Fireworks
By: Chi~
I remember it.
I remember it clearly,
Don't you?
Surely, you do
Or am I just hoping you do?
Well, whichever it
May be
I'll still say what I remember
So it won't get lost
Forever in our many memories
Soon to be back
With the few that mean
Just about everything to us.
It's surprising, right?
I was always one
To be so lazy
Like I didn't care
So apathetic
But really,
Deep inside, at the time
The colors that burst
Over our heads
The sparks
That seemed like stars
Joining the others in the night sky
In a dance that only they
Understood…
I remember it.
Don't ever mistake
That I could ever
Forget it.
Gently, I folded her porcelain-like fingers over my neatly and tight-folded message and set her small hand down against the sheets. She would wake up in the morning, a thought I smiled at with a certain conceited anticipation, and she would feel the paper in her hand.
She will unfold it, with much effort to not cause a single rip, and read it. Then, her eyes will fill with that look I can't explain – but I know she'll be thinking of only me. She'll smile and hug the paper to her chest and mouth my name with that tone I can't understand.
'Len…'
And she'll run away.
Run away with me.
My chair makes a soft 'screech' on against the weathered tile floor as I push it back. My heart starts to synchronize with hers as it beats on the monitor – along with the fast and flustered rhythm. She makes a soft sound, which makes me tense and feel the need to lull her back to sleep with a sweet hymn, but merely shifts and rests more into the mattress. I sigh. She sighs. We synchronize again.
The clock on the wall, just behind me, shows that it's almost midnight. I look at her once more, before whispering 'good night' and I ghost a touch on her thin shoulder before turning, opening the door, and leaving. The closes soft behind me, for I make sure of not to wake her.
And now, walking down the hallway, my heart begins to ache and patter so quick. Her family is going to kill me.
Though, of course, that won't matter the slightest in my heart.
Rin. She's all that matters. I know…the last thing she wants.
Rin wants that night, one more time.
Or at least, I think she does.
I hope she does.
But either way, I know for sure, Rin would be content with anything.
As long as she spends the last bit of time she has – with me.
I settle in my car and start it up. I watch as the air from my AC blasts against the windows and causes to fog for a moment.
I can't help but smile. Yet tears are evident in my eyes when I glance at my rear-view mirror and catch their shadowed gaze.
I know she loves me. I really do.
I don't know if I love her back.
But that night, that one, single, simple night…I've never been the same.
Neither has she.
Today, if it's true – if it's not…neither matter.
We'll run away…and as the moon shines it's brightest, I'll pull out everything and set them off.
And then, the fireworks will end.
…Hey.
Long time no see.
…Sorry 'bout that. You know how life goes. Regardless, I hope you liked it.
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