Aaron - Emerald Street - Episode 13

MEMORIES

The moment the knife was in her hand, the moment I fell. Ien was right, my last thoughts would've been on how miserable my life has been but, all I could think about was her face. The moments, all the way back.

Highschool was like an old dream. The old days, the easy days. I would've never thought of seeing Ien, his old face. I would've never thought of seeing Aphmau with the look of malice and hatred. Maybe Tatiana was right. I should've gone away, turned back. She called me a coward, a pitiful friend. The words stung as much as the knife wound.

Garroth, Zane, Irene knows where. Michi and Lucinda, looking at me, the equal amount of disgust Ien wore on his face. The taunting green eyes.

Aphmau, her cruel words, she sounded like Ien. Ien was hers. The fiancé of someone with a manipulative and twisted mind like his. My world, bursting into flames. Her hatred broke his frail heart. She tore it apart, the tear deeper as she said those words. The tears in my eyes, her eyes showed no sympathy, no remorse.

I didn't want to live through this nightmare. I wanted it to be over. I wanted to escape this nightmare. I wanted to wake up, see her adoring face, see my friends by my side. But all that's in my sight is a look of disgust. The best thing I could do for her was to die. I would've just thrown myself off that mountain if I had a choice. It wasn't my Aphmau. It wasn't the little 'potato' from High School. It wasn't my love. It was real. So was me going down that mountain, along with the sweet memories of Aphmau.

Ien may have thought that knife killed me, maybe even Aphmau's presence, but like they say, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

The next thing to do is to get up and show Ien an Ultima in action. Because there's no way in hell I'm giving up on her. Aphmau will be mine, once again.