One Eyed Demon

"Something inside me wanted to let Pavel and Arnold die, and then get Rhea and Rosemary for myself," Nero asserted.

"That's… a joke… right?"

Nero didn't say anything and stared at the sun.

"It was a joke, right?" Sophia asked again.

After a while, Nero muttered, "I wish I could say yes."

"..."

Sophia hugged Nero from behind and uttered, "But you didn't do it, so it's okay."

"When I was carrying Arnold here, a voice whispered in my ears, saying: 'Let him die, and you can get Rosemary'. And when Pavel died, it whispered: 'Get her'."

Sophia hugged Nero tighter and said the same thing again: "But you didn't do it, so it's okay."

"I don't even like them that way. And what's worse is they were my friend's… lover."

"Shhh! Stop thinking about that," Sophia advised.

"I am worried, Sophi." Nero turned to Sophia and said, "What if I turn like that someday? What if I become someone else one day?"

"You won't."