We were sitting on the beach hand in hand as we watched the sun fall, and the world was engulfed into darkness. The moon shone brightly and the stars twinkled like the light in his eyes. He held me close, and I snuggled into his chest. He was the only one that I would ever trust like this. The breeze off the sea whipped his red hair around in amusing positions, I stared up at him and he kissed me. I always felt so small when we were together, but it was a nice feeling. It was as if he'd always protect me, and I had nothing to worry about. He lifted my hand, still intertwined with his, and kissed the back of it. I smiled, and we kissed again. It was late, and we were both tired, so we went home. He tucked me in, and kissed me good night; I fell asleep.
The next week he didn't come around as often, and then I saw them, holding hands and kissing. He saw me, and I ran away, I didn't stop until I reached the edge of town. I climbed a tree, and looked on into the town. Look in from the outside made me realize what I was; just an outcast. That's why I loved Linu, he was the only one who understood me, and I would have never had seen this coming. I sat up there for hours on end, tears constantly running on max, to see if he would come and find me, he never did come. I climbed down the tree, and walked into the forest away from the town I called "home". "Miiiikuuu..." someone was calling my name "Miiiikuuu...wake up Miku." My eyes busted open, my cheeks were tear stained, and Riku was holding me. I hugged him, I wasn't sure if it had been a dream or a memory, it was hard to tell. I disregarded it as a dream, and smiled at Riku.
Reality set in, and I realized that we were no longer at our small little Island called Destiny, we were somewhere entirely new. The entire place was white and blinding. We were in a medium sized room. Riku and I were lying directly in the center with doors on either side of us. The door to the right of us slid open, and a black cloaked figure stepped into the room. He paused when he saw us, but pasted on past us. "Axel..." a single word slipped from my lips barely audible above a whisper. The hooded figure halted at this, he turned slightly toward me, his face hidden in darkness. I was trembling for memories lost; it was as if my body knew something that it refused to tell my conscious mind. I could no longer control my voice, it quivered in weakness "Axel?" it was as if I was watching a movie, unable to control the character's actions "is that you?" my body stood as the cloaked figure turned away. I moved forward to the cloaked figure, it had frozen in its place.
It was breathing heavily, it sounded almost like sobbing. "Who are you?" I asked in confusion "Where are we?" at this time Riku had placed himself by my side, protectively he held my hand. The black figure took a step or two closer to us, it towered over us. Riku tugged at my hand to get behind him, but I jerked my hand free. I stared into the space where a face was supposed to be on the cloak, trying to see anything. In defeat I took a step closer. "Who are you?" When it didn't answer again, I took one step closer, and got on my tip toes. I outstretched my arms until they reached the hood. The figure did not do anything but stand there, motionless, and breathing hard. I gently removed the hood, revealing yet another unfamiliar face. His head drooped, and I immediately backed away; it was the boy from my dream. His brilliant red hair floated past his shoulders, and his perodot eyes gleamed with sadness. Underneath his eyes were upside-down purple teardrop markings. I stared at the man with complete confusion "Who are you?" I nearly whispered again.
"So it's true what they say," He finally spoke "You've forgotten us...including Me." he chuckled a bit "and to think..." Suddenly, Riku grabbed me by the waist and pulled me close, kissing me lightly on the cheek. This seemed to enrage the man, so I pulled away from Riku. "It's true, I have forgotten, but I remember some things, and if it's not that, then they're just dreams." I went to the man "So, if you'd be so kind, what is your name?" He looked as though I had thrown a thousand daggers into his heart, he seemed to be bored, yet he refused to speak or to look at me, or my general direction. "Axel..."he paused and looked me straight in the eyes; he lifted his hands to my face "Or as you would have called me, 'Linu'".
I was in shock. My eyes looked straight past him, into a world of nothingness, and despair. He began to speak, and I could no longer hear him, all I could do is feel, feel his hands pressed against my skin. I began to tune back in when he said "...when you left the last time, that's when I lost my heart..." his hands dropped from my face, and he stepped away."But it seems as though you've found your way back to me, but you've found another, not that I'd be able to 'love'. And to imagine, here of all places...they said that you'd eventually turn up here." I stared at him, in confusion. "No heart?" I was at a lack of words, and I hated my stupidity. "Yeah," he said solemnly "I'm not suppose to feel anything, not suppose to have emotion, but you enable me to do so." he glanced at Riku who had his arms crossed and was sneering at Axel.
"You seem much happier..." He grimaced. "With him" I nodded, and returned to Riku. "Look, I know I hurt you in the past, and I'm as sorry as I can be. You were the only girl I truly loved, and I gave up my heart so I wouldn't have to feel the pain, maybe it was selfish, but you seem to be doing fi..." he pause when he realized he had made me cry. I felt weak, and baby-ish, but everything had flooded back to me so quickly; Axel and our secret love affair. I ended up calling him 'Linu' as a code name, and it ended up being his nickname. We had to be quiet about being together because of the age gap, and because our family hated each other, sort of like Romeo and Juliette, except have Romeo be 5 years older than Juliette. He told me about the girl, Yuni, that I had seen him kissing and how, one way or another, he still regrets it to this day, because that's what made me run away from everything. He said he may have still had a heart if he hadn't been so stupid, but that was four years ago, not very long, but long enough to mature, and loose his heart.
Riku was disgusted, and he wasn't trying to hide it. I didn't blame him either, so I snuggled in close to him, watching the small remembrance of pain jump across Axle's face, but for some reason I didn't care. Riku was mine, and he had taught me how to love again, but was that only until I completely remembered my past, or was it truly forever? I kissed Riku straight on the lips in the middle of Axel talking, and Axel stood and poofed away into a dark mist. No longer did the thoughts of 'Linu', as I had called Axel when I was twelve, bother me. I believe I had moved on, I was young and naive, and I still am, but that's how life is, you're naive for your entire life, even after death I believe you'll never know everything. This time the darkness didn't swallow us whole, but the entirety of the white room allowed our sense to increase as we embraced and kissed, we refused to let go of each other, feeling as though we may loose one another if we let go.
