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akira and megumi sat on vc, while megumi was streaming. as they were just fooling around at spawn, someone in chat says something pretty interesting..
"reemoreems: I FOUND A FANFIC OF YALL ON AO3 WHATTTT"
"what's an ao3?"
megumi raised an eyebrow as he read the chat, but of course akira HAD to say something.
"drop the link guys!! im curious!!"
"bro, can you answer my question?"
"it's fanfiction, megumiii, isn't that easy enough to understand?"
"yeah. sure."
eventually, megumi caved in and opened the link that was sent.
'too little too late' was the title of the fic.
"what, like the laufey song?"
megumi asked.
"dude just read the tags too see if it's chill first. i don't want your twitch getting banned."
akira replied in an uncharacteristically serious tone, so megumi complied.
"its fine, it just says stuff like 'unrequited love, hurt, no comfort, and unstable universe.' y'know what I'm just sharing my screen."
"yeah just do that."
as the screen was shared, akira can fully see the fic tags, and approves that it was okay to read. what he didn't see was the big ass 'MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH' in the archive warnings. oh gosh.
akira started reading first:
"akira fell. in both ways."
he paused.
"all he could think about was how his best friend, someone he didn't think he would lose had LEFT district 13 to join the mafia. but instead of following him to injustice, he decided that he would make decisions for himself.
a shadowy figure covered in invis had just lunged at him while he was on his mission to go get some supplies. parrot, kenadian, wato, and wifies were no where to be found. as they all decided to split up to get this job done quicker."
he read as seriously as he could, little giggles slipping out.
"'some kind of ambush this is, coward." akira scowled as he looked up at the diamond trimmed player. 'how are you invis mafia without an unhealthy amount of backup?' akira took a swing at the player with with sword, it was stupid of them to have came on their own during an ambush like this. akira knows his worth, he had a known reputation, even with the mafia around."
megumi couldn't help but chuckle lightly at the text.
"sounds like your kind of getting into character, huh?"
"shut up and let me read brooo!!"
"fine, fine. continue."
akira cleared his throat as he once again began reading.
"he knew what he had to do. he didn't like the idea of killing much, but when it came to the invis mafia? the people that changed his beloved? he wouldn't feel any remorse."
"wait why was that hella tuff though?"
megumi sounded genuinely impressed with the authors cheesy writing skill.
"and you were the one making fun of ME earlier for being invested!"
"yeah yeah, sorry, whatever. i'll read now."
megumi sighed before picking up after where they left off.
"akira was able to find his ground and fight back. he was against a diamond player.. which meant something REALLY bad. they had a mace. he made sure that he took cover under the oak trees, and not let them use their elytra. as he dodged and swung, he had the player cornered. this guy was kind of weak for diamond, it was almost like they were moving woozy the whole fight. 'i didn't think i would ever pop a diamond!' he laughed before popping the player's totem.
oh fuck.
it was him. of course it was. stupid fucking megumi.
ashswagg did this on purpose. now his best friend, his partner, would be stasised into the void.
he just stared down into his deep green eyes, bewildered. his sword drawn right at his neck. 'i don't want him to die. i was going to destroy the mafia with my teammates first. I don't want my friend to die.' he thought.
he was broken out of his thoughts when he heard a dark chuckle behind him. ashswagg.
'just look at how pathetic both of you are!'
he laughed.
'THIS is what empathy does to a warrior. why couldn't you kill him, megumi?'
he demanded, feeling confident enough to be around the two without any armor.
megumi stayed silent. like he couldn't answer. there was sweat dripping down his forehead as he was completely drenched. his eyes weren't on ashswagg. he wasn't worried about the stasis that would be pulled in under 30 seconds. he was looking straight up into akira's deep blue eyes, like this would be a perfect last sight, like he could die happy being in akira's touch once again.
akira couldn't tell what was happening as his face only an inch away from his now. inches turned into centimeters, and centimeters turned into nothing. it was anything but a sweet kiss. it was full of regret and sorrow. they both knew how this would end. there was no hope of a happy ending.
not even a second after their lips met, akira couldn't feel anything under him anymore.
m3gum1 fell out of the world.
akira had never felt so numb. ever. ashswagg's laugh in the back didn't even pull a reaction out of him. he won the battle but it sure as fuck didn't feel that way."
megumi ended on a dramatic note.
"damn bro that was like.. super angsty.."
akira murmured with little too no emotion in his voice, clearly indifferent to the story. it was based off a scripted smp, why would he care.
"yeah, I would feel bad about laughing at this."
"would you?"
"nah."
the both of them burst out laughing.