'He wanted me to be a memory, but I want something more.'
"Maybe in another universe, we'll stay like this forever."
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Two boys. Noah and Elliot.
Meeting because of happenstance.
Their time was ephemeral but th...
"What is it?" I asked slightly annoyed. Elliot has been looking at his watch non-stop, his forehead was all scrunched-up. After our weird and awkward moment, we just stick to the neutral talk like how we both hated cafeteria food, our favorite Disney movies and what not.
But then he started to walk faster then he looked more and more annoyed as time pass by, added with the non-stop looking at his watch, I'm becoming worried.
He looks at me, annoyance present in his face, he didn't stopped walking.
"Dammit, We need to go faster, I'll miss the sunset." he said almost panicking. I looked at him confused but still keeps my fast pace.
"What is the deal with you and the sunset?" I ask, he didn't respond, instead he became more and more frantic. His hair flailing everywhere as he walk faster.
"Hey." I said grabbing his arms, he's really scaring me. He shrugged of my hands and started walking again. I didn't move.
"Hey! What's going on?" I asked again. He stopped, sighed and turned around to look at me.
"Can we talk about it when we got there? I really really need to be there. Okay." He said exasperated. He looks... tired, almost sad. I don't know what to do.
"But why?" I asked, my own face scrunching up with confusion. He sighed, looks at his side and then he pushed back his curls.
He looks at me and I held his eyes, He walks up closer to me and whispered, "Please Noah, I'll tell you later. This is important." Once again confusion entered my mind. But I nodded and we both walk much faster than we've ever gone.
I don't know where we are, for a while I even forgot that I came here with my friends. I wonder if they're looking for me, knowing Thomas he's probably called the police now. He's right we needed to hurry up.
We've been walking for almost 30 minutes when he suddenly stop. I was walking behind him and almost stumbled on his back. He took a sharp right where there's no path, there's a lot of trees and leaves that I had to push through.
I saw him standing, waiting for me. He's smiling from ear to ear. "You have to see this." He said then push back a huge pile of leaves, then he disappeared. I followed him.
I push the leaves and settled my eyes on a clearing. It's overseeing the mountains surrounding us, on the distance there's waterfalls, the sky is turning a bright red to a light violet.
Underneath us there's a display of different colored trees: Orange, red, yellow and green. The sun is a glaring red slowly disappearing behind the mountains. It was beautiful.
My eyes darted to Elliot whose already sitting in the rocks, his eyes were glued to the scenery in front of us.
I walked closer to him, also sitting crossed-leg in the rocks. We were silent, absorbing the beauty of the nature. Elliot started shuffling through his backpack, he retrieved an old camera.
After taking countless pictures of the sunset he set his camera down and look in front of him again. He closes his eyes and tilted his head upward and smiled. The biggest smile that I ever see him do. He mostly just smirk at me, but this was different, so so different.
(Listen to this song while reading the rest. It will get you in your feels.x)
He looks so peaceful and calm. The creases on his forehead were gone, His face were glistened by the sunlight and he looks so fucking beautiful. Suddenly I don't know where to look, at the scenery in front of me or at the scenery right beside me. It's difficult to choose.
He opened his eyes and look directly at me. His blue eyes settling on my green ones, I gulped. I was lost for words, I just saw something unbelievably beautiful and I do not know how to handle it.
He smiled at me, is it just me or is he moving in slow motion?
"Beautiful isn't it?" He asked, still facing me, i believe he is studying my face. I only nodded, not trusting my voice.
"My mom and I used to climb this mountain every year, and we always watch this sunset, in this exact spot. It's become a tradition for us." He said, a ghost of a smile was present on his lips.
"Then when she..." He paused for a second. "I continued our tradition, I hike this mountain every year, then I'll watch the sunset." He looks at the sunset once more. The light is slowly fading and the sky is now a light purple.
I didn't say anything, I don't think I could say anything. I, once again, bring my hand to his back and gently caress it, hoping that it could give some kind of comfort to him. We stayed like that for a while, not saying anything. Just my hand on his back.
Then he suddenly stood up, dusting off his pants and offered me his hand. I took it and started dusting off my own pants.
"All right, Let's get you back to your friends." He said, taking his backpack and started walking back where we came from. I take one last look at the mountains and the trees, I don't think I'll ever forget this.
