Unwritten Eulogies

"Some love stories never die. But what if the one who stayed, was never meant to be, or was just a shadow?"

They were perfect. The kind of love that felt like home-safe, effortless, forever. A love like a green forest-pure, untouched, full of life.

Until one cruel moment changed everything.

He was gone. Just... gone. No goodbyes. No second chances. And she? She never moved on. Didn't even try. Years passed, but her heart stayed frozen-trapped in the echoes of a voice she would never hear again.

But there was someone else. Someone who had always been there, silently watching her shatter. A boy who once found her annoying. Too much. Too loud. Yet, when the one she loved was gone, he was the one who stayed.

A promise. A responsibility. That's all it was at first. Until it wasn't.

Somewhere in the years of picking up her broken pieces, he lost himself in her. Loving her the way she loved a ghost.

But just when life gives him the tiniest sliver of hope-she slips away.

Dying. Right in front of him.

He lost her once. Is he about to lose her again?

Or was there always a truth hidden between love and loss-one no one saw coming?

"He was always just a friend... right?"