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One step closer
Finalfantasybishonen
The sun slowly disappears behind the horizon. It seems to vanish into the deep, blue sea, spreading out in front of me.
I'm holding a small circle of gold between my fingers, sparkling in the fading light. The ring. As I touched it for the first time, I had a strange feeling. I thought it was alive - but now?
The feeling has gone.
I'm just holding a death piece of metal.
"Keep it for me! Because where I'm going to, I won't be able to keep it myself."
His last words. I still remember as if it was yesterday.
If someone would ask me, I couldn't tell how many years already passed.
One year? Five years? Ten years? I don't know!
The only thing I'm absolutely sure about is the fact that he left my life in the moment I realized that he was the one I was searching for all the years of my life.
I'm hiding the ring in my hand. I can't look at it any longer.
Too many painful memories!
I close my eyes and take a deep breath. I can feel the breeze playing with my hair.
The abyss is just on step away from me. Only one step...
I realize that I'm trembling. I'm hardly able to stand. But why am I trembling?
Is it fear? No!
I'm close to tears - thinking about him again.
I tried to forget him, I tried to deny his existence but I can't deny the blood we share.
He was my brother. I always wanted to find him - but as I found him I wasn't able to keep him by my side.
I can hear a voice! A whispering voice.
"...Zidane..."
I turn around but the only thing I see is my shadow, spreading over the sea of grass behind me.
There's no one else but me.
I should have known that my brother's dead and so he won't come back. He won't ever come back to me.
I shake my head and try to think of something else. I think of Blank, who's waiting for me.
The tears are gone - I'm smiling again.
I look at the ring in my hand, thinking if I should keep it.
"I'm very sorry, brother, but I have to live my life. I have to forget about the bad things in my life if I want to be happy again."
I take a last look at the ring before I throw it away.
The last thing I see is a sparkling point, vanishing into the deep, blue sea, spreading out behind me.
~owari~
One step closer
Finalfantasybishonen
The sun slowly disappears behind the horizon. It seems to vanish into the deep, blue sea, spreading out in front of me.
I'm holding a small circle of gold between my fingers, sparkling in the fading light. The ring. As I touched it for the first time, I had a strange feeling. I thought it was alive - but now?
The feeling has gone.
I'm just holding a death piece of metal.
"Keep it for me! Because where I'm going to, I won't be able to keep it myself."
His last words. I still remember as if it was yesterday.
If someone would ask me, I couldn't tell how many years already passed.
One year? Five years? Ten years? I don't know!
The only thing I'm absolutely sure about is the fact that he left my life in the moment I realized that he was the one I was searching for all the years of my life.
I'm hiding the ring in my hand. I can't look at it any longer.
Too many painful memories!
I close my eyes and take a deep breath. I can feel the breeze playing with my hair.
The abyss is just on step away from me. Only one step...
I realize that I'm trembling. I'm hardly able to stand. But why am I trembling?
Is it fear? No!
I'm close to tears - thinking about him again.
I tried to forget him, I tried to deny his existence but I can't deny the blood we share.
He was my brother. I always wanted to find him - but as I found him I wasn't able to keep him by my side.
I can hear a voice! A whispering voice.
"...Zidane..."
I turn around but the only thing I see is my shadow, spreading over the sea of grass behind me.
There's no one else but me.
I should have known that my brother's dead and so he won't come back. He won't ever come back to me.
I shake my head and try to think of something else. I think of Blank, who's waiting for me.
The tears are gone - I'm smiling again.
I look at the ring in my hand, thinking if I should keep it.
"I'm very sorry, brother, but I have to live my life. I have to forget about the bad things in my life if I want to be happy again."
I take a last look at the ring before I throw it away.
The last thing I see is a sparkling point, vanishing into the deep, blue sea, spreading out behind me.
~owari~