(A/N Please don't hate me for what you are about to read. Villainizing characters who you actually like is the hardest thing but it's a part needed for the story. Also how many of you thought the MC was safe since she was transferring timelines? I probably got a lot of you with that one. You were most likely thinking "Ugh now MC has to get close to Saeran all over again and everyone's memories will be reset again too…" Nope this is also a part of my plan for a certain ending that will be coming soon for this story. As always I hope you are enjoying the story! I think I am getting the hang of writing this stuff now. I hope it's not all over the place and makes sense. Honestly I need to include more of Jaehee I realize MC has barely interacted with her. That will come at some point, maybe they will get some coffee together or something. I don't know… What is the general thoughts and opinions on the MC with her hair cut and colored like Unknown's? I don't like that her hair is cut short because her long hair is really beautiful but I figured since she'll look completely different and the shorter hair would suit her much btter with it colored like his. Continue reading and enjoying or sympathizing or getting frustrated with with MC life or however else its making you feel.)
V had emerged through Seven's house it's not that surprising that he got past the three layer security with how Seven is always doing his bidding and how dependent V is on Seven. That's all fine and good and everything but what is he doing here the girl with now short gray and pink hair thought to herself. The girl got up and supported herself with her crutches. "I'm sorry V but if you are looking for Seven he's not he—and the girl was cut off by V as he some tears slid beneath his sunglasses and down his face. A saddened expression could be seen through the sunglasses and then he took them off entirely. "I thought I told you you were like family to me, so how could you go and do something like this!?" I came all the way here to check up on you I'm only glad you received assistance in time. Then V's emotion of sadness morphed into anger and he got up close to the girl's face and yelled "Are you trying to imitate Rika or something because it's not very funny." The girl felt back onto the floor abruptly and a sharp pain shot through her chest, she was wincing and hurriedly trying to back up away from V. Seven you need to get back her fast, I am really scared right now. I don't know if I believe in God or anything but if there is one he needs to get you back here as quick as possible. I'm hurt and if he wanted to do something to me there isn't much I can do right now… The girl looked up at him and girl see the effects of the blindness that was slowly forming in his eyes but had not quite taken over yet. Then V's face returned back to normal again and he mouthed the words "I am sorry Rika…" V extended his hand out to the girl to help her up and the girl did she was certain if abnormal things like this kept happening her wound would reopen more quickly that she would want. Once she was back on her feet with the crutches beneath her armpits she looked to V to find that his sunglasses were back over his eyes. "I am sorry about this, it's just this is very similar to what Rika had done to herself. We spoke less and her depression had made her do things like injury herself but I was always there to help support her through it until there was the time when she pushed me away and things became worse for the both of us…" "I was a bit enraged over that and it brought back some horrible memories I hope I didn't scare you or anything or you won't trust me now because of it." Then he smiled at the girl. The girl smiled back as best she could without letting her real demeanor shine through. The girl shook her head and replied softy "No I understand it was only the grief taking over…", but in her head she was screaming what the fuck I don't want to be around him at least not for a while by myself while I am still in this condition…he could have really harmed me if he wanted to… I am going to tell Seven about this once he gets back but he probably won't believe me… V looks back to the girl "Okay then, I have to go now. I just wanted to tell you not to hurt yourself again like that. Someone must take over Rika position now that it's an option and that person is you from now on. So I hope you achieve great things." And with that he put his hand in the air signifying that he was waving goodbye with a smile plastered on his face and then he exited the apartment. The girl fell back on the couch and released a breath she hadn't realized she had been holding and was recovering her senses and attempting to return back to her former state before he showed up but that was near impossible now. The girl tried not to think about it too much yet it kept appearing in her mind. V's glare haunting her and the threating stance he had that was directing to her if she didn't listen she would be worse off that she was now. The girl began hyperventilating and she couldn't stop shaking and she tried her best not to cry. This hadn't help her injury at all it only cause her to coil her body within herself as tightly as her injury would allow. She had her knees against her chest and her hands covering her face. I had never thought of V in this light before because he was usually only expressing his sadness alone and not in conjunction with anything else that was going on. I don't know if he intended to be harsh and frightening like that but that is all I can think of him when I see him in the future. Just then Seven entered through his door and the girl jumped up and put her hands up in a defensive manner and one of vulnerability and began crying. Her chest was hurting now and she was very tense and fear was the only thing that could be seen in her eyes. Seven had the girl's phone in his hands and said "I have you phone back so I'll try and see if it can be fixed fo—wait what's the matter did you miss 7-0-7 that much…" Then he looked more closely and saw there was something seriously bothering the girl. Seven shook the girl a bit and said in a worried tone "Hey what's wrong? What happened?" I wasn't gone that long was I? She won't stop shaking… Seven placed the girl's phone down on a nearby table and walked over to the girl and just held her and rubbed her back and told her it would be okay.
