Delighted under the moonlight

Under the bright light of the full moon, the night sky was awash with countless brilliant stars. A girl stood beside a tree, not too far, not too close. Her hair floated in the air as a warm breeze passed by. She turned around slowly, her mouth moving silently as she spoke inaudible words.

Her smile was warm, yet tinged with sadness, a smile that could make a man's heart waver. It felt familiar, yet confusing, like a déjà vu. Was it a déjà vu? it was all blurry, even though her smile and her blue eyes filled with tears were clearer, Her face was a blur, as if it was fading from a memory, like in a dream. Was it a dream?

Suddenly, countless voices came, whispering, calling, shouting different strange names and words all at the same time. Then, she called out in her turn, "Ray.

" He wakes up in his small room, his bed right next to a window where sunlight breaks through. It was a few moments after dawn, the end of a dream.

He gets up, his feet and arms still on the bed, the sunlight should have made his vision fade and become blurry. But for some reason, it was so clear, a strange feeling of calmness filled his mind, like the beginning of a new life, a new fate on a new path.

As a tear dropped from his eye, he got up again, his feet on the floor and his arms still feeling the warmth of the bed. The window delivered an astonishing scenery, the yet-colored sea next to the tall and far buildings of the big city as the sun rises from the deepest part of the ocean.

Reaching the bathroom mirror, he stared calmly at himself for a few seconds, then wiped the half--dried tear from his cheek. He washed his face, brushed his teeth, changed his clothes, and ate his breakfast. It was a normal morning routine, yet done with an ease and calmness that felt strange and unfamiliar.

As he finished eating, he grabbed his keys from the table and prepared to depart for work. As he was about to leave,after opening the door he whispered slowly, "I'm off" as if the words had slipped from his mouth without  realizing

 A confused look crossed his face as he looked back into the room, empty as it was . He closed the door, holding a somewhat sad or perhaps disappointed expression.

The morning had been filled with memories and emotions that he couldn't quite grasp or understand. The girl from his dream, the warm breeze, the familiar yet hurting feeling, it all lingered in his mind as he walked to work. He couldn't shake off the feeling that it was more than just a dream, that it was more like a memory from a lost past , or  maybe even a glimpse into a possible future.

He couldn't quite put his finger on it, but he felt a sense of longing and nostalgia for something that he couldn't quite remember or grasp it was frustrating and confusing . 

Arriving at the station.

he gets on a subway full of people. as he sits looking slowly at the different strangers riding the train with him.

The subway departs.

The people chatting from afar , the ones that were stuck to their phones, the ones that were still half asleep and the few ones that were just there like a decoration for some show.

it was the typical boring morning on The subway

even though he had a perfect morning wake up he looked less than lively if you  could describe his mood in a phrase it woold be a simple "why did i get out of bed  today"
kind mood

He closes his eyes as if he wanted to escape the noises and the place trying to recall what ever flashes he might remember from that dream

But nothing comes to his mind its all dark and silence , like he is no longer able to hear or feel anything  it wasn t  sleepiness,it was like he was floating in a complete dark void disconnected from reality 

After a while, he deleberately opens his eyes to then realize an intense gaze fixated at his direction.

sitting up just a bit left in front of him she kept staring weirdly ,as if she saw a ghost 

It was a beautiful girl with long blonde hair .her skin was the whitest skin he had ever seen. but that was not what caught his attention.

Before he realizes that he was staring too much the subway stops at the next station.

He looks away swiftly trying to act as he was interested in the people that were boarding the subway.

The subway departs again.

Within a few seconds, he looks again as normally as possible towards the blonde beauty That seemed to have diverted her regard elsewhere.

But soon later he notices that her eyes were turning towards him. as if she was sneaking a look.

As soon as her eye met his she looked away .for a moment his heart skipped a beat but he didn t realize it ,he did not take his eyes of her for some reason

He was too focused for a bored guy on a subway as He keept starring at her   .

their eyes meets again ,and while looking into her eyes he couldn t avoid the thought of how beautiful they were  a teal sea water color that just keeps flooding his mind .

She runs again but this time to look towards the floor as if she was embarrassed or more like intimidated maybe ,"she kind of looked scared" he thought to himself

At that moment he was t sure of what was happening .why were those big eyes staring at him like that.

Even though a beautiful  girl was looking at him He could t help but feel a bit of discomfort from the start.

He turns his head around to look throught the window at the dakrkness and nothingness that filled the tunnel wondering about her reacting, then after a while he looks back slowly.

and there ,they was ,Those big blue jade eyes were again staring at him.

He wanted to ignore them.

He wanted to avoid them.

He wanted to flee them.

