Hidoi heard an explosion while sleeping and realized the presence of someone or something. He woke up from the bed shaken, sweating badly like he had a horrible nightmare.
He lifted his hand to look at the glowing scar. He remembered a moment when he, Indhra, and Kara were walking on a street with 47 guiding them. Kara disappears, then 47, but Indhra prevails; he instead turns back a burst of energy covering him.
Hidoi opened his eyes. He stepped out of bed and kept his arms loose while taking a deep breath. He exhaled while removing all the negative thoughts, realizing it was time to fight, not overthink.
He looked to the left to see a black sword. He slowly walked towards it, remembering something: a vision of 47.
He reached for the sword, which started to shake as Hidoi reached for it. He held it tight as he closed his eyes," I... Am!" He opened his eyes while looking at the sword held in his fist," Stop you!"
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47 was walking in the corridor. Just a normal walk towards Hidoi's room, to have a chat with him. For some reason, his eyes were gloomy, looked drunk, but his posture said otherwise.
He looked calm, but at the same time, angry.
" I am sorry, Indhra!" He thought in his mind," I never gave you a good life. I am sorry that your life has to end like this."
As he was thinking about Indhra, he also thought about Hidoi," Hmph, never got to know that boy's real name, for some time I thought 'Hidoi' was his real name."
He also had to think about Kara; these three were good friends, especially Indhra and Hidoi, who were and are still like brothers to each other. " Those times, when we all could enjoy." A tear could be seen through his mask," I... am sorry for everything."
He looked at the ceiling and said," Kara, fight me with all you've got!" There was a blast, and smoke surrounded 47. he didn't flinch as his tears dried up. He saw a familiar faint shadow through the smoke.
A sword cut through it to reveal Kara standing while looking at 47, her hair moving like the waves of an ocean. She had eyes of stress with dark circles below them. Lines of dried tears. But her obsessions were greater than any love for herself.
She inserted her sword into the corridor floor as the smoke faded away. Both were staring, a death stare.
" 47!" She said," You were like a father to me!" 47 was still looking at her without flinching.
" The world is hell!" He thought in his mind," I realized this pretty early." Kara clenched her fist as she ran towards him. She jumped high and tried to punch from above; her eyes were soaking with determination.
47 dodged to the right as he started to think again," The time I saw that girl die, heartbreaking." Kara landed on the ground and leaped towards the right to punch 47.
" Can't even blame Shido!" He dodged right and used his left arm to hold Kara's arm." He was just doing his job." He pulled her hand down to drop Kara on the ground.
47 stepped back as he saw Kara using her hands to prevent her body from falling.
" I..." She used her hand to push herself up to stand on the ground," I saw you cry! Care to explain?"
47 looked down in disappointment. His hair moved due to the intense flow of wind. " There is nothing to explain. I care about you guys. Sadly, it came to this."
Kara looked disappointed in 47," Why did you change? Especially when you know that you can't trust that bastard!" 47 looked unfazed.
" Who said I trust him?" 47 calmly, sarcastically questioned her." I work with him because our goals are the same." Kara questioned herself about her goal. Does it even matter?
" Peace? Isn't that what you both want?" Kara questioned 47, who had already expected this question from Kara, since she knows a lot about him.
47 still looked unfazed through the mask, like he was a statue which hasn't seen light in many years. It was not like he was an emotionless being; his past with Kara and Hidoi is enough to convince anyone that he cares about others, but in his own way.
" Peace! Yeah, but the thing is, I am forced to make that my goal." He finally gave a sad reaction with his eyes, which said more than enough for Kara to decode," As... You are like my daughter, let me reveal something about myself." He looked as he calmly said," I was a God Armour!"
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Hidoi was walking on the corridor as he was still thinking about all the time he and Kara spent. There was an unobvious outcome for what he was planning in his head to solve all this mess, but he just couldn't make himself do it.
He looked dead, not literally, instead by his expressions if his mind is overflowing, which is causing him to lose all of his emotions slowly.
He was carrying the black sword, dragging the sharp edge along the floor, cutting the carpet as dark energy emitted as each thread broke free.
His left hand was completely free. His eyes were dim with no light in them.
" That time, when we went to an aquarium." He thought," Ice cream's, yeah, I still remember that shit." He thought of the time, an image popped in his brain of Kara's dress, wet, drenched in ice cream, which fell from the cone.
" Damn that chest of yours." He finally gave a small chuckle, so small that one couldn't even hear it," That was the day when you got drunk, we tangled in bed naked, we lost our virginity that day. Now, I am most probably not going to even get a chance to..." He stopped thinking," No! I shouldn't give up like this."
3 years earlier
Hidoi and Kara were standing opposite each other with a slum view beside them. It was nighttime with a full moon between Hidoi and Kara, providing the light to their darkness.
Both were wearing black coats like they had just attended a work meeting.
Kara's eyes were keen on Hidoi's. Hidoi's face was red like Kara had just proposed to him, but that was not the case, though.
" Wha...?" Hidoi murmured with an expression of shock. Kara repeated," What am I to you? A lover? Just a date? Best friend? A family member, what am I?"
Hidoi gulped; the sound could be heard from a distance. He calmed his mind and heart and tried to find a suitable reply to a question like that.
" You! You are everything to me! You are something which I cherish, something which I care about. You are everything that you mentioned earlier." He looked down in embarrassment," Reality is, I never had any friends, only you, Indhra, and 47."
He looked up after finishing the sentence, and at the same time, finished his embarrassment.
She was sad, like something was bothering her. Hidoi felt a presence and turned left to see a person wearing a white shirt on top with a black coat. He looked like a divorce lawyer.
Kara quickly used the time of ignorance of Hidoi to kiss him on the lips while hugging. She stopped kissing as she realized someone was looking at them.
PRESENT
" And since then, our lives have changed. Our opinions clashed, and everything about us turned wrong." His eyes widened with determination.
" Atleast I don't want to fight with you again, if it is the last time." He clenched his fist, and determination pumped out of him," I will save her, no matter what is the cost!"
THE END