Author's Notes:
Posting up another chapter after so long, I am feeling bad... and for some reason, I think chapter 3 got corrupted! I will try my best to update more often though. If you are reading this though, then I must have captured your attention, which means I am feeling very grateful and happy! I hope you will continue to read my fics!
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Mamadoom823: My good friend, I am very happy you were able to read this! And I am glad that you enjoy reading! *My inner fangirl shall join thee in going crazy and insane*
Ten years later and Gackt was only given weird looks from people who knew him as he walked down the street. That rainy day so long ago was the day that people marked him as a lunatic. No one believed him when he said he was attacked by a demon and saved by one as well. No one believed him when he said that a wolf with two tails that could change into a boy that was only a little older than him must have brought him to the hospital... no one believed him when he claimed that he wasn't seeing things. They just wrapped his shoulder up and threw him in a mental ward, refused to listen to the stories that spewed out of his mouth... Gackt continued to claim that he was perfectly sane, yelling out that they needed to look for someone named 'Hyde'. After about two years, Gackt simply gave up. The whole town thought he was just insane so why continue when there would only be this as a result?
Another year and Gackt was free to leave. He remained silent and continued on with his schooling. He graduated at the top of his class and searched for work right after. A year passed again and he was at the highest position that the business he worked for could offer... that job required him to work at a computer, doing piles of paperwork that, done wrong, could ruin a person's life, crack almost unsolvable codes, and help with the development of new software. A boring life that he was willing to live so long as he was not thrown back into a psych ward...
He went to see a psychiatrist every so often, keeping the thoughts and memories and nightmares a secret. He wasn't confident that people would understand him... if they thought he was insane that day he encountered Ayame and Hyde, what would change now? The people in the town, old and new, didn't have open minds; anything that seemed too out of this world most likely wasn't in this world at all to them. They wouldn't believe a word he said... So he often lied, put on a fake smile and claimed to be alright. His psychiatrist believed every word he said... she even had the audacity to ask him out too... but Gackt wasn't interested in someone who he had to lie to... he wouldn't even consider friendship... His world revolved around himself... because he just had no more heart to offer to anyone else other than himself... He was alone and he accepted that...
Gackt sighed as he stepped into the building that he worked in, walking past everyone with his head held high. He heard the mumbled 'Good morning' from people around him and simply nodded in acknowledgement; the hypocrites... He knew that everyone still thought he was slightly crazy, not traumatically scarred but crazy like the rumors said, and that was perfectly fine... They could think all the crap that they wanted, but Gackt knew that they all knew that he could seriously screw them over if he really wanted to...
Once Gackt was in his private office, he got straight to work. He wanted nothing but perfection in the time he was given and that was exactly what he was going to receive. The very fact that he was an overachiever was what got him this job... His boss didn't really give two-shits whether he was 'mentally insane' so long as he could get all of this work done. So Gackt worked and worked with no break until all of his work was complete and correct. He submitted his work in to his boss before shutting everything down. Gackt let out a heavy sigh and looked towards the corner of his office to see his acoustic guitar. Making a quick decision, Gackt grabbed his guitar and left the office.
At a park, close to the edge of town, Gackt sat down on one of the park benches. He took out his guitar and began to tune it. When he thought it was just right, Gackt began to strum a few notes. A few notes led him to play a whole song. He noticed a few kids stopped to listen until their parents hurried them away. He shook his head with a smirk; oh how overprotective parents could be... and then when their kids turn out like him, they'd be the first to drop them in a mental ward and say that they'll get better with time...
"Like hell I got better..." Gackt mumbled before he began to sing a new song, thinking about how his parents left him in the hospital and abandoned him the first chance they got, "Like hell I got better..." he repeated when he finished the song.
The sun was setting and Gackt decided to play at least one more song before he decided he should high-tail his way home. After Ayame's attack, Gackt was careful not to stay out so late, lest he encounter another psycho demonic being after him to give people another chance to call him insane or crazy... or anything worse... He was in the middle of his final song when a dog lying on its back a few feet away caught his attention, its golden coat shining despite the growing darkness...
Wow, he matured a lot... his hair was longer back then, shoulder length, but it's still black. His skin is still flawless and a healthy pale. He grew taller... actually he's a foot taller than me now... and those blue eyes... how they stayed the same over all these years... Gackt... are you ready to face me again?
Gackt stared in amazement as the dog sat up, and slowly, before his eyes, began the transformation from animal to human. Sitting in the dog's place was a man with shoulder blade length sunny blonde hair, his caramel eyes stared at Gackt through his fringe. His body was toned and slightly muscled... and he was completely naked... The man stood up and Gackt's eyes traveled down his body; his chest, his abs, his legs... he refused to look towards the man's groin, mostly out of embarrassment. The man was shorter than him but no matter how much time passed and how much he changed, Gackt knew who stood before him.
"It's you... Hyde..."
Hyde smiled brightly and approached Gackt, settling down on his knees before the raven like he did ten years ago, "So you remember me Gackt?"
Gackt refrained from looking down again, deciding to look Hyde in the eyes, "How the hell would I not? You and Ayame are the reasons why I was thrown into a damn mental ward!"
Hyde frowned, "I'm sorry... but it's not like I could have come around... I am a demon... and at the time I was still honing in on my skills... I can walk around in my human form for longer now... and my animal form is a lot more discreet... at least I look like a normal dog now... instead of an abnormal wolf with two tails..."
Gackt glared at the older man before him, "Oh yeah? You couldn't hone in on your skills sooner and come prove to everyone that I wasn't lying? That I wasn't fucking crazy?!"
Hyde gave Gackt an angry pout, which definitely attracted Gackt's stare to his lips, "I can't go revealing my true nature to every damn human in this world Gackt... At least I came back..." he growled.
Gackt was about to make a snide comment when he heard a scream. The raven looked up to see a woman covering her daughter's eyes, "This is a public park! Kids come around here you know! Go and put on some clothes you delinquent!"
Hyde looked over his shoulder at the woman, shrugged, and then looked back at Gackt, "I came back for you Gackt... to see you again." He smiled, seeming to no longer be angry, and leaned forward slightly, raising himself up so that his face could get a little closer to where Gackt's face was, "... and it's good to see you again..."
Gackt stared at Hyde before sighing, putting his guitar down, taking off his dress coat, and throwing it around Hyde's thin and muscular body. Hyde grunted; he was basically swimming in Gackt's clothes. Gackt smirked and stood up, "Come on, let's go back to my place... I have a feeling you came back because you've finally decided what it is that you want from me?"
