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JKR.
It has been ages since I posted something here. Well, it is just a little short story I wrote while bored during History class :) Please enjoy and don't forget to review pretty please :D
Let go
He was tired.
Oh, so very much tired.
He did not recognize himself in the mirror.
He had large, dark circles under his twinkling blue eyes. He looked very tense and oh so tired.
He felt ten times worse than he looked.
He closed his eyes.
He sighed.
He opened them again.
This was his coping mechanism to prevent any eventual breakdown.
One step at the time.
Breathe in.
Breathe out.
And in.
And out.
In.
Out.
Slowly.
He looked at himself again.
Despite all of his efforts, he was crying.
Little diamonds falling from two sad diamond orbs.
Little diamonds twinkling in the dark, just as the orbs used to.
He went far away from the mirror.
He was in front of his bedroom's door when the monster got him.
It wrapped its claws around his heart.
It squeezed his lungs.
It crushed his chest.
He gasped.
He fell on his knees.
He could not breathe.
He brought his knees to his chest.
He could not breathe.
He did not remember how to breathe.
"That is it." he thought. "I am going to die here."
Tears were flowing frely and quickly, his whole chest hurt and his body began to shake with his louder and louder sobs.
He still could not breathe.
He wanted to throw up.
He did not hear the gargoyle move.
He did not hear the footsteps climbing the stairs to his private quarters.
He did not hear the main door open.
He barely even felt arms wrap around him.
All he knew is that he liked the warm embrace.
He let himself melt in it.
He heard "Let go Albus."
And so he did.
He cried, screamed, fought against the strong arms that held him.
He still could not breathe.
There was a moment his voice broke, his body became limp.
He looked up, his two diamond eyes shining with tears.
He whispered "Minerva".
His voice was broken. Weak. Vulnerable.
He hated it.
The old witch smiled at him.
She whispered "Sleep Albus".
And so he did.