3 I’m dead I guess.. (intro 3)

'Why am I here?'- thoughts mid sentence

Arthur POV

I had just arrived to college after the strenuous walk here from my apartment. I observed my surroundings noticing that most people hadn't yet arrived to college, as well as the clear frost clinging to the grass, 'Ahh..Fuck me it's cold, I should've worn a coat' I thought to myself, feeling the hairs on my arm stand up along with the already stiff goosebumps which appeared as soon as I stepped out of my apartment, whether that was due to the weather or my profound thoughts I was unsure.

I leant up against a pole next to my course's building pondering my course and what incredible activities I'm sure to go through today, whilst going through the scenarios in my head, I thought to myself, 'hmm, I might as well look at my phone for a while in the time I'm waiting for Rin and Kuro to get here' as I reached into my pocket to pull out my phone to scroll through outstagram.

Not even 5 minutes later I look up to the sound of my friends, 'my only friends' I grimly thought to myself, greeting me

Arthur- "Oh hey guys, morning! How are you both?" I replied to them in cheery manner to hide the fact my brain is working a million miles an hour. Why Arthur? Why would you be thinking about something so much this early in the morning? You might ask. Well let me give you a rundown, I'm not daft..yep, believe it or not, I couldn't care less! But when it comes down to something serious and requires my full concentration...I'm really not, I might not be incredibly smart, true! But never daft.

As someone who is practically a professional at hiding emotions, I've grown as a person capable to notice it in others as well. It could even be a skill of mine at this point. So kick me in crotch and call me jimmy when I see my first AND best friend Rin come to me with an incredibly obvious fake, uncomfortable smile on her face. 'The fuck is that about' I thought to myself confused, ignoring the fact I was disregarding anything they might be saying to me, and staring intently at Rin with a frown on my face.

Rin-"hey, ugh Arthur, you doing okay?" She asked me, looking sheepish. 'Ah, she must've thought it was weird of me to stare at her so intensely' I could feel myself cringing at the fact.

Kuro-"yeah man, you don't look too happy this morning, did something happen?" Kuro asked me, clearly concerned.

Arthur-"you tell me Kuro? Did something happen?" I asked mockingly, also noticing the awkward look on his face when he was walking towards me earlier.

I really don't mean to sound like a dick, I mean it. But it's so obvious something has happened...I guess they'll tell me when they're ready. ' I wonder what's going on?' I thought while sighing internally.

Trying not to dampen the mood between us so early in the morning I quickly carried on from my previous comment, "I'm sorry you two, just not in the best of moods this morning I guess *chuckle*, my bad"

Kuro quickly threw his arm around my shoulder and slapped me on the back of my head with the biggest shit eating grin I've ever seen on his face, this wasn't really easy for him due to the fact he's shorter than me by quite a decent margin, I myself standing at the height of 6ft 2 and him being around 5ft 10, 'this must look weird for anyone seeing this'I chuckled to myself.

Kuro- "*laughing* it's alright buddy, we all get those sorts of days, right?" He asked understandingly. I was glad to have him by my side, he was a good friend, always cheered me on and helped me.

Arthur- "mhmm" I hummed in agreement and with a smile on my face, I also threw my arm round his shoulder. After a couple of seconds of our bro-out session, we separated with a grin.

Rin clearly happy with the outcome of what just happened smiled warmly at the two and proceeded to say teasingly " *chuckle* glad your little temper tantrum is over Arthur~ and now if it pleases you both, I think we should head to the class"

Me and Kuro looked at each-other, sharing some sort of understanding, almost telepathically agreeing, we simultaneously looked back to Rin and said together "yes m'lady, after you" as well as bowing our heads and moving our arms outwards towards the entrance of the building. Me and Kuro heard Rin sigh loudly and both of us shuck with laughter.

We proceeded to head into the building and start out lessons with the teacher.

TIMESKIP to after college~

Arthur POV continues

As the day went on my mood continuously soured when I noticed the exchanged looks and touches both of my friends shared, clearly trying to hide it and doing a terrible job of doing so 'fucking hell you two, sneak level 1' I thought exasperatingly. It was quite obvious what had happened between the two, it wasn't even the fact they were in a relationship that bothered me, in fact I greatly approved, I always thought it would happen. It was more the case that... They clearly thought it was necessary to hide it from me. 'Why?' I asked myself repeatedly throughout the day 'aren't we all best friends?'

And like that, the college day ended and we left the building together, on the walk towards the station where Rin got the bus, I slowed my pace, fed up with my thoughts and the secrets. When I finally came to a stop, so did they.

Kuro noticing my odd behavior quickly asked " hey what's u.." but before he could finish his sentence, I butted in. "Why didn't you guys want to tell me?"

Both Rin and Kuro looked at me shocked, almost confused on how I managed to find out 'did they seriously think they were doing a good job of hiding it?' I asked myself in mock surprise.

