The voice echoed softly, almost like an interrogation.7Please respect copyright.PENANA8OQ9W4hZTp
7Please respect copyright.PENANAfMea76rUff
"But then why… do I still feel like two people trapped in the same body?"7Please respect copyright.PENANAuC5yNRkuZc
7Please respect copyright.PENANAwUdWLUH0Hs
A heavy silence followed, stretched and suspended between timelines.7Please respect copyright.PENANAGi5MYs6ZME
Zhang Huan-An—no, perhaps it was Yu Yong-An—stood before the mirror, unable to tell who had spoken.7Please respect copyright.PENANAZH5f58XkLH
Was it himself? A residue?7Please respect copyright.PENANABjTDW85oWp
Or a ghost never chosen?7Please respect copyright.PENANA0Trx3Fpebk
7Please respect copyright.PENANAWxzbctRbsm
"I remember your memories," he whispered, fingertips grazing the cold mirror.7Please respect copyright.PENANAxFyPjsA5A1
"But they… don't belong to me. Not entirely."7Please respect copyright.PENANA2gBzbXzzLM
7Please respect copyright.PENANAKWJivOGRhh
From deep within, a voice emerged—not in words, but like a pulse echoing through his veins.7Please respect copyright.PENANAYzoQN8LrXP
7Please respect copyright.PENANA2MwfkECTs8
"Then tell me—whose life did you live during those 281 days?"7Please respect copyright.PENANAmXHbNi0vUa
7Please respect copyright.PENANAuWXVik8t1Q
He gave no answer.7Please respect copyright.PENANA3zftwbcLmu
7Please respect copyright.PENANAKqAoTmloS9
The reflection stared back at him—almost identical, yet not quite.7Please respect copyright.PENANAQwiVRTEjtK
The posture was his, the scars too.7Please respect copyright.PENANAer4VmCYNEN
But the eyes… they carried a weight he had never known.7Please respect copyright.PENANA2xc39NeWRv
As if from a season of dreams, shattered and reassembled deep within time.7Please respect copyright.PENANAJ796J7aJyJ
7Please respect copyright.PENANAqGQj18mVuJ
"Do you remember the rooftop? That rain?"7Please respect copyright.PENANA4sua3yDnqp
The voice pressed closer.7Please respect copyright.PENANAyZwjDL8D7j
"That was my fear. My ending. And now, it's become yours."7Please respect copyright.PENANAPnezlsYguq
7Please respect copyright.PENANA1GUGKfdCpe
He turned away.7Please respect copyright.PENANAba9NloweJb
Behind him, the room lay dim and still, the air thick with undisturbed dust.7Please respect copyright.PENANAG4KnvjM9c3
Since his awakening, nothing here had changed—yet the world was no longer the same.7Please respect copyright.PENANAXIa9X2RVyc
7Please respect copyright.PENANAkM3MMTYNMm
"They say fusion brings peace," he murmured.7Please respect copyright.PENANA7OOCt7ILOx
"But this feels more like exile. I can't go back… and I can't move forward."7Please respect copyright.PENANA89qMNDARyc
7Please respect copyright.PENANA2YGhBcmXso
"Then—choose."7Please respect copyright.PENANADPDDPiTxi3
7Please respect copyright.PENANAggptcQqALn
The voice returned. This time, not from within—but behind him.7Please respect copyright.PENANAc34aZIo1XF
He didn't look back.7Please respect copyright.PENANAcVMzpCRExf
He knew nothing would be there.7Please respect copyright.PENANAGhIUvCY1kq
And yet, he heard it.7Please respect copyright.PENANAB2SUtxOnz2
7Please respect copyright.PENANA6aFVelIeN3
"Choose which one of you will remain."7Please respect copyright.PENANAu6tRO4cM1u
7Please respect copyright.PENANA4phYZ5mLIS
