The Various Kinds of Stories

Flash Fiction - 2

Nabilahana.

This bitter taste melted with the sweetness of the ice cream I ate. Honestly, why am I waiting? Who am I waiting for? It's like an unanswered question. Because this heart's been dead since he left me.

My head is protected by the transparent umbrella that this cafe provides. I know this is just one of all the stupidities I have. Eating ice cream in the middle of the horizon was crying. But a promise is still something I have to keep to him.

Remembering the sweet promise he always made to me. The brief kiss kept me quiet. As well as a warm hug that made all those doubts disappear.

“I know you're here, Gea,” said a drenched man in front of me.

He did not ask permission to sit on the bench. Who am I to ban it? The man held up his face with his right hand. His eyes were focused on me as well as the chocolate ice cream.

“It's good you forget him. You are just the past and I am your future,” said the man.

I went back to licking chocolate ice cream, eating it even though it was cold. “You shouldn't have come here.”

He was silent, but honestly he was thinking of the right sentence to return my words. As soon as I stood up, I shouldn't have drawn others to this feeling. This wound is mine, not to be shared.

I thought he had given up, but in fact he held my hand. “You must forget the past.”

“Stop ...” I said so softly. Feelings cannot be forced.

My tears are welling up in my eyes. Until one drop fell, the man rubbed my cheek. Gently caress the hair buds and take me into her arms.

I don't know what love is, don't want to hold onto it any further. All ran aground when he left. All this trouble my heart. Can I get his heart? Over and over again that's what I think.

“If all you're afraid of is falling in love, I'll make sure you fall for the right person. No need for your heart to doubt anymore,” whispered in an embrace.

My eyes closed and nodded back. But can love come back into my life?

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By BossyTika's.

Nadira enters a coffee shop and walks to the reservation area table, waiting in line. It was Nadira's turn.

"Good afternoon introvert, new afternoon tumben appears?" greet Mark, the cashier officer.

Nadira smiles. "What message this afternoon? Cappuccino time again?" ask Mark again.

Nadira took a pen from Mark's hand, then wrote something on his palm. Show it to Mark. Mark's face smiled. "Okay, I'll make that for you. Just for you and," —Mark presses the screen in front of him to record Nadira— orders"watch it if you don't spend it!"

Nadira nodded with a smile at Mark's words. Then complete the payment transaction, then go to his favorite place, without words.

Only a few steps left until Nadira, suddenly a woman hit him. They both fall. The contents of Nadira's bag were splattered, scattered on the floor. Without an apology, the woman immediately rushed up and left Nadira. Even the woman stepped on her new novel. Nadira's face looks upset, but again Nadira just silent while staring at the back of the woman who hit him earlier.

Nadira picked up his things and immediately stood up. But suddenly a man said, "I noticed, you just kept quiet" said the man.

Nadira nodded then sat down in front of the man, shared a table, and focused on reading his novel.

"Do you like to read?" ask the man again.

Nadira nodded with a faint smile.

"Didn't you usually come here in the morning?" again the man asked.

Now that Nadira's concentration is up, he closes his novel and puts it on the table. Nadira nodded, this time without any expression.

"Deliver my name to Derren. Your name?" said the man while extending his hand.

Nadira reluctantly took a pen in her bag, pulled a piece of tissue from its place, and wrote something there.

Afterwards Nadira gave a piece of tissue to Derren. It is :

Can you stop asking me?

Because I can't answer all your questions and you're interrupting my time. Excuse me.

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By Se7.by

The sky was dark without a ray of light, neither the stars nor the moon appeared, leaving the dark sky alone. There was only a gray cloud hanging above, bringing rain upon me, a cold wind blowing after him gushing at me in the enveloping silence.

I looked up, looking at the sky that was now crying as if accompanying me who had the same tone. I asked what was happening to me, what was the meaning of this pain.

Tears flowed down from the corner of my eye, but before long the rain united with it, wiping a trail of tears from my cheek. Making all the pain I suffered as if it was just a falsehood.

I smiled a little, a smile that now explained everything I thought.

Sadness, confusion, anger, and regret.

All of these feelings..feel so nauseating!

I stared at the uphill road that was in front of me, the road I used to walk, but for me now, this was the path without end.

I twisted my body, turned around, turned away from reality, but my steps stopped.

Another storm broke out in my heart, separated from this world, my mind was in turmoil. I felt tossed in the waves, battered in a wild storm, confusing myself with the direction to go.

“Ah... I don't know what else to do,” my sigh unconsciously came out of my mouth.

I shook my head, trying to get rid of all those thoughts, resumed my steps, but.

Is this really what I want?

‘Maybe not, but..want how else.’

Do I want to give up?

‘Even if I don't want to, what can I do.’

Then fight!

‘Fighting? It was a thing I had completely forgotten..’.

I closed my eyes, trying to accept all the pain in my heart.

The sound of thunder suddenly rolled in my ear, as if to wake me up from the confusion I was experiencing.

Looking back at that uphill road, my eyes sharpened again. An impulse forced me to go back, back to what I had forgotten, to fight!

I twisted my body, left the place, released all the feelings in my heart, just staring at the road in front of me.

If I don't fight then what? Does it come back by itself? I knew the answer, and it was a long time ago....

NAY!

That's the only thing that's certain. And he. he may have been waiting for a long time for my struggle.I am really!

I smiled back, a smile that now contained a feeling I had forgotten. When I remembered his smile I now realized the meaning of the feeling in my heart, explaining what I was feeling right now.

I might feel a loss that makes me feel sadness once again, maybe greater confusion will befall me, maybe I will be more angry at myself, but I don't want to regret it.

“Place! I hope it's not too late.”