I have opened that door?
All I knew is, I got to see her one last time.
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"Shooter." The horse neighed.
"Could you feel it too? That man..." She held a palm over her chest.
It was love. Forbidden love.
