The voice echoed softly, almost like an interrogation.8Please respect copyright.PENANA3byEdZAJv3
8Please respect copyright.PENANAsphHP1gvkn
"But then why… do I still feel like two people trapped in the same body?"8Please respect copyright.PENANAwvKAWZZDSq
8Please respect copyright.PENANAQodMx23sAl
A heavy silence followed, stretched and suspended between timelines.8Please respect copyright.PENANAd3vDYV5vhz
Zhang Huan-An—no, perhaps it was Yu Yong-An—stood before the mirror, unable to tell who had spoken.8Please respect copyright.PENANAWaytsCbiFm
Was it himself? A residue?8Please respect copyright.PENANA8UJunMIkM0
Or a ghost never chosen?8Please respect copyright.PENANAqkr8GdVkvu
8Please respect copyright.PENANAZLgVwF8EON
"I remember your memories," he whispered, fingertips grazing the cold mirror.8Please respect copyright.PENANAhKyvqlZNDn
"But they… don't belong to me. Not entirely."8Please respect copyright.PENANA8wUfYYBd07
8Please respect copyright.PENANAAWtymO5BPG
From deep within, a voice emerged—not in words, but like a pulse echoing through his veins.8Please respect copyright.PENANATrtwaELf9r
8Please respect copyright.PENANAcCFCABbxRP
"Then tell me—whose life did you live during those 281 days?"8Please respect copyright.PENANAGFrDcpxyar
8Please respect copyright.PENANA40qmZQUM5W
He gave no answer.8Please respect copyright.PENANA2cQOFpI9p7
8Please respect copyright.PENANAMcxy3vqijZ
The reflection stared back at him—almost identical, yet not quite.8Please respect copyright.PENANAEyLuiiGtjc
The posture was his, the scars too.8Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZONRsUajc
But the eyes… they carried a weight he had never known.8Please respect copyright.PENANA1MX83NLPy9
As if from a season of dreams, shattered and reassembled deep within time.8Please respect copyright.PENANA3tvr3LdXR4
8Please respect copyright.PENANArQtnXLze2r
"Do you remember the rooftop? That rain?"8Please respect copyright.PENANAmpM4Eezfsd
The voice pressed closer.8Please respect copyright.PENANA5HoEyTFwmS
"That was my fear. My ending. And now, it's become yours."8Please respect copyright.PENANAZKw1dOqtRE
8Please respect copyright.PENANAmGFVaJK7ln
He turned away.8Please respect copyright.PENANAa2pQXm7ejn
Behind him, the room lay dim and still, the air thick with undisturbed dust.8Please respect copyright.PENANAUUdWiGmvwX
Since his awakening, nothing here had changed—yet the world was no longer the same.8Please respect copyright.PENANAqCmfNCvWvN
8Please respect copyright.PENANAULe4wGpksY
"They say fusion brings peace," he murmured.8Please respect copyright.PENANAfAaQgg4VBY
"But this feels more like exile. I can't go back… and I can't move forward."8Please respect copyright.PENANADAI5YSZaMl
8Please respect copyright.PENANAlxw5TiORqS
"Then—choose."8Please respect copyright.PENANACh0cVbI9TW
8Please respect copyright.PENANANnVip3yxoc
The voice returned. This time, not from within—but behind him.8Please respect copyright.PENANATE0SjI2wnE
He didn't look back.8Please respect copyright.PENANATbDeriWS4h
He knew nothing would be there.8Please respect copyright.PENANA3HRXqq2wME
And yet, he heard it.8Please respect copyright.PENANA3iTuTURT1J
8Please respect copyright.PENANAMSEYKmf9jo
"Choose which one of you will remain."8Please respect copyright.PENANAmgYiFTpfjn
8Please respect copyright.PENANAlRD7kYfyuv
