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I stood on the cliff that I had seen in my dreams so many times before, looking out onto the horizon. The setting sun provided an orange gleam, and a breeze kicked up, blowing my auburn hair around my face. I pushed a strand of hair out my eyes as I pulled my shawl closer to my shivering body. I could hear the children playing in Arni Village, and turned my head in the direction of the high-pitched squeals and shrieks. I smiled slightly, remembering the days when Serge and I would play in the water.
"Sergey, you splashewd me!"
Serge stuck his tongue out at me childishly, and swam away. "Sergey, you're mean!" I would pout. Serge would just laugh.
"And you, Leena, are a girl." he would say as he splashed me again.
But those days were far gone. Serge wouldn't swim with me at Opassa Beach anymore. He wouldn't throw pebbles at my window in the middle of the night so we could talk. He wouldn't get Komodo Scales from Lizard Rock for me anymore.
No, now he was in Termina. With Kid. Kid and her goddamn cheeriness. Kid and her cute little pixie haircut and little red outfit. Kid the ass-kicker.
After we had "saved the world" (how cliche) from the likes of Lynx, Serge had recognized his feelings for Kid. The same feelings he used to claim having for me.
The sun had set by now, time passing quicker with my thoughts. The pink-tinted sky held no threat of storms, but instead darkened to reveal the stars. I thought about my mother, lying on her deathbed. I thought about my father, constantly sitting at her side. He didn't have time to spend with his daughter.
I pulled my shawl tighter still around me. I didn't know why I was feeling like this...So alone. I knew that I wasn't completely alone...I had my parents (however slight their influence may be), I had the kids in Arni Village...But it didn't add up to Serge. Serge was who I truly wanted.
I took a scrap of parchment out of my bag and headed a letter to Serge.
Dear Serge,
I'm sitting here at Cape Howl, watching the moon rise, and thinking of you. How many moonrises did we watch together as children? And to think that all those times I loved you...And I still love you, even though you're with Kid. I don't remember ever feeling this...Empty. Almost as if someone's sucked every emotion and feeling out of my body. It's worthless...Life. There's no point to it anymore, no reason to live. Breathing is almost too hard for me to do. Up until now, I've had you to depend on for everything, I've had you to lean on. But now that you're with Kid...I can't exactly come crawling to you, can I? You can't fill this void inside me, no one can. I'm sorry, Serge.
Love you forever,
Leena
I tucked the letter under a pretty blue rock. I knew that Serge would find it there. I held my arms out at my sides and leaned forward, feeling the breeze whip at my hair as I leapt from the cliff. I barely heard the splash that I knew would have been deafening if I had been paying attention. I love you, Serge. I thought as I allowed myself to float away in the water.