SUNSET [ Flash- fic ]

SUNSET

       

   It was getting darker. The surroundings were getting quieter except for a few crickets chirping. The forest began to take its mantle of danger, instilling fear to those who walk too near them and feel their cold. The sun,bright and yellow like an odorless flower, began to bleed red at the horizon.

   I saw her walk slowly towards me. She smiled and sat down on the grass, her back against mine.

   "We we're so happy before." I said without waiting for a Hi or Hello.

   Silence cintinued to engulf everything. My ears were getting heavy,my eyes the same.

   "The colorful become darker and darker as the time past us by," I continued while looking at the sky getting even redder.

   A sigh answered me.

   "What used to be whole slowly fell apart," I said, not really expecting a response.

   "I-- I love you," she said shakily.

   It struck me like lightning. For a moment I could not move,it was painful, excruciatingly painful. I asked a thousand question in my head in that one moment. How could you ever tell me that, I thought.

   I cried and she didn't know. I didn't want her to know. I wanted to speak but the pain, the pain would not let me.

   After several moments I finally asked her, "Are you sure? Why couldn't I feel it? Why couldn't I feel even a hint of your love?" I asked

   She said nothing though I felt her move closer. She was silently sobbing.

   I looked sideways and saw her hair, as black as ever, and silky,dancing through the wind. The wind changed direction and I caught her fragrance. My heart melted. It was not mine, then.

   "Just go," I urged her, "he's waiting for you. It's getting darker too. The sun is setting."

   "But it doesn't mean it won't rise again," she said. "It doesn't mean that once it has set, it won't rise again. Once it gets darker, it doesn't mean color is never there."

   I sighed.

   "The sun will rise again for new beginning. Until it sets again, we can still be friends. "

   She stood and walked away. I looked at her the best I could through my tears. It was getting darker and  she almost looked like a shadow in the dark. I felt she belonged to me but I knew she would be happier where she is going. Despite wanting to scream for her to come back, I whimpered instead telling myself to forget.

"My heart melted. It wasn't mine then."