*sings sorrowfully* This is the eeeeeennnnddddd! And this is the mother of all ends, this end ends the entire series or stories. This end wraps up everything in only 259 feels- packed words. This story was intended to be much shorter than the others. Whereas they ranged from 14-15 chapters, and were planned to do so; this one is only 8 chapters, and was planned to be, at most, 10.
WARNING: THIS CHAPTER WILL, GUARANTEED, HURT YOUR FEELS.
Almost there, almost there. Kyle couldn't believe he was almost there. They were almost there. And thank God, too, because Zoey and Nilesy were at their breaking point.
As they got closer, Rythian's limp body came into sight. The second Zoey saw him, there was no holding her back, she dropped Kyle completely onto Nilesy, and took off towards Rythian.
She started to check for a pulse, very close to tears.
"He's- he's barely got a pulse. But he's alive." Zoey couldn't hold back the tears. She now knew, and was witnessing, Rythian was going to die. "Rythian... please... open your eyes... please!" She gently shook his limp body.
Nilesy stood back, still holding Kyle. He let Zoey be.
For a second, Rythian's eyes fluttered, then opened. Just small slits, but he could obviously see her.
"Zoey..." Zoey choked back a sob at how weak and broken his voice his was. It didn't even sound like him anymore.
"Rythian..." She cried.
"Shhh..." mumbled Rythian. He did his best to wipe her tears, but his hands were numb and almost bloodless, then Zoey pulled him closer and kissed him.
And in that moment, they were only aware of each other. No one else.
And in that moment, Zoey felt his lips go cold and his body completely limp.
She'd lost him. She'd really, truly lost him. She felt like just crumpling down there and never getting up, but Nilesy came over and placed his free hand on her shoulder.
"You lived believing he was dead before... you can live now."