Short Stories

Sun

I'm going to tell you a story. Of how sun and I, met and created sunset, and sunrise.

I was alone, with stars, which were distractions. People, places, wants, needs, they all tried to hide the bigger picture. Him. This perfection that gives you warmth. It suits him, while the cold chill you get at night, suited me. Which is were I begin.

Forever, we had no idea, not a clue, that the other existed. Well, I tell you, it took a while to forgive the devil for trying to hide him from me. He knew, that if we hadn't met, I wouldn't be the same.

Finally, I turned away. And I noticed him watching me. Him. Beauty enveloped the ceiling of the earth... I had no idea, the show we created in the sky... It was amazing.

Even more so amazing was his eyes, his dark, large, penatrating, brown eyes. Intense. It was like he would never stop staring at me.

So I stared back. Every sunrise, we talked. Every sunset, we talked. All the news we shared, secrets, fears, desires. All but one. How we craved for the others welcoming arms to wrapped around them, boyfriend and girlfriend, you see.

Time passed. So did our talks. They became deeper, more intense, we shared more. I'd thought I shared all my secrets, but I hadn't even let go of a quarter of them. Stupid I called myself. Learn to open up, tell something.

I decided to stop beating about the bush. One day, as we talked in our friend circle, we played a game. A simple one. Were we asked the person to your right a question, in a soft whisper, and they answered it out loud. You had to tell the truth.

There was a catch. We flipped a coin, and if it was heads, we told what the question was. If tails, we kept it as a secret.

My question was simple and complicated at the same time.

"Who's your crush?"

Well, that was simple. I answered without hesitation.

"Him," I said. His eyes grew wide.

They flipped the coin. It was like time had slowed, and it took and age before the turned, and landed on heads.

"Who's you crush," I said simply. Everyone's eyes went wide.

Only he laughed. "I guess I sort of, knew" he said. I hoped for the same response. "I like you too."

Without saying a word, we became one. Boyfriend and girlfriend.

The stars don't seem so bright after all. Well, one does. And he's mine.