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The death screen stared back at him, almost mocking his inability to help his one friend.
D3rl0rd3 was dead. There’d be no denying it anymore. Fuck, he should have saved him, he could have done something, anything at all.
He could hear the buzz of traffic and the sounds of his neighbors counting down to the new year. Nothing stopped for him– not a soul knew what just happened.
One ping from D3rl0rd3
His discord lit up with one notification. No- how? He’s dead, there’s no way he could- No it's not the right time for this.
His mouse slid over to the red dot, opening their chat messages. One file attached. The whole thing was surreal, he just watched his only friend die and now he's online.
With a shaky click he opened the google doc.
You know it’s weird writing a final letter. Almost as if I have to come to terms with… whatever
this is. Which is something I find quite displeasurable. But here I am. Why did I even record all
This? I don’t know. Well I do know. I just don’t want to be forgotten. My head hurts like hell. I
can feel myself slipping as we become one. And my mind becomes a prison. What a true shame
it is. All the knowledge in the world and no way to use it. That’s how it should be I suppose.
We stumbled into a world we have no business in. This is just the cost.
Please don’t think you failed, Avery. When you read this, don’t think you let me down. You
didn’t. It’s thanks to you , and all you did, that millions live to see another day.
And thanks to you, I got a chance to see all the beauty of the universe. Things I never even knew
were in this world. Or could be. A chance no human will ever get again. I’m grateful that I saw it
all. Even if it was just for a little.
You’re capable of great things. You’ll do great things. So believe in yourself. And I don’t just say
that because I saw it. It doesn’t take a god for me to figure that out. I know it because I know
you. Goodbye my friend.
Whatever you do at the crossroads. Keep going forward.
Or something like that
(I was never really good with endings)
Tears fell onto the wooden table. Avery just couldn’t do anything.
“...”
Avery didn’t respond, just stood up and walked out of his apartment. The noises around him were too blurred to distinguish but what good would that do now?
The elevator whizzed with life and took him up to the rooftop.
He pushed open the door with any strength he had left, cold wind like daggers against his skin.
“I can’t live without you Derek.”
The ground beneath was covered in snow, icicles formed on almost everything.
“I just can’t do this anymore-” his voice cracked and broke in any way possible, tears streaming down and freezing before they could even touch the ground.
“You were the only person I had left in my life- I just can’t-”
“I’m sorry Derek, this isn’t what you’d want but I’ll find you in every other life.”
“Happy new year.”