Your hands were throbbing and felt heavy, blood was clearly flowing through your knuckles blending together with hers
You looked at the woman you loved, the left side of her beautiful face was a mess of reds, purples and swelling. You were sure the damage you had done was permanent, her retina was detached
The other side of her face paraded an expression of complete and primal fear, tears running from her functional eye
What a mess you were doing. Yet the fires of your rage still burned
Why she had hurted you like that?
Since she started to bother the new guy at the company you had a bad feeling, you didn't like how she looked at him, neither the way she called him everyday to her room
Of course, his visits there lasted only a minute or two and she never closed the room's blinders, yet that wasn't reassuring. You knew that if she wanted, none of those things were needed
You tried to set some boundaries, talked with her about it, fights happened, but at the end you both agreeded to transfer the guy to another branch and even send a letter of commendation so that he could get a faster promotion there
All was fine. Or at least that was what you've believed then
Months after, you had to go on a trip, but because of the turning weather the flight you were going to take had to be cancelled. Thus you booked one three days later and came back home after a long and fruitless day at the airport.
There you found them.
In your bed Kronii was fucking that guy, making love to him in ways you believed were only reserved to you and you alone.
When she noticed your presence she quickly used her time powers to remove him from the house
After you were released from your time bubble it was already dead in the night and there was nobody in the room
Running to the first floor in some sort of desperate instinct you ended up finding her in the kitchen. Clothed, drinking tea in the dinner table, waiting.
You approached the table with decisive rage, the fire burning inside the hole that had been carved in your chest.
"Since when?"
You tried to project the totality of your rage in your voice, yet it died in your throat, becoming almost a whisper
Avoiding you eye contact she answered almost as low as you
"Since his third day at the company..."
Third day. The third fucking day?! Since then?! Even before you had talked to her she was already fucking him like she fucked you?!
You could feel all and any part of your heart either break or become steel, the void inside of you becoming as endless as the entire universe
"Why?"
You could feel the tears in your throat and in your eyes, but you needed to know
Yet Kronii was quiet
"Why? Answer me."

Again nothing. You could feel the fire inside of you rise again
"WHY?"
Nothing. You never had raised your voice like that to Kronii or anyone and yet all she could give you was silence and a saddened look
This was what made the fire take over every single part of the void inside of you. Rage was better than that feeling, hurted less at the very least
You turned the table and advanced towards her, grabbing her by her collar and punching her face
Each punch you punctuated with the same question, each one was like the tick-tock of a clock, each one was a memory being turned into dust
The lovingly dates, the sexual encounters, the teasing through the years, the anxious nights were the only comfort you had was her very presence
Everything was being destroyed in that moment
When you came to, the result was that. Kronii's mangled face
She could've stopped you any time, either by fleeing or killing you or anything related to her time powers. But she didn't do anything. She was scared, reduced to a defenseless child almost, your outburst was something that made her unable to do anything
During the whole time there was no answer to your question
Nothing
Feeling the void rise again you threw yourself in the anger again
You pressed both of your hands in her neck and started to squeeze strongly. Kronii's eyes widened as she started to gasp for air and struggle
She was going to kill you in self-defense. There was no other way for this to end you thought, this was the quickest way for you to free yourself from all the pain she had caused you
So you strangled her without remorse, care or fear, welcoming your death
But she didn't do anything against you. When you realized that, dawn was starting to break and the Kronii in your hands lied immobile
Her face completely purple, her eyes frozen.
Dead. She was dead in your hands
Looking at the rest of her body you also realized her last act was to embrace you
Why?
"WHY?"
No answer again
There was never going to be one, neither for this, for her betrayal or anything else
You collapsed to the floor, letting her body fall
Looking at the ceiling you started to unravel
Of course this was always going to end this way. You were always broken, from the very beginning, a husk playing lover
All of those beautiful things you had lived with her were illusions, a lie for your broken and disgusting existence
In your miserable life you had always the talent to destroy everything you ever loved, no wonder this happened with Kronii too
Yes. This was always the truth, an immutable one

The fires were gone. There was only the void now

You reached for a knife and before ending it all you prayed
Maybe in another timeline it would end differently