"Yes I finally manage to obtain it !"
A bot of around 30 years old exclaimed, with a voice full of excitement as he held a diamond ring in is palm.
The voice was quite soft but also had the ability to put a genuine smile on the face of someone who heard it. His ink-black hair falls neatly around his face, while his straight nose made him look sharp.
His lips were soft and tinted a faint rose shade, adding a gentle warmth to his otherwise sharp features.
His face bore the sharpness of youth, his smooth cheeks and clear complexion making him appear lively and effortlessly handsome.
'It's been three long years since I, Jay, first met her… and today, I've finally gathered the courage to confess what I've kept buried in my heart.
A faint sparkle lit up his eyes as he looked at the ring he had patiently saving for over three long years, his chest filling with anticipation and excitement.
Tonight.
I will confess, what is in my heart for last three year.
He closed the small velvet box carefully and slipped it into his coat pocket. Taking a deep breath, he checked his reflection in a nearby store window.
"You can do this," he muttered to himself.
The evening air was cool, the city lights glowing softly under the darkening sky. The place they agreed to meet wasn't far—a quiet park where they had shared countless moments together.
He could still recall the first time they met.
Her laughter, Her eyes.
The way she tilted her head when she was confused.
Recalling this past memory, A small smile curved on his lips.
Three years, Three years of friendship and silent love.
And tonight… I would finally make her mine. As he began walking toward the park, his phone vibrated.A message popped up from her.
"I'm already here."
reading her message his heartbeat quickened. He didn't notice the other message that arrived seconds later. From someone else.
"Jay, please don't go. I have a bad feeling about this."
He frowned slightly but dismissed it.
He slipped his phone back into his pocket and continued walking. The park was dimly lit, shadows stretching long under the street lamps and there she was standing alone.
As he move towards her something about her felt… off, her hands were trembling, eyes—unsteady.
"Hey," he said gently, smiling.
She didn't smile back.
"Jay… we need to talk."
He stepped closer, focusing on her face till only little distance is remained. Not noticing the faint glinting blade hidden in her shaking hand.Not hearing the hurried footsteps approaching from behind.Not remembering the warnings he had laughed at.
The wind grew colder, and somewhere deep inside something felt wrong.
"Jay… I…" Her voice trembled.
He stepped closer, smiling gently. "Hey, what's wrong? You look pale."
Her hand moved too fast to notice.
There was a sudden pressure against his chest.
Then a dull thud.
For a split second, he didn't understand what just happened
Then he look down and his breath hitched.
"A blade".
Half-buried in his chest, his brain refused to process it.
"What...?"
Her fingers were still wrapped around the handle. Her eyes cold and detached from any emotion.
" I was paid to kill you so you cannot get in our way and destroy the project you are working on for last three years you fool! "
Blood began seeping through his shirt.
Darkness started spreading, warmth drained from his body as weakness crept into his limbs. The ring box slipped from his coat pocket and fell to the ground.
It opened.
The diamond caught the park light, mocking him footsteps thundered behind him.
"JAY!"
He knew that voice.
But it's too late.
Arms wrapped around him as his knees buckled. He was pulled away from the blade, but that only made the pain explode deeper inside him. The girl who loved him pressed trembling hands against the wound.
"No—no—no—no—stay with me! Please, stay with me!"
Blood soaked her fingers, her clothes and the ground. the other girl collapsed backward, shaking violently, muttering prayers over and over.
Jay tried to speak but nothing came out.
Air wouldn't enter his lungs properly each breath felt like inhaling small pices of broken glass.
His ears rang, the world tilted and sirens wailed in the distance, but they sounded far away—like they belonged to someone else's life. he stared at the diamond ring lying on the ground.
Three years, three years of saving.
For this.
His vision blurred, the girl holding him sobbed uncontrollably.
"I warned you… I told you she wasn't what she look like… why didn't you listen to me…?"
He wanted to answer, wanted to apologise and wanted to say you were right but blood bubbled at the corner of his lips instead.
He felt his body getting cold ,heartbeat became uneven.
'Slow'
'Heavy'
His body trembled once.
Then twice.
Then the light dimmed from his eyes.
The last thing he saw was her face the one who truly loved him.
'Broken'
'Shattered'
All because of him.
Darkness swallowed everything.
And just before his consciousness vanished completely a space-time fluctuations appeared, activating a mythical space-time passage. Jay consciousness got instantly absorbed into the space-time tunnel; however, the moment his consciousness entered, he suffered a fate extremely worse than people getting crushed by a huge rock. He became enormously pressured by the spatial tunnel. His consciousness felt like being shredded by thousands of blades, causing him to scream in pain.
"Arghhhhhh!!"
Jay Soul disintegrating by the chaotic spatial turbulence.
Jay didn't notice the white & purple dust. A dark shadow flew from nowhere and also entered his Soul.
The pain was so unbearable that he faint from it.
His consciousness (Soul) then flew in the space tunnel, encountering many spatial storms that can destroy half of the earth population, he was traveling on a tiny boat surrounded by a colossal storm without bing aware of it.
After some unknown time, the consciousness (Soul) finally flew out of the spatial tunnel, arriving in a brand new world.
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Meanwhile on earth...
The night felt unbearably quiet.
The funeral hall was dimly lit, incense smoke rising slowly toward the ceiling like wandering spirits with nowhere to go.
Jay's framed photograph rested at the center, his youthful smile frozen in time.
She stood before the altar, her hands trembling as she held the incense sticks. Her eyes were swollen, red from days of crying. Dark circles stained her once bright face.
"I told you…" she whispered hoarsely. "I told you not to trust her…"
Her fingers tightened around the incense.
"I should've forced you to listen."
But none of that mattered.
Not anymore.
She stepped forward and placed the incense into the burner.
The smoke curled upward.
"Jay…" Her voice cracked. "You idiot…"
Tears fell onto the floor beneath her.
"I loved you."
Silence answered her confession.