"It's time to leave, Husband."
Clarke nodded and swiped Yunyu's leg, carrying him in bridal style. They smiled at each other and then looked at the people watching them.
The cameras were zooming at them from afar while their colleague from League of Heroes saluted at them, knowing this was the end of Superbman and Naturally Hoe.
Clarke and Yunyu looked at their children and gave their last smile before Clarke flew up.
Everyone followed the figure of Clarke and Yunyu flying up until they became a spot in the sky.
"Mom… Dad…" Hermes continued watching as he felt this wave of sadness and pride in his heart. He was sad that he had to see his parents' death at the age of 8 with his little sister, but his Mom always taught him the duty of a Superhero.
…
Clarke flew as high as he could until he passed the cloud and continued until the air started thinning.
Clarke was an alien, so he could survive in a low air place, but Gaius wasn't. His face started turning blue, so Yunyu didn't want to miss this chance to utter things he wanted to say the whole time.
"Clarke, stop here. I think this is safe enough…." Yunyu said.
Clarke nodded obediently. He smiled at Yunyu, but his smile faltered after seeing the purple glow in Yunyu's belly, "Yunyu… Wife… I'm sorry that you have to do this with me…."
"Sorry for what? I don't feel wronged at all," Yunyu said.
"This is my world. I should've compensated you for what I did in the previous world... I hurt you so much. I don't deserve to be loved by you…."
"You deserve to be loved by me, Clarke..." Yunyu said while caressing Clarke's cheeks gently. "You sacrificed so much as Mamoru Ito, Zerocheat, and also the original Lee Yongsun."
"You also sacrifice your happiness as Aaron Xu for Long Shen and me."
"You stayed faithful to me even after three rebirths in the 12th world Ancient China. I remember how you keep me in your heart even though you know we cannot be together in my third rebirth in that world…."
"But in that 13th world—" Clarke couldn't forget how terrified Yunyu was and how Yunyu killed himself just to escape him. He was that much of a hideous monster.
"Clarke, in that 13th world, I know that you're desperate to get me, and once I am gotten, the situation is just not suitable for us to stay together."
"I was scared, but that doesn't mean I hate you, Clarke. I'm sorry for lashing out at you. It's my fault."
"No—Not only that, but I also mistreated you as Clarke Gaist in this world. Even though I have all the time in my life to treat you right. Yunyu, I don't deserve you at all…." Clarke said as he felt the pain in his chest start hurting again.
"It is not you who decide whether you deserve it or not," Yunyu tried to pacify him. "Clarke, I am the master of my will, but I am also a slave to my heart."
"That means… despite all the things happening between us, I will not ignore this blossoming feeling. In the end, my heart wants you to embrace me, even if this is our last."
"Clarke… show me your true face, no need to hide anything…."
"But you will feel disgusted at me…."
"No, not this time. I will show you how wrong I was before, and I want to make it up for you," Yunyu convinced Clarke.
After that encouragement, Clarke closed his eyes and slowly shed all his disguise that covered his real face.
Yunyu watched as Clarke's skin peeled off and showed a horrifying monster with ashen and crack all over his face.
He had a wide mouth and sharp teeth, and his touch became cold instantly.
But his eyes stayed the same, and when their eyes met, Yunyu and Clarke could feel the spark between their eyes.
The blood chain between their hearts also started forming again. This was the real Clarke, which he called a hideous monster in the last world.
That words must've broken him completely.
Yunyu gently touched Clarke's ashen and cracked face, and Clarke avoided the touch immediately, "D—Don't touch me, Yunyu. My skin… is not good to touch."
"Do you think I will be disgusted?"
"…"
Yunyu sighed, "I am not disgusted. I've never been disgusted in the first place. It's me… my stupidity and pettiness, that led me to say that."
"But I am hideous…."
"This is not what you originally looked like, right? How come you can get into this state?" Yunyu asked.
"I... I followed you from one world to another. In each successful attempt, I lost a bit of my power. And whenever I died in a world in any possible way, my body will stay like that forever."
"So this ashen and cracked skin, this ripped mouth, and sharp teeth… are all my doing?"
"N—NO! You did nothing wrong, Yunyu! It's just me who's not careful—"
Clarke was stunned when Yunyu suddenly kissed his hideous ripped lips. He kissed it so gently as if he had no disgust.
Clarke's body trembled. He almost lost his full strength out of confusion and excitement at the same time, "Y—Yunyu, why—"
"Why not? You have sacrificed yourself for me. A small kiss wouldn't hurt, right?"
"But—"
"Clarke, stop looking down on yourself," Yunyu said. "You might not be my end journey, but you have engraved yourself in my heart. I will never forget you…."
Clarke finally let go of his worry as he stared at those sparkly eyes.
"Wife…"
"Husband~" Yunyu giggled lightly. "Oh, don't you think this is a bit nostalgic? In the 5th world, you were Mamoru Ito, and you were about to explode, so I carried you to the sky, and we exploded together," Yunyu joked. "Now it's the same thing, but I am the one who got carried by you instead."
"We will still explode together, wife…." Clarke said. "This is my real body after I switched mine with Reed Ville, Yunyu. Please call me by my name, just once."
"Hehe, I love you, Clarke Gaist, husband."
"I… I love you too, Bai Yunyu, my wife…."
[Pupa: Ding! Clarke Gaist's Fatemeter increases to 100%! Congratulations, Host, may you live a long, prosperous life with the master of the world!]
[Pupa: Ding! Breakmeter increases to 100%! The world has been completed!]
Bai Yunyu and Clarke Gaist kissed for the last time, and the purple glow inside Yunyu's body shone bright and exploded. The ringing voice from the sky alerted everyone as they watched Superbman and his wife, Naturally Hoe, save the world with the cost of their lives.
**
Yunyu stared at the nothingness in front of him. Their bodies were turned into dust as they exploded, so he couldn't see any corpses at all.
He looked at Pupa, who was busy setting up for the next world, but there seemed to be something wrong with it.
[Pupa: Hmm… this should be right.]
[Ehh, what's wrong, Pupa?]
[Pupa: It's nothing. We should leave now.]
Yunyu sighed, he still wanted to spend more time with Clarke, but fate said otherwise.
But what he said was the truth. Clarke had engraved himself in Yunyu's heart. Yunyu would hold Clarke dear in his heart.
[The next should be our last world, right? What'd happen after we finished, Pupa?]
[Pupa:… 3… 2…]
[Pupa?]
[Pupa: … 1….]
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