But He could t divert his vision or mind elsewhere as if his was trapped as if time had stopped and there was nothing else that he could do.

 their eyes were still in contact when he realises something was wrong, something was really wrong ,the look on the girl's face was all but right

She was not embarrassed or curious or interested not even happy in slightiest, the expression that she was holding was genuine confusion, fear and terror.

the more he looked at her the more he felt it withing him,and that made him feel a certain disgust ,but not towards that innocent girl ,no he felt disgust in himself and then he sensed that he was seeing his truest reflection through her expresions

 he chooses then to give his attention elsewhere ,shortly the face changes expression  to an even more clueless one for a moment she did not seem afraid anymore as if she seemed understand what she was looking at 

and then the subway started stoping. the girl gets up in a  normally to exit the train without looking back.she was dressed in a usual brown coat .

 when he get out at his turn he keeps looking at her disappearing in the crowd .  soon after he takes his leave as well

What was that last look on her face?Maybe it was a misunderstanding? maybe She Probably mistook me for someone else?

A lot of other questions filled his mind

what did she see?

Entering what looks like a chick restaurant he looks around to see if there is already anybody inside.

the restaurant had a small bar and a big  enough balcony beyond the tables  that opened on the sea where you could see a black piano hanging from the side of it s entrance.

The inside of the restaurant was fancy , refined and old enough.

he goes directly to the staff room and starts getting changed into his uniform .

Shortly A young man opens the door he looked out of breath he was certainly running

"What!? I thought I was early today huff, how the hell do you always manage to be here before me? Huf Huf"

He looks at the man indifferently then continue changing clothes

As the man is changing his clothes he says with a disturbed voice:

"Hey, do you think the manager knows about last week shift? "

With a bored tone he replies:
"She knows"

the man: "what how do you know that I made sure I didn t leave any evidence I even replaced some bottles .shit, I am in a mess"


As they go out from the staff room the man says while grinning

the man hands him a 5$ bill and says:

"You win today but next time i will ,by the way, kier ,do you think Lisa will fall for me if i offer her flowers this time?"

Kier:
"Ah look the boss is coming this way"

"Shit!!"

The man runs back to the staff room as the manager starts yelling

"Kevin! Kevin !! where r you trying to run to ?"

As she stands in front of the door closed right next to kier
"Open the door now!! do you think I don't know what you did last week"

"Sorry boss I don t know what you are talking about I am in the middle of changing right now ah fuck!! my zip is not closing haha"

kier looked bored by the situation as he kept starring towards the balcony 

Manager:"You useless prick do you think I'm stupid or something come out or I'm going to drop your pay to 0 this month you dum..."

Before she finishes her line she looks at Kier unfazed by her screams

She looks at her watch click her tongue then shouts

"You better brace yourself when your shift ends, your lucky you have such a serious co-worker"

Then she leaves to attend to the kitchen.
Kevin starts making weird bird noises as if he was trying to send signales to kier

kier  ignored him and started to organise the cups in the and sheets in the bar

kevin then wispers:"hey ,hey,Did she leave ?"

while Holding his bored look kier responds:
"Affirmative"

He pops his head out of the door to check for precaution

Then gets out smiling
"Ah kier my savior!"

 kier  whas organising the bottles without second care.

Kevin:
"Hey don't look so cold you know it wasn t my fault that those wine bottles broke it was an accident !a pure accident ! "

kier continues doing his task indifferently.

"Hey come on, help me here? Make her forget about it please I will do anything come on hel...."

As Kevin kept blabering his words became inaudible to Kier and all he could hear were the subway noises echoing through the tunnel , the people mumbling and those strange teal eyes that apeared in his mind .

Kevin touches him to bring him back from his dreamy state:  "Hey, are you listening?"

Kier eyes were gloomy yet piercing ,his hair was messy yet dangling with his composed stature he turns his head in the opposite way of kevin and answers:"no"

Kevin: "come on man help me, man....... ".

and As the day rises the night follows

Kevin and Kier spent that whole day working

as they were leaving the restaurant 

Kevin: "ah man that was a hard day! I really can t imagine she made us work till midnight she is a  demon!   "

with a somehow annoyed face Kier: "and whose fault is it ?"

Kevin: "aha look man I told you I owe you one "

kier just held the same expression as if he knew that Kevin words meant nothing :"ok ,then you do all the dishes next week ""

Kevin: "ehehe sure man but can t I just treat you to something come on we are friends you don't need to make it this serious!"

as if he didn t care at all Kier replies:" I am going home"

with a rejected face Kevin: "Sure man don t be this cold, well see you next week then"

as he turns in the opposite direction and waves goodbey to Kier

it was exaclty midnight  ,kier didn t seem tired at all 

arriving at the subway station again Kier boarded the last subway as it seemed empty he sat down and closed his eyes to relax to the sound of quietness 

the subway departs , and as if he sensed someone he opens his eyes ,she was there slightly at his right  sitting there looking at the floor her  long hair hiding her tiny ears and cheeks ,her eyes clearly locked to the floor 

but no matter how you looked at her you could say she was acting weird  as if she was afraid to even look him in the eyes,yet she was there in that empty subway with him,Kier didn t even question why she was there all alone this late,

seeing her like that Kier looked elsewhere thinking that his presence  is bringing her disconfort

suddenly he starts hearing a gentle voice: "uh, excuse me "

and as he turns his head to look at her and be trapped by her those glowing eyes an extreme sharp noise comes ringing into his head 

before the girl even tries to speak again he rushes over to her and grab her by the shoulder  their eyes still in perfect contact and before they even know it.  in a mere instant everything around them crumbles and turns to pitch black darkness .