He clenched his fists.7Please respect copyright.PENANA15RVOoTtic
"Zhang Huan-An" and "Yu Yong-An"—names layered like truths,7Please respect copyright.PENANALhP8ZPLSEJ
Too real to abandon,7Please respect copyright.PENANAwqO9ZZBf0M
Too entangled to claim.7Please respect copyright.PENANAdilMTpZ4zy
7Please respect copyright.PENANAA7zdH1TC5i
"What if I don't want to be either?"7Please respect copyright.PENANAhITUavs0VH
He asked the air, voice hoarse.7Please respect copyright.PENANAiwnbfrrV5c
7Please respect copyright.PENANADhL9WbABXK
"Then become—7Please respect copyright.PENANAOXQZ714IaJ
the memory that survived the collapse."7Please respect copyright.PENANAPR6ttwApUD
7Please respect copyright.PENANA4aeu9RxQyM
The mirror cracked.7Please respect copyright.PENANAmpgQNjNFjb
7Please respect copyright.PENANA00EDKjfXsw
Not from pressure.7Please respect copyright.PENANAO2ysPSgUEF
Not from sound.7Please respect copyright.PENANAsH1JrbUCVq
7Please respect copyright.PENANAktCIpIuYuT
But from time.7Please respect copyright.PENANAwk6rhweORX
7Please respect copyright.PENANAkZTVyC0ECK
As the fissure split the reflection in two, he finally understood:7Please respect copyright.PENANABeUndt6B59
They had never truly been separate.7Please respect copyright.PENANAbTNxJFeqAq
And now, they could never fully merge.7Please respect copyright.PENANAoFFIDdGkDC
7Please respect copyright.PENANA26SzvzMiTB
They could only—7Please respect copyright.PENANAUbPFvvXNJq
7Please respect copyright.PENANA9buEEQfkro
Overlay.7Please respect copyright.PENANAtQlgTGNRNO
Fracture.7Please respect copyright.PENANAl8bMOl3fbH
Echo.7Please respect copyright.PENANAtomZ8XuK27
7Please respect copyright.PENANAT8ZVQLpenK
7Please respect copyright.PENANAq35LmHNaPw
---7Please respect copyright.PENANABMH2AO1CDq
7Please respect copyright.PENANAYZWm7yhIqN
Reflections That Do Not Return7Please respect copyright.PENANAuyT3jzsnCO
7Please respect copyright.PENANA56GVSYt2Lo
When the mirror shattered, time broke with it.7Please respect copyright.PENANA7DP6wlkLoX
7Please respect copyright.PENANA2rTGLIJ4V2
Cracks spread like a spider's web, and within each one—7Please respect copyright.PENANAbgw9Qnb1Wo
A different version of himself emerged:7Please respect copyright.PENANAFd16UJ1Zbs
Some young, some aged.7Please respect copyright.PENANA2QO6E7B0mq
Some cold and distant, others brimming with unshed tears.7Please respect copyright.PENANAkJpjxp6WS7
7Please respect copyright.PENANAOIaub4mhah
"Are these… all me?"7Please respect copyright.PENANA37sd356Nhx
7Please respect copyright.PENANAAG95SVUdu9
His voice trembled in the still air—was he asking the mirror,7Please respect copyright.PENANAKJJaL30fPO
Or questioning the soul splintered before him?7Please respect copyright.PENANABIhoRPU2BK
7Please respect copyright.PENANAqHks5MIiHZ
A shard fell, its chime like a soft wind bell.7Please respect copyright.PENANAyqgr0yHqcF
But it reflected not the room—7Please respect copyright.PENANAlW9TAH7zMZ
7Please respect copyright.PENANA0FdFYLDXBH
It reflected time:7Please respect copyright.PENANAUtvy1TjFEh
7Please respect copyright.PENANACt0cDXXxPB
A Friday dusk,7Please respect copyright.PENANAgk5HFCYqAS
A Tuesday's echo,7Please respect copyright.PENANAmOXRffTsxo
The moment the cross appeared,7Please respect copyright.PENANA1El0f9WmzR
And the last turn of her figure.7Please respect copyright.PENANAqiLRRaFTSQ