He clenched his fists.8Please respect copyright.PENANAEe6SFvyBIv
"Zhang Huan-An" and "Yu Yong-An"—names layered like truths,8Please respect copyright.PENANAv3wSL8MPjF
Too real to abandon,8Please respect copyright.PENANAS3F1Piyptg
Too entangled to claim.8Please respect copyright.PENANAixiDArE0ui
8Please respect copyright.PENANA3z1PuLrxKe
"What if I don't want to be either?"8Please respect copyright.PENANAuUMpG2wSv3
He asked the air, voice hoarse.8Please respect copyright.PENANAP1ougmWW53
8Please respect copyright.PENANAQm3AaA4AbN
"Then become—8Please respect copyright.PENANAkXYaiCVTRe
the memory that survived the collapse."8Please respect copyright.PENANA5QT6oVATuY
8Please respect copyright.PENANA2JHxCESsxS
The mirror cracked.8Please respect copyright.PENANA49PfqcBCah
8Please respect copyright.PENANAhAzJIRt1qa
Not from pressure.8Please respect copyright.PENANAwmcokP1RgJ
Not from sound.8Please respect copyright.PENANABu8jgKAerw
8Please respect copyright.PENANAR9F4wYB4xt
But from time.8Please respect copyright.PENANAkDEk27enWP
8Please respect copyright.PENANAsbpezUIvsa
As the fissure split the reflection in two, he finally understood:8Please respect copyright.PENANAhAsQjnj4lR
They had never truly been separate.8Please respect copyright.PENANAcqUPSf6S33
And now, they could never fully merge.8Please respect copyright.PENANAByZBakTrFf
8Please respect copyright.PENANAKHjS8OxRzD
They could only—8Please respect copyright.PENANAxCdHK7BBIa
8Please respect copyright.PENANAhNN4mb4a68
Overlay.8Please respect copyright.PENANARtkhnUluha
Fracture.8Please respect copyright.PENANANWVYKPKcJq
Echo.8Please respect copyright.PENANAm2PPeUC9bQ
8Please respect copyright.PENANAtvPorCVokL
8Please respect copyright.PENANAGsDurmO7kf
---8Please respect copyright.PENANAdgOc9psDZv
8Please respect copyright.PENANAgyCn0VOByf
Reflections That Do Not Return8Please respect copyright.PENANAWEdez2gFrP
8Please respect copyright.PENANABO5HBxcnAY
When the mirror shattered, time broke with it.8Please respect copyright.PENANAjIZcGdYCQ6
8Please respect copyright.PENANAHX7UNoYKaM
Cracks spread like a spider's web, and within each one—8Please respect copyright.PENANA1rxTipUTNO
A different version of himself emerged:8Please respect copyright.PENANAXSj3Slo4LU
Some young, some aged.8Please respect copyright.PENANAqa96dxiWJ8
Some cold and distant, others brimming with unshed tears.8Please respect copyright.PENANA84veYvFswx
8Please respect copyright.PENANA0T38bBcMIz
"Are these… all me?"8Please respect copyright.PENANASnwfu90kOs
8Please respect copyright.PENANApFhbazGxSX
His voice trembled in the still air—was he asking the mirror,8Please respect copyright.PENANAndKitaZjh8
Or questioning the soul splintered before him?8Please respect copyright.PENANABRFSyBrvwO
8Please respect copyright.PENANAA0Td3ghsIj
A shard fell, its chime like a soft wind bell.8Please respect copyright.PENANAzgR9mE5lnx
But it reflected not the room—8Please respect copyright.PENANAzINFrwl0X7
8Please respect copyright.PENANA4kF0mFnzGL
It reflected time:8Please respect copyright.PENANAcaMRpaE3qJ
8Please respect copyright.PENANAXBZVMV43w0
A Friday dusk,8Please respect copyright.PENANAHVRbgctXw5
A Tuesday's echo,8Please respect copyright.PENANAFd1TIXsMED
The moment the cross appeared,8Please respect copyright.PENANAqa1XilbImE
And the last turn of her figure.8Please respect copyright.PENANA5uxPrgAjMi