Rin quickly shot back "what do you mean Arthur? There's nothing to tell you". My anger slightly grew from the blatant lie from my best friend. Rin noticing the frown and hurt expression my face continued "...I'm sorry, we just didn't want to tell you"

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Well ouch, that one hurt me in the feels.

After hearing that, I replied with a look towards the both of them "why not? I'm your best friend! Or..or at least I thought I was?" I was honestly wondering myself whether that sounded like a plea or a question but quickly disregarded it when I saw Kuro open his mouth to reply.

"Of course you are Arthur, we just didn't because.. we...well" after taking to long to reply my anger started to show when I rose my voice slightly and said "because what Kuro?".

Kuro seeing my anger also got slightly agitated and also rose his voice "because we thought you'd act like this Arthur, EXACTLY LIKE YOUR CURRENTLY ARE"

At seeing my best friend shout at me, something inside of my snapped, I swung my fist towards him and jawed him, Kuro hit the floor and landed with a thud.

Rin seeing this started shouting "KURO! ARHUR WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" She defensively stood in front of Kuro to stop me from going down there and beating his ass.

Standing down due to the fact Rin was stood in front of me, I saw Kuro stood up again rubbing his jaw, I said in an annoyed voice "I DON'T GET WHY THE HELL YOUR SHOUTING AT ME FOR FUCK SAKE, YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT CHOSE TO HIDE THE FUCKING SECRET IN THE FIRST PLACE"

Rin said in a defensive voice back to me " WELL DUH, THIS IS WHY! We thought you'd just sulk around everywhere like you've done since you cam to Japan! We thought you'd spectate yourself from us because we decided to move forward together!"

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Well I thought that last one hurt..Nope, this one hurt more

I close my mouth from the retort I was going to come back with, my lips formed a thin line and my eyes narrowed.

No-ones POV

Rin seeing me narrow my eyes and the last bit of anger and light fade from my eyes, concerned, searched her brain to come up with something to say back to Arthur "wait Arthur I'm sor-" but Arthur quickly retorted with an emotionless voice aimed towards the two " stop.. Just...Stop"

The couple could on stare as Arthur turned around and walked away, with neither of them having anything to say both lowered there gazes to the floor to contemplate the decisions they made together .

???? POV

????- "Hmm, it seems the time has come young one" the voice was deep but kind, almost like one would expect to hear when talking to a grandparent.

Arthur POV

I walked away from them, simply no longer interested in the matter..

I'm not sure how long I was walking for but I was nearly back to my apartment when I observed my surroundings. 'I don't think I'll be going in tomorrow' I said to myself.

The area around me was populated, cars, people and animals. I just failed to take interest in them as of this moment, I really couldn't care less. I stood still and looked around 'have things always been this dull?' I wondered to myself 'have they always been this quiet?'. I could see the people move, smiling, talking, yet it seemed so dull, so uninteresting.

Bystander POV

I was walking home from work after a hard day. ' I wonder what the wife and me will cook for dinner tonight? *chuckle* hopefully I get to eat a few things.' I could tell I was giving off a perverted aura, not that I cared.

I could hear a commotion in the background and decided to give it some attention, and what I saw was a little concerning... some kid standing there.. in the middle of the road...with oncoming traffic. 'Well this kids got some balls, that's for sure! Eh, he'll move when something comes towards him.

I continued looking at the kid who had peaked my interest getting more worried by the second as the first car flew past him with a near miss, I decided to call out to him.

"Ugh, HEY KID, YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, MOVE QUICKLY AND STOP STANDING THERE" I shouted out towards him, but he took no interest 'yup, somebody gon die today'

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And then I heard it.

*THUD*

"Huggghhhhh...hughhhhhh" yep, I was dry heaving, the kids mashed on the floor after getting hit by a truck, the truck didn't even bother to stop or slow down. *dry heaving noises* 'holy fuck that was nasty'

Arthur POV

'Huh.. well that fucking hurt quite a lot, more than I thought it would.

While yes, it hurt, I also felt oddly free

I could still see and hear.

I could see the blue sky

I could see the clouds

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I could hear the near approaching footsteps

I could hear the humming of cars

I could hear the thrum of my slowing heartbeat in my ears

But most importantly, I could hear the people

"HOLY FUCK, DID YOU SEE THAT"

"THE KIDS CRAZY"

"SOMEONE CALL FOR HELP"

"SOMEBODY HELP"

"HE NEED SOME MILK"

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'Ah for fuck sake, there's always one I guess. Can't even die in peace without having someone recite a meme in my ear"

Slowly my vision started to fade and my hearing lessened.

And then there was nothing.

THE VOID~

Arthur- "Hmm, why does this whole scene seem oddly familiar to me?" I thought to myself as I currently couldn't speak. 'Wait! Wait, wait wait! I got hit by a truck didn't I?'

'YESSSSSSSSSS'