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"Take this."

Jin handed me a round device with two tiny glowing dots, one blue and one pink in the center. It was unlike anything I had seen before.

"What is it?"

"Something I created to help you for when you feel lonely." He pointed at the dots. "This is you and me. It shows where Sins and Virtues are. It can also show you those who were reborn are."

My eyes widened. It was mind boggling how he was able to create something like this, but I had no other thoughts but him at that moment. I pushed the device back at him. "I don't need it."

He wrapped his hand around mine and held onto it. "You might."

I gripped it and looked up at him. The warm glow that the sun casted over his skin was fading and the darkness was dying him in cold blue. Fear crept up my spine, slithering around my heart, making me shiver.

Despite it all, he smiled. Even in the cold evening, he gave me a warm smile. His voice was tender and his gaze never left me as he whispered, "I hope you'll find peace."

Peace?

How could I?

Moments passed as we exchanged gazes, words never leaving us. Turning around, he walked away, making my breath hitch, but my feet were sunken into the ground. His silhouette grew smaller and smaller.

With each step, my heartbeat was growing stronger and stronger.

Say something...

Stop him...

Move.

Just one step forward.

Open your mouth!

Say something!

"Jin!" I shouted, chest heaving.

He stopped and turned around, eyes lingering on me. He waited. Yet, I could not utter a single word. Not even one.

Something rolled down my cheek.

A tear...?

That was not possible. But it was wet when I touched my cheek.

His lips parted, despair crossing his features.

I could not understand.

This was not reality.

I hoped it was not.

"Are you really leaving?" I asked, voice breaking and lips quivering.

"This is our fate, Bada." His voice was strained and hoarse. "I'm sorry for making you cry..."

His own tear fell down right before my eyes.

I dropped to the ground. The sand pieces stuck to my knees, but I felt nothing else but my heart breaking.

I tried to hate him. I really tried. But after all this time, I was this affected by him.

Fate? What kind of cruel fate would do this to us?

"Bada," his voice sounded right beside me. He held me up and hugged me while kneeling in front of me. "Everything will be fine," he tried to placate me.

"No it won't!"

I clenched his arms, not wanting to let go. I clung to him, physically and emotionally unable to let him out of my hold.

"Don't be like this," he whimpered but still held me closer. "You know what happened to Greed and Charity."

"I don't care," I cried out. The thought of him gone, the thought of never seeing him again was terrifying me to the core.

"I do. I don't want to drag you into my mess and have you die like before. Please let me do what I want."

I shook my head. "I want you to know that I didn't die because of you."

He chuckled. "You really..."

The sun had already set and he stayed with me the whole night. Sometimes it was silent, sometimes it was filled with words we could not convey before. He held me closely and comforted me until our tears dried.

Only when the sun peeked from the horizon and the warm light caressed his face again, we stood up and held each other's hands.

I did not want to let him go but he begged me.

His fingertips were soft and gentle as he caressed my hair and cheek. His eyes were full of tenderness and his smile was beautiful as always when he whispered his last words to me.

"Goodbye, Bada."

'Don't go' was at the tip of my tongue, but it never left. I closed my eyes and swallowed the words.

"I will never forget you, Jin," I whispered back.

When he disappeared, I balled my fists until they bled. I tore my throat, screaming into the sea.

Fate? What fate?!

This cruel fate... I hate it... I hate it all!

Hyunwoo found me after that, a little shaken and tense.

"Did you hear?" He eyed me warily. "Gluttony has been eras-"

I had been trying to prepare myself but I could never prepare myself to hear those words. My ears started ringing and I grabbed them, hoping that I was dreaming. My eyes blurred and I fell to the ground.

"Bada!"

The world started spinning.

"Bada! Are you-"

Hyunwoo's voice grew distant.

Ache was all I felt.

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So, umm, yeah