I was talking to my girlfriend about how none of the movie really felt like Jim or Douxie were really in character sooooo I decided to write this angsty mess of a one-shot to get myself a little more into writing the characters again lol It has been like... Three months since I wrote them for an actually full-length update or story so yeah lol Gonna be writing a few of these to get myself back into the swing of things lol

Anyway! I hope you guys enjoy!

How could I ever just forget?

When I look at you, all the memories resurface. Memories of the times you would help me with my lines or tutor me in algebra. Of when I welcomed you to my new world and how worried I was for you in the beginning. The scene of us dancing on the cliffside outside of town replying in my head for the millionth time since I saw you again.

But you will never remember any of it.

I looked at myself in the mirror as I tried my best to keep my composure.

How could I ever forget you? How could I ever just forget about us?

I looked over my features to see that the faded scars that would grace my face were nonexistent as I swallowed dryly. My mind taking over and reminding me of how it felt when Claire would rub her thumb gently over each of them.

You loved me at my highs and held me through my lows. You reminded me I was never alone. That no matter what happened that you would be there for me.

I pulled my hands up off of the counter as I placed my right hand over my heart.

"I will always be here."

I took the same hand and placed it upon the side of my head. Right where I remember her hand once was.

"And here."

I pulled my hand away from me as I slammed it back down on the counter. A stifled cry coming out of me as I squeezed my eyes shut. My head hanging low as I clenched my jaw.

How could I just leave you? What was I thinking? I'm without you. Without Blinky. Without AAARRRGGHH. Without Steve or Krel or Aja or Douxie. How am I supposed to make things right without any of you? There were times Toby and I could barely handle things ourselves.

You were my anchor. You kept me from drifting off into a sea of my own grief and despair.

You came into my life like a resolution. My one true solution. All underneath the starry sky that we claimed as our own.

You showed me the beauty within everything even in my darkness. How could I ever just... forget that? Or act like it never happened?

I opened my eyes slowly as I lifted my gaze to the mirror once more. My puffy red eyes looking back at me as my grip tightened on the sink counter.

Ironic, isn't it? Reversing time relieved me of my scars.

I stared with a clenched jaw as my eyes scanned over where the scar was supposed to be on my cheek.

But it didn't save me from the scars I still have within me.

"Jim!" I could hear Toby's voice as he seemed to want to check up on me from the front door. "We're gonna be late, dude!"

I'm not completely alone, but there's a void within me where you used to be.

"Coming!" I used my jumper's sleeves to rub my eyes dry as I gave myself a second glance.

I'm a shell of who I used to be. I'm not the same Jim from the beginning. Not from the original origin of this story. The narrative might be renewed, but the events still occurred to me. Nothing can erase all that has happened to me. The good. The bad. Any of it.

I reached up and placed a hand over my heart as I turned away from the bathroom mirror and started making my way downstairs to grab my school bag.

Especially since you're still here.

I moved my hand away from my chest so I could place it to the side of my head once more.

And here.