The view from the cliff.

The cliff

He fell in love with a guy who didn't want him.
And this guy made his life a living hell.

He was standing on the edge of a cliff.

Ready to jump.

„Hey! Are you enjoying the view so early in the morning?"

Shocked he turned around.
Who was this? Disturbing the last peace he wanted.

There was a young boy. Around four or five years old.

„No."
„Oh..."

„Anyway, can I sit down next to you?"
He just nodded perplexed.

The child sits down with his legs dangling from the side of the cliff.

„Aren't you afraid of falling down from here?"
„I could ask you the same thing."
„Touché!"

„I injoy this view every morning."
„..."

„Every morning I come here to recharge my batteries."
„Okay."

„I'm Sammy by the way!"
„Rave."

"Like the birds?"
"Yeah."
"Cool!"
Raven chuckles at his words.

„I want to be a detective when I grow up! What do you do for a living?"
„I was working at a daycare."

„Why aren't you anymore?"
„I... I got... kicked out." Raven tells the child trying to find the right words, for him to be understood.

„Why?"
„Because my boss believed that the rumors were true..."

„What rumors?"
„That I'm a rapist."
While saying this he looked at the child next to him and couldn't see any changes in the child's eyes other than pure curiosity.

„Are you?"
„No. I'm not."

„Do you even know what a rapist is?"
"No I don't know."
„Someone who does bad things to others." The man explained.

"Well but aren't those rumors false?"
"Yeah?"
"So why are you explaining this word to me if it's not true?"
"Touché! Point taken!"

"Why are you here now?", Sammy asks the man standing next to him.
„Wait! Why don't you believe that rumor?"

„Well my daddy told me that people might see you as a potato or a bee or something else but you are neither. He told me what you are is not dependent on how others view you but how you feel about yourself and how you act upon emotions!"
Raven looked stunned at the child and said nothing he just nodded.
"And! You seem very nice to me!"
The grown man smiled at his words.

„So!" Raven snapped back to reality.
„You still haven't answered my question!"
„Sorry what question are you talking about?"
„Why are you here?"
Raven thought a bit about how to answer Sammy and decided to tell him the truth.
„I wanted to end my life."

„But why would you want that? Being in a daycare is great! You get to make friends and play for the whole day!"

„Because no one would believe me. And no one would miss me."

„I believe that what you just said is completely wrong!"
„Why would you think so?"

„Because I believe you. And I would miss you! You are nice! And my friend!"
In Raven's eyes tears started welling up and he asked Sammy: „But why? You've known me for what? Ten minutes?"

„So what? I like you! And now you are my friend!"

Now the grown up was too overwhelmed by his feelings to even notice the tears that fell from his eyes.