Ferocious Flames

bidding farewell

Though it was supposed to be in the story description but as you see I wanted you guys to have an insight of the story over there. But when I was winding things up I realized I've been leading you guys wrong. It's not a love story or something sort of like that. It's more of suspense and stuff. I want you guys to identify who's trying to murder the protagonist and tell me before I publish my last chapter unravelling the identity. And if you guess it right then...we'll see what can I offer you 😊😉
"ema? Are...you listening? " he said.
I didn't reply because I was just gathering my thoughts about what he said just right now.
"ema?" he said again.
"oh...I should go home now." i said as i just wanted to get away from there. I was looking at the ground this whole time because I could not face him. Now,I turned away and walked away from him. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me towards him and then I don't know how but the next moment we were kissing. Somehow, his one hand held my waist and another my face. I was surprised too with my body reflexes. I was standing on my toes. This all happened in less than a second. I wonder why all of sudden he did this. All this time I was trying to sort of hide my face but now we both were facing each other, eye to eye, lips to lips.
When he pulled out, I realized the warmth that I felt with him. The moment we got away I felt the cool breeze. Oh...I so didn't want him to go!
"ema.." he said while his both the hands were still on my face.
"...I love you." he said. Though, he didn't say this in months but I sort of knew about this kinda understanding between us. But I don't know why I got surprised when he said that. Maybe it was the time. Why is he saying things like that now. Does that even matter now and why all of sudden. If he could stay quiet all these months then he should have stayed silent this day too.
I starred at the ground as i moved a few distance away from him.
"so why are you leaving? " I wanted to be direct. I could not any longer stay calm and think maturely.
"ema. Don't do this. You know. I have to go!" I could figure out his desperation when he said that but as I said my mind had lost the capability to think wisely. He started for my hand but I escaped his hold this time.
"I don't know natsume." I shook my head to show my helplessness. But he somehow managed to hold my hand again and bring me enough close to him that I could feel his warmth.
"I'm sorry. But I promise that my going away won't change anything between us." I didn't know if I could really reply. He was not going that far but I knew that if he's gone then we won't be able to meet that frequently. How can't we change when we won't be able to meet each other? Though I was standing very close to him and somehow he made me stand on my toes but I still couldn't face him.
"natsume. You should go. You'll get late." was all what I said.
His hold became tighter but that didn't hurt instead it made me more comfortable. But the thought that he'll go away and I won't ever be able to get this comfortable any time soon made me uncomfortable and compelled me to get away from his hold. I tried harder but his hold just became tighter.
"I won't let you go and neither will I go like this." it was funny and sort of ironical that when he finally confessed about his love he's telling me on the other hand that now I'll be going!
"then don't." his words just made me more desperate.
"I badly wish I could stay with you." he sighed with grief. After a while of absolute silence between him and me he raised my chin so that we could face each other once again. This time he had his usual smile on his face.
"let us make this day the happiest one." he always did things out of blue. "natsume.. You really should..." he interrupted, "come on ema! I don't know about you but I want to make this day the happiest day of my life. I want to enjoy it to the fullest and I want to spend it just with you."
"but you're leaving at night." I protested like a kid.
"it's 1:47 pm and I'll leave at 9pm. We have 7 hours 13 minutes and 56 seconds." he wittily said with a quick glance at his watch.
"but that's just... " he again didn't let me complete. " I think that'll be enough for four years, won't it?" I could never deny his smile.
"just for now!" I said as i broke into a laugh with him.
We did enjoy and that did become the most memorable day of my life. We cherished each second. We played video games which we liked the most. and at the end we met his mother, Mrs karp, then her sister, Lucy. Now, Lucy was throwing a farewell party for her friends. Though I was also her classmate but I didn't attend this party and neither I intended to.party was not my stuff and natsume was like that too but that day we enjoyed the party as we danced and sang and then finally ended up in his room where we both were tottaly exhausted. I had for once forgotten that he was leaving today. I asked him the time.
"7pm." he replied.
"so only two hours are left! " I said as i sighed.
"I won't let you waste even a second more with this conversation! " he said. I don't know what happened to me that time that I went closer to him and brushed his hair out of blue. Actually , I wanted to touch his spikes at least for once. How his hair used to fall on his eyes and how he brushed them back everytime he got desperate will be something I could never forget. Then I hugged him for actually making this day a memorable one. He pulled out at once making me a bit embarrassed and said, " no farewells now!" I don't remember quite well as i had sort of gone crazy at that time and somehow ended up in his bed with him. Though I knew I was young but still I felt right at that moment when he was exploring me. Though I knew he would go after that but still it felt pleasing. How can I now let him go? "natsume.." I called for him as he laid beside me. We both were now tottaly exhausted and had become highly ignorant of everything that was going. We just knew this one world in which only he and I were half sleeping right now .
"...I love you." I smiled as i said and then heard him smiling.
"I love you too.." he said as he again held my waist and pulled me closer. I too hugged him and rested my head on his arm and then closed my eyes.
When I woke up, he was not there. I figured that out that he had gone and then suddenly something felt so painful. Like an event that I thought could never happen to me has happened now.it felt like a great and deep loss. I saw the blood on the bedsheet and tightened my fingers that enclosed that part of bedsheet where he laid and called out his name slowly. I didn't care that I was sitting naked in someone else's bed, all I cared about was that he was not here. Lumps came out in my voice as i stammered his name again.
"natsume " I choked. And then I finally shouted out his name as hard as I could, not caring about other residents in the house.
"natsume"