Sad one shots

Shot 1

"Some people tell me that I don't understand love." I said with a pause at the end.

I turn my head to face him,"You want to know the truth?" I smile and chuckle. "I don't. I don't understand why it's the ones that we love that hurt us the most." I fell silent for a moment. "Or why it's the people who we care so much about that treat us like shit."

He looks at me with wide eyes. Those wide eyes make me want to melt into his arms but I can't. I can't because.. Because I think I'm in love with him. And being in love means I'm opening myself up to disappointment or to where I'm an easy target.

He sullenly looks down at the ground. "I don't understand how you can say that when I love you with all my heart. I don't want to hurt you. Ever." He says with a hushed tone. He looks up with tears brimming his eyes. "I love you. And I always will until the day I die."

At that moment, it felt as if I was flying. Hearing the words that I wanted to hear and seeing the things that I wanted to see. He was perfect. He may not be in everybody else's eyes but he is in mine. And as quickly as the feeling of flying came, it had left bc I was once reminded of reality.

"I'm sorry. But i can't. We can't. You don't know how hard it is for me right now." I say while taking a step forward. Tears are rushing down my face. He takes a step back and places his hand on my arm to keep me from walking any closer to him.

"What?" He asks confused. "What do you mean 'I can't'?"

"I mean that I know how love is. Love blinds you of what's really there. What's really there in front of your face." I say.

"No. No it doesn't. It brings people happiness and a light into their darkness. You were my only escape out of the world I'm stuck in. The only escape from MY darkness." He says while crying. He takes a moment to wipe the tears that are streaming down his face and waits for a response. He looks into my eyes as if he's searching for an answer but can't find one. He looks down at his feet then back up to my face. He takes a step forward and leans in to kiss my cheek. He whispers in my ear," I love you. And I always will." When he doesn't hear me say anything back, he looks into my eyes once more and walks away.