3

A Tragic Awakening

"What?? You wanted to die??" Kai roared at the furious girl who was lying, soaked, on the sand next to him. Claire ignored him, coughing out some more water and started to pick the sand out of her face. They were both drenched from head to toe, shuddering from the wind that passed them by constantly. The farmer stayed silent while the Kai was angrily waiting for an answer. He knew this wasn't his business, he didn't even know her, except for her name and occupation, but the thought of seeing her commit suicide was unforgivable.

"Mind your own business. I did not ask for your help and I did not want any help." She finally spoke, twisting her hair to get the water out. She got up and dizzily walked toward the ocean once more, she fell down into the water and continued to crawl into the ocean. Kai swore endlessly as he ran towards Claire and dragged her out again. She was squirming and kicking inconsistently, screaming and shrieking as she demanded that Kai let her go thrust herself into Poseidon's reach. "I want to die!! LET ME DIE!!" She screamed, both out of anger and agony.

"Are you out of your mind? Why do you want to die so much?? There are people out there who are struggling to keep their lives and here you are thinking of throwing it away like it's garbage!!" He yelled, he have seen the treacherous reality of life as he traveled around the world, many lives asking for money on the street, stealing to feed their kids, robbing to just get through a day of survival. Suddenly, the body in his arms had gone limp, lifeless, and quiet.

"I don't see the point in going on…" She whispered, her eyes traveling on the horizon. "I-I don't see why I have to struggle relentlessly when I know someday…I'll have to die anyways…" Her tears started leaking out as her face fell down to the side to face the water. Her reflection reflected off the clear shallow water, it was not the same face she has seen before but the face of a woman she never planned on being. A woman who has no more life in herself and no goals to achieve.

No one talked, pure stillness drowned the both of them as Kai pulled Claire out of the water and draped his jacket over her. She was shuddering consistently as the wind swept passed them and her tears dropped on herself. It was about dawn when one of them spoke another word.

"Why did you stop me? I don't know you and you don't know me…it was none of your business what I wanted to do." Her still monotonous voice escaped her cracked lips, Kai looked over and scratched his head.

"I don't know." He replied casually, making the woman next to him even more furious than ever.

"You don't know??!! What, you just thought it would be fun to stop people from suicide?? 'Oh gee, look at her, she's trying to kill herself, I better go stop her just for the heck of it.' Was that what you were thinking??" She exploded, her arms waving relentlessly in the air and her voice an octave higher than just now. The tanned man shook his head and explained, "Sorry, that didn't come out right. I just don't think you should commit suicide…" Claire's face twisted in disgust as she listens to his explanation, so he quickly continued, "…I believe people should live their life to the fullest, have a little fun in their life. You are young, and pretty…why would you want to die now? Can you just give me a reason?" He asked, she shook her head and answered numbly, "It's none of your business…"

"What about your parents? What would they think if they heard the news that their daughter killed herself on some strange under-populated island? How about your boyfriend or love ones-"

"I don't have any love ones…nor do I have a boyfriend. I don't believe in love…"

"Don't believe in love? Okay, that's just wrong. Everyone has to have at least one person that they love…human beings can't live without love-"

"Well, you can go on living your love-filled life, and just let me end mine here…" She interrupted, getting up and walking back to the pier. Kai got up as well and followed her, she threw him a questionable look and asked, "Why are you following me?"

"Well…if you're jumping, I'm jumping along with you." He said simply, catching up with her to walk by her side. She scoffed. "Fine. Have it your way." She smiled and walked right up to the end of the pier with Kai at her side. She halted when she was at the tip of the edge, she was starting to sweat, all she wanted to do was die alone with no witness…or a dying partner. She was thinking hard about whether to jump or not, there was something about him that was saying that he really meant what he said about following her, and the pure thought of killing someone was keeping her from jumping. She finally gave up.

"What do you want from me?" She cried.

He grinned happily and answered, "I just want you to wait. You seem so confident about not believing in love, I just want to show you that love is the greatest thing in the world. All I'm asking is for you to wait for a season, a month, and if I failed to show you…you can do whatever you want, and I'll leave you alone for the rest of you life."


Ahahahaha...I'm back? :)

...No welcome hug? Oh well. lol.

Okay, so I'm so sry for the late update, school and lack of motivation...so...yeah. Deadly combo. Butttttttttttt, i'm starting to get motivated again for some reason, yay? So here you go, chapter 3. Sorry for the wait.

So thank you...

Gabi123

HeLoVeSmEsObEjEaLoUsxx

Mikan-senpai

Gaaras Demon Shadow Mirror

Disclaimer: i dun own harvest moon. (i still hate writing these.)