[Zhongyingmei] Who is my father?

Zero looked at himself sleeping for a long time.

He has always had a paranoid dislike for himself, especially after splitting Joyce.Indulging in man-made shadows for too long, even standing in the sun, he still feels rotten and hopeless in his body.Similarly, it is precisely because of this self-denial that he yearns for the secondary personality that is almost completely opposite to himself every minute and every second, and yearns for all the beautiful imaginations of the world gathered in him, and he will never allow anyone break.

Even if that person will end up being himself.

"Are you afraid that I will kill him directly?"

Sitting down next to the sleeping main character, Zero didn't rush to wake him up or carry out personality integration.Instead, he calmly looked at the blue and green horizon in the distance, and asked the person he knew would definitely be here:

"That's why you hid him. You didn't let me come here until you confirmed my purpose."

The wind brushed his hair from the sideburns and swept across his cheeks. Zero stubbornly sat there and waited, just like he once stubbornly wanted to search every corner of the world, looking for the reflection of Joyce that he knew could not exist.What he has is patience, he can wait.

"...Actually, you don't need to ask the bottom line like this."

Seemingly ignorant of his sudden willfulness, a faint phantom of a person was suddenly outlined in the void in front of Zero.In the end, they converged into an appearance he was all too familiar with.

"You obviously have the answer." As if looking at a disobedient child, Joyce lowered his eyes, and his eyes met Zero in mid-air: "Is it so interesting to tell me to expose me?"

"I didn't mean to accuse you." Zero shook his head, and there was no surprise on his face: "If it were me, I would definitely do the same thing."

"maybe."

Joyce smiled, looking at his main character who was still sleeping, a momentary sadness flashed across his face.

This is by far the most reasonable solution.He can't disappear, Zero can't disappear, so in order for the two of them to live together, there can only be one personality in one body.There really is no better way to let Zero come and take a part of yourself away.

and……

"I won't stop you, Zero."

There was a wry smile on the corner of his mouth, Joyce shrugged his shoulders, and his expression looked indescribably annoyed: "Zola's potion has too much influence on the master's personality. If you don't take him away from me, he may always be Sleeping like this... even if I disappear."

After a pause, his tone seemed a little hesitant: "I just—"

"You're just not used to the fact that there's no other personality in this body who needs your protection. You're just not used to it not being yourself who makes this sacrifice."

Complete it for him.Judging from the other party's reaction, Zero knew he was right.

"it does not matter."

They looked at each other for a long time, until Joyce couldn't hold it anymore, and took the lead to look away. Zero sighed softly, finally stood up, walked in front of the other party, and gently but firmly clasped his shoulders.

"I'll let you get used to it." He leaned forward and placed a light kiss on Joyce's forehead: "I promise."

"..."

It seemed a little stunned by the kiss.Joyce stared blankly at the other party, and nodded involuntarily.

He had a hunch.

Although Zero will no longer share the same body with him in the future, it is no longer his main personality that he can exchange at any time.But the connection between them will never be weakened by this, but will become closer in another sense.

As two separate beings, two simultaneous entities finally able to touch each other.

"Let's get started." For some reason, he was afraid to meet Zero's eyes.Joyce turned his head, took a step back to make room, and signaled to the other party that he had made all the preparations: "I kind of want to go home."

"I know."

Zero replied.Finally, he took a deep look at him, turned around, stretched out his hand, and gently touched the eyebrows of his sleeping self with his fingertips.

At that moment, it was like the sun breaking through the clouds.

The main character's body began to become shattered, transparent, and finally turned into countless small bright spots of light. Zero closed his eyes, and as if the spot of light had found its home, it converged into a flowing white flame, instantly reflecting the entire meadow into a bright sanctuary.

Countless memories began to re-integrate and overlap, and the past and future also became the present at this moment.Standing behind them, Joyce watched the two people who were identical but separated by time merge into one again. He could feel that Zero had become complete, and he could also feel that something was coming from him. passed away.

"Come back to me, Joe."

In the warm and dazzling light, Zero turned his head.The corner of his mouth, which was always straight and indifferent, raised a very thin arc. After crossing the river of time and embracing all the emotions caused by Joyce, he finally learned how to be under the gaze of another person. smile.

"of course."

Nodding, Joyce also smiled and replied.

……

"Seriously, you should thank you for meeting a genius like me."

