I Just Want A Simple Life [BL]

"Everyone can live a fulfilling and prosperous life, without worry of issues which may have plagued our worlds in the past. All you have to do is place your faith in us," came the rhetoric spoken on behalf of the Governing Body- the current political powerhouse- of Nova.

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No matter how far the human race has ventured, there is still the inevitable greeting from death when the time comes. The humbling feeling of a moment rendered unavoidable. It was something humanity understood from a young age; life's cycle. But no one could know what followed.

It was a natural process deemed absolute, regardless of humanities technological advances. So when Caius Xue, a troubled Omega, passed away and reawakened to find himself an obscurity in his own timeline, he was convinced it was a dream.

But he was wide awake by the time the very same cockroaches which invaded his home in the past, claiming everything for themselves and leaving both him and his Papa struggling to survive, simultaneously started arriving on their doorstep.

Unlike in the past - or technically what Caius could consider his near future - there was a chance.

Although his beloved Papa treasured and encouraged his docile personality, Caius couldn't forgive those who threatened the few things he cared about in his life.

But who could have predicted that with the slight alteration in the events of his timeline, it would cause a ripple effect and result in ways Caius could never have imagined. Individuals he believed he knew through-and-through revealed sides to their personalities he never believed possible, and newfound revelations relating to his past life prove inconceivable.

A turbulent and unpredictable set of events that the young man, who only wished to hide in his studio and paint, had been presented with.