Grief (daphne)
Time. He assumed they had all the time in the world, giving for granted the idea that time runs out sooner than we think it will.
If he had known he wouldn’t have time, he would have done so many things differently; he would have forgive sooner; he would have told her it was okay; he would have been there for her, but all those ‘should haves’ and ‘what ifs’ were just consuming the last bit of his gray soul. Life was cruel and she was gone. They ran out of time.
Astoria have tried to explain what have happened in between sobs and cries but he didn’t listen. He didn’t want to know what happen. He didn’t bloody care. She was gone, that was it. The way she left this world seemed completely irrelevant.
Millicent sobbed next to him, resting her head on his chest as they both walked towards the coffin where their friend was laying. He didn’t want to see her, not like this but he wasn’t going to let Millicent go through that pain on her own so he walked her towards the stage where everyone was giving Daphne Greengrass their last goodbye.It was their turn now and they walked slowly towards the coffin.
Theo felt something inside him break.
He looked at the girl’s lifeless body and he felt his soul fade away. He felt as his heart have crumbled down and he had the temptation to just collapse and yell in anger but he didn’t. He looked at her emotionless as Millicent cried even harder, her hands gripping his coat even tighter than before. He wrapped his arms around Millicent and kissed the top of her head. There were not tears in Theo’s eyes and people were already thinking he was a heartless jerk but he didn’t care. If she was there, she would have known.
If she was there…
The boy cough to cover the sob that tried to come out his mouth and looked at Milli as she let go of him and kissed her friend’s forehead. She walked away and waited for Theo to give his proper goodbye, she knew he wouldn’t be able to give it unless he was alone. The boy placed the white rose he held on his free hand on Daphne’s hand and smiled sadly, a smile shared just between them. They have shared so many smiles like that. People thought of them as cold and heartless but the fire inside them always grew bigger when they were together. They had their own little world for them to play, it was them against the world. They grew apart and things got complicated but at the end of the day the fire inside them still burned.
“You were my person. You still are.” He whispered.