Clear night, warm breeze, and first row seats.
Beautiful streaks of light danced across the sky in quick succession, fading back into the darkness, and then reappearing several seconds later from the same point of origin.
Tonight was supposed to be perfect, and it was all but.
The spot next to me was empty, but for some reason, despite the pleasant air, the grass felt colder than ever.
Perhaps the person who promised to watch this meteor shower with me had something to do with that. After all, she was the one who found this spot, and declared that we should keep it a secret from all the stargazers of the world.
Whenever we met here, she would always sit in the same spot beside me, pointing out all the constellations, naming all their major stars, guiding my index finger and making it trace the outlines of asterisms.
I could do it now, all on my own without her, since I have memorized all the things she has taught me. But there's no point in doing so, as she is not here, and therefore, she is incapable of being impressed.
Suddenly, the trail of lights stops illuminating the sky. The meteor shower must be over now.
I want to go home, and sleep in the comfort of my own bed, but my eyes betray me and I fall asleep, right there in that lonely patch of grass.
The memories that I kept in the back of my mind begin to flicker before my eyes, like a film at a movie theatre, and they come alive, allowing me to re-experience the moments with all five senses, as if I went back in time to do so.
If I had been offered a second chance to embark on my adventure through Hoenn, I would've happily accepted it and done things differently. But because this was a dream, everything was, for the lack of a better term, scripted, which meant that I knew exactly how it was going to end, and I would be left with the same regrets as before. However, at this point, those things didn't matter anymore.
I simply relaxed my body, and let my conscious mind fade away.