It was the ending of a lifelong battle. The hero straddling the villain with a dagger in his hand delivering blow after blow and finally raising his arm to slash his chest.
The villain coughs and raises his arm, trembling and covered in blood. At this point, it was unclear whose it was.
“Gunna at least.. give me the dignity of last words?” He chokes out, that smirk still plastered on his cracked lips.
The hero scoffs but raises a brow. He knew this was over. He could see the way the villain struggled to take every breath.
The villain wasn’t gunna walk out of it this time.
“Go ahead, Villain. Humor me.” One last time.
The villain lifts up his arm with the last of his strength, grabbing the back of the hero’s neck.
The hero flinches, lifting his dagger but surprisingly the villain didn’t choke him. Just.. held it there.
“I.. always loved it when you looked like this. Covered in blood and-.. anger in your eyes. It was the only time you ever showed emotion.. only time you ever looked human” he coughs out, taking a deep breath at the end of it.
The hero freezes, lowering his dagger completely and covering the villains wounds if only to last him enough time to finish.
He’s never seen the villain talk like this.. so open. So full of real emotion.
“Maybe.. in another life- I’ll be able to make you feel more than anger.” The villain says, a chuckle at the end turning into a choked cough.
“Hero, I.. I lo-“ he says before gasping once. Twice
He doesn’t take another breath after that.
The hero pauses before shaking him, trying to wake him up. Trying to hear those last two words.
“N-no. No wake up don’t die on me now” the hero says desperately, cupping the villains cheeks as a tear falls onto the villain’s face.
The sun slowly starts to raise in what is supposed to be a victorious day after a lifelong battle has finally ended.
Instead to hero, it’s a cruel reminder of an empty life without a purpose. With the only emotion he’ll ever feel again being grieving a love that was never spoken.
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