7Please respect copyright.PENANATTBrv26Yc9
"You didn't choose an identity,"7Please respect copyright.PENANArLDvmDGOgi
A voice spoke—gentle, calm.7Please respect copyright.PENANANbGE4GNYG8
Neither Yang An-Ting nor Li An-Qing,7Please respect copyright.PENANAO7rBH4uE20
And yet, it held the luminous tenderness of both.7Please respect copyright.PENANArOXErpjZVs
7Please respect copyright.PENANAz1iW5gwmp6
"You chose the version of yourself—7Please respect copyright.PENANAJjH1poWRZX
that could survive."7Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0Y8aoH6mq
7Please respect copyright.PENANApxarnR6sO9
He stared at the fragments.7Please respect copyright.PENANALWq03WWfKo
Each one, a future with no return.7Please respect copyright.PENANAPR3ZTNAMn0
7Please respect copyright.PENANADVB7StJ1bX
"And what if… I choose nothing?"7Please respect copyright.PENANA5DJ7es2pTu
He asked, barely audible.7Please respect copyright.PENANAF0ogProSAQ
7Please respect copyright.PENANAqDAsjWB1rP
"Then you'll be trapped—7Please respect copyright.PENANAAqpw0OsSCw
within this fracture,7Please respect copyright.PENANAZEVwjxGDOx
until the next cycle calls you back."7Please respect copyright.PENANApSHVNZ1jJX
7Please respect copyright.PENANAe6tkA1VAnn
Silence again.7Please respect copyright.PENANAnsmMKmbotu
7Please respect copyright.PENANAq4wPw8hUsZ
Then he whispered:7Please respect copyright.PENANA6ejPSjeZ5t
7Please respect copyright.PENANAwBnP6zriRT
"I don't want to wake up again…7Please respect copyright.PENANAk35re309Xs
if waking means forgetting her."7Please respect copyright.PENANAw4iLTnGg40
7Please respect copyright.PENANAvvYU5wGaNx
The mirror flickered.7Please respect copyright.PENANAhCnrKoIch5
7Please respect copyright.PENANA404hjE3hCu
Memories surfaced, playing on their own—7Please respect copyright.PENANAiZ9aZupyip
7Please respect copyright.PENANA9U50LIQpy4
"You'll forget what I said,"7Please respect copyright.PENANAMXQCwvGF7D
"But you'll remember the sky had dimmed…7Please respect copyright.PENANAWeEUHoWEwM
and that I never left."7Please respect copyright.PENANAfNYagtepvH
7Please respect copyright.PENANAa87FZ3ZcLn
It was her voice—Li An-Qing.7Please respect copyright.PENANAotETrnh4Pb
The eternity hidden within Friday.7Please respect copyright.PENANAdaPFk6rDIU
7Please respect copyright.PENANAwFtiPKO3By
No ticking clock,7Please respect copyright.PENANAUnYID36XsJ
No urgency.7Please respect copyright.PENANAlEGeFGLTiV
7Please respect copyright.PENANAyoOHdT7r0G
Only breath—7Please respect copyright.PENANA41NDeDUdkQ
And something deeper still:7Please respect copyright.PENANAJIptHkYarQ
The echo of his own heartbeat,7Please respect copyright.PENANAvzA3n7fRy3
splintering across time.7Please respect copyright.PENANAeRkOdV9cV2
7Please respect copyright.PENANAysKsSVbUt5
A single crack stretched across the floor,7Please respect copyright.PENANASrFeCU8QZe
As if time itself could no longer bear its own weight.7Please respect copyright.PENANANWbjy1RxQf
7Please respect copyright.PENANAsu5jMMu2pP
One wrong step,7Please respect copyright.PENANAxpM8o5LR7v
And he'd fall into a past that no longer welcomed him.7Please respect copyright.PENANAvyB9feNrH5
7Please respect copyright.PENANAP228oEVuZS
He knelt and picked up a shard.7Please respect copyright.PENANArJ7XHUxads
