I have always watched them from afar.

I have always been afraid to approach him.

The man who held my heart from our childhood.

He had grown up in front of my eyes,

And he hadn't even told me.

That was the most painful fact of all.

It hurts to look at them,

But what can I do?

I cannot prevent it.

They have been destined since the one she had loved died.

Sometimes I wished he would come back,

And that he would talk some sense into me…

He was a friend.

He had always been able to talk with me about everything.

Now I miss that.

I miss the close friendship that we had…

The day that the man I loved told the woman that my friend had loved

That her love had died,

My knees almost gave out.

He had promised to come back.

He had promised to stay safe and come back…

But then, she died and the love of my childhood died inside…

Then, the old evil had come back,

And he was relieved of his depression.

But that didn't stop mine from coming back.

The friend that I had had never said goodbye.

How was I supposed to move on?

Now here I am,

Looking across a valley that is outside the city.

Looking and remembering memories of a previous life,

A life that had once been filled with joy.

Then I hear a whistle.

I turned and saw a man coming up to me.

His impish eyes smiled at me as they always did.

He smiled and his hand touched my cheek.

He asked how I was,

And I couldn't respond.

I could never respond.

I told him that I was sorry about what had happened that last time.

He shrugged and looked up at the sky.

He turned to me and smiled.

He held out his hand and said,

"Don't look down."

We flew.

He showed me everything.

Then he took me back to the valley.

He set me down and sat down on the ground.

We talked for hours.

I laughed and cried with him.

The sun started setting.

He looked at me and smiled a tender smile.

He promised me one thing:

He would wait for me on the other side.

He would watch over me forever and always.

That was what he did for me, he said.

He would protect me from everything.

He would be the protector from the shadows.

He said that he did this all for one reason.

I had to live. I could not die,

Or else he would be angry.

I nodded and started crying.

I looked at him again,

For that final time.

He smiled his smile and disappeared with the sun.

I went back home.

I saw the reason for my life.

It was not the boy that I had fallen in love with,

But the two children who I had to take care of.

The boy and I would never fall in love,

But I was alright with that.

The children were my purpose,

As he had shown me.

I looked up to the full moon and thanked him.

A soft breeze touched my cheek.

He was always around me until my moment of death.

Then he took my hand and pulled me up forever.