Short stories

Her lifeless eyes

I held her in my arms, her body now limp and her peaceful grey eyes lifeless. Her eyes that once looked at me before we shared a kiss, Her eyes the day I looked into when I saw her for the first time, are now gone. lifeless yet still hurt.
Still, I couldn't stand looking into the once love able eyes. I looked to the distance, people under us starting their routine while the sun's already over us. My eyes swelled up with the water I promised not to shed.

It was my fault, I was the last straw.

"Why?" She asked me calmly, her nails pressing deeper in my already low shoulders.
"Is it-" her voice cracked and tears streamed down her face.
"Is it, because of me?"
Her breath increased, her eyes hurt by me, the one whos supposed to love her and support her. I shook my head.
"Is it because of society?"
She came closer to my face, shaking me ever so slightly as my vision became blurry.
I lowered my head, her eyes dreadful for my answer.

I couldn't, she knew I couldn't. I couldn't continue living this lie. Our dependency on each other too high for our own health, yet still clean, as people would say.

"PleAse-" even her breath shook, and I immediately knew I broke her. I broke our bond with just those few words.
"We can, we can, we can work it out." Her nails cut deeper into my skin, probably letting pain I caused her into me. She shook me back and fourth. I couldn't answer.

"Please."

"Please!" She yelled as her hands suddenly stopped. I looked up, a few tears had stained my face. My hands lifted and caressed her hands for the last time. I took them in mine, and placed them both in the middle of us, a barrier made between us by us. Her grey eyes looked up to me for the last time, tears because of me still running down her face.
No word was said, and I, as a coward just left.

My mind locks on the clouds, which didn't cover the sun just a few seconds ago. I am a coward. Its true.
The few tears stained my face again, but this time the clouds over us started to sizzle. I held her closer, tighter into my arms. Her once sympathetic eyes now closed, with a smile on her face.

It has been over 4 hours, nobody knew where she was.
Not family
Not friends
Not her lover.
I was scared, I regretted every word I said.

The rain poured louder, the blood now mixed with the sky's tears. It was everywhere.
On me, on her, around us.
It was her blood.

"Please! Put the gun down. Please.. step away from it." I pleaded, on my knees, crying in front of the door as I saw my only hope smiling at me.

Her grey eyes squinted as I yelled.
"Please! Don't, we can talk, please!"

"Goodbye"
She closed her eyes.

The loud thunder brought me back to the cruel reality. The reality I had to phase now that she's gone, all because of me.
Our clothing now soaked in dirt, blood and tears. I bent down to her, kissing her forehead one last time. And then I yelled.

I screamed as if I was getting murdered. The once sunny day has suddenly gone rainy. Matching my emotions. The once happy girl now lied in my arms. With the gun still in her hand.

I didn't want to live a world without her. I couldn't live knowing the fact I was who did it.
Its her fault. Why did she have to die?
I gently took the gun out of her hands and placed it front of the heart that loved the girl.
Its her fault. Its her fault we ended up like this. She could have stopped. She didn't.
Crying I shut my eyes again, people under us now running to find cover from the spring rain. I looked down to her, put my hand in her pale, cold one and caressed it as I said my last words.

"I kept my promise, "
The trigger was pulled.

Two lovers who were supposed to hate each other.
Yet one had to look into the grey eyes of ones