I waited for him, perched like a raven, on a giant metal rod high above the gears of the tower. He never should have left in the first place. Maybe then he would have been able to stop my escape.

He walked in the front door, and made his way towards the screens. For the first time ever, I saw him take off the hood of his cloak. Long blue hair fell to his shoulders, which he quickly tied back into a ponytail. I was so entranced, I missed my perfect chance.

I shook my head to get the image of his beautiful hair out of my mind. I looked back to see him standing in front of the screens, as always. I was just about to jump down when he smacked his head against them and sighed.

I waited for a moment, to make sure I was hearing correctly. I was. He was quietly sobbing. For one slight second, I felt something oddly resembling pity. I pushed it away. I couldn't feel anything anymore, I was all ghost. Yet... So was Clockwork. Why was he crying?

Instead of jumping down to the ground, I slowly moved down the gears and other metal stuff along the walls of the tower, almost like a snake. I stopped halfway down, still looking down at Clockwork.

He turned around, leaning his back on screens. Dry tears still stained his face, and he crossed his arms like a pouting child. He slid to the floor and berried his face in his knees. "I can't do this anymore."

I moved further to the ground until I was only a few feet higher than him. He pulled an ecto gun from somewhere in his cloak and stared at it. I didn't know why, but I started to panic. He was going to kill himself!?

I had to do something, but I didn't want to let him know where I was. I took in a deep breath, and made my voice as echoey as possible, and softly whispered; "Clockwork..."

He looked up, startled. "Who...? Who's there?"

"What are you doing, Clockwork? Trying to kill yourself."

My voice finally sinked in and he glared at the thermos on a table not to far away. "Why would you care!?"

There was so much venom in his voice, it hurt a little. But, like always, I turned the emotion into anger. "If you die, won't the time line stop? What will happen to me then?"

He snorted, and looked down at the ground. "You'll still exist. You exist outside of time. The Observants will find someone to replace me, anyways."

He lifted the gun, about to soot himself. I didn't know what drew my to do it, but I tackled him. He screamed, we tumbled down the tower, and I ripped the gun out of his hands.

We landed on a platform, me pinning him down. He looked up at me, shocked and confused. "Are you absolutely crazy!" I threw the gun over the edge of the platform and grabbed his face. I didn't know why, but tears started to fall from my eyes. This wasn't me.

"D-Dan!? But you should be in the thermos! How did you...?" Tears started to well up in his eyes, too. "Why? Why would you save me?"

"I... Don't know." It was then that I noticed I was sitting on his hips, and moved off. I got up, then helped Clockwork up too. He was shaky, and leaned against my chest to stay up. I smiled. It felt good ; like he was meant to be there.

I wrapped an arm around his hip and floated us back up to the main platform and into Clockwork's room. It was average sized; blue purple and black decorated the room.

I placed him on the bed and placed the sheets over him. I was just about to leave when he wrapped his arms around my neck. "Wait. Please, don't leave me here alone."

I sat down next to him and layer my head down. I wasn't really tired, but there was something about the way he asked me to stay - like if I didn't, he would fall apart. I didn't know why I cared, but the thought of hurting him in any way... I should have just him kill himself! That's what I was going to do, anyway! C'mon, Dan, kill him already!

But all those thought left my mind as he snuggled into my chest, almost like a little kitten getting comfortable. I played around with his hair, taking it out of the elastic. It was soft, and caught the light perfectly.

As Clockwork fell asleep in my arms, I contemplated my actions. I was going to kill him. It was all part of my plan. I would kill Clockwork, then my younger self - since I now existed out of time and didn't need him to exist for me to exist, - then take over the world like I did before.

Clockwork snuggled closer to me, and I found myself wrapping an arm around him and pulling him closer. I was miserable when I took over the world. Everyone was scared of me, there was no one to talk to. I was lonely.

Maybe there was a reason I saved Clockwork. Maybe, without my knowing, I wanted to save him because he was the only one who was real with me. When everyone would tell me what I wanted to hear to save their lives, Clockwork told it to me straight.

I smiled. On top of that, he's pretty cute, I thought. Plus, since I existed out of time, he couldn't see my future. We were pretty evenly matched. I only ever thought I could kill him if I caught him by surprise. My life would always be entertaining with him as a boyfriend.

Just then, Clockwork stirred and looked up at me. His eyes were bloodshot from all the crying, but they showed nothing but gentleness. "How'd you get out?"

I smiled and started to play with his hair again. "The cap wasn't on tight. I kept going in circles can hitting it until it twisted off."

He was quiet, looking down at my chest instead of my eyes. "... Why... Why didn't you kill me? Or let me kill me?"

And there it was. I took a deep breath. This moment would determine my whole future. I thought of a thousand lies. 'Now you owe me' , 'I thought I wouldn't exist any more', but I went with the truth. I lifted his chin up with my hand and pressed my lips to his.

I thought he's be shocked, but he just moaned and melted into it. His eyes closed and for the first time ever, I saw him relax - like he actually trusted me. I laughed on the inside. If I would have known all it took to beat Clockwork and get his trust was a kiss...

We broke apart, and he half leaned on my chest and fell asleep. I smiled, and with the last thought of "this might be better than world domination," fell asleep too.

Okay, idk if I'm gonna make more chapters or leave it as a oneshot, so review and tell me your thoughts :)