Chapter 5
Our Rebirthday
Miku's p.o.v
Please, someone save me.
I don't know what has gotten into me, it was like my mind had been distorted to think this way, that Len had killed Meiko, that Len had killed so many people, that Len is going to do harm to Rin…
I was scared, that time, when I saw the fire, when I saw Neru coming out and telling us Len did this, when I aimed my knife at Len, when I killed Haku…
I wanted to stop, but I couldn't control my body, I didn't want to kill Len, this is wrong, even if someone kills your friend, you don't kill him back, and I knew he wouldn't even harm Meiko.
Help me…
I ran down the mall, my body telling me to find Len and kill him, my mind telling me to put down the knife.
Then I saw him, Len, his expression gone shocked when he saw me, no wonder, since I was trying to kill him, but it was against my will. I don't want to hurt anyone.
Please…
My legs started moving itself, running towards Len, the knife in my hands, so tight, my hands were going numb, my dress was covered in blood, and the dress was expensive! Do you know how much money I had to pay just to buy this? And I loved the ribbons and laces and…
Wait…
Where was I?
Oh, yeah, I'm in the middle of chasing Len and trying to kill him even if it was against my will…
God…some help here!
Len ran and ran, trying to get away from me, he rushed towards the cloths section, where a lot of people saw us as a girl chasing a boy, and when we got to the meat section where is was much more lighter, they see us as a maniac killer trying to kill a boy…
I tried to stop myself from running, my legs won't obey me, I tried putting down my knife, my hands wouldn't listen to me, I screamed to my mind to stop, but it was no use.
We run, and run, and run, until we were already out of the mall, at the parking lot. There were so many cars, hiding us from the eyes of other people, we'll never get any help here, we'll never get rescue.
Anyone…
I cornered Len, he was backing away from me, there was something about his eyes that make me feel suspicious, it didn't feel like him, it was like…like…
"You killed Meiko!" my mouth shouted by itself, that voice didn't even sound like me, Len saw this and narrowed his eyes, "and you're going to pay for that!"
I slashed the knife, but he ducked away, causing the knife to scratch the surface of the car…hard…man, that was a BMW. How am I going to pay for that…?
Len leaped towards me, trying to get hold of my knife, I was almost happy that he did that, but my hands think (could hands think?) otherwise. The knife was gripped even tighter in my hand, I broke free of Len's hands and turned my wrist to slash him one more time, he jumped away, but I managed to make a cut on his face.
He wiped the blood of his face, and turned back to look at me, he looked ready for a fist fight, but I really want to remind his that I'm holding a knife, not exactly the best way to fight.
I swing my knife and almost got him in the throat, but he back away and rolled down, then he jumped up and tried to get my knife again. With my other hand, I punched him in the stomach and pushed him away. And that's when I saw it.
The treble clef necklace.
No, it isn't…it isn't her…right?
Please, not her, not her…
This is…Rin, right?
I tried to call out her name, but the words were stuck in my throat, I tried to force down the knife, but my whole body refused.
I don't want to kill Rin, she's my best friend, it's her, and I know it. Those eyes, not Len's, but Rin's. The way she poses for a fight, the way she jumps away, the way she run, it's Rin.
Stop it…
My body tried to attack Rin again, she tried ducking away, but I've made a cut on her waist this time, little blood poured out, her clothes started getting wet. But why did she do this? To protect Len? Now that I thought of that, they looked so alike, but why? A coincidence? Or a conspiracy?
For a moment there, I thought of Luka, the presents she gave us, colors, the colors, I got a red ribbon, red…Kaito got blue, Meiko got green, both Rin and Len got yellow necklaces.
Think…think…
Oh, no.
I remembered, Rin's favorite story, the story of evil. The lady of green got killed, Meiko got a green colored bracelet, and she died. Kaito, blue ring, lady of green's lover, prince of blue. Lady of red, the one who killed the servant…the one who killed a boy who pretended as the princess to protect her.
We were repeating the story in this form, but why?
Luka has something to do with this, but I don't know why. Think, Miku, think, she went back with Meiko after the ride…
Luka killed Meiko.
Oh my god.
I've got to stop this; I'm killing Rin for no reason now, but how?
I slashed Rin again; I almost got her in the throat, that was close.
But the second time I slashed, Rin didn't have time to duck. At once, the world around me slowed down, I was watching Rin falling to the ground in slow motion. The blood spilled out like in the movies, everything around me seemed to be like moving in syrup, make that extra sticky syrup.
"No…" This time, I could finally talked, I fell to my knees, every part of me couldn't move anymore, I wanted to believe this is dream, and I'll wake up any second now, but it wasn't. I didn't wake up. My hands felt sore, my legs went weak, my mind had a lot of flashback about the time I had with Rin, like the time we build a snowman and let it wear my mom's underwear, and for the next six hours we hid in the snow, behind a tree to wait for my mom to put down her baseball bat and calm down a little.
