Only the last remnants of the sun's light gripped the sky, not giving in without a fight.
Davis only wished he had the same strength, but he know, like the sky, that he would lose.
His heart was as dark and as empty as the stump of the control spire on which he sat. It was just as uncomfortable as it as well.
He hated this time of day. It meant it was time to leave the digital world, and return to his normal life. It also meant returning to his family, and leaving his friends to go their own ways. But most importantly, I meant losing the sight of the one he loved the most. Of the one whom he so desperately wanted to sweep of his feet, star deep into his eyes, and kiss as if they would never see each other again.
But he knew that if he did that, they really would never see each other again. And the pain of leaving him just for the night was all Davis could handle right now, and that was at a push.
This boy, of course, was T.K. The golden magnificences which caused his heart to beet like no one else would make it, which caused him to feel things that he had never imagined existed, that caused him to want the blond like he'd never wanted someone before.
Davis felt a hand land softly on his should. The warmth seemed to engulf his whole boys, calming his thoughts and reassuring his mind that all would be okay, that his problems would work out. Without turning around, he knew who stood behind him.
Moving slowly he turned his head to face the wonder that was T.K behind. Their eyes met and halted in gaze. Davis felt even more at ease with just the look of T.K's blue eyes. Oh how they sparkled, how they mesmerised Davis' soul.
"You are okay Davis? You've been off all day, especially with me?" His soft voice caused his warm breath to land gently on Davis' tanned skin. He savoured the feeling, fearing what he was about to do.
"I'm f…No, I'm not okay…" Davis looked down at the ground. He nudged a lump of control spire with his foot around in circles, waiting to hear the harmony which was T.K's voice.
"What's up?" T.K sat down on the edge of the control spire stump, concerned about his friend.
Davis had a feeling in his chest. One of which he had never had before. It was a mixture of everything that could have possibly existed, and a mixture of things he had never known. He felt the fear of the words which could soon leave his mouth. He felt the anger with himself of ever saying anything. He felt the pain he had of keeping it inside. But most of all, he felt the love he had for T.K and how heartbroken he was about to make himself.
"I…I mean…Never mind…" He looked back at the ground after trying to talk to his friend, his crush. But his emotions where getting the better of him and the words just didn't seem to come out. The sentence seemed cursed to him somehow, and he knew what would happen after. He resisted the urge to break down in tears.
I'm strong. I have to be. If I'm not strong, then I'm not me, and T.K won't see what I'm trying to say. He won't see who I am.
He managed to face his friend once more, and this time, nothing was going to stop him.
"I love you." His voice trailed into a sigh and he turned away to look back at the sun set. The glimmer of light was the glimmer of hope he still had left in his heart. The hope he still had sitting beside him.
"Davis…Did you just say you loved me?" T.K stuttered out while trying to get to his feet.
Davis could only nod, with fear that any words would bring him to tears, and show is true emotions which were being hid the long hair on the side of his face.
"I'm sorry Davis, but you know how I feel about Kari, and that also…I'm straight. Why tell me this when you know that?" T.K questioned.
Davis looked down. It was faint, but he could hear the anger in T.K's voice. He remembered how he was the only one who could ever hear; who ever knew what he was truly feeling. It's how he knew he loved Kari, and how he knew what he felt about him. He was ashamed and had no answer for T.K His throat by now had closed. Breathing seemed to cause the pain to build by more and more. In the end all he could do was shrug his shoulders.
"Let's just not talk about this again." T.K turned to walk away, and soon, vanished into the woods which were behind Davis. But he didn't turn around to watch his love leave. It was too painful to even think of his name, to even hear his voice in his mind.
"I'm sorry Davis. I'm sorry."
With his head in his hand, he began to sob .He wasn't used to crying, and choked on his tears. But soon they were too much, and before long, he cried as if his world had just crumbled beneath him. And in some sense, it had.
The cries got louder, echoing around the open landscape, as empty as his heart.
He continued to cry as the sun set. And with the disappearance of the last glimmer of light, came the disappeared of his last glimmer of hope.
The battle was lost, like it always was.