(Flash back type thing)
The girl couldn't tell where she was at but her body didn't feel like her own at the moment. She had started to recall what had happened after she had killed herself after what Unknown had told her. Weirdly enough that wasn't the first time she had killed herself either. Apparently another time the girl before this incident when she had only just first was learning how to time leap and had only discovered recently that she could even use it had become overwhelmed because of it. The girl had experienced a stream of consciousness that had no real beginning and the ending just faded out. I am a girl? Or am I nothing as the phone appears before me… A chatroom full of guys—syug. Or who was it?... Whose in danger; the animals all get together: a black bear, a red cat, a brown armadillo, a yellow bird, a white wolf and then there is me. What exactly do I fit in: a chameleon for I shift my will to that of who I am beneath, whose path I have chosen, the environment I belong in changes… Too often, too little balance does not exist. Realize that I leap through the hourglass. Time—sand falling. I leap too many times so now I fall. The toys of everyone's emotions. Toying am I? I toyed with them all… Now I must leave for good. The bright light and blond hair is all I can see. W-h-o a-r-e y-o-u? Rika!? Rika. Rika… Then does that mean I am in heaven. I can't speak and think normally now. I look to Rika and she tells me "Your time is not up yet, you must venture back from where you came and enjoy your life as I cannot." That time and the one where I have only barely survived sort of fused together which is why I could not remember it until now.
(Flash back end)
The feeling of possession is still heavily embedded within the girl and then something weird happens… The girl with her eyes dull, void, and lifeless opens her mouth to speak and out comes the voice of Rika and with her voice a single word is pronounced—a name to be specific. Saeran where have you gone…? Then the girl stood with her hands outreached V this boy is our new project. Then the girl's went from void back to her own and she still had fear in her eyes and was pointing at the door and repeating V over and over. The girl's wound hadn't reopened but it was bleeding in that area because she was supposed to take it easy but V had caused her to stumble and fall so much that it only worsened her wound. When Seven had heard the name Saeran come out of the girl's mouth but in Rika's voice he thought how is she doing that? And now the girl has reverted back to being frightened and she keeps saying V. Was V here? That's abnormal what did V want at my house? I'll have to calm her down and ask her what happened. The girl felt a pain convulse where her chest was again so it brought her out of her fearful state and she was clutching her chest now and looking down and saw it was bleeding so she got up and grabbed her crutches and hobbled over to get and search for where the bathroom was. She didn't want Seven to have to see her in a vulnerable state anymore. She turned around and told him "I'll be okay and I'll tell you what happened in a little while. Can you direct me to your bathroom? Oh and can you bring me the bandages too I realized that I am bleeding because of—no she shook her head I'll tell you after. I should probably take some pain medication as well I can do that after the bath as well." Seven was still in a perplexed and confused manner especially after he had heard the girl say Saeran, he hadn't heard that name in such a long time. The boy pointed to upstairs but then realized the girl would have a problem getting up there so he carried her in his arms and lifted her up the stairs and then told the girl "I have to work but you can call me if you need anything alright." He came back up the stairs with the bandages and medication and placed that in his guest room. When was the last time I had people over to spend the night? I think it has been quite a while, so a part of me is happy the girl is here. "Oh wait Seven… Seven turned around to glance at the girl. "I don't have any clothes or I don't think I ever had a chance to get any. What should I do about this…?" Seven scratched the back of his head. I have crossdressed before so I probably have something I could give the girl to wear but then I would have to tell her and see her shocked face, oh well. "Yeah well I think I might have some clothes for you to wear." The girl stared at him "You do!?" "How?" Seven ran back downstairs and disappeared for a minute and emerged back with a maid costume and some panties. "Uh…why a maid costume…?" "I mean thank you for the clothes and everything but I am curious now." Seven pulled on the cords of his headphones "Well the thing is I have crossdressed before and I happen to have a bunch of maid costumes in my closet to play tricks on people by sending them a picture of my maid that is really me." "Here just take it I'll be downstairs and if you want to see more pictures of me crossdressing I have quite a few." The girl shrugged she didn't have a problem with it or anything it just shocked her a bit. Now she wanted to see pictures. The girl took the clothes happily and went and placed them on the bed with everything else. The girl had her crutches and carefully stepped into the bathroom. She laid her crutches against the wall and began undressing slowly. She still had on the patient's wardrobe gown thing on from the hospital. At least she didn't have a shirt she had to pull over her head because that would be hell. She undid the back of the patient's gown and unraveled the bandages off her chest and they fell to the floor and then turned the water on for the bathtub. Seven had both a bathtub and a shower. The girl preferred showers normally and it had been a while since she had actually used a bath but the doctor said so she