Recognition
Slowly I walked towards his grave, carrying not flowers, but a simple bar of chocolate. I lifted it to my face, inhaling deeply. It smelled so much like him. A tear rolled down my cheek. Why did he have to die? He was my best friend, and my boyfriend. I wanted to scream into the gloomy sky like a child with his new toy taken away. The memories of that night when we were ambushed by the Mafia Mello previously worked with. "Look how happy you are. And like a spoiled child with a new toy, I have no choice but to take it away." These were the last thing I heard before I was knocked out. When I came to, I was in a hospital and I was informed that there was one other who was found with me. For a moment, I was happy. Then they informed me that the body was charred beyond recognition. I cried for hours. Mello was the one I could go to when things were going bad. Now, I have nobody.
I couldn't hold the tears back any longer. They streamed freely down my cheeks. It started to rain as I came up to his grave. I knelt down burying the chocolate bar in the newly upturned soil. My tears flowed as freely as the now pouring rain. I finally and reluctantly raised my gaze to the tombstone nestled in the sodden earth. It read: "Unknown- XY502209. May his soul find peace." I identified him as Mello but they wouldn't put it on the stone because the body was "unrecognizable". I knew my Mello when I saw him. I was so mad. It was then my grief overcame me. I sunk to my knees and bowed my head. Tears rolled down my cheeks in waves as I reached into my pocket and grasped a small piece of charred leather that was left in the ashes of the warehouse that we were found in. His rosary was hanging around my neck, as I held the leather close to my heart. Slowly I placed the leather on the grave in a daze. My world was falling apart around me without the foundation that was Mello. And as it fell, so did I. There was only one thing left to do. I reached down next to the necklace and chocolate bar and absentmindedly traced: "Mihael Jeevas. Mello. My best friend." Into the mud.