Ok I have decided. This will be a fic around 10-15 chapters. Although I am pretty sure all of them will be short. I'll try to add more to the plot and write longer. I apologise in advance for the short chapter.

Barry Allen's POV

First order of business—break up with Iris.

I cannot risk her walking on me doing… stuff.

I love her so very much. I really do, but I'm doing this for her. She'll be better off with some other guy, far far away from me. Her life would have been so much better if she hadn't stumbled upon me. Everybody's lives would be so much better without me, eliminating the risk of me changing their present or future situations.

It pains me to do this, it really does, but I do not have another choice. Everybody needs to be as far away from me as possible. I will ruin those lives of who come in contact with me.

So when I am sitting across Iris in a coffee shop we call CC Jitters, it is so hard to get those words out of my mouth.

"Iris… I…I…am really really sorry for doing this…" I started, tears blurred my vision and threatened to fall. But I cannot let them fall and dribble off my face. I cannot show her my weakness, or she will stick her nosy nose into my business, which will hurt her and cause disastrous consequences.

"But…I can't be with you anymore… I have been very selfish and have not for a second considered how dangerous it is for you to be with me… I mean you could get hurt or killed because of me…" I trailed off, looking at Iris' face for the first time since I started this conversation.

"It-it-it's ok Barry, I don't mind—Is it me? Or whatever it is we can fix this—" Iris stuttered.

"No, Iris. I'm sorry, I don't want to be doing this as well. It pains me, physically and emotionally, but I don't have any other choice. I have to keep you safe, and you are not safe with me. I'm sorry, and I assure you I will always love you, but… but if I am the Flash then I can't have you…" I sniffed. "I don't deserve you…" I added very softly, hoping she didn't catch that.

She looked at me and the pain was so bad that I couldn't even bring myself to return her gaze. How pathetic and worthless. I laughed inwardly. She couldn't possibly understand that I did not have a choice… I couldn't let her see what is inside me.

She stood up and the chair scraped against the rough floor. Then she left. Probably forever. I don't know. And to be honest at this point I don't care. All I know is that I lost her.

With tears streaming down my face, I bolted to the bathroom, to the safety of my blade, the one thing that offers me comfort.

Iris West's POV

The first thought that came to me after the break up was go to star labs and talk to Caitlin and Cisco. I was actually surprised that Barry didn't do this sooner. But I couldn't leave Barry alone in this state. He broke up with me not because he didn't love me anymore, but because he was hiding something. I had known he was hiding something from all of us for quite some time now, but what is it he's hiding? Why has he been acting this distant and not telling us anything? What is the reason behind all this?

Most importantly, what caused him to change this drastically?

I stalked into star labs, quickly announcing the break up.

We need to find out what's wrong with Barry no matter the cost. And could care less about whether Barry wants our help, but we are going to help him get through this.

"We need to find out what's wrong with him. Cisco, you told us you vibed a vision of him before. Can you do that again?"

"Yeah, okay. But I have to have something personal of his." Cisco answered, concern written all over his face.

"Can't you just use his suit?" Caitlin asked, looking up from whatever she's working with on her computer.

"Yes. That will do."

I couldn't stop pacing while the two of them got ready. I even came up with a few explanations, none of them being something good or positive. Caitlin seemed to have noticed my distress, as she came to comfort me.

"I'm sure Barry is fine, Iris. You need to calm down and stop fretting over him."

"Yeah okay... You done yet Cisco?" I questioned impatiently.

"Yes. Okay here we go…" He put on his glasses and touched the emblem of his suit. Intense silence filled the room until moments later…

"No! Barry don't! Don't do it!" He removed his glasses as he gasped. Whatever he saw must have frightened him to his core because the next thing he said was

"We need to get to Barry's house."

Not much of a cliffhanger but there goes ch5. Will be updating tomorrow so stay tuned and review please. Sorry for all the grammatical errors.