Chapter five:
The spot….. is Near's grave.
I glance to him as he lets go of my hand with a smile.
"I thought you might have wanted to visit your childhood friend." Matt says.
I smile and I look back to Near's grave. "It's been awhile." I say.
Matt takes my hand again making me look to him. He just puts a rose and a poppy flower with their stems twined together.
I give a sad smile as he lets go of my hand letting me take the flowers. I again turn back to Near's gave.
"It's nice to say hi to you again Nate." Matt says turning to Near's grave. "But I have a feeling Mihael would like sometime with you. Thank you for what you have done though." He says then he moves away letting me have sometime alone with Near's grave.
I give an appreciative smile to Mail then I turn back to Near's grave. "Nate… I'm sorry I pushed away my memories of us as children for so long." I begin. "And I am grateful to have known you." I glance to the flowers then I crouch down on one knee. "You know. I never knew it at the time but… I had fallen for you Nate. I now know I will never love someone as much as I loved you." I bring the flowers close to my heart. "You will always be near to my heart." I say then I bring the flowers up and I give a kiss to the poppy flower in hopes that it will be sent to Nate then I gently put them in front of Near's gravestone. I stay there for a little bit letting my memories of Nate go through me. "Thank you for everything." I say. "Rest in peace. Near….. Nate… My love…" I stand and I look to the gravestone.
For a few moments I swear I see Nate's ghost sitting there on the gravestone then he seems to vanish.
I let my tears, that I hadn't noticed when they started in the first place, run down my cheeks. "You're my hero Nate." I give the honorary salute meant for heroes which Nate is.
Then I swear I see him smiling happily at me only to bend down picking up what seems to be the spirit of the flowers as he has them but the ones in the real world are still there.
He gives the poppy a kiss right where I kissed it, in the center of the flower, then he turns to me only to give me the salute back before disappearing.
I smile. "I will always remember you. Nate." I say. I then move my uniform sleeve to look the black bracelet with a single dark brown cross charm that is the size of a slightly small wooden necklace charm but it isn't wood. "You remember this?" I bring my wrist up to show what I mean. "This bracelet you gave to me when we were kids before the fire that took away our home town." I say looking fondly at it as it not only highly important to me but it has a wonderful memory attached to it. "It was a sign of our friendship." I bring my hand close to my heart so the bracelet is close to my heart. "But now I see it as a sign of our love and I will continue to cherish it and the memories I have of you." I tell him as I give a sad but loving smile. "And I will always love you. I promise I'll visit every chance I get." I lower my hand from the salute. "I owe you my life. Thank you for everything you gave and every wish you never knew came true." I let myself sniffle. "Goodbye." I say in a broken sad voice. I then begin heading back towards the car with a glance back as he pauses before continuing.
No one's P.O.V.
Mello didn't notice but Near's spirit appears sitting on his gravestone holding the spirit of the flowers keeping their stems twined together.
He gives Mello a happy loving smile. "Thank you. My love." He says even though the living can't hear him. "Even if you don't see me I'm here with you."
The end.
AN:
Give thanks to those who fought in the war and continue to fight for us!
And remember and honor all the lives that were lost in wars.
Mello.