Chapter 1: Oneshot

The gulls flapping their wings high in the sky, squawking endlessly in the scarlet horizon,

The salty breeze blew its ways gently into the hearts of the people, the animals, and the forest,

The palm trees dancing towards the direction of the breeze, beckoning it to accompany its encore,

The waves crashing into the scarlet sands, mirroring the beauty of the sunset,

And you, in the white, standing there in the middle, staring dazely in the horizon.

With your feet soaked in the waves, I watched you standing there with unblinking eyes, because,

I felt that if I blink, you'd be gone forever.

And I will never find you again.

" What are you thinking about?", I asked.

You slowly turned your head around to face me, but not budging even an inch of where you stood. With your hazy eyes void of emotion, you answered.

"Nothing" 

You briefly said, as you quickly spun your head around to face the horizon again. As if my shaking figure didn't even register into your eyes. 

" I'm thinking of nothing" , you repeated. As if the pain from your blistered feet were nothing. As if that bruise on your face was nothing. As if the slit on your wrist was nothing.

Blood dripped. Drip. Drip. Drip. 

And each sounded like a ticking clock in my mind. Tik. Tak. Tik. Tak.

And I knew, every second it drips, every little life you have left would be lost.

" Come here" , I commanded.

The salty breeze blew again, flying away those natural curls on your forehead. You looked up, and then,

Drip.

Tears started to drip from your eyes.

" Hey, I'm tired"

Drip.

" I am so tired"

Drip.

" I want to end everything now" 

Drip. Drip. Drip.

As your tears drip into the ocean waves, I felt my heart churn in ache. As if an invisible knife was stabbing itself into my body.

Biting my lip hard enough I tasted iron, I...

" Come back", I commanded again.

I saw you flinch, and your eyes turned dark as if the last light in your eyes was extinguished. The tiny piece of paper you held on fell into the crashing waves, sinking to the bottom of the sands. You held your arms together as you shuddered.

" Haha, I should've known you were this kind of man. I was foolish to think you could change" 

You laughed in derision.

I gulped. I don't know what to say in return. Maybe, at this point, I also knew,

It was the point of no return. Anything I say to you, you will never believe it, ever again.

I stepped into the waves. You move on step forward.

I stepped again, and now the water is at your knees.

" Cornelius!!", I called out your name angrily.

Why?

Why can't you understand me?

Why can't you understand the good in the  things I did for you?

Why do you always see the bad in me? In everything I do?

 Why can't you see that this is all for you? The future I've been building for us?

Why do you hate me so much?

With a stubborn look in your eyes, you said in between your  gritted teeth.

" Dont you dare follow me"

"Or I will make sure to hate you forever" 

My eyes widened at his oath. 

An oath. It was all nothing but an oath.

An oath that binded me in my place, an oath that prevented me from saving him.

Funny, we got to this point, but all I could ever think about is,

How I don't want you to hate me.

I don't want you to straight up tell me that you hate me.

I don't want to hear it from your mouth.

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How stupid. How foolish. How idiotic. 

Tap.

Tap.

Tap.

Every step you take, every deeper the water becomes.

" Come back!", this time, I pleaded. For the first time, I pleaded. Yet again, you didn't look back, but hasten up your speed.

Waist length, but I know, one misstep infront of you, will lead to doom.

The entrance to the abyss. A deep part of the ocean where the water is murky, the currents deadly, and most of all,

The bottom, untouched and a mystery.

It was infront of you.

An entrance to hell.

" P-please" I'm begging you. Please come back.

I love you.

I love you so much.

You mean so much to me.

I want to date you, marry you, do lots of things with you, grow old with you.

I don't want to loose you.

I wanted to tell you that.

I wanted to tell you that so much.

But like a drowning man, those words drowned into the bottomless abyss in myself.

An abyss called pride.

A worthless abyss that is not worth any penny, or pity.

An pointless  abyss that swallowed up and destroyed everything.

" Damien"

You called my name.

You turned around to face me, and in your eyes were a light.

A tiny hint of light.

And in your face was a smile.

A smile I never got during the 3 years we had stayed together.

" I hope I never see you in hell" 

You said with a crazed look on your face. 

You said with a contemptous stare you could give me, the most ridiculous grin on your face, and the most hate on your expression.

But that face, I will forever engrave it in my heart.

Because that was the only time you smiled towards me so genuinely, even if it was a hateful one directed to me.

And then at that moment.

The waves swallowed you up. Dragging you to its bottomless abyss.

And everything returned to its calm.

The gulls squawked.

The breeze blew.

The trees danced.

The waves crashed.

As if nothing ever happened.

The ocean swallowed you up.

And I could do nothing to get you back.

Author's Note: 

When ur initial thought was just "an endless stretch of foot flood in a black backdrop with 2 MCs with one saying dont follow him and then 1 guy waking up realizing its a dream" turns into this kind of shitty drama.

U know u fucked up. Hahahaha XD

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