8Please respect copyright.PENANAXYoxvVEmid
"You didn't choose an identity,"8Please respect copyright.PENANAsVt6zovg1p
A voice spoke—gentle, calm.8Please respect copyright.PENANANdX0ncBxdh
Neither Yang An-Ting nor Li An-Qing,8Please respect copyright.PENANAMCdBaSdqJI
And yet, it held the luminous tenderness of both.8Please respect copyright.PENANA2t9efkvvLp
8Please respect copyright.PENANAZ608dUhwli
"You chose the version of yourself—8Please respect copyright.PENANAddeqMaeTm0
that could survive."8Please respect copyright.PENANAH8lwBKiidw
8Please respect copyright.PENANAZaAiCw8mmO
He stared at the fragments.8Please respect copyright.PENANAP7pryGcF3l
Each one, a future with no return.8Please respect copyright.PENANASaRPZ8bhCK
8Please respect copyright.PENANAq40p44u1zm
"And what if… I choose nothing?"8Please respect copyright.PENANAkoGNGJJXjI
He asked, barely audible.8Please respect copyright.PENANAr0CWQfFpZg
8Please respect copyright.PENANAbLsL7NkkDP
"Then you'll be trapped—8Please respect copyright.PENANA01mdoaTC9r
within this fracture,8Please respect copyright.PENANAWfv0HbhjfE
until the next cycle calls you back."8Please respect copyright.PENANAXUWIUmACBf
8Please respect copyright.PENANAVirZ2txP07
Silence again.8Please respect copyright.PENANALPBu0qmyrH
8Please respect copyright.PENANAKDw9UBGGHR
Then he whispered:8Please respect copyright.PENANAsl7BpHMZo4
8Please respect copyright.PENANAIvBwqwpqs8
"I don't want to wake up again…8Please respect copyright.PENANA1eUi98TU5K
if waking means forgetting her."8Please respect copyright.PENANAMzep8wwHVy
8Please respect copyright.PENANA8fdYCuhaHh
The mirror flickered.8Please respect copyright.PENANAoXOW2le0TS
8Please respect copyright.PENANA7VZV2W66lZ
Memories surfaced, playing on their own—8Please respect copyright.PENANAVDCSk9YxBu
8Please respect copyright.PENANAjx83935LwI
"You'll forget what I said,"8Please respect copyright.PENANAW4YfPO2yrz
"But you'll remember the sky had dimmed…8Please respect copyright.PENANAtLFyS1dzL8
and that I never left."8Please respect copyright.PENANAnQPmaxVfjm
8Please respect copyright.PENANAxpaXJB6ukW
It was her voice—Li An-Qing.8Please respect copyright.PENANAmSXQL7SR4h
The eternity hidden within Friday.8Please respect copyright.PENANAmKjAG03tvl
8Please respect copyright.PENANAwwJt1dbzLn
No ticking clock,8Please respect copyright.PENANA2HU5eP6hy0
No urgency.8Please respect copyright.PENANAfP4HeXquFL
8Please respect copyright.PENANA4CIoncRHCY
Only breath—8Please respect copyright.PENANAIx7RXjRGi5
And something deeper still:8Please respect copyright.PENANA58ALxZk3Z1
The echo of his own heartbeat,8Please respect copyright.PENANA46c6LIuHby
splintering across time.8Please respect copyright.PENANADq0owoTcl9
8Please respect copyright.PENANAVxrfWRs09t
A single crack stretched across the floor,8Please respect copyright.PENANAs9j9D7GEK9
As if time itself could no longer bear its own weight.8Please respect copyright.PENANAHlJ7Acoxvr
8Please respect copyright.PENANABLftEwqRCl
One wrong step,8Please respect copyright.PENANA0ddyqduJ8n
And he'd fall into a past that no longer welcomed him.8Please respect copyright.PENANAsK9HQntEmz
8Please respect copyright.PENANAzTZSgkawuL
He knelt and picked up a shard.8Please respect copyright.PENANAD1iftc37Ok
Its surface stirred memory—8Please respect copyright.PENANARZDBKljjnM
