One week after the most important hours of his life, Code 016's memories unlock. Both wings remember their other. An alternate retelling, in which the Prince never forgets the Princess.

Apus is a simple constellation, just four bright stars glinting in the southern sky. A simple constellation named after the bird of paradise, a bird with no legs , a bird destined to soar through sky far above. A bird left out of the reach of mankind. The myth associated with that constellation was formed hundreds of years ago, the myth of two people who took flight to the stars.

With Virm's final breath, Zero Two and Hiro were tossed back in time, away from their happy ending. The Two soon find themselves back in Strelitzia, facing a familiar Moho-Class Klaxosaur. Rated T for nudity and sexual themes. Off Hiatus!

Following the canon events of Darling in the FranXX, a reincarnated Hiro and Zero Two become good friends under a sakura tree, where they bond. Torn apart by the surfacing memories that plague the reincarnated Zero Two's mind, they must once again find one another in the seemingly vast city of Strelizia.

Desire beat fate. A future was secured, but for how long?