This short story yelled at me to wake up at 3 in the morning so I apologize if there are mistakes. XD

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We were always together. Laughing… playing… sitting… always next to each other. The days seemed so slow then. Peaceful and never-ending they were.

You seemed happiest with me.

I was happiest with you.

My happiness changed to friendship and friendship changed to love. I loved you so dearly but could never bring myself to tell you. Everyday I silently hoped you would say it first. To say what I longed to say to you: I love you…

But that day.

What went wrong that day?

You had lost what was so precious to you. My heart bled for you. My soul cried for you. Yet when I gave you my comfort you turned away.

If that were all I might have understood. I would have thought to comfort you on another day when the pain and shock were faded with time.

But…

But with her you did not turn away. You let her close to you. She was the one you leaned on.

What was it about her? That day?

Before I had never seen you so much as look her way. Was she pretty? Was she kind? What was it?

Our days playing together returned but never were the same. You spoke less. You played less. You laughed less. Everyday your eyes were distant. Your mind in a place other than with me. I remember the days, when I was the only one in your eyes. Now they are filled with her.

I disappeared one day. I made sure you could not see me when you passed by. You stopped in your tracks and saw I was not there; and you walked away. You left. You left me there. You did not even bother to find me.

Everyday after I stayed out of your sight. I watched where I could not be seen. She had replaced me. Now your days were filled with playing and laughing and sitting with her. Your eyes were filled with her. You said the words I now dreaded to hear: I love you.

Yes. You love her.

She loves you.

And I do too.

I wanted to say it but now it was too late. Your heart belonged to her and hers belonged with you. Whose heart did I have? I did not even have mine. That was yours too.

As much as I tried I couldn’t steal it back. Season upon season passed and you still hold it. I’ve stopped fighting now. Now I watch over you, day by day. I see you happy and I am happy. I see her happy and I am happy. I see you happy together and I am happy. But all of my happiness is the kind that kills you eventually.

And it would’ve stayed that way; moon after moon, season after season.

But this day.

What went wrong this day?

The flames spread everywhere. Creatures fled from their homes scared and confused. The sky was dark with billows of smoke. No matter how hard the rain fell it could not quench the fire. I watched as you ran. You and her and the child you had. You told them to run. You told them not to stop for anything. And they did as you said. They ran so fast and didn’t stop for anything.

They did not even notice you fall.

They left you there.

They did not even bother to find you.

But I found you. I noticed you fall. I would not leave you there.

But you had breathed too much smoke.

I ran up to you and tried to help you. You were so heavy. I couldn’t move you if you did not wish to move. You lost your will to run.

With the rain falling hard and the flames closing around us, I sat next to you, just like I used to. I looked at your face and smiled, just like I used to. You looked up at me, your expression dull and tired. You looked distant. Your mind in a place other than with me. I read your eyes. They asked “Who are you?”

I lay my head on his. I laugh just like I used to and reply: “No one important.”


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I don't know who this is about. I suspect this mysterious Forgettable doe woke me up because she wanted her story to be told.