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They say time is a straight line, but for them, it has always been a circle.
Whether it was the realm of gods, where wings were bathed in moonlight and they traded eternity for a single shared breath. Or in the ashen ruins of the future, amid cold metal and flickering holograms, where they learned to feel a heartbeat where there should have been nothing but program code. In golden cages or gothic cathedrals, under the rain or beneath the sun...They said "goodbye" a thousand times, and not once was it the truth.
This is not just fate. This is the inertia of two souls formed from the ashes of two previous ones.
Their destiny is to fall in love. Again, and again, and again. Through the pain of disappointment, through the bitter taste of betrayal, through the cold walls they built between themselves to stay safe from this devastating closeness. But every ending was merely a prelude to a new beginning. Every death was just a brief sleep before another awakening in a new universe, where they became strangers once more, yet with painfully familiar eyes.
And each time, it is a new script. The world around them has become ordinary: studio mirrors, the scent of antiseptic, tired footsteps after rehearsal. This time, there is no magic, no wings, no titanium frames. Only the silence of an empty hall and a water bottle in hand. And them. Face to face once more. Somewhere deep in the subconscious, a familiar melody begins to play. An old song about how there is no one else. About how no one knows their thoughts like the person standing right in front of them.
They do not yet know the price they will have to pay in this world. They do not remember their past incarnations, but their hearts are already synchronizing their rhythm. It is time for a new chapter. It is time to strip away all defenses once again. Because no matter how far they go, no matter how many excuses they dream up - they always come back home. To one another.
Again. And again. And again.