Click—
"Uh… I'm fucking exhausted."
The first thing Ren did upon returning from work was lay down on the soft couch in his house.
Feeling his body sink into the sofa, he felt his body slowly relax.
"Yeah… this is how it should be."
The lights were closed, and the only light that filtered through was from the narrow gap of the curtains on his left.
It was quiet around him.
"Hey, brother."
But that quietness was broken by the softly spoken words of a little girl.
A soft smile appeared on Ren's face when he looked at the little girl.
"What is it, Nola?"
In her hand was a small ball, which she handed to him.
"Want to play?"
"Play? At this time?"
Checking his watch, it was 21:00. It was rather late, but seeing the pitiful look on his sister's face, he relented.
"Well… fine."
Picking up his jacket, he left the house alongside Nola.
Click—
"Here!"
The two played catch and throw. When one would throw, the other would catch. A rather simple game.
A gentle breeze blew past the empty park the two were in as the soft giggles of his sister filled the air.
"Hahah…too strong!"
The two played for a long time. Ren had lost track of the time as he immersed himself in the soft giggles of her sister.
"Catc—oh, damn!"
He ended up throwing a little too hard, and the ball flew behind the bushes.
"I'm sorry, Nola!"
He quickly apologized.
"It's fine, brother!"
But the little angel that she was, Nola sweetly smiled and trotted to where the ball fell. Her figure disappeared behind the bushes in the distance.
Ren waited where he was with a soft smile on his face.
He waited for who knows how long. He just stood there, staring at the bushes with a smile.
He didn't know when, but the ball appeared right beneath his feet, but Nola was no longer in sight.
But he just remained where he was and… waited.
Waited there while blankly staring at the ball at his feet.
"Ren! Ren!"
That was when he heard a couple of shouts from the distance.
When he turned his head, he found two familiar figures.
"Mom, dad, you're also here to play?"
"Play?"
Samantha's eyes started to water, and Ronald placed his hand over her shoulder.
"For god's sake, Ren! It's been ten years already! You need to start moving on! You can't just continue coming outside every day after work to stare emptily at a ball!"
With tears dropping from her eyes, Samantha's entire body trembled. Her eyes were swollen red, and she looked to be in pain.
"I, it's time to move on… please. For you and for everyone… you need to m-ove on. You can't be like this!"
"No, but…"
Tuk—
kicked the
you she's the one asking me to come
He shrugged his shoulders.
would you know? You died
figures disappeared. Before he knew it, he was standing in the empty park
"…"
Tuk—
once more before turning around and heading
you
***
still remember the first time that I realized that I could travel back in
first. Recalling the faces of my parents as they died in front of my very eyes and being helpless
even after regressing, I was no
with talent, you could achieve with money.
a naive thought
the richest man in the world, the only
But that was okay.
that I had once again
two lives,
third, but
work? Really? …What about a
last as long
The ending in which we survived the
Okay…
when, but I did develop
called it. I chanced upon it after hearing Kevin speak about it,
Great!
and again… and again… and again… and again… and again… and again… and again… and
[Haha… maybe next time?]
[So close!]
I know where I
[Aish! So close!]
about to stab
[Eh?]
I do wrong
[Mh? Kevin?]
[What? Why… what?]
it my fault this
[Can he be killed?]
[What? That's bullshit.]
how did I
I killed everyone that stood in my way and took all the
I really the
[I'm not the problem.]
the problem
am I back? I killed him!? Why
Kevin can kill
he kill
is he
I take too many
did he fail again? I… I took
[Fail?]
[This can't be…]
[Again?]
[…]
[…]
[…]
everything... Why won't he kill
[…kill me.]
[I want to die.]
I
[Help?]
[…]
[…]
[…]
[Who am I?]
point, I lost track of who
Dover? Amanda Stern? Jin Horton? Emma Roshfield? Melissa
yet started to fade from
losing track of myself, and I didn't want that. I wanted to cling to whatever was left
more I died and the more I witnessed
my emotions slip… myself slip, and I started to
become, but at the same time, I embraced who I
get out of this hell… then so
I sealed everything away. My emotions and what
just wanted it to
the times I killed those with whom I was
became something… an existence that even the demon king feared, but that was never what I
endless, and I
The brief moment when I
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