I closed the book quietly. Hidan... everything I knew about him, everything I thought he was... He wasn't a cruel man without a care in the world, nor was he a man that cussed and killed for the sheer pleasure to please a god that didn't exist. He was a man with a good heart with morals set to the highest standard.

Someone cleared their throat behind me.

I turned around to see William, a senior reaper, standing under the library archway.

"We're having a meeting discussing the fate of one named Eren Jaeger. It will be in the East Hall. Please come immediately." he said. I nodded and turned to the bookshelf. Slowly, I slipped the book back into its place and made way towards William's retreating form.

I'm sorry, Hidan.

The more I walked, the more I remembered everything he had done in Akatsuki. The good and the bad. A flash of his toothy grin blinded me for a moment, and I smiled.

Maybe in another lifetime, I could've been yours.