the voice echoed softly, almost accusing."But why do I still feel like two people inside the same body?"14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfY2oFwU1Y8
The silence that followed was thick, stretched between timelines. Zhang Huan-An—no, Yu Yong-An—stood before the mirror, unsure who exactly was speaking. Himself? A remnant? Or the ghost of a choice never made?14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0cxdcl28U
"I remember your memories," he whispered, fingertips brushing against the cold glass."But they don't belong to me. Not really."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVijvucqKW
From within, a reply surfaced—not spoken aloud, but felt like an echo threading through his veins.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7c6O8SZ1f
"Then whose life did you live during those 281 days?"14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVW1Pd8OTn
He didn't answer.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCgekbKIEb
His reflection stared back at him—not quite right. The posture was his, the scars too. But the eyes? The eyes held a weight he had never known until that dreamlike season where time broke apart and remade itself.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUeziQdzCrh
"Do you remember the rooftop? The rain?"the voice inside pressed."That was my fear. My ending. And now it's become yours."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTIUbsDfqE
He turned away. The room behind him was dim, dust suspended in unmoving air. Nothing had shifted since he woke—yet everything had changed.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB65BCrMn1L
"They said integration would bring peace," he muttered."But this… this feels like exile. I can't go back. I can't move forward."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmXxU6wCuZ
"Then choose."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvwd7ifjaC
The whisper again. No longer from within—but from just behind. He didn't turn. He knew nothing would be there. And yet—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwj5HkXKlF
"Choose who you want to remain."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5okAyWrF4
He clenched his fists. The names—Zhang Huan-An, Yu Yong-An—lay heavy on his chest like layered truths. Too real to discard. Too overlapping to claim.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdH0yA1XSw5
"What if I don't want to be either?"he asked the air, voice hoarse.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYbQUczA5M
"Then become what only you can be—""The memory that survives the collapse."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIoQLUXn1j
The mirror cracked.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1k10gyfu9o
Not from pressure, not from sound.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEA4QV4O7vP
From time.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgAs7tOIkK
And as the fracture split his reflection in two, he realized:14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWOhQvVVyB
They had never truly been separate.And now, they could never truly merge.They would simply continue—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ286z0AiZ9S
Layered.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkE6WRzO16T
Fragmented.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MxbVWhx7c
Echoing.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxYU8xQG5A
"Reflections That Do Not Return"14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWysanW1Q3
When the mirror shattered, time fractured with it.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡscEjBuO3GT
The cracks radiated outward like webbing, each fissure revealing a version of himself—some younger, others older, some cold and unfeeling, others brimming with unshed tears.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxKgMfZMzd
"Are these… all me?"14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5kQjmKoGg
His voice wavered in the still air, unsure whether he was questioning the mirror—or the fractured soul it reflected.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojogWo4XeO
A shard broke loose, falling to the floor with a soft chime. Yet the reflection it cast wasn't of the room he stood in—it was of time:Friday's dusk. Tuesday's echo. The moment the cross appeared. The final turn of her silhouette.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MApSOOB8O
"You're not choosing an identity,"said a voice—feminine, calm, not quite Yang An-Ting, not quite Li An-Qing, but holding the gentleness of both."You're choosing which version of yourself will survive."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGT8cUci4K
He gazed down at the scattered fragments.Each one led to a future that could never return to the beginning.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PJrZMBKB1
"And if I choose nothing?" he asked, barely audible.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwxcQL5N68
"Then you'll remain trapped here—in this fracture—until the next cycle calls you back."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcd3MyNJrk
Silence again.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfBUIUkMfS
And then, softly, he said:14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLTMHsxdW6
"I don't want to wake again—Not if waking means forgetting her."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTH9mVcUsKl
The mirror flickered.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeG8BykYN65
A memory surfaced, replaying on its own:"You won't remember what I said. But you'll remember that it turned dark… and I didn't leave."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAE4GkfHwzL
It was her voice—Li An-Qing.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaiTttJNVlQ
It was the eternity hidden within Friday.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoMCKKiLs4
No more ticking clocks.No more voices.Only the sound of breath—and something deeper, like the echo of his own heartbeat splintering through time.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmzy9xSsY04
A crack ran across the floor, slow but certain, as if time itself was fracturing.One wrong step—and he would fall into a past that no longer wanted him.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HCrVeXNqL
He knelt, picking up the fallen shard.In its surface, memory stirred—not his, but sharp enough to cut.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPffPrqtROt
"He said he'd come back… He promised me."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdStdg7MNV
It was Yang An-Ting's voice—young, certain, heartbreakingly full of hope.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6luV4587W0
Another fragment reflected Li An-Qing, standing at the edge of an abandoned railway.A timestamp flickered in her eyes:2025.2.19 // 28:0114Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1QK1w7hbU
She whispered,14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1hkeWrXMF
"Memory isn't for forgetting. It's for choosing."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1RkqwgxvT
Something inside him pulled—gently at first, then with force.A sorrowful gravity.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJtaNvT1No
The kind that lived in her voice,in her silence,in every name lost to time.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28Lw9rJfR0
"Then how do I choose?" he asked—not to the mirror, but to everything.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVj40fUBq5g
"Choice," the voice answered from beyond the glass,"isn't an answer. It's a cost."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRYI7p0gnn
He opened his eyes.The fracture was pushing him toward a precipice—an end written long ago but never read aloud.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGpWg2oEITD
"You've remembered too much," the voice murmured,"and forgotten more than you know.So now, only one question remains—Who will you stay for?"14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMNRGiS8PE
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"You've always remembered,"Yang An-Ting's voice was gentle, but unwavering."You just didn't want to admit it."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tVFSuYvQL
"And you've never let go,"Li An-Qing's voice followed, soft and clear, like light after rain."Because deep down, you knew—it wasn't yours to end."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomdvyqpCGt
He stood between the mirror and the rift,Behind him, the remnants of the past.Before him, an exit with no name.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UQGmnUPOo
"If I can't be him, and I can't remain only myself… then what's left?"14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqkoX4A9s2
"Memory,"they said together.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNdRL4DcTH
Not a name.Not an identity.But something heavier—something that could pierce through time itself.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxo95ruGyIQ
If names could be forgotten, then let them fade.If identities could collapse, then stop defining them.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhoQzZqc9X
"You don't need a name,"Yang An-Ting whispered."You've already remembered us.""You just need to keep walking,"Li An-Qing followed,"Not for anyone. Not even for yourself."14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBx5C6V9QG
The rift began to close—not as an end, but as a quiet reconfiguration.The shattered timelines wove into each other, forming a new path—one that required no right or wrong, no labels, no return.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OwrajyIcW
It was the third route.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdCv2MHfAg
Not back.Not in circles.But—14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPo4lfx3bJt
Toward a future unnamed.
Penana
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