Short Story #6

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And as we stood on the roof of the skyscraper together, I could see the doubt and fear on my girlfriend's face. "Are you sure about this? I'm scared..." she said, and I simply gave her a warm smile and squeezed her hand reassuringly. "I'm sure. We'll be fine and we're also leaving this world together," I said.

"Alright... Ready?" she asked.
"Ready as I'll ever be," I replied, and we jumped from the roof, fingers interlocked.

It was beautiful and romantic in a way. It felt like the world was sparkling as we plummeted towards the ground rapidly. My long turquoise ponytails swayed in the wind with your light pink ones. Our shirts and miniskirts also swayed in the wind. I opened my light blue eyes slowly and my calmness was clearly visible. You looked at me in fear from below me while you reached out for me as our hands had parted from each other's after we jumped. I reached out for your wrist and grabbed it, pulling you to me.

We gazed into each other's eyes and I felt as if I was melting into you. Wrapping my arms around your small figure, you embraced me back as we fell from the tall building we had jumped from upside down. I had noticed we weren't too far from the ground when I noticed another thing. Our forms were inside the skyscrapper. As they waved goodbye to us, I locked eyes with my form, smiled slightly, and I--

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