Its surface stirred memory—7Please respect copyright.PENANA6DieCXBLZz
Not his own, but sharp enough to wound.7Please respect copyright.PENANApmYzbWunlp
7Please respect copyright.PENANAHqdmmZSJhk
"He said he'd come back… He promised."7Please respect copyright.PENANAOL0CtRCH16
7Please respect copyright.PENANAEor6DhSiqf
It was Yang An-Ting's voice—7Please respect copyright.PENANAyirayCnbFC
Young, certain, full of hope.7Please respect copyright.PENANA0Cznf2Tdn7
7Please respect copyright.PENANAzQ5ZmI2MtW
Another shard revealed Li An-Qing,7Please respect copyright.PENANAExi0jC7T9y
Standing at the end of an abandoned railway.7Please respect copyright.PENANAYGxGHQjMNb
In her eyes, a timestamp flickered:7Please respect copyright.PENANA6yxmN1DRgn
2025.2.19 // 28:017Please respect copyright.PENANAXMHJtd4AMW
7Please respect copyright.PENANAA2WirNT8jt
She whispered—7Please respect copyright.PENANAXhkrqm9ZC9
7Please respect copyright.PENANAsrsAkxIIpz
"Memory isn't meant for forgetting.7Please respect copyright.PENANAWfLuSjKzkj
It's meant—for choosing."7Please respect copyright.PENANAtOy8huOqVL
7Please respect copyright.PENANAtHeeNhH7k8
Something within him stirred—7Please respect copyright.PENANAd2CNx8Ovge
First gentle,7Please respect copyright.PENANAiVG900g4th
Then forceful,7Please respect copyright.PENANADbfpYJfn0M
Almost irresistible.7Please respect copyright.PENANAu1Ibi0s8cP
7Please respect copyright.PENANA5RCVFY9xSC
A pull born of her voice,7Please respect copyright.PENANAOJoJi5vZoM
Of her silence,7Please respect copyright.PENANAR7gVmgwZvU
Of every name forgotten by time.7Please respect copyright.PENANAcpS5GAIroC
7Please respect copyright.PENANAPED2me90jj
"Then… how do I choose?"7Please respect copyright.PENANAx4jufv5ZTK
He asked not the mirror now,7Please respect copyright.PENANAoGASsp2FTJ
But the entire world.7Please respect copyright.PENANAfsx1J5nZkh
7Please respect copyright.PENANAeC95FnsO1H
"Choice," the voice replied through the glass,7Please respect copyright.PENANATfEuvk7JCs
"was never the answer—7Please respect copyright.PENANAFviwLkzLKf
only the cost."7Please respect copyright.PENANADQrAKXlj5K
7Please respect copyright.PENANARHRZY2HcZq
He opened his eyes.7Please respect copyright.PENANAyor0uDnBN1
7Please respect copyright.PENANA4a0nJEKRSy
The fractures now pushed him toward an edge—7Please respect copyright.PENANAKZ0LjHHsYo
An ending already written,7Please respect copyright.PENANAhJYw40RjPo
Yet never spoken.7Please respect copyright.PENANAPpOHW72Wu0
7Please respect copyright.PENANArjgovUSs1Z
7Please respect copyright.PENANAkPgLMOPBWQ
---7Please respect copyright.PENANAqD8aIs9AXc
7Please respect copyright.PENANATrSXhCtGli
You Remember Too Much7Please respect copyright.PENANAb1mFsuCSOW
7Please respect copyright.PENANA9RzNqVFnf2
"You remember too much," the voice murmured,7Please respect copyright.PENANAKkWv41jWeM
"And you've forgotten even more than you realize.7Please respect copyright.PENANARTW6yHTQuY
So now, only one question remains:7Please respect copyright.PENANAykX5JV0rjG
7Please respect copyright.PENANAoqX7NybGqV
Who will you remain for?"7Please respect copyright.PENANAc9ZTv70Kdp
7Please respect copyright.PENANAqYwepu1WT5
"You've always remembered,"7Please respect copyright.PENANAvh7MAnHCud
Yang An-Ting's voice, soft yet unwavering.7Please respect copyright.PENANAAiKWwm68WO