had little choice. The girl couldn't sit down in the tub all the way because she wasn't sure if she would be able to get back out of it once she finished so she decided to sit on the rim the ledge however you call it that lined the bathtub's shape and just put her feet in the tub. The water was slowly filling up the tub, she wouldn't need a lot of water since she wouldn't be getting in the tub but still filling up a bathtub is always a tedious process. The girl swirled her hand in the water and then remembered since Seven was back then her phone must be back too. She hadn't gotten to see it's condition yet because of whatever the hell had taken over her body and the shock she was in until just a few minutes ago. I heard Rika's voice but this is my body so what was that? I remember seeing her up in the sky somewhere and what she said using my body Saeran?... Who is Saeran? I don't remember anybody with that name… The girl had surveyed the water again just a little more to go before there would be enough but not an excessive amount of water she was using. The girl analyzed her chest where the stitching was located. It was right in between her breasts the area where the stiches were was purple and the stiches were done in a neat manner. Since the wound had bled it was a wash of red over the purplish black color that already masked the wound. It didn't look pleasant the stitching across was a long line. Well she had tried to make the wound as large as possible to ensure her death and because of that she was suffering so much now. The water had filled up enough by now and she sat on the ledge of the upper surface that lined the bath with her feet in the water. She grabbed the sponge and washed her body and when she got to her chest carefully dabbed at that area and washed all the blood off. Then she got a plastic bucket and stood up carefully and doused the water over herself washing all the soap away. The girl drained the water and carefully stepped out of tub and grabbed her towel. She dried herself off in a patting motion and then hung her towel up and proceeded on her crutches to the guest room. She wouldn't be able to support both herself and the crutches so she left the towel behind. She only hoped that Seven wouldn't come up here and see her naked form. The clothes were still there and the medicine. She pulled the underwear on up over her thighs and put some ointment on over her wound and secured the new bandages on slowly pulled the maid dress on over herself. She didn't have a bra but a bra would most likely agitate her wound anyways. The girl would have to go downstairs to get water to take with the medicine.
How am I supposed to get down these stairs? I really don't want to bother Seven again but I can't see an easy way for me to get down there. The girl had the medication bottle in one hand and cupped her other and yelled Seven's name and he came at her beck and call. Seven stood and the bottom of the stairs and his heart fluttered for a second. The girl with her short dyed whitish gray and pink tipped hair in correlation with the black and white of the maid dress actually looked really good. The girl looks much better now and then he realized she had probably called him to help her back down the stairs. Seven walked up the stairs and picked the girl up once again and carried her to the bottom and then went back to grab her crutches for her and return them to her. The girl had the bottle of medication in her palm and Seven figured she might need something to drink. Do I even have any water? I know I definitely have Ph. D. Pepper in my fridge but did I stock the fridge with only that drink… I can't remember. Seven walked into his kitchen and opened his refrigerator and sure enough there was no water only the soda he craved that helped assist him in staying awake during the hard times of work consuming them in bottles of three sometimes so he had to keep it stocked at all times. Seven reached in and grabbed a bottle and walked back to the girl and said "I'm sorry I tried to look for some water but all I had were these and he motioned to the bottle." The girl smiled and said "That's fine, at least now I will be able to try the drink you are always talking about!" Seven was in a happy mood now what would the girl think about his favorite drink, should I get her a bag of Honey Buddha Chips to go with that I am certain she hasn't eaten anything since the hospital like many hours ago? Seven asked the girl "would you like to try the perfect of heaven I can go grab you a bag of some Honey Buddha Chips unless you want real food. Too bad Yoosung isn't here he could cook you something and I don't have time for that…" The girl nodded her head in agreeance and Seven dashed somewhere else to wherever he had the chips stored at. The girl sat down on the couch and looked at the medication bottle it said she had to take one of these every eight hours if she was in severe pain. She opened the bottle of medication and watched as the medicine slid down and into her palm. She closed the bottle back and unscrewed the soda listening intently at the fizzing sound it made. She placed the pill on her tongue and took a swig of the soda and then swallowed. By then Seven had returned with a golden bag with some chips and honey doused over them as the picture on the bag then handed them over to the girl. The girl immediately opened the bag and then ate some. The girl grinned and her cheeks pinkened and she told Seven "OMG these are really good!" Seven puts his thumbs up and then said "Now you have to drink the Ph. Dr. Pepper and then you'll understand everything!" The girl took another swig of the soda after having eaten the chips and wow it really was the best. Since the girl was feeling much better she decided she should tell Seven what had happened "Seven I'll tell you what happened now that I'm not