•MCD One-Shotsᵀᴾᴬ

Jeffory x Katelyn // Chimes

8:00

The bells chimed. She stepped forward. She took another step. Her eyes focused on the ground.

8:15

Another chime. Another step. Another second passed, lost in time. Her feet continued to shuffle along the path.

8:30

The third chime. She looked up. Her surroundings seemed to press in on her.

8:45

She stopped walking. She looked around. She couldn't find him.

9:00

She realized where she was after minutes of waiting. In the graveyard, surrounded by tombstones of those gone.

The bells were far behind her, an inaudible ding in the distance. Her mind swirled. Consumed in her thoughts, she didn't seem to notice the presence in front of her.

Her sad eyes looked into the other's, finally realizing who was there. Slowly, her cheeks soaked in her tears.

"Why did this have to happen?" She cried, more tears blurring her vision. The moon cast an unsettling light upon her face, creating an even more upsetting view.

There was silence. Piercing, disturbing, uncomfortable.

He finally spoke, a wisp being carried with the wind, "I'm sorry, Katelyn."

"Why?!"

Her sobs consumed her, drowning out every other thought and sound. She fell to her knees, but the other didn't.

"It wasn't my fault," he said unemotionally, as if unable to say it any other way.

"I-It's just... Why you? Of all people, you?" Her voice trembled, the shaking accompanied with her hands.

"It can't be reversed."

"I know."

"We can't do anything."

"I know."

"I'm already gone."

"I know."

"I love you."

Silence.

Another chime. 9:15

"How can I love you now?" She muttered, his ghostly presence dissipating from her sight.

She stood in the graveyard, her sobs returning once more. She slowly got to her feet, stepping forward to the grave in front of her.

Jeffory Goldenheart
1987—2016
Forever Loved