You Wished

Prequel

(This is my first time writing a story so I apologise in advance haha! It's a story I've been thinking about for a long time and I'll probably turn it into a webtoon at some point ( I'll add character designs as I go ) so yeah! Enjoy this small prequel. This is the end of another story leading up to the creation of the world where the events starting in the next chapter take place!)

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What do you wish for?

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Everyone has something they want, don't they?

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What if... what if you had the chance
to make your wishes come true?

'How selfish it is of me to ask him that when I'm too much of a coward to force my decision onto him.' I thought to myself.

But I know I'd wish for more time with you. Or I'd try to change the events that led up to this moment. There seemed to be no right answer. An answer that would give me the chance to spend my whole life with you.

-I never forgot about your powers, you know.

How?

- You should work on your obliterating spells.

So you know I can heal you? I just don't want to do anything that would make you hate me.

- I don't need it. Even if I did , I could never hate you. You know that, I love you.

Why won't you let me help you then? Please just tell me I can do it and that you won't regret it. I'm begging you.

- If you can really grant my wishes, I'd rather wish for you to open up to people and stop hiding because of something that happened decades ago. I know that it wasn't your fault and never held you responsible for that. Look at all the time we've lost, it's time for you to move on. Try touse those powers for something good. I know you can do that.

You never stopped being selfless did you...

-I wouldn't necessarily say that but this is important for me.

I will try.

This wasn't what I wanted to hear . Why wouldn't you ask me to give us more time? Was I the only one hanging on to our defunct relationship?

-I will always be with you. Even if it's not in the way you want me to.

Right.

-Promise me you won't cry though, it's not really necessary.

I'm not sure I can promise you that.

We sat there for a while just looking at each other. Our eyes exchanged all those untold stories and memories we didn't get to share and never would. The look in his eyes told me more than words ever would but I found it hard to believe that him leaving me wasn't a decision he made.

As I reached forward to grab his  hand, his gaze suddenly softened. "I'll wait for you." he said as he gently stroked my cheek. "You'll wait for me" I repeated softly. While his hand was wrinkled, clearly showing the traces that aging had left on him, mine was still smooth. The only thing he allowed me to gift him were empty promises.

He closed his eyes while lowering his hand. "I love you too" I whispered. "Say it again" he mumbled almost inaudibly. As I kept on repeating those three words he closed his eyes and after a while I could hear that his breathing had stopped. He had died.

I stood up and softly kissed his forehead. I contemplated his face for a while and when I saw that his smile hadn't faded yet, I suddenly felt crushed by the weight of reality. What just had happened finally sunk in. I left his hospital room in a daze.The nurses had finally rushed in. They brushed past me and didn't even look my way. I couldn't keep my promise. I quietly started sobbing.

If we couldn't be together in this life, perhaps we would be in another world.