The Time for Sorrow
By: Chibi-Suiko
Part Two: What's A Strong Heart Without You?
A/N: This part is written as an article from some paper or whatever. Pegasus is now spending his last moments with Cecilia. See what's going to happen by reading this chapter!
As you can see I've changed my name... Just thought you should know...
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I am watching from outside the room, noticing such a tragedy as no other. A young woman lying in her bed, while a man grazes her cheek with his index finger.
Hello, my name is Sazuka Aino and I am writing a theoretical piece for the Light Shine paper about death.
I feel that I have now found my main subjects, whose lives have ended short due to fates' striking hand. As I walk into their room the woman stays still whilst the man takes no notice regarding my solitary entrance.
I look to the woman and notice a beautiful silk-skinned angel, lying peacefully in her bed as the heart monitor takes the slow scans of her beating heart. No one human deserves such an angry blow in their life. I will now start my interview with the man.
~ I scan the area for you
Letting the sun continue to shine
I feel you're just too good to be true
As I look into your eyes...~
~ Sulfur and ash darken the sky
While our hearts grow close
And our hands intertwine
... I continue to need you...~
~ ... Allow me your affection...~
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He has told me many things in the last few minutes. Some I'd rather not say. One of his most recent comments was that " I've always followed my heart." My question to such a comment is, " How does your heart take this tragedy?" His answer is one I will never forget.
" My life has always been the best or more. It has only got better when I met my Dearest Cecilia. As she takes her last breaths I will never forget the softness of her smile, her tender motions, her pure soul... My heart is wilting with her life energy as it drips from her... I fear my life isn't going to last much longer."
That one statement struck me with more shock than my being diagnosed with an incurable illness. I can hardly relate to such emotion, as I have never loved as he has. He pulls closer to the body of the loved one on the bed and I notice his eyes allowing soft tears to drop.
My next question was, " Have you always relied on a strong heart?"
His answer, " I can no longer reach my destination because my heart is weak... My brilliant mind alone is no difference to my future without Her by my side."
I could feel my eyes letting the tears flow. How much more of these true answers could I stand? The lovely women's heart monitor was letting loose the smallest scans as her pulse rate dropped to a bare Negative. The man, M. Pegasus, was looking devastated. The sound of her heart rate was now down to... Zero.
I could see Mr. Pegasus shaking with grief as she let loose her last breath. Silence meant no more as his heart-wrenching sobs filled the room. I couldn't help but cry, too, as I know how it feels to lose someone.
I could see by his expression that those were all the answers I would get, and I must say that those are all I need. There was just one more note I should make.
As I was leaving I saw Mr. Pegasus bend down to her face and kiss her affectionately on her soft lips.
After he was told by the Hospitals staff to leave the room, I received a final statement.
He said to me, " As I laid my lips upon hers, I could feel a similar emotion to my former life... I tell you now, she still lives."
~ With or without you
I will never make it
All I want is you...~
~ Forgotten past
That's what my life remains as
You've meant more to me
Than what the rest of the Earth has...~
~ ... Stay by my side...~
With that he walked away, leaving me to stare after him, speechless. No more of a tragedy have I seen for myself and I never shall live it again.
I am now walking out the building as the day ends and the stars float through the clear sunset sky. I wonder, How could everything be so cheerful when death strikes those who least expect it? I wrote this article draft a while ago and I still don't know the answer.
I think of what He said about his life and it lingers before I connect the dots in my head----- Suicide!
As he was my subject I have run to his house at Two in the morning. I walk up to the door and the lights are out. I disregard the bell and throw the door open to reveal a house stripped of every note containing a memory.
Upon a desk lay a small book, velvet red. The color of blood. I take a risk and look through the most recent entries ( Check first part for the following...). Everything points to his coming death and I cannot contain my tears. Again I let them loose.
I take note to a journal entry that was written only moments before I arrived. One last time---
~ I took note to how soothing her face looked and know now that there would be no more pain for her. I believe that her physical appearance may be dead, yet she is still within my heart. I never got to say goodbye, but it doesn't matter, for we shall meet again in the near future. Goodbye My Love... And hello again. ~
I know that I can no longer stop him so I leave the house as the wind brushes by my face. True love never has a happy ending for we all know too well. Tragedy always makes a striking entrance.
How can I ever forget how life ends so suddenly for the undeserving?---
That's just it, I can't...
~ Tender touch, softening kiss
This is all I know
Keep my heart within your hands
Savor our moments for I love you so...~
~ Never again shall my feet touch the earth
Nor shall I graze your cheek
As the sand blows around with the wind
I notice your condition made me meek...~
~ ...I will never suffer again...~
Now I write one more thing. Mr. Pegasus said that he always followed his heart. Well, I wonder... Does he do that now?
The wind tells me his answer... Another everlasting comment.
" There are some things that even my heart can't take..."
I will never forget the man who would give anything for his loved one- His soul mate. This would include his life...
And wherever you are now, Mr. Pegasus, I want you to know that you have taught us a message.
A message of love, a message of life, a message of death.
~ As I remember the years of our past
I forget the gift I had received
As I note you physical death
I feel you still within me...~
~ I swore never to give up
My heart was once strong
I thought that we would last forever
Now I see that I was wrong...~
~ ... I shall never love or live... Again...~
*** Pegasus' POV ***
As I walk to a cliff surrounded by the horizon, I glance around as the wind whistles behind me.
I know, now, that I will never feel that or anything else again. My love, remember me, remember us. For now, we shall be together once more...
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A/N: Well, Part two done. Can't wait for the third part- That's right, its not over! I'm on a roll, aren't I?
I hope you liked this. It took forever to come up with. I know that it's shorter than the first, but the story still goes on!
The next chapter will be in Pegasus' POV, probably through the whole thing. I hope you're looking forward to it.
---I think I'll put a small preview
*** I stand over the edge of the cliff. Now that Cecilia is gone, there is no more hope for the future. I have no setbacks for this plan. My life has no meaning; therefore it must end...
The wind blows again, stronger than ever...
Suddenly I throw myself over the edge. I open my eyes so as to not upset the promptings of fate. From afar I notice a small light. I can no longer shut my eyes, even if I wanted to. I become transfixed with this unknown beam and notice it growing larger as though coming towards me.
... The beam lashed through my mind and I felt a tingling pain flow through my whole body. Everything seems to turn a blinking white and as I can think no more, I let darkness envelope me...***
--- There we go. Cool, huh? Feel free to tell me what you think...