Looking up from behind the virtual screen, Tony Stark said in a calm voice with dark circles under his eyes after staying up all night:

"If I hadn't developed this machine, you would have gone to see God now... so have you figured out how to thank me?"

"Well." Opening his eyes in a daze, Joyce stared at the ceiling of the Avengers Building for a while before realizing that he had woken up from his subconscious: "I can generously give you a father opportunity, and begrudgingly inherit your dollars."

"..."

It's hard to say whether Iron Man was shocked by the wit or shamelessness in this sentence, and was momentarily choked and speechless.On the other hand, Banner laughed out loud, and thoughtfully removed all the medical equipment on Joyce's body, as if he was very optimistic about the prospect: "Then congratulations."

"..."

The president's father didn't think there was anything to congratulate, and angrily tried to drive the two out of his laboratory together.Joyce shrugged, moved in place, and walked out briskly.And before stepping out the door, he turned his head again and looked into Tony's eyes very seriously.

"I mean it." He blinked, and the corners of his mouth were raised higher than ever: "Thank you for keeping me alive."

"..."

For the third time, I felt like I couldn't say anything.Iron Man stared dumbfoundedly at the other party turning and going out. After a long while, he wiped his face and asked Banner beside him like sleepwalking:

"Has he ever been this scary before?"

"Maybe a little more frank, I guess?" Shrugging, the Doctor replied mildly, "You should get used to being thanked too, Tony..."

Joyce, who had already walked out of the door, did not listen carefully to the rest of the words.After confirming that he was fine, the group of people who had been crowding at the door of the experiment had already dispersed, and went to do what they should do.I don't know if it was intentional, but Zero, who woke up one step earlier than Joyce, stood in front of the elevator, heard the movement behind him, and turned his head to look.

Like a traveler returning home after a long journey.

"I feel like you have something."

They looked at each other for a long time.At a certain moment, Joyce took the lead to stop looking, smiled, and truthfully expressed his feelings.

"You too." Zero replied calmly.After the time of the past and the future overlapped on him, he finally became complete again: "Aren't you used to it?"

"I'm not used to it." Joyce shook his head with a smile. He has this body all to himself, and there is no other personality sleeping in his subconscious. It still takes time for him to get used to it: "But, knowing that you still There's nothing left."

Zero nodded, and walked side by side with Joyce into the elevator that opened for them on Friday.Maybe something has changed between them, maybe nothing has changed, but either way, they have each other and will never be apart again, and that is the only thing that can be sure.

The afternoon sun fell from mid-air, making people dizzy for a moment.Joyce followed Zero out of the Avengers Building, and the air that belonged to New York suddenly rushed over, and all kinds of noises sounded in various places.This world is still the same, it has never changed for anyone, although there is so much sadness and cruelty, it is still unparalleled in beauty.

The meaning of his existence has finally ended, but it has just begun, Joyce is very clear.

"Haney! Why are you so slow!!"

Not far away, Deadpool and Bucky were standing by the side of the road, each holding two glasses of Starbucks and waving to them.The former complained incessantly about how unflattering Friday was, and at any rate refused to allow himself to peek in while Joyce was unconscious.The latter, on the other hand, stood there helplessly, unmoved by Wade's nagging, his face expressing the emotions of "Can you shut up" and "I want to kill" in turn, and the mechanical arm was calibrated dangerously. , but because of the scruples of Captain America who didn't know what to smile, he didn't hit Deadpool in the face.

They are still familiar to Joyce, they are all the people he loves and loves him as much.Maybe they can't stop the god of death when it comes, but they will always stand with him at the gate of hell, laughing loudly at every devil who wants to drag them in.

He has been lucky enough.

thought Joyce.He got everything he ever wanted, including friends, including family, including a peaceful life, and—

"What are you thinking?" Seemingly aware of Joyce's gaze, Zero stopped, looked back at him, and carefully observed his expression: "How do you feel now?"

Joyce looked into his own eyes.There's caring, there's loyalty, there's love that's real even if it's not spoken.He remembered the first time he had actually faced Zero in the dark of Gotham, the first time he had been reflected in his eyes.The moonlight shone between them, and the evening breeze filled every inch of space that shouldn't exist. He covered the other's warm palm. From that moment on, he finally realized what was doomed from his birth, and his heart beat unprecedentedly. .

"I have to watch you."

They still stared at each other, and he still never gave up loving him.