Recursion | Minghao x Reader

Chapter 9

"What?"
Hana walked closer to him.
"What did you just say?"

The boy didn't answer, he stayed there looking at the table in front of him.

She grabbed him from the shoulders  and pushed him against the wall next to her, she was very small compared to him but he wasn't resisting at all.

He gasped and looked at her, she was confused and angry at the same time.

"What do you know?!"

She yelled , her hands moving from the shoulders to his chest , squeezing his shirt.

Tears started falling from both of his eyes as he blinked, keeping eye contact with her the whole time.

"Answer me!"

Did the boy in the hoodie know something about this fucked up situation? She needed to find out now, there was no time left for her.

"I am sorry.. I never wanted you to get involved" his voice cracked as he sobbed.

He grabbed and hugged her very tightly. The girl's shoulder got wet.

"I am sorr-"
The gunshots interrupted them once again.

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"What would you like to have ladies?" said the waitress and took her pen out of her pocket.

"An orange juice for me!" Mira said and smiled.

Hana got scared by the woman next to her and jumped behind.
This was not the moment she used to return.
Mira was supposed to be holding a card on her hand but there were no cards on the table at all.
They had just arrived in the cafe  it was still day outside.

"Um..I would like to have a green tea." she too smiled at the waitress and she left to bring their drinks.

"What were you thinking Hana?"
Mira asked as she took her jacket off.

"It is nothing" she said and took her jacket off as well.

Where is the boy?
What did he mean just before?
What does he know?
What was he sorry for?

Those questions were driving Hana's mind crazy to the point she started sweating.

She looked around at every corner of the cafe but he wasn't there.
All she was thinking about was him.
He cried and hugged her, they were strangers, weren't they?
Every time she was talking to him he was cold and would avoid her questions.

Then why now?

A black head moved behind her friend and went to the corner of the cafe.
Hana immediately realized it was the boy.
He wasn't wearing his hoodie though.

"I will be right back, I need to pee"the girl got up and walked away without waiting for her friend to answer.

Should she approach him normally like all the other times or continue from were she stopped? It is the first time she was hesitating, she got anxious.

The boy noticed the girl and looked at her while she was coming closer.

"Hello" she greeted him and sat without asking.

"Just tell me what is going on. I know you know something, don't hide anything, please"

The boy didn't act confused or suprised like the previous times. Instead, he came closer and placed his hands on the table, she did the same thing.

"What is the last thing you remember?" he whispered.

"You told me it was the 87th time..although I counted 34"

"I see" the boy nodded

"Which one is it now?"

"That's the 95th"

The girl looked at him speechless.

"Judging from your reaction I can tell  you only remember some of the times. I find it very normal for you but you weren't supposed to know anything in the first place. Does Mira remember too?"

He looked at Mira, she was sitting with her back turned.

"Mira? Why would she, I don't understand" she looked confused at her friend too.

"For the same reason you remember too. You shouldn't" his voice was so calm, he was almost whispering.

"Could you start from the beginning please?"

"I hope you won't forget what I am about to tell you, again" he said and let out a sigh.

"I will tell you everything from the start because I guess you forgot- you don't remember is the right way to say it. My name is Xu Minghao and this is the first day we ever met. At this moment of our lifes we are strangers" he stopped and took a deep breath.

"I am the one causing this to everyone here. You think that you return every time you die but this is false. You return every time I die, not you. But.."

He swallowed loudly taking another deep breath.

"If I died 95 times..you have died 96"

Hana was speechless once again, she didn't dare to interrupt him.

"In five years from now.. You Lee Hana"

He looked at her eyes.

"You die"

Hana got all over chills.

"In five years from now I find you in the kitchen of our house, laying on the floor lifeless, stabbed multiple times in the chest and stomach. I try to wake you up but it is meaningless. A few seconds later I wake up in my bed, in my old house. The house I am owning right now. I realize that today is when we first met, because I could never forget the day I met the love of my life , my other half"

He was calm the whole time, as if he was telling someone else's story.

"I was very confused in the beginning, I came to your house but you kicked me out since we were strangers and I probably scared you by the way I acted; I was crying from my happiness and I tried to hug you. However, I was relieved that you were alright. Some hours passed and after a lot of thinking, I realised the purpose of this return in the past. It was to stop your future killer. Here,  because it would be too late after that. Everytime I managed to kill her you were getting killed too and so did I, but the ability of returning back gave me the courage to think of multiple ways to save you, although I failed all of the times..
Now it is time for the reveal"

He didn't hesitate for even a second.

"Your killer is no other than her" he said and pointed at her friend, Mira.