Division

Preface:

Have you ever been afraid of your own shadow?

Everyone in this world has a shadow of their own.

You have the same face. When you smile, he smiles; when you bend down, he bends down too. From the moment you were born, the two of you have been inseparable.

But you can't communicate with him, because he's only a shadow. That's what you must think, right?

Then let's make an assumption:

One day, your shadow becomes conscious of his own existence.

He watches you grow up and knows all your secrets, even though his world has no light.

Let's call that loneliness, for now.

If this happened to you, what would you do?

There is no answer.

He vanishes from everyone's sight, and in another world, his existence is denied.

No matter how you look at it, that must be terribly sad, right?

But I never thought about any of that back then.

[Main pairings: Zhao Yanheng (shadow) x Zhao Yanheng, Su Ye x Zhao Yanheng

A semi-AU BE story, a medium-length slow burn, with two different endings in the extras]