Aerith stood in front of the ocean,
the wind tugging at his shirt, the waves crashing like a storm inside his chest
Tears slipped down his cheeks, catching the moonlight—tiny fragments of broken memories falling with them
Why is it… that when the emotions in our hearts become overwhelming,
we remember every pain, every suffering we've ever endured?
Even the moments we want to forget—
the ones we tried to erase,
the ones we pretend never happened—
come rushing back, sharper than ever
He pressed a hand to his chest,
as if he could hold the storm of memories inside him
Each heartbeat echoed with pain, longing,
and a quiet ache no distance, no time, could ever dull
He stared blankly at the ocean
Aerith's POV
I don't know what love is
I don't know what happiness is
But I was a child who longed for them—
because I never got it
Every day, my parents beat me for nothing
Every night, I covered my ears to sleep
because the sound of their fights was too loud
Because of my childhood, I became quiet
I don't even know when it started
I just thought… there was no point in speaking
In middle school, I was bullied—
out of jealousy for my looks
I was admired by everyone
So they hated me for it
They beat me
It's not that I didn't know how to fight back
I just… didn't want to
I gave up on everything
I didn't wanted anything
I didn't felt anything
Because it was easier that way
If we feel, everything hurts
If we don't feel, we become empty—
but empty felt peaceful
I thought my life wouldn't change
It would be like this
But the painful truth is—
I never wanted it that way
High school began
but life hadn't changed much
Everything was the same
The people who had bullied me in middle school
found me again,
cornered me, and began to beat me
As always, I didn't fight back
I let them
Then…
I felt the fists stop
I looked up
Yuri was there.
And beside him—Ash
They had beaten the hell out of those bullies
Yuri offered me his hand,
smiling warmly
Ash helped me to my feet
After that, they started coming to see me every day.
We talked
We laughed
We became friends
I learned what love felt like
Love was warmth
It was a feeling that was way too beautiful than the emptiness I had carried for so long
They changed my life
Yuri… he was like a light
Everything about him was the opposite of me
I don't know if it was because of that
that I fell for him
But I did
Without realizing it, I loved him
Silently
Quietly
I waited for the perfect moment…
to confess.
But now…
I had never seen Yuri like this.
He was brighter than ever
Even though Yuri had always been a light, warm presence,
there had always been a faint, unknown shadow around him—
a darkness I could feel but never name
Yet with that boy…
that warmth, that presence,
I didn't feel the shadow at all.
It was as if he was purely light,
I know for sure…
Yuri isn't the type to get too close.
Yes, he is empathetic, kind, and warm…
but he always keeps a line, a wall between himself and others
Yet with that boy…
it seemed different
That wall… it wasn't there
It was like Yuri had let himself be entirely open—
That's when I realized there was no chance for me at all
because he had already given something to someone else
that I was still too afraid to ask for
But things like this are given without asking hitted me harder in the heart
Loving someone so much is a curse to the point you feel
You can't force them but can't live without them either
He slowly started to walk into the ocean
My life doesn't have any meaning to it
I didn't had any reason to even live it
"But"
They become the reason slowly
Especially Yuri
If the reason is gone why bother
I'm really weak for love
Because I think i never got it
And my heart is really fragile
Losing it
I can't handle it
So I'm giving up again
This time my own life
The ocean stretched endlessly before him-cold,vast,silent
The wind swallowed his breath as tears fell freely
He slowly walked deeper to the ocean and drowned in it
Ash voice came to his mind and Yuri chuckled face came
His eyes were empty
He slowly closed his eyes
"I'm sorry"
"Ash" "Yuri"
Ash opened the apartment door
"....Aerith?"
Ash took his phone and saw two messages from aerith
Aerith ..♡
I'm sorry ash
I just felt like i needed to say it
Ash stared at the screen
What happened to him??
A phone ranged in the silence, screen glowing
On it—
Ash ❄️♡
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