A Writer's Notebook / Collection of Short Stories

That Night [🇺🇸]

DATE: 29/07/2023

I still remember that night, do you too? We had been walking around and you had crossed the whole neighbourhood just to walk me home. That was very generous of you.
Then, before entering my house, we walked up the little hill next to my building. It was completely empty at that hour. And even if there was no one sitting on the banks, you chose to simply lean on the wooden fence. I stood infront of you and there was a long silence. But it wasn't even awkward. We just looked at each other and smiled.
But then you said this thing... that kind of came unexpected. "I'd really like to kiss you right now." I remember that left me speechless. I didn't know how to react, what to do or what to say. I just knew I wasn't ready for that kiss. It would have been very romantic, but I just didn't want... I don't even remember exactly what I did afterwards. I think I changed the topic and said it was too late for me and that I had to go home. I couldn't know if you just said that out of nothing or if you really meant it, but I decided to ignore it.
Now that we went there again, almost two years later, so much has changed. This time we sat on those banks. Me wearing your jacket and hugging you to get warm. Your hands on my skin, and mine through your hair, lips on lips...
I couldn't help but remember our younger selfs, so lost and innocent. Who'd have told us back then that we'd end like this? I'm convinced, I wouldn't have believed it. Yet, I can't stop wondering where we would have been now if you hadn't spoken your mind that night or I had decided to distance from you. So many things could have been so different. Maybe it was fate, or maybe destiny, but somehow I feel like that place had all of this foreseen for us since the first time, since that night.