Disclaimer: I do not own nor claim to own this franchise or any of its characters.
Author Note: Weirdness fill set in after the first paragraph, mindscrew by eight and going mad from the revelation by the end. I wanted a twist ending damn it and without a fourth party narrating there is no way it was going to happen.
Meltdown
Yuusei had always liked to put things in order. His D-Wheel, his deck, his life and certainly his boyfriends were neatly arranged. Bruno stayed over here and Kiryu was visited in Satisfaction Town and all was well. And never were the twain to meet. But oops Yuusei the world is a small, small place that you could drown in if you dared to breathe. And so the two meet and everything fell apart. Surprisingly only one person died that night but this death sent us all into the depths of despair. I still have nightmares about that night.
Lua screamed first. That little tagalong saw what we didn't. A body being roughly forced over a bannister. Two men staring at the ground and running down the stairs. The scent of fresh kill wafting on the summer breeze. No one else saw it, it seems until that scream. Then Aki ran over to see who was shoved. She screamed too, quite distinctly Aki. Crow was last to notice. He didn't scream of course, he cried. I acted tough and cool and someone called Sector Security. Didn't get here in time of course. He just bled to death on the sidewalk. How did that song go? 'And everybody loved him as he died.' Yeah that sums it up quite perfectly.
Yuusei tells me everything. He always has and always will. He told me what happened with Bruno and Kiryu. They met in an electronics store he said. Bonded over the newest D-Wheel. Kiryu brought him up. Bruno brought him up. They realized that Yuusei was keeping them both and all hell broke loss. The silver haired man screamed and left that place he said. Bruno called Yuusei about it. They were looking for fights with each other after that. Yuusei would do nothing to stop it. Not choosing and not telling them to stop. What about bonds Yuusei? Are you to scared to lose one that you hold onto them all?
Yuusei won't answer me. I don't think he can. I don't think he would if he could either. I think that the very thought of the accident makes him sick to the pit of his collapsed stomach. It makes me sick. I keep writing him letters but he never replies to them either. Crow thinks I've gone crazy. I haven't. I am just talking to things that can't reply. Yuusei, Yuusei is such a special man. This is such a tragedy.
Earlier on that day, when the sun was still seeable above the rising dark Kiryu had come to the place. Bruno growled at him and he smiled back. The silver haired man embraced his lover with the cheating heart. Bruno glared at him. I was sitting on the couch drinking coffee, Lua and Ruka were talking about Sly, Crow was out working and Aki was by the fridge staring at the scene with her hazel eyes. Carly showed up and bounced up and down for a bit. Yuusei went to work on his D-Wheel and Bruno and Kiryu went at it. For a pacifist the man's really got quite a bite. Kiryu and him fought for a bit before Yuusei returned and they acted as if nothing were wrong. No one gived enough damns to tell the man. I certainly didn't and I payed for it.
Funny thing even though the two thought over Yuusei so much I'm the one that got all his love in the end. It was worth it just to spite the two. Yeah worth it. Standing here as the breeze touches me. One hand left roses on the grave.
Anyway before the tangent. Crow came home and Kiryu opened the door. The two hugged and I told 'em to get a room. Crow galred at me and Kiryu punched me in the shoulder. Bruno was being passive-aggressive and eating my ramen. It was annoying as hell. I ignored the men and continued downing the coffee. It was gone quickly though and as an excuse to escape the tension I went to make myself more. Aki stood by the fridge and closed her eyes. She looked so dull. Poor Aki was nothing after Yuusei saved her. Yuusei is the worst hero ever really. He saved Kiryu and he tried to kill himself. He saved me and I'll never be important to anyone again. He saved her and she lost all her bite. Better than the rest of us though, deep down etched into her skin, no bones, no soul, is all the pain and hate waiting to resurface. I looked at her and said hey and she said hey back and closed her eyes. I made the coffee with water. I burnt the water and spilled it everywhere. I took a rag to mop it up and didn't turn the stove off. I was too angry to remember it. I walked back into the living room and Crow's dumbass boyfriend showed up. Crow opened the door for him and smiled. And he walked in. Yuusei was sitting in between Bruno and Kiryu with a hand on both of their's.
He never held my hand like that. But he does now; it's all he can do. If this is his idea of bonds then what was ours? Nothing? I've always loved Yuusei, just like everyone does. I kiss his cold lips again.
"Jack?" He asks me.
Anyway everyone started talking at once. Brave and Crow about trickster nonsense, Aki and Carly about me, Lua and Ruka about whatever children think and the three lovers about which one Yuusei would choose. I sniffed the air. I asked if anyone smelt burning. I stood up and walked to the kitchen. The stove had set the curtains aflame and with them the rest of the place. I knew buying those would screw me over. Yuusei ushered Lua and Ruka out the front door and Brave and Crow followed. Aki and Carly went to grab all the technology. I stayed with Bruno and Kiryu and went around grabbing cards. We spent so long looking for the twins that the house had begun to burn even more. I ran up the stairs of the roof and was followed by the two. Standing there the people below looked up at me and I felt like I was king.
I have always wanted people to adore me. The thrill of the fight and the adoration of the crowds is all I have ever asked for. All I have ever wanted for. I did want someone else's love. The love of Yuusei. Always adoring them. Replacing me with a nutjob and a man that's practically a robot. I hate him. I hate them. The sun illuminated me quite beautifully. I looked heavenly.
"Jack...don't." Yuusei begs as I hold the knife against his beautiful throat.
"Are you cold yet?" I ask the smaller man.
"We can fix this."
"No, it's too late now isn't it?"
Bruno freaked out and started screaming about Yuusei. Kiryu slapped him and told him we'd be fine. I lost it. I ranted on about how Yuusei and I were tuned together, perfectly bonded and that they were just cheap things to break. Bruno punched me in the face and Kiryu snapped my fingers. I hit the blue haired man back and swept the legs from under Kiryu. The two of them tackled me.
"Jack please don't do this. You are a good person. I'm sorry I didn't tell you I didn't love you." Yuusei whines.
I dig the knife in.
"It's all your fault!" I scream.
I fell over the bars and my body hit the ground. Bruno ran down the stairs in fear and Kiryu after him. Lua screamed. As I fell into darkness I smelled the scent of fresh kill. Aki ran over to see who fell.
"It's Jack!" She screamed.
Yuusei called Sector Security. Brave passed out and Crow cried into my shoulder.
"I-it's alright." I said as I died.
I died surrounded by my friends but Yuusei didn't even care about my death. I visited him all the time afterwards and he never said anything to me or even looked at me.
"Sayonara Yuusei Fudou." I smile as I slit his throat.
A shaking hand grasps his throat and holds the blood in. Bruno here's him screaming and runs right through me. He holds Yuusei's hand as he dies. Kiryu runs after him and holds Yuusei's other hand. Smiling with tears in his cobalt eyes the cheating heart looks up at both of them.
"I love you and I'm sorry." He smiles.
Kiryu's already sobbing and Bruno is trying to remain even slightly composed. Why would I do this? What did I gain? Yuusei will always love them and not me. I am nothing. I stare blankly at the three as Bruno rips a part of his shirt off and wraps it around Yuusei's neck. Kiryu and Bruno carry him to a nearby hospital. Yuusei begins thrashing around and the blood-soaked shirt falls off. He bleeds to death on a dirty sidewalk with two angry men and a ghost. Kiryu laughs and Bruno holds his face with his hands. I walk off into the nothing of death. I deserve only hell for this sin. For the pain I have brought to all my friends. The two men kiss Yuusei goodnight as he walks away with me. I can't even look at him.