It's been four years now since the last time I saw Shiki. I'm a fairly successful artist now and can afford a new place. With a heavy heart I had started to pack up my things from that apartment… the one where I spent that time with him… there was only one box left. It should have been easy, to pick up that box... but it took me a week before I could bring myself to move it. I guess some part of me knew that once I moved it, I would really be moving on. I finally picked up that box only for the bottom to give out and everything to spill onto the floor. I sighed. As I picked things up I found something… that picture… the one Shiki took with him all those years ago… how did it suddenly...? I could feel my heartbeat loudly in my chest as my eyes widened. I stood up and spun around, only to find tears flowing down my cheeks. He was standing there, almost the same height as me now and more muscular than I remembered but it was definitely him. I walked towards him, half in disbelief. He did the same. The moment I could feel him in my arms again the tears showed no signs of stopping for either of us. His warmth, his smell… it was all the same as it ever was… I never thought I would be reminded of the feeling of being around him that had faded from my mind with time... but here he was... like he had never left...
“Don't leave me… not again…” I said through a cracking voice. I felt him nod against my shoulder that was getting wet from his tears.
“I promise… I can stay this time… forever…”
(I hate sad endings so I wrote my own ╮(￣▽￣)╭)
2017-06-01 18:14 marked
Alternate ending