Keeping The Balance [Hiatus]

Chapter Thirteen - The CEO Reborn Step Brother - Task World One (13)

Hol was in a dark space, floating around. He couldn't feel anything and he didn't know if that was good or not. He felt like something bad was happening but he just felt so tired...

"Host..." In this dark space, Hol could hear a familiar voice calling out to him. He tried to open his eyes but it was so hard. Everything is too hard right now and he just wanted to sleep.

"Host, open your eyes!" Hol eyes opened quickly and in front of him was a frowning Starie. Around their eyes look puffy, like they've been crying. This is strange because he assumed that since Starie wasn't human they couldn't cry.

"Host you are such a dumbass! Why did you do that! Idiot! Dummy!" Hol held up his hands to cover his head when Starie started to hit him on the head. He was still confused about what was happening and where he was.

Actually, what was Hol doing before he was sent here? Hol tried to remember the last thing that happened to him before he ended up in this dark space. He was thinking hard for a while because his eyes widened in shock.

"Terrance! Where Terrance?! Is he okay?! Why am I here?! I need to see Terrance and make sure he is okay!" Hol was looking around frantically for Terrance, feeling worried that something was happening to him at the moment. He couldn't understand why he wasn't with Terrance.

"Host, you completed the mission but the body you were in got injured badly by the stab wound you took. I took out your soul from the body and took us to a space that can view what is happening in the world." Hol looked down under him and realized that he could see inside of a hospital room. He dropped to his knees as he tried to get a better look at the hospital room.

He could see the body of Karson that was just laying in the bed. There were things connected to him. His heartbeat was going at a steady pace on the heart monitor and his body was being given oxygen through his nose.

Karson wasn't alone in the room, sleeping in a chair was Terrance whose face looked like it had been crying for a while. Hol tried to get closer to Terrance but the place he was in wouldn't allow him to.

"Can... Can I not go back there? I don't want to leave Terrance... I finally found someone to love and I don't want to lose them so quickly." Hol was looking at Starie with desperate eyes. He never wanted something so bad in his whole life. He didn't want to leave with such a bad event left in Terrance's mind. He wanted to be with him for a bit longer...

"Host can go back... But the Host won't live to old age. That body technically should be dead since it was killed by Caleb before. Host, you will live until that body turns 60. That is still a rather long time but can you go back knowing that you will leave him behind first?" Starie didn't have their usually cheerful look on their face. They were looking at Hol with serious eyes that made them seem like they were older than they appeared.

"That's fine with me... I would rather leave him behind first anyway. I don't think I could deal with him leaving me behind first anyway. Even if our time together won't be long I will be happy just being there with him." Hol looked back down at Terrance with a soft look in his eyes. Starie let out a quiet sigh before getting into a more childish attitude.

"If that's what Host wants! You should be glad that you have such an honest System as your partner or I would have sent you back without telling you this fact! Be grateful to me!" Starie's expression turned smug as they looked down at Hol who was still on his knees. Hol just smiled at them with a gentle look in his eyes.

"Yeah... I have such a great System..." Hol raised a hand to Starie cheek and gave it a soft pinch before letting go and looking back down at Terrance. Hol closed his eyes and his body started to glow bright before it disappeared.