as shaken up anymore." "Well V was here earlier and he was concerned about what I had done to myself and told me that I was one of his family members now and that I shouldn't hurt myself like this. Then he was looming over me and backing me into a corner and since I fell it caused my wound to start bleeding and he asked me if I was mocking Rika and then he became mad at me and then told me I was stuck in RFA and wouldn't be able to leave and couldn't betray you guys or anything." Seven nodded his head and listened intently, "That doesn't sound like V at all he isn't one to get angry at others. I am not saying I don't believe you but I just have a hard time picturing it…" Seven said "I'll ask him about it later but on another hand I fixed your phone while you were upstairs and getting ready. It works now it wasn't as damaged as Zen claimed it was, in fact it wasn't even that badly cracked only the exterior which doesn't affect anything. It just needed to be charged is all." The red haired boy handed the girl her maroon phone back and the girl hugged Seven and thanked him for all that's he has done for her. Seven hugged her back and told her "okay I have to work again but feel free to make yourself comfortable." The girl smiled and replied "Okay, I'll call you if I need you be sure you don't overwork yourself." Seven put his thumb up and returned back to where ever his computer was located to continue his work.
The girl returned back to her area on the couch that seemed to be her favorite area to go to so far. The girl pressed the power button on the side to see if she had gotten any notifications during the three weeks she had been hospitalized. Unknown's name was lit up and a message was there. The girl had sent him a message two weeks ago but wait—that is when she was still hospitalized. The message read God. What the hell, do you realize what you have done…? That poor girl keeps mentioning your name over and over and now she is hurt badly. I don't know who the hell you are but you should stay away from her? The message Unknown had sent back asked "You must not be (Insert name) because she wouldn't talk to me like this? I don't care that you are bad mouthing me but what do you mean she is hurt…? A half typed constructed message was saved as a draft saying You have no right to know but if I have to tell you the damage you have done (Insert name) is in the hos—and the drafted message ended like that. The girl stared at the screen He was worried about me, but I thought he didn't want me to associate myself with him anymore. I couldn't have sent these messages so the only person who could have done it would have to be Zen. I'll call him and make sure, no need to make any false accusations. The girl dialed Zen's number and waited. The phone rang and rang and rang until Zen's voice clicked on the other side. "Hello Zen!" "Oh hey (Insert name) I'm glad to have receive a call from you. How are you feeling?" The girl put her free hand over her chest "I am doing much better than earlier I never took a picture of my new hairstyle to show you. I know you are the one who set it up for me but I still owe you a selfie!" Zen laughed on the other side "(Insert name) you are really cute you know that. Send it to me after we finish this call. Did you want to talk to me about something specific then?" The girl sighed "Yeah I wanted to ask you if you tampered with my phone while I was in the hospital because I saw a message that is sent to Unknown that seems like it was written how you would type and you had told me my phone was broken beyond repair and also that Unknown didn't exist when you saw him that night you were with me right?" Zen's cheerful voice turned into a more serious one because he retorted "Yeah I did, but (Insert name) that guy isn't good for you!? Look at what he made you do to yourself, you almost died because of him. I only told him what he needed to hear and that was to not get any closer to you…" The girl figured she was right and he probably hadn't wanted to hand over the girl's phone back to Seven when he had went to retrieve it but he would most likely seem suspicious if he didn't comply. The girl was a bit angry at Zen now and yelled "You wouldn't understand what Saeran is going through", and hung up on Zen. Saeran why did I say that name? Ever since Rika said the name through me I had internally stored it in my brain. Was Rika trying to hint to me that that is his real name? I'll still send Zen the picture of me but only because I promised but if he tries to call me or send me a text I won't answer… The girl grabs her phone and puts the camera into selfie mode she can't really stand up though because of her injury so she sticks her tongue out at the camera playfully at the camera and clicks the button and then the picture is taken. She goes over to Zen's name attaches the picture and sends it off with a message underneath it saying I'm mad at you now you know so don't try to contact me I just had to keep my promise is all. Zen at his workplace in the basement his least favorite place to practice auditioning at was a bit sad that the girl had gotten offended at their call and had yelled at him and hung up abruptly. She didn't even say goodbye to me… Then he heard his phone ping and he looked at it in anticipation. Maybe she sent this to apologize but then he read the message and realized it was the picture she owed her. Her crutches were on either side of her and she was wearing a…a mai-maid costume… What the hell!? Did Seven put her up to this? She looks really cute in it though. The message informs him not to talk to her. Aw but why I was only looking out for her… Zen puts his phone in his pocket he has to practice for his upcoming role. I'll try to call her later on and hopefully she won't be so mad. I'll also call Seven and ask him what the deal is with that maid dress.
