Sunset. So radiant, so peaceful. It always made me smile, to know that I have survived another day and going on to the next. I sat on the sandy beaches of Comodo, the city of romance. The smell of the majestic sea and the warmth of the setting sun would always calm my nerves after a bad day. But there is nothing so special about the sunset. It is just one of nature's cycles. No matter how beautiful a sunset may be, there will always be another just like it the next day.

I sat there, alone, watching the setting sun disappear into the darkness, giving out a magnificent spectrum of warm colours. It was so surreal. I zoned out, cleared my mind of any bad thought. This would be my therapy after a hard day. The sun had vanished completely from the boundless sky. The waves were calm, the sound they made when they hit the shores were so soothing. I let out a small sigh as I stared at the abyss of darkness, the phenomenon was over.

There were some faint laughter in the distant. The Comodo casino would be teaming with people from all over Midgard around this time. It was a rather popular hangout place among the youngsters and the obsessed gamblers. "Cady? What are you doing out here all alone?" I quickly turned around. It was only Saura. She had noticed that i was missing from all the action back in the casino. I looked around to see if the others were with her. Apparently, they were still enjoying themselves, gambling. Saura sat down beside me, giving me that ' So, I'm here now, what are you planning to do?' look.

" You missed it... You missed the sunset..." I stared back at her.

"Dear, I'm sorry. I was having a winning streak back there." Pointing back in the direction of the casino, she explained herself, " I promise tomorrow I will watch the sunset with you, ok?"

Forgiving her, I took her hand and held it tight. I rested my head on her shoulders as we both stared blankly into the nightsky. We weren't the normal type. We had kept our relationship in the dark for a long time. I mean, we can't let anyone know, they will treat us differently if they knew. Not even our best friend knows, we were afriad she might think of us as freaks, or might envy how close we are, thinking we are leaving her out of things. Well, we have heard many people thinking of lesbians as a freak of nature, disrespecting our kind and dissing us, unknowingly hurting us. Therefore, the world must not know of our little secret...

" Cady, don't you think by doing this is a little too obvious?" Noticing her point, me and Saura moved ourselves to a more remote place. Below the wooden planks of a nearby port, there was sufficent space for the both of us to fit in. There i continued to rest my head on her shoulder, holding hands, and listening to the waves. We both wished that we did not need to leave this place, that we could stay like this forever.

The atmosphere was so relaxing, my mind slowly drifted and I found myself closing my eyes, still awake, the only sound in my head was the sounds of crashing waves. Saura must have thought I had fallen asleep as she placed my head on her lap for better comfort. Pretending to sleep, I smiled to myself. Saura stroked my hair, although my eyes are shut tight, I could sense her smiling at me.

Saura bent over me a little. I had no idea what she was planning to do, so i carried on with my act. I could feel her arm wrapping around my waist. She was moving closer. I was anxious of what she wanted to do with me. The more I ignored her actions the more I wanted to open me eyes. But I managed to resist the temptation. She suddenly stopped playing with my hair, instead her hand was placed lightly above my head. As my face was facing up on her lap, I could feel her breathing on me. I could sense it, her face was just hovering above mine. Slowly, she pressed her lips against mine. I was shocked, unable to think of how to react to that, so I continued to pretend to sleep. As much as I was shy to react, I enjoyed it too much. It felt like everything in the world was right. She gentally pulled back, I could not help but smile. She, smiling in amusement at my act, just stared at me, she knew i was pretending all along. Just when everything was so right, my world came crashing down again.

"Cady! Saura! What the-?!?!?"

Oh no, please let this be a dream... I thought to myself, please don't let that be Alexis...

I opened my eyes, hoping it was not true. The first thing I saw was the frighten expression on Saura's face. My heart stopped, I got up, my nightmare had came. Alexis was standing there, in utter shock and anger. I wanted to get up and explain to her, but I just could not bring myself to it. I sat there, frozen in fear. This could not be happening... How did she find us? This was all just a bad dream... As much as I wished it was, it wasn't.

Saura got up, giving me back the capability of standing, I followed behind her as she rushed towards Alexis. "Could someone please explain what is going on?" Obviously Alexis was trying her best to keep calm. Before I could speak, Saura answered for me, " It's not what you think!"

" Then what is it?"

" Ok it is what you think..." Saura took a deep breathe and looked at me for support. I continued for her," Me and Saura are lesbians..." I just let it out, I closed my eyes waiting for an explosion. But the explosion I expected never came. Instead, Alexis just said, " Why didn't you tell me? I thought we were best friends? I thought we weren't suppose to hide anything from each other?" Her tone changed, she was hurt.

" I'm sorry, we just thought you might think that we are disgusting, freaks..." Unable to look Alexis in the eye, I was staring at the ground instead.

"Damn it, you think I will treat you any different? You are wrong. That's what friends are for, we except each other, and not hide things behind their back!"

"We're ...we're sorry..." I apologized on Saura's behalf, " Just forgive us and we promise that we will never do this again. Don't hate us. Please."

Alexis just stood there, staring at the both of us. She did not even say a word. We begged her for forgiveness but she just froze there. " Well," we were nervous to hear what she had to say, " I will keep your secret if you keep mine... I'm not straight either."

"Bent?"

" Yup, just like you two, not full les. Bisexual to be exact..."

" What? So we all had secrets."

" Still friends?"

"No"

Just one word, no. How could one word have so much impact on us...

" We ain't just friend, we are best friends." There, two words, best friends, just these two words made all of us feel so much better, lifted a huge weight off our hearts, it made us smile. Best friends...