Not his own, but sharp enough to wound.8Please respect copyright.PENANAy56Xf2CtKW
8Please respect copyright.PENANA4YkM7ovnWI
"He said he'd come back… He promised."8Please respect copyright.PENANA5GNw6Km2yC
8Please respect copyright.PENANAi5fscddAFE
It was Yang An-Ting's voice—8Please respect copyright.PENANATruAFwS2fG
Young, certain, full of hope.8Please respect copyright.PENANAANus0lYxnw
8Please respect copyright.PENANAdx4S26RZfz
Another shard revealed Li An-Qing,8Please respect copyright.PENANA5QjMOBasTU
Standing at the end of an abandoned railway.8Please respect copyright.PENANAPvviYgXtax
In her eyes, a timestamp flickered:8Please respect copyright.PENANAuBZEaxZVVn
2025.2.19 // 28:018Please respect copyright.PENANA4aeoUNjvz9
8Please respect copyright.PENANAYAFq2SkcGy
She whispered—8Please respect copyright.PENANAX3OkADKrvQ
8Please respect copyright.PENANAaYz3o5donH
"Memory isn't meant for forgetting.8Please respect copyright.PENANAgkV9dK6H2B
It's meant—for choosing."8Please respect copyright.PENANApSwNVHjscT
8Please respect copyright.PENANAUyy4rNLvX1
Something within him stirred—8Please respect copyright.PENANAfFIho7DXIO
First gentle,8Please respect copyright.PENANAOFOTPiwYib
Then forceful,8Please respect copyright.PENANAzORVyVXjEG
Almost irresistible.8Please respect copyright.PENANA607EJT3BIA
8Please respect copyright.PENANAnYwoqPyO9d
A pull born of her voice,8Please respect copyright.PENANAUKT3sGV2vL
Of her silence,8Please respect copyright.PENANAaGhmYoaNxw
Of every name forgotten by time.8Please respect copyright.PENANASklptXpFEg
8Please respect copyright.PENANA2Ab3kva79q
"Then… how do I choose?"8Please respect copyright.PENANAJeyHemM8kf
He asked not the mirror now,8Please respect copyright.PENANAj5GUf27igE
But the entire world.8Please respect copyright.PENANAAdqFVpYSrj
8Please respect copyright.PENANAPJhfpowwXq
"Choice," the voice replied through the glass,8Please respect copyright.PENANA7XjLDpGk6q
"was never the answer—8Please respect copyright.PENANAItclgfbgxG
only the cost."8Please respect copyright.PENANAJRyt2gE6n4
8Please respect copyright.PENANAsi1wj2fbqZ
He opened his eyes.8Please respect copyright.PENANA3HhOzlw4NL
8Please respect copyright.PENANAdN3sl1Eczs
The fractures now pushed him toward an edge—8Please respect copyright.PENANA4dLXUrlaOs
An ending already written,8Please respect copyright.PENANARuSfCCsYpf
Yet never spoken.8Please respect copyright.PENANAXf7SGrBXIV
8Please respect copyright.PENANAJxz5Lp1NqJ
8Please respect copyright.PENANAIrh6APPKBb
---8Please respect copyright.PENANAejryed1QcL
8Please respect copyright.PENANAHeFVdh3n7B
You Remember Too Much8Please respect copyright.PENANAll0YJH4Bz3
8Please respect copyright.PENANA3LYXm7odOO
"You remember too much," the voice murmured,8Please respect copyright.PENANA5Ay3YEbWw4
"And you've forgotten even more than you realize.8Please respect copyright.PENANA7COq1tz4dB
So now, only one question remains:8Please respect copyright.PENANAlW2ldLvShC
8Please respect copyright.PENANAfijqbKSThW
Who will you remain for?"8Please respect copyright.PENANAFEE1nNS86O
8Please respect copyright.PENANAa2iWwiU1rH
"You've always remembered,"8Please respect copyright.PENANA5BwNXtkZZd
Yang An-Ting's voice, soft yet unwavering.8Please respect copyright.PENANAJJLEoGu5M9
8Please respect copyright.PENANA0ABJGW8DAH
