Blind Channel Short Stories

Niko Moilanen - The Grave Digger

Eöwyn

I walked through the grave yard to visit my dead mother. My pastel pink hair fell around me, my black clothes contrasted against my hair.

I switched out the wilted flowers for new fresh ones, it was the same shit every single day.

Until I heard grunting and swearing, I saw a guy who had his back to me. His brown hair was up in a bun, each movement he made was funny. His back was to me.

"I'll be back again tomorrow mum." I whisper and headed out of the grave yard, being in the grave yard was my favorite place because I felt closer to my mother.

(The Next Day)

After Uni classes, I decided to stop by a local coffee shop and buy two sandwiches, crisps and an peach iced tea. I kept seeing the grave digger and he always seems to grumble.

"Thank you have a nice day!" I said, while heading to the grave yard, I found the same guy swearing once again, it sounded in Finnish as he dug some more.

"Uh excuse me!" I said taping him and he jumped while he faces me, his brown hair was piled in a bun, he wore a black muscle shirt and some jeans. He climbed out, he was sweaty and exhausted.

"What do you want?" He asks rudely, I showed him my bag.

"Well... I know you don't want to be disturbed but I was thinking maybe we could eat some food. You look like you could take a break." I point out. His green eyes look me up and down.

"I suppose I could use a time out." He says, while we sat near my mothers grave and I gave him a sandwich.

"So why a grave yard digger? Like you look as if you could be a musician or something?" I asked him.

"Well I do this because I want to avoid people, but I've noticed you here quite a lot speaking to this particular grave." He says pointing at my mother's tombstone.

"Well...that's because she's my mother who lost her life to breast cancer. So I promise to visit her everyday." I whisper.

"Oh where are my manners? My names Niko." He says while extending his hand out to me to shake.

"I'm Eöwyn, yes like Lord Of the Rings. So please don't laugh!" I said with a serious face and Niko chuckled.

"Oh no that's a pretty cool name! Like shield maiden of Rohan." Niko says with a smile gracing his face. "I mean come on she's pretty cool because she did kill the Witch King of the Angmar." He says and I laughed.

"Well I didn't take you for a Lord of the Rings fan." I said with a laugh, while we sat spoke more about random stuff. He made me laugh about the fact that he would cry at the Titanic.

"A man watching the Titanic and crying! Also you got a cat you said?" I question and he nods.

"Oh yes his name is Rommi. Actually Eöwyn, you seem cool let's trade numbers and I'll introduce you to my cat." Niko says with a chuckle. I passed him my iPhone and he typed his number in.

"I thought you hated dealing with people?" I question with a smirk, he smacks my shoulder which caused me to laugh.

"Well Niko I should head home, it's getting quite late for me." I whisper and we hugged. His hugs felt nice and cozy. The green eyed man was pretty adorable to look like.

"I'll see you tomorrow I guess." Niko says and gives me a kiss on the cheek. Over time Niko and I got close spending more time at the grave yard, eating some food together and hanging out. Talking about metal bands and stuff we enjoyed.