 the girl wakes up her face lightened by the moonlight that traveled through the big opening  on top of her, covered  in wounds  she was surrouned by many debris and big shonks of rocks that seemed to have fallen from  the tunnel 

while Dazed and confused as she touches her head and looks at her hand covered in blood she snaps and start looking around in panic till she realizes a hand coming out of the big  pile of debris in front of her.

 a terrified look filled her face as she starts removing the debris in hurry, she didn t seem to mind her minore wounds  as if she had forgotten the pain she kept digging  and digging removing the rubbles one after the other.

then after a while, she lays her hands down  her fingers and nails to the ground full of scrubs and bruises 

her eyes starts to wet and her tears starts  droping on the ground  in that moment her heart sank in despair.

Kier layed there barely breathing , you could know from the blood covering his shirt that his lower half was no more as for his right side  he probably couldn t feel it any more stamped by the huge pill of rocks

his face was deprived of the moonlight by the thin figure of the girl that could no longer hold her tears in, when she tries to hold them with the back of her hands but it was too late the grieve had took over her mind and she starts sobbing uncontrollably , humming softly to herself trying to hold onto some mere resemblance of composure.

 he opens his eyes to her helpless criies, to realise that the warm he felt on his face were the tears of the beauty kneeling towards him, and just from his pained expression you could feel  the sheer amount of sadness that filled his heart seeing her cry .

He could sense the immense grief in her sobs and the pain etched onto her face .he could no longer hide his emotions that melted with the atrocious deadly pain he was feeling resulted in a struggling grimace that took over his mouth .  

 but for a reason the pain that he was feeling in his body was nothing  compared to what was happening in front of him.

the girl feels then a cold gentle touch on her face, surprised she removes her tiny dirtied hands to look at him again her teal jade eyes glowed even more than ever as tears kept flowing

He struggled to speak, but when he did, his voice was barely above a whisper. He asked her,kindfully "Why are you crying? Does it hurt that much?"

 when she she heard those words  she whipes the tears off her face trying to compose herself and control her breathing. Her face was a picture of agony and fear. Kier could feel her pain just by looking .

he didn't know why was she in such misery the mere image of her crying made his hearth ache , he could feel it, he could see it when looking at those eyes that glared at him as the tears were still sheding,

 when he compared his emotionless eyes to hers full of glimmer and warmth , it made him realize that he never saw this world the way she saw it and that  made him feel some of regret as he was breathing his last breaths

the girl shortly takes his hand where she kept lowering her head , still on her knees,the light of the moon started reveiling Kier bloody dying face as he kept looking at her kneeling till he could no longer see her sorrowful face anymore and then, a beautiful scenery took place right in front of him ,

under the glitter  light of the night she was there holding into his hand with devotion and hope praying her heart out ,her golden radiant hair was a panting onto the dark canvas of the demolished tunnel 

Kier was lost in the beauty of the scene .seeing her like that, stoped him from giving into his disconsolation 

 he wanted to tell her to go away, to leave him be, he wanted to scream at her and tell her how much of a naive person she was for even crying over a stranger who was already doomed, but those thoughts were no match for the beauty he was witnessing

 in his hearth he wanted her to stay by his side .

no words could come out of his mouth it wasn t the pain nor the fear towards the end ,  somehow he felt that it was  a well-deserved ending  he felt it deep down inside his heart that this is for the better, he wasnt that much attached to life in the first place he felt a sort of relief that she was there with holding his hand  .

 while he kept looking at her brilliant blonde hair, listening to her whispering  prayers he felt no more regret no more pain no more fear , he closes his eyes waiting for what he Knew was his only salvation

yet suddenly he felt the grip on his hand getting  tighter , again he slowly opens his eyes half closed to her echoing strong and angelic voice: "stay with me pls  !! don t close your eyes I will call for help  just wait a bit, ok ? don t give up don t give up!!"

she wipes the tears from her eyes and gets up as fast as she can to start climbing the big chonks of rubbles behind her that formed an elevated path towards the top 

as Kier sees her again disappearing into the night sky he then diverts his half closed eyes to the full shining full moon, flashes  from his dream inconsicously appears to him as he was thinking just how  beautifull was the moon 

with a dying  breath and a low nostalgic voice he speaks his last words: "well i guess ...it s not that bad... of an.. end " 

then he finally closes his eyes to the deep darkness of the abyss