"I'M NOT LETTING YOU LEAVE!!" a blonde girl clad in green screeched as she was ready to attack the pair of humans, more specifically the lavender-haired.

The brunette saw the blonde in a hostile position and took a stepped forward, acting as a barrier between the two.

"IB, DON'T-!" Garry exclaimed, worried for his little friend,

"Please get out of my way, Ib. We're leaving together, and to do that...he has to stay here," Mary said, to the point of pleading even. But seeing the girl in front of her shook her head as a 'no', her temper rose up.

"I SAID MOVE!" Mary screamed, but Ib stubbornly did not move. Seeing this as a solid no, Mary's eyes started to tear up and her stance has started to falter. "...y...you...You'd really choose him over me, Ib?" a metal, palette knife, clanged loudly.

"...," Garry stared at the scene in silently, shocked by the sudden appearance of Mary and Ib's recklessness to protect him.

"...If it could only be both...I would choose both," Ib stated as she walked away from them for a couple feet, her back facing towards them.

"Ib?"

Ib grabbed her rose from the pocket, red gleaming in the dark as if it has a soul of its own. Grasping it gently, she touched one of the 5 petals and brutally plucked them one by one.

"What are you doing?!" Mary exclaimed,

"Stop! You'll hurt yourself!" Garry screamed, worry and confusion shown in his face. He scrambled forward, trying to get the rose from her grasp, but he was too late. All five petal were now scattered on the floor, an empty bud was the only thing left from Ib's rose.

Red took over her vision. Pain that she had felt from her journey shot through her entire body but double the suffering the she endured in the past.

"IB!" Mary and Garry screamed as they saw the brunette's rose turn into a bud of nothingness.

"Please...forgive... me," Ib said weakly as she suddenly dashed forward and pushed both Mary and Garry into the painting.

After saving her dearest friends from the ill and cruel fabricated world, Ib fell to the floor and laid down on her side. Seeing her dead rose, she weakly reached out and grabbed the rose, tears streaming down her already pale face yet a small smile was present.

"Goodbye...Mary...Garry," Ib whispered as her heart slowly stopped and she breathes no more.

"Time never waits, it delivers all equally to the same end...

You, who wish to safeguard the future, however limited it may be...

You will be given 8 years;

Go forth without falter, with your heart as your guide..."

Hey guys, so it's been like, what, 1-2 years since I wrote a book about, well, anything! Yeah, it's not that long, but it is for me! So, this story is actually inspired by a book in entitled "together forever, just like you promised me" written by Zerodrone.Though it seems like it won't be updated for some time, it has this unique concept of, well, I guess you just have to read it yourself. I wouldn't start this story without that, so show your support by reading her/his story and leave lots of kudos for the book, and maybe he/she will update in the near future lmao. Also art does not belong to me.

Also, this could be spotted on my wattpad account, -consulting-hunter-which I originally post it there. So don't report this account for copyright cuz this is also my story.