Black Night

I could see the color in his eyes drift away when I finally said, "I love you," his eyes drained of all the life that used to be in him. Was it a sin to his heart when I told him the truth? Or was he just too close to death to feel the love I showed him? I'll never know, for that was the last time his body dared to breathe in a last breath of the cold winter air all around us. I'll never know if he loved me too. Goodbye my love, my baby deer.

Read the story to find out whose eyes Okiku had to close once they passed onto their new life.