During the quiet night, Daniel and Elisa both looked up at the moon and wondered if they were looking at the moon at the exact same time. Elisa, from her balcony, the cool night breeze gently brushed her skin, gazed up at the glowing moon illuminating the night sky, and thought about Daniel. Meanwhile, Daniel in another city, sat next to his bedroom window, feeling a deep longing building up in his soul. thought about Elisa. they were once together five years ago, but circumstances brought them apart. Elisa unfolds the letter that Daniel wrote to her many years ago. the letter, now withered from time, brings Elisa back to a time when she was the happiest. Daniel and Elisa's relationship lasted only two years; two years of bliss. They laughed together, and they joked like two school kids; they were each other's best friends. Even though it's been years, Elisa still longs for those memories.
As minutes passed and turned into years, they both wondered if they would ever meet each other again, if they would, by slight chance, bump into each other whenever they'd be shopping or out with family. In the beginning months, their hopes were as strong as ever, but as the months turned to years, their hopes slowly withered away like an unwatered flower. But somewhere inside them, their hopes remained alive, and if by some chance, they met again, that hope, that love would blossom freely. But for now, the glowing moon keeps them close together as they both glance up at the night sky connected by love.
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Close by the Moon
Short StoryIt is a short story of two long-distance lovers thinking about each other and looking at the moon.