Author's note: Hellooo, I'm backk ! For day one of promptjune, I decided to go for a sad-ish story, where someone's life gets better. Ah also, I'm still writing my book on the side, but this challenge is mostly to work on different themes and explore different emotions ! Hope you will enjoy it!
Tw: mention of wanting to die, pretty sad but it gets better
Life never was on my side.
All of my childhood was problem onto problem, a constant that would never fade, no matter how hard I tried.
I could be runner up in a contest, only for the judges to realise the prize was meant for someone else. I would miss my bus no matter the countless alarms that were set on my phone and be at the mercy of my high school teachers, whose words would get harsher every day.
"Ms. Torez, you are late again. I was wondering if you would ever show up! Class started fifteen minutes ago. I assume you have a good excuse, like every day. What is it this time? Your alarm didn't ring, or maybe you found yourself trapped inside the house as someone took your keys? No, let me guess, you just wanted to end up in detention again. Yeah, that must be it! Well, at least, next time, don't waste my time. Now shoo, out of my way !"
Every day, another problem.
Every day, another argument.
Until one day, as I was rushing to get to my next class in time, I felt you looking at me.
At first, I thought you would laugh at me like everyone else, but no, your eyes held no judgement or laughter, just compassion. I think that's what got me to stop and look at you.
It's from that moment that I knew, I knew that you would be important to me, I knew you were special.It was weird at first, you know... I was convinced that something would happen, that you would get tired of me, and leave. But you didn't.
In the span of three months, you became my new constant. A constant in which I was not bullied by my life, but one in which I felt happy for once.
Before you, I couldn't envision a future for myself, I couldn't see me living past twenty. My life didn't have a purpose, it didnt have a point. Living was just another burden I had to deal with, and most night I would pray not to wake up.
I used to wonder why i was still here, since I had no real purpose being alive on this planet. I used to wonder why life was so cruel with me. But now, I think I know.
I think all my past experiences led me to you.
That all the bad things were meant to compensate the pure joy I feel now that I met you.
The more we hung out, the more we talked, the more I felt myself fall for you. You are everything I ever dreamt of and even better. My heart only beats for you. You are the only one I desire.
And there's also something else...
You saved me, not by telling me what I wanted to hear, nor by covering me in compliments or kisses, no. You saved my life by staying, by showing me that I mattered in a world that only ever let me see the opposite.
Thank you for being here. Thank you for never giving up on me. Thank you for loving me.
As I finish speaking, I decide to finally take a glance at him. His bright orbs are staring into my own, tears menacing from falling, and before I know it, his arms are around me, confining me in a warm embrace.