The girl calls Unknown's number and desperately hopes that he will pick up. The phone rings a series of times until she hears the familiar voice of the one she has fallen in love with. "Hello is this (Insert name) or that other person?" The girl would twirl her hair except it's no longer long enough to do so anymore so she pulls at it instead. "Um…Yes the first answer it's me (Insert name)." Unknown apparently shifts on the other side and says nothing for a while and then "Oh…I heard that something happened to you what happened?" The girl uncomfortable in the direction that this conversation is going didn't really want to have to explain. So she diverted the conversation instead "I'll answer you but first I have a question for you. Is your name Saeran?" Unknown laughed on the other side of the phone but in a nervous way "Who told you that was it my dear brother who hasn't yet accepted his name…?" The girl confused tilted her head not that Saeran could see it and said into the phone "No Rika told me. But who is your brother, you have a brother?" Unknown stopped laughing and questioned "Rika…the same Rika who is dead!? And my brother well I am referring to Luciel the fake name he goes by, I won't call him 707 because that is not even a real name." The girl gasps loudly "Rika told me as a spirit or something I don't even know how to explain it really but she somehow possessed my body and called out that name and said that she was looking for you. I assume this is her past, alive self-speaking because she mentioned how you were her newest project she was working on. And Seven…Seven is your brother!? Unknown coughed and said a dead girl possessed your body weird and I was her project at one point but I don't really want to go into that… Yeah Luciel is my brother but he is always lying to me. I can't trust him as long as he is under that brainwasher V's control." The girl gripped the cushion of the couch "V…how do you know about him?" Saeran said "Ah-ah you still owe me my answer. What happened to you?" The girl didn't know where to start really so she said into the phone "I'll send you a picture and call you back after wards…I really don't want to talk about it…goodbye talk to you soon." The girl hung up the phone and got her camera out on her phone and pulled down the front of the maid dress and snapped a picture of the wound on her chest and then basically her head to show him her hair that had been dyed and cut to match and mirror his. She sent the picture to Unknown and then typed a message. This is what I did to myself…after you told me you didn't want to associate yourself with me anymore and that I should get out of your life. I almost died and thought I was going to a new timeline where I would have to meet you once again all over but that changed after I woke up with this injury in the hospital. I have crutches now to help me walk and I changed my hairstyle to look more like yours. The text message you got before wasn't from me but it was an indicator of what had happened after you saw me with Zen that night… I told you already that I didn't mean for that to happen but you might not trust me anymore. If you really don't want me to involve myself with you I'll stop and you won't have to hear from me again… I am already suffering with these exterior wounds adding interior ones shouldn't be that hard to bear in addition to these. Saeran was at Mint Eye and when he got the messages from the girl he almost cried instead he grit his teeth. Am I the cause of this? That looks really painful… What did she do after that night to cause this? She told me what happened but hasn't explained what she did to inflict his pain. Her hair she wasn't kidding she had mentioned something like that when we had talked that night but I thought that was just an excuse. I never meant to get so involved with this girl but if she would go to these lengths to keep me happy even though she is suffering… Surely I cannot just dismiss her as I need to but do not want to. Saeran called the girl back first before she would have a chance to do so, something he has never done before. "…Hello again (Insert name). I did not realize I had hurt you so severely… I will not push you away but because we are in different organizations it makes it extremely hard for the two of us to meet without you or I being called a traitor. You could join Mint Eye with me. But is that what you really want?" The girl was at a loss of words. He doesn't want to push me away as I thought he would do and now he is extending me an invitation to join Mint Eye with him… Should I take it…? I need time to think this over… The girl told the phone quietly almost whispering "I want to say yes but I need some time to think about this…Thank you for answering Saeran and I'll talk to you once I figure it out. Goodbye." "Goodbye (Insert name)." Saeran thought it was weird to hear the girl call him by that name but it was his actual name and now he wouldn't have to hear Unknown each time they spoke it made him happy. I only have to wait for the girl's answer now…