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Zareh
~Prologue~
Apprehension tugged slightly at Zero as he felt him skirting the the sides of his mind, he grit his teeth and attempted to think of something else, to ignore him, he could feel his amusement as his presence grew clearer, Zero shoved him to the back of his mind and sped up the pace of his steps.
He chuckled, and Zero knew his attempts were futile, 'What do you want?' Zero asked with annoyance and concealed unease, 'You're rather rude' the unwelcome presence remarked matter of factly, 'I don't care' snapped Zero, 'I noticed' was the dry reply. Zero ran a hand over his face, he hated talking to him, it made him feel….agitated. Of course, it hadn't always been that way, there was once a time he had been his greatest comfort, Zero had relied on him, but that was something Zero didn't want to remember, he knew better now.
'You don't talk to me' complained the presence, 'Go away' Zero said tiredly, Zero could feel him laugh, 'Not likely, I want to talk' Zero frowned, the statement was foreboding 'Well I don't' Zero said unhappily, the presence ignored him, 'I want a name'. Zero froze. A name? A name would give him an identity, it would mean accepting that he was there and always would be. No, Zero couldn't do that, that would be giving up, and-and… giving in. No. No, he would not give him a name. That would only make him that much more real, and he wasn't, he was not real, Zero reassured himself, he wasn't a threat. Dangerous. And Zero refused to admit that he scared him.
Zero shook his head and swallowed the nervous lump in his throat. 'No', Zero could feel his displeasure, 'You insist that I am not you and that we have no connection but you also deny that I am a person?' He drawled, Zero felt his skin crawl, 'You aren't one', the presence grinned, 'Then pray tell what am I?'
Zero clutched his sleeve with a tight fist, "A bad dream and a figment of my imagination" Zero said out loud. 'You can wish' the presence whispered, 'But for now, humor me with a name', Zero was growing angry, he hated him. How dare he demand anything from him. After everything, how humiliated he had been, betrayed. He wouldn't give that asshole anything. He owed him nothing, he may be continuously plagued by his existence, perhaps for the rest of his life, but he would not give in. Never again.
"Shut up!" Snarled Zero, "Shut up and leave! This is my mind and I know you don't exist! A-and I'm not crazy.." Zero trailed off, slightly ashamed of how weak he sounded towards the end of his outburst. Zero prepared to defend himself from any mocking or depreciative comments, but the presence had already left, at least for the time being.
Zero let out a shaky sigh. He shouldn't have lost his temper, shouldn't have let his memories overwhelm him, it was weak, but for now, he was only happy that the presence had left him alone. "He isn't me" Zero murmured to himself, "He isn't me.. and I'm not crazy", but if he isn't you then who is he? A small voice seemed to asked, 'I don't know' Zero thought miserably.
He must have come from somewhere and probably from Zero's head because he was the only one who could hear him, and he had stated earlier, he might be a figment of his imagination, all Zero knew was that he had been with him since his parents were murdered and he was sent to live with the headmaster, Zero gave a snort of laughter. Though when you said it like that it sounded like he really was crazy.
Zero shivered involuntarily at the thought of blank white walls within a mental hospital, whether he was crazy or not one thing was certain, no one could ever find out.
Zero sighed, between this and being a level D, maybe he was better off dead. For his sake and everyone else's.
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