I raced along the shore, trying to find him. The last thing I heard was a little cough-- and then I didn't hear anything else. The moon is glistening so bright; its like it doesn't even notice the change. Something is wrong though. I don't--
I thought my heart stopped beating. I thought I'd died right there. I'd even thought this was wrong, so very, very wrong...
There Seth was, lying in the sand, his hair ruffling in the wind along with his clothes. It was painful to look at. He was just laying there. I guess his cough was much more than that.
Thats when I realized the truth behind my thought. I had been running from the harsh reality of it all; yet it had been staring me in the face the whole time. The icy grip of fear and realization slowly crept up to my throat until it was suffocating.
I don't recall forcing my legs to move, or even thinking. Yet the next thing I knew I was by his side, kneeling down. I stared into his pale blue eyes, and they seemed to reflect pain and sadness. He numbly moved his hands to take a handful of sand; and then he let each grain slip between his fingers while he slowly spoke...
"Kitsune... Time is immeasurable. Yet for us... life ends in odd ways. Mine is ending by a lack of will to carry on... so I'm being spared the pain of living... Tell me you'll tell everyone I said goodbye..." I put a finger to my dear friend's lips, hushing him. I cradled his head in my arms, pulling the dark hair from his eyes. His head felt hot; extremely hot.
"No..." I mumbled as I saw through a veil of tears, whispering half to me, and half to him. "You... You can't go, Seth. We need you... You're our friend, and you're one of us... How can you even die like.. like this?" I struggled with the word through my mangled sobs and breath, my voice had a pleading tone.
He smiled lightly,as if trying to keep me from crying. I cradled his head, rocking it back and forth, trying to rock away the sad truth before me.
 Kitsune Yin · Fri Jan 09, 2009 @ 02:39am · 0 Comments |