"You just didn't want to admit it."8Please respect copyright.PENANAzEoW7r5rjN
8Please respect copyright.PENANAD8hZxtNHdw
"And you've never truly let go,"8Please respect copyright.PENANA1i73GQYH3Z
Li An-Qing's voice followed,8Please respect copyright.PENANAR1shjygw4w
Like light after the rain.8Please respect copyright.PENANAO31D8gRr5r
8Please respect copyright.PENANAKkoda9u0s5
"Because you know—8Please respect copyright.PENANAcxJSEwCZul
this was never yours to end."8Please respect copyright.PENANAc5NDOBPiVR
8Please respect copyright.PENANAZWHtN3uNf5
He stood between the mirror and the fracture.8Please respect copyright.PENANAaGGyrrn37E
8Please respect copyright.PENANANB1y5gfbMP
Behind him—wreckage of the past.8Please respect copyright.PENANAQzvpUuJLLa
Before him—a nameless exit.8Please respect copyright.PENANA4MmJdAb0Lk
8Please respect copyright.PENANAIIbwEN2c2o
"If I can't become him…8Please respect copyright.PENANAk8MX4qS8B0
and I can't just be myself…8Please respect copyright.PENANA063OOsvf0y
what is left of me?"8Please respect copyright.PENANAkzPfG22osm
8Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4Vo9uYviI
"Memory," they said in unison.8Please respect copyright.PENANATu2H9ZbIbG
8Please respect copyright.PENANAAf05hQBww7
Not names.8Please respect copyright.PENANAR5ItwXurfM
Not roles.8Please respect copyright.PENANAcMysLQ0DXF
But something heavier—8Please respect copyright.PENANA6mGXJqm9uo
A will strong enough to pierce time.8Please respect copyright.PENANAYZrQObKtAl
8Please respect copyright.PENANATqRUSPrY3I
If names fade, let them.8Please respect copyright.PENANAoGCQHTHtWg
If roles collapse, stop defining them.8Please respect copyright.PENANA6viVolbxyU
8Please respect copyright.PENANAlfbZ1Y1U3Y
"You don't need a name,"8Please respect copyright.PENANAkWh0mtsVha
Yang An-Ting whispered.8Please respect copyright.PENANA5VLMR8NR2i
"Because now—you remember us."8Please respect copyright.PENANA4oKov33CEY
8Please respect copyright.PENANACl1vWrcbtJ
"You only need to keep walking,"8Please respect copyright.PENANA2IayB5ejEO
Li An-Qing said next.8Please respect copyright.PENANAXk4224KCN8
"Not for anyone. Not even for yourself."8Please respect copyright.PENANALHATxmuyjK
8Please respect copyright.PENANA6crIpAsPcJ
The fractures began to close—8Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7YIPS4iFd
Not as an end,8Please respect copyright.PENANADXTNtaFmUk
But as a silent reformation.8Please respect copyright.PENANAoXxVvHoP2a
8Please respect copyright.PENANAKUHJzUaDx2
Shattered timelines intertwined,8Please respect copyright.PENANAVczsqaBxat
Forming a new path—8Please respect copyright.PENANAJVOmHfii5s
Free of judgment,8Please respect copyright.PENANA9JnsUVQ7I0
Free of labels,8Please respect copyright.PENANAooX7msuKP5
Free of the need to look back.8Please respect copyright.PENANAXaFvLanZcJ
8Please respect copyright.PENANAjTNaYwG3Sb
It was—8Please respect copyright.PENANAzpXQxgIfJy
8Please respect copyright.PENANAVJbEvDHmfs
The third way.8Please respect copyright.PENANAWZovdq5xMI
8Please respect copyright.PENANAZEM00HwTkT
Not return.8Please respect copyright.PENANATdBcQ7ciJv
Not repetition.8Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3jdGlxLvy
8Please respect copyright.PENANAbjJ28lZdFU
But—8Please respect copyright.PENANAnmjjpAhJLb
8Please respect copyright.PENANALUHOYt87QB
A future with no name.