Summary: Darren knows that they still love each other, but how does he know that?

'I could go back to every laugh,

But I don't wanna go there any more'

It was good while it lasted, I thought to myself as I idly watched the sunset from my comfortable perch in the massive oak tree. Me and him, we were perfect for each other. Perfect the way we were. But our relationship changed us. Perhaps for the worst, most likely for the better. He became more like me and I became more like him. Our differences faded until there was very few left. The few that we never thrived on. The very thing that drove me and him together tore us apart. As I glanced to my left, I felt a wrench in my heart. It actually hurt to look at the perch he would have taken, had we still climbed into the strong boughs and sat and talked for hours. Really this faithful old oak saw us through everything. Our first kiss; our first fight. The first time he hit me. The first time he apologised for hitting me, then held me as I cried. The first time we declared our love for each other out loud.

As I fingered the white half of the yin and yang that hung around my neck, I allowed myself a brief smile. Spook had of course had to have the black half of the ancient symbol. He always said he preferred night to day. The necklaces had been Spook's first gift to us as a couple. The half I wear has only ever left my neck once.

The mighty oak tree had also seen our sad times too. Our last kiss, out last fight. The fight in which I told him I hate him and threw the necklace at him before blindly running through the woods to get away from him.

That night when I went to our shared room I found my half of the necklace on my pillow. We both cried ourselves to sleep that night. Although we shared the room, neither of us could go and comfort the other. It took Spook two weeks to stop crying himself to sleep; it took me the best part of three months. We didn't want to split up but we had to. It was for the best. It was killing us to stay together. However I know that we still love each other. The fact that, even to this day – exactly four months later – we still wear those necklaces is proof of that.

Aaaahhh soooooo sad :(
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