I put my hands on Rin, she was…dead.
No…no…no…no…no…
This isn't true; I …killed my best friend? No, I want to believe everything around me is fake, only I'm real, only I'm the living thing, everything around me is just an illusion, the red blood, the dead body, these are fake, nothing around me is real.
Yes, only I'm real, these are fake; nothing is as real as me.
I smiled, "I'm real, see?" I pick up my knife and cut my hands, "See? This is real blood. Want to see more real things?" I started cutting my legs, my hands, and my face. "See? This is real. That blood on the floor is fake!"
That Rin is probably fake too, that body, fake.
"Do you want to see a real dead body? I'll show you!"
I aimed the knife at my throat.
"I'm real…"
And stabbed.
Am I?
Len's p.o.v
I found Rin's body beside Miku's.
I dropped to my knees and landed on a pile of blood, the blood of Rin and her best friend, Miku. Why didn't I manage to stop her? Why didn't I just stand out bravely and fight Miku? Why didn't I protect Rin? Why did I let her get hurt? Was I the one who caused all this? Am I…am I the reason why Rin died?
Our wish…her wish…my wish…
"Didn't we promise to go to the seaside together?" I said to Rin's dead body, tears started forming in my eyes, "A promise is a promise."
I carried Rin's body up, bridal style, her blood dripped down my clothes, and I let down her hair, her beautiful face, now that I noticed that, she was actually smiling, but why?
Strangely, I smiled back.
I carried her, I knew a shortcut, through the forest behind the parking lot, to the seaside, and I'll hold her, tightly, until we get there. Every step was so heavy, yet I didn't even feel it, my shoulder was screaming, but I feel nothing.
When we arrive, the sun was setting.
"Beautiful isn't it, Rin?" I must've gone crazy, talking to a dead person. Yet, she still looked so alive to me. I stood at the sea; the water reached my knees, the cool water touching my legs, the sea breeze passing my face. I tried to get out both Rin and my bottle, where our wishes are in. What was her wish? I don't know, I didn't open it, but I know my wish.
If I could be reborn in our next life, it would be nice, if I could be with you again.
Yup, that was my wish.
Rin's ribbon, the one she left me at the mall, was still in my pocket. Now that I noticed it again, it actually looked so elegant, so nice on her.
I hold Rin's hand, and released the bottles. I watched as the bottles floated, getting closer to the sun, slowly, it disappeared. Will our wish come true? I know it would.
Then I felt a pain behind my back.
Someone had stabbed me with a knife, my back was burning, I almost screamed, I almost let go of Rin, but I hold tightly to her. I turned around and saw…
"Dell?"
Dell's eyes looked redder than ever, his eyes so wide you could consider him either a super genius or a mad scientist. He was holding onto a knife, and the knife was covered in blood. My blood.
"What are you doing?" I managed to blurt out.
"What am I doing?" Dell shouted, "I'm trying to get revenge for Haku. Do you know how important she was to me? We were best friends since kindergarten; do you know that she was the only one that I trusted? She was…she was…she was like a sister to me!"
Finishing his sentence, he slashed his knife again, my shoulder spilled out blood, I tried to maintain balance, tried to hold onto Rin as much as I can.
"You were the main reason she died!" Dell screamed.
He stabbed his knife…
I just hope our wish would come true…
Where am I?
Is this…a table? Why am I lying on a table? Why am I wearing…WHAT AM I WEARING? DID THESE PEOPLE EXPECT ME TO GO COSPLAYING?
These people? What people?
I looked around and saw two men; one was staring at me like I just came back from the dead? Did I come back from the dead? Not sure. I don't remember dying, and even if I did, I was sure I didn't die on this table.
I sat up, and asked, "Who are you?"
One of the man said, "I'm Cryton, you're creator. Your name is Len."
Creator? What creator? And, thank you, I remember my name.
"You must have a lot of questions in your mind now, am I correct?" he asked. My answer was: I not only have a lot of questions, I have so much questions I can drown you with them. But I just nodded instead of saying that.
"But first, I want to show you someone, someone you would love to see."
Oh, who would that be?
"Hey! You can come out now!" Cryton shouted at a door behind me, the door opened, and…
"Len, meet…"
"Rin?" I called out. The girl had yellow hair, her clothes were almost the same as mine, her beautiful blue eyes reflected the light, and I could almost see my own reflection in there.
"Len?" Rin shouted, her face broke into a smile. But, still, something is missing on her…what is it?
Ribbon, the ribbon.
I reached into my pocket, is inside. But wasn't it in another pocket? I didn't care; I pulled it out, jumped off the table, and tied the ribbon on Rin. I took a step back and looked, yup, that's Rin all right.
Rin ran over and hugged me so tight she could've broken my ribs, I hugged her back.
Our wish did come true.
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