A Day In my life: Eros

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We entered the hospital. Erida's presence was startling and to daresay unwelcome, but I kept her close to me while she kept throwing grateful glances towards me. A teenage girl sat on the beds holding hands of a boy who looked as if he were close to death, In fact, I could sense him nearby. She was crying a river and kept muttering, "Stay." A doctor approached them and said, "Make it quick dear, the hospital will close in an hour." She merely nodded and after looking around ensuring no one was nearby, she started talking, "Sylvain! I never said it but I loved you. You know the fear of being mocked at and worse to know that you'll never reciprocate the feeling was far greater than the hope that one day you'd love me. If I had known earlier, I would've told you a hundred times over, the thought of what we would have been will haunt me all lifelong. I want to hug you and strangle you at the same time, my thoughts are all tangled up and emotions attacking my heart with the speed of light. I want to sit her all day and night singing to you and cradling your head in my arms hoping that you'll return to me soon. But there are moments when I feel that the grief will not be worth it, you can hate me for it, but stay please. If you want, I'll leave your life forever remembering you with every breath but stay please.

Sylvain,

My words are naught but in vain.

My heart screams out in agony,

A plea of unheard symphony.

I loved you from the start of time,

Pray tell me what is my committed crime.

A feeling of shattered mind with tears,

I hope that at least I have you ears.

They said all it took was a kiss,

Never have I ever felt so amiss.

You are on the verge of death,

But it is my suffocated breath.

Where are you Eros?

All I ever wanted from you was a rose.

Without you my future looks so Gray.

All I want is for you to Stay Stay Stay."

And she broke down crying again. The pain of herswas too raw and sincere, she even called out my name hoping that I could saveher dying love and I desperately wanted to too. Erida the came in and the girlstopped crying and took the knife from the bedside and approached Sylvain. Iscreamed at the top of my lungs, "Get out Erida.", thinking that I've finallylost everything, but she went out in time and the girl dropped the knife andwept again whispering a single word – STAY. A I exit the room, I strangleErida, her black dress plastered over the off white walls of the hospital, lipsthe colour of blood. I snarl, "Why did you barge in? We are not supposed to be in places where our associated feeling isn't present." She chokes and I as released her, she said, "Eros, I love you! And that is why whenever you were summoned to place where there wasn't a drop of love in the air, it was because I loved you. I tried to stay away, but I can't Eros and that is why almost all of your jobs have been going astray. I didn't realize but our presence is poisonous to each other, but I'm ready to fade away if it meant that I get to spend time with you." Hearing her words, only one thought echoes I my mind that she was the reason my sister died. Rage consumed me and I went ahead trying to kill her solidifying my presence. Sometime during the process, I realized that by hating her, I was only making her stronger and by loving me, she was making me strong. It was a paradox. So, I grabbed her and threw her to the feet of the Olympian council demanding justice. I narrated all the story from the start and Erida explained her perspective. We were told to wait outside lest we try to influence the decision. Zeus looked at us and said, "Erida, you are sentenced to stay away from Eros at all costs and you will have to swim in the eternal river of Lethe, forgetting everything and banished forever." She said, "I have a request. I want Eros to be the last face I see before I forget everything." All look at me. I remember her words, I owed her that at least. So, we headed into Hades' realm. And as she steeped into the Lethe, she mouthed, "I'm sorry for everything." With tears in her eyes.