I never knew that it would end like this.
Numb.
Why can't I feel anything?
I hadn't known him. He was nothing more than another sad soul. I had waited for my death, a sacrifice for the other pieces of my heart. Knowing that I may never be free, how had I allowed myself to be like him?
How could I have forgotten him?
Why don't I save him?
Wait...
Don't die... You don't have to die yet...
It's brighter than the moon, cold light. I try to touch it. Why does it reach for me? I don't deserve this...
Don't go.
The moon's eyes are different now. I can see the fear. But mine are not like this. I can't move, I'm frozen. All I can say is one thing. I should say more, but my lips are numb, too.
I made him disappear.
Then he's gone, all of him fading into the night.
How could that face be so warm? Those eyes so soft? I thought we were supposed to be something different.
How could that be...?
All of this alien presence has faded from around me. I wish that it was still here.
Is this what you meant?
This emptiness inside... why did you do it?
I was trapped here.
And I still am.
Seeing those eyes behind every shadow, I realize how right we both were. The heart does exist, and it can be fragile. Even though he's gone, how could I have forgotten to let him in?
I remember his gaze. His voice. And I make a vow that I was too afraid to even consider. That I don't want him to leave just yet, how much I need to tell him, how painfully I have to feel his heart beating.
...
Please... come back...
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