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The whole day you acted rather strangely.

When i asked, you forced a tight-lipped smile.

But the eyes glistened.

An inner battle was playing within.

You didn't let me go for more than a minute, keeping me so close as if i was a vapour, ready to evaporate.

What was bothering you?

Placing my hand over your chest, you avoided meeting my gaze.

I knew something was wrong but didn't push it further.

To lift up your mood i asked you to play hide and seek.

Giggles and laughter soon erupted in our lives.

I still not understood anything.

The dawn came, followed by the star-filled night sky.

The heaviness of the wind heaved a deep sigh.

You faced me, with a sparkle of tear droplet slipping from your eye.

Heart racing, i wondered was it the end?

Please.

"I never wanted to leave you," you started.

With anxiety-filled hopeful eyes, I stared.

"But i've to." the world stopped, halting my standing ability too.

Tears falling, our foreheads joined but you couldn't be felt.

Like a warm breeze, your untouchable presence caressed me.

"We don't fall in love. We rise in love. Just as i did." your words ached my heart, even more, leaving a deep mark I didn't think i could erase ever.

Like a casting spell, my body felt light. Never lessening the toska i started to close my lids.

Overwhelming dizziness slowly consumed me. But i forced them open.

So hard.

"It's the time, my love. I promise i'll come." I screamed but no words came out.

Becoming paralyzed i collapsed onto the soft green ground, mourning for my loss.

"I'll wait for you like the sands wait for the sea." my soul talked fluently.

I felt my hands slip from you.

'I hope we met in the same world.'

Heard you whispered, before the darkness fully entered.