7Please respect copyright.PENANAVSqSIPT8bS
"You just didn't want to admit it."7Please respect copyright.PENANAqB3kOfEGuA
7Please respect copyright.PENANAY9cAbuyC9f
"And you've never truly let go,"7Please respect copyright.PENANAyBNgBrH3Cw
Li An-Qing's voice followed,7Please respect copyright.PENANA9SKtWJCsNU
Like light after the rain.7Please respect copyright.PENANARdFDSzjPI9
7Please respect copyright.PENANA8HGh6WoHhd
"Because you know—7Please respect copyright.PENANAbf4hjvorWK
this was never yours to end."7Please respect copyright.PENANA7T3kJUO0tE
7Please respect copyright.PENANA2E7ZCd1H5N
He stood between the mirror and the fracture.7Please respect copyright.PENANAO9nA5SEKwf
7Please respect copyright.PENANAbQGL2kk17S
Behind him—wreckage of the past.7Please respect copyright.PENANAyxeYefLeXS
Before him—a nameless exit.7Please respect copyright.PENANAtLtaH6gJZh
7Please respect copyright.PENANAbNlqIVu46Y
"If I can't become him…7Please respect copyright.PENANAjw8Y6lA4BZ
and I can't just be myself…7Please respect copyright.PENANAVWdl8Dr4eF
what is left of me?"7Please respect copyright.PENANAHj0IIcJe8X
7Please respect copyright.PENANAVfUIydLOh4
"Memory," they said in unison.7Please respect copyright.PENANAjxl4HTKeCL
7Please respect copyright.PENANAkbcgYmkTpu
Not names.7Please respect copyright.PENANA1Sw07TGtgJ
Not roles.7Please respect copyright.PENANARh5KcEXx3B
But something heavier—7Please respect copyright.PENANAukjK9SLQ5v
A will strong enough to pierce time.7Please respect copyright.PENANAEkeudsROoD
7Please respect copyright.PENANATUey2xEjNA
If names fade, let them.7Please respect copyright.PENANAoS5Q6JFzbW
If roles collapse, stop defining them.7Please respect copyright.PENANAPYYhGqTUWr
7Please respect copyright.PENANAHC4I60uKDX
"You don't need a name,"7Please respect copyright.PENANAwjYVnp9xVL
Yang An-Ting whispered.7Please respect copyright.PENANAkBjzNU50mm
"Because now—you remember us."7Please respect copyright.PENANAZHUUQrbT7I
7Please respect copyright.PENANA4Ljc80uZjl
"You only need to keep walking,"7Please respect copyright.PENANABHvU8CGG3n
Li An-Qing said next.7Please respect copyright.PENANAgwtIYiyGf7
"Not for anyone. Not even for yourself."7Please respect copyright.PENANAq8t3EEf7ZC
7Please respect copyright.PENANAKWabSqv2TX
The fractures began to close—7Please respect copyright.PENANAqLhrcey4q7
Not as an end,7Please respect copyright.PENANAtbsrnW3NSU
But as a silent reformation.7Please respect copyright.PENANAhsGHf9sF3U
7Please respect copyright.PENANA7gYVb6WwAU
Shattered timelines intertwined,7Please respect copyright.PENANAmnjtQhbGs1
Forming a new path—7Please respect copyright.PENANAZqT5mdSGrh
Free of judgment,7Please respect copyright.PENANAEwmPHDovK7
Free of labels,7Please respect copyright.PENANAnic923Sv3l
Free of the need to look back.7Please respect copyright.PENANAvrQgPCmo29
7Please respect copyright.PENANAeXQlVZVxLe
It was—7Please respect copyright.PENANAXFiJ0guq5e
7Please respect copyright.PENANAE40MEfpaqj
The third way.7Please respect copyright.PENANA3YifSTWG5Y
7Please respect copyright.PENANAaEj4peXFCS
Not return.7Please respect copyright.PENANAUCuhVdXQOf
Not repetition.7Please respect copyright.PENANAkMD7FWvKaz
7Please respect copyright.PENANAGMxKlHX89t
But—7Please respect copyright.PENANAYwyVczy7Y4
7Please respect copyright.PENANAaSC5lKtPyu
A future with no name.