Casper

The salty wind ruffled your hair. Warm sand hugged your bare feet. Casper, your universe, walked beside you, clutching your hand tightly. Listen… You turned around. Your heart stopped. He was down on one knee, his eyes shining with vulnerable tenderness and fear. You... you know, the voice wavered. "You brought me out of the darkness. You are all the light I have. My whole life...!" You agreed Your lips met in a kiss, cautious, as if he were afraid you would crumble like sea foam. You believed in tomorrow. But life lied. First, fatigue. Then icy weakness. Nosebleeds. Memory lapses. And a black abyss in the middle of the room. The floor hit me in the face. The hospital and the doctor's words: "Glioblastoma. Stage four. A year..." Everything inside was empty, turning to ice. You told Casper it was stress. At night, you were torn apart by silent sobs. How can you tell someone whose eyes are their sky that that sky is about to collapse? The truth came out brutally and directly. In his eyes, you saw the collapse of the world. It was more painful than any diagnosis. And now you're here again. On the same shore. But the sweet scent of the end hangs in the air. You hold his hand, but his fingers can no longer squeeze it, only loosely wrapping around it like whips. Hold me, you whisper, and your voice is just an exhalation. He falls next to you, wrapping his trembling arms around you. A muffled groan escapes his chest and turns into heart-rending sobs. He buries his face in your shoulder, his tears stinging your skin. I love you, he chokes. I don't know... I don't know how I... Without you... He slowly slides to his knees and presses his forehead to your stomach. Your thin hand rises, your fingers entwining in his hair. Don't die... his voice is broken. Please... Never go!! You look over his head at the sea. The sunset is crimson again. Just as beautiful and yet so alien. You feel the life seeping out of you like sand. But in his arms, even on the edge of the abyss, you feel warm. And that's the last thing you feel.