Short Stories. Mostly Sad.

The Fading Sunset

" Hey... " He called her while she was walking away from him.

The girl slowly turned around, making eye contact with him. The sunset seemed more beautiful that day.

" Yes...? " With a soft tone she replied. The sound of the ocean waves made it sounded more depressing.

" I... " A breeze blew as he tried to calm himself down. " Can you please not... "

" I just want to sail the ocean in sunset... That's it... " She let out a forced smile.

" Don't... Please... " He sprinted towards her and wrapped his arms around her. " Don't disappear like that... " But she pushed him away.

" I don't see the point of living anymore... " She looked down with tears forming in her eyes. " Leave me alone... "

They stayed silent for a few seconds.

" How am I suppose to do that !? " The boy's emotion bursted out. " Things don't work like that... " He slowly sat down on the soft sand.

The girl crouched down beside him, trying to comfort him by putting a hand on his shoulder.

" Let me fly high in the skies... That is my last wish... " She handed him her hair tie as her voice was fading away. " Till our next eclipse... "

" Wait... No... " He looked up, and the girl had already disappeared. " No... Hey !? " He stood up and looked around, panicking. " No please !! "

He held his head and screamed out loud. However, he couldn't find a single trace of the girl. Not even a footprint. He then focused on his right wrist, her hair tie was around it.

" Why are you gone again... Why... " Tears flowed from his eyes as he remember that the girl had already commited suicide a week ago.

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A young woman was found dead in her apartment this morning in what police suspect to be a tragic case of suicide.

According to police reports, the woman was found unresponsive in her bedroom, with empty bottles of sedatives and alcohol scattered around her. Authorities believe she died from an overdose, as several prescription medications were recovered at the scene.

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" Why did you have to go... " The boy sobbed silently, looking around the beach, remembering how she looked like the evening before she commited.

From that day on, he would come to the beach every evening and see her again, to talk to her once more. But it's all in his thoughts, in his imagination.

He slowly switched his attention from his sorrowness to the sky which was starting to get darker from the bright red colour. The red thoughts in his mind also got calmer.

The boy let out a small sigh and stood up, starting to walk back to his house. Before walking up the stairs, he looked back to the ocean once again.

" I'll come see you again tomorrow... Okay ? " He murmured to himself. He held the hair tie tightly in his hand. Then he slowly turned around and walked away. " As long as I am still hallucinating... That's enough... "