"WARM UP" One Shots

1: SAVIN' ME

A/N : I don't really have title in mind for this story, so I just used the title I've been listening to on repeat while writing the story. Since I just kind of wrote this without anything in mind, the story felt like it reflected the song a bit (for me, at least). So, I suggest, listening to the song while reading? Not really sure if it will suit you, thought. LOL

Anyways, for those interested, the song is Savin' Me by Nickelback. :) 

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I looked at the man standing in front of me, laughing at the joke of his friend. His eyes were shining. Alive. Happy. Eyes that held so much wisdom and knowledge.

My heart filled up with happiness at sound of his laughter, while also breaking into a thousand pieces. It felt joy and sadness... contentment and longing... all at the same time.

This man in front of me, happily trading jokes with his friends, was the person I have been waiting for. After thousands of years of waiting, he was finally in front of me. It made me so happy, I could feel my heart overflowing with emotion.

However, it was not the happiness I felt that made my heart break.

It was the fact that I was about to vanish. My soul almost gone.

I took a step forward towards him, the feathers of my wings falling slowly as I walk. I raised my hand, reaching for him, wanting to touch him.

The people around me was oblivious of my presence, their busy minds rejecting the image of the fallen angel – slowly fading – walking amidst them.

Each step that I took was torture. Every feather that left my wings felt like I was being cut by a thousand blades. Still, I walked. I took a step, one after the other, towards him.

Please... Just once...Let me feel his warmth again... Before I fade... I prayed, again and again as I walked.

He continued to chat with his friends, unaware of what was happening in front of him.

As I forced myself to walk, I resented my own weakness. Resented that I lost all hope and gave up. Resented him for appearing before me while I was fading.

I focused on his face... taking in all that I could.

I must reach him. I must.

His eyes still looked as intelligent and kind as ever. His smile was still the genuine one he had always shown me before. The way tilted his head a little when listening to people was just as I remember. The way his brows furrows when he thinks, the way his chin protrudes a little when he's serious... all of it was still the same.

I felt a tear escaped my eye as I stared at him.

He was here...right in front of me... and yet, I couldn't even reach him.

I gritted my teeth as I took another step, small moans of pain escaping my lips.

I have already given up, and that's what lead me to fade. I would not give up on the chance of being near him before I vanish. I wouldn't.

The tear that left my eye slowly made its way down my cheek, before dripping down my chin. The moment the tear fell to the ground, his eyes flickered to mine. And he held my gaze.

I stood, frozen; my mind, blank.

I didn't know how long it was, with both of us just gazing into each other's eyes. I forgot all about the pain I felt, the fear of vanishing, and my regret for fading.

When he stared into my eyes like that... I felt whole. Complete. And at peace.

He was the first to break the eye contact, his gaze moving from my eyes to my hand. I did not realize that it was still stretched out towards him... reaching for him.

The moment his eyes left mine, my muted senses came back to life. The sudden pain caught me off guard. My knees wobbled, and I fell forward.

I closed my eyes and braced myself for the impact.

This is it, I thought, laughing internally at the irony of the situation. I fell from heaven because of this mortal man, and now I am literally falling as I fade away.

While I thought of these things, the impact that I was waiting for didn't come. Instead of the hard ground, a pair of warm, strong arms caught me. My fall, however, was too strong that it toppled both of us to the ground.

My eyes fluttered open, my heart beating wildly for the last time.

It was him.

The man that I loved.

That I still love.

The one who caught me after I fell from grace.

The one who died thousands of years ago, leaving me the promise that he will find me in his next life.

The one who appeared in front of me just as I decided to let go.

"I got you," he whispered, gently wiping away the tears I didn't know were now flowing continuously from my eyes.

I let out a sob.

He finally found me.

I raised my hand to touch his cheek, but they were almost gone. I realized that my entire body has now become translucent. I wouldn't last long.

With that in mind, I tried to gather every bit of strength I could muster. And despite of the crippling pain I was feeling, I spread out my wings one last time.

Broken and unsightly as it was, my wings still reflected what I felt in my heart. It glowed beautifully for him.

"Thank you," I muttered, before finally succumbing into nothingness.

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