⇻ I have always loved the moonlight it wasn't something new but for some reason that night the moon made me feel calmer and more relaxed than usual. It kind of made me feel like I was... home.⇺
Long years passed by and the First World War finally ended as it took thousands of souls with it. Slowly the people of Italy were getting back on their feet after going through distressed years and things were getting better. A lot of things have changed in the past few years. We were so used to the war and when it ended we were happy but it felt different.
I dusted off the dust that was on the cloth that was around the canvas then I removed the cloth to see the beautiful painting I haven't seen in 4 years. I carefully took the painting and placed it on the stand to start my work. I took my time finishing the painting, it took me days but I knew it was worth every second.
I purposefully took a few steps back to get a better view of the last painting Isabella and I have done together but never got the chance to complete. We started it together and then I was completing it by myself. The painting brush was still in my hand. There was a lot of emotions in this painting but somehow there was some sort of emptiness maybe because I was completing it alone. The painting had different colors but to me it looked black, white and gray, it looked lifeless. I just sat there staring at the last piece of art we made together, I couldn't comprehend the thought that we were over even though it has been 4 long years. It felt like when I started the painting all the memories came along. Our love was as deep as the ocean but somehow it dried up, leaving a drought behind. Everything we had together somehow disappeared as of it never existed.
Four years have passed by and many thing have changed. There was going to be a Royal Ball being held in the palace to celebrate the end of the world war on November 25th. Isabella has already became the Queen and is married. I've always been watching her from far away without her seeing me. Everyone was invited to the Royal Ball so I was going, I decided to finish our painting and gift it to her.
Third P.O.V
Hoseok got ready and tried to look the best he could maybe to impress his first love after not seeing each other face to face for years. He took the canvas with him and made his way to the palace. His heart started to beat faster after every step he took. He used to go to the Royal festival that was held out of the palace so going back to the palace after years was making him nervous. He used to go to the royal festivals to watch Isabella but he was in the huge crowd so he was sure she wouldn't see him. Hoseok walked into the palace and made his way to the ballroom which caused happy and sad flashbacks come to his mind. His eyes landed on someone his heart has longed for so long. There she was looking as beautiful as ever.
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Hoseok placed his gift aside and walked to the back table then grabbed a glass of alcohol to ease the scar that he just opened after all these years that he thought was closed for good. He gulped down the alcohol all at once and wiped the sides on his lips because of the few drops that have spilled from his mouth. He grabbed another glass but this time her eyes met with his. Her smile started to fade away slowly and her eyes widened slightly, she never expected to see Hoseok again. Her heart was longing for him. It has been years and they were supposed to move on but they couldn't easily, scars were starting to open slowly. They were looking at each other but their souls have already ran to each other and intertwined. She felt sorrow but at the same time nostalgic. Tears formed in her eyes as she was still looking at him. They both got older but their feelings for each other never changed. Their young souls were longing for each other. Hoseok looked at her with admiration and pain. Hoseok raised the glass he had in his hand as he was still looking at her, raising a toast to her honor than gulped the alcohol down his throat even though he felt the burning sensation he didn't think to much about it. He looked at her one last time then left.
Isabella thought that was the first and last time he went to see her but she was wrong. He watched her from far away numerous times. Even when she decided to hang some of her paintings in an art gallery he went to see her work and saw how much she kept improving. He was very proud of her. Hoseok spent the rest of his life grateful that his life was spared but had so much regret for letting hatred blind his eyes. He wished that he could pick up the courage and ask for forgiveness and be by her side but he couldn't just let his imagination take over reality it was something impossible. The only thing that comforted Hoseok was the emerald moon that he used to always look at with Isabella, and the only thing that comforted Isabella was the emerald moon too. They used to look at the emerald moon together then they started to look at it individually in different places to not feel lonely. The emerald moon they used to look at together never changed nor did their feelings for each other.
