08-14-2008, 03:33 PM
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:] It's all good. And this post just seemed to take off on its own as I started writing. :o WC: 505
Ehno kept his worried gaze on his sister as she finally delivered the heartbreaking package of words she had carried with her all this time. He looked to the ground as the words fell to his ears, feeling the ache in his heart immediately. Ghita, his poor sister, had gone through so much, and then just… vanished. It was a shocking blow, not what he had expected. He felt so naïve for even thinking that everything would remain happy and wonderful while he was gone. Life was too cruel and surprising for that. He tried to blink away tears, to appear strong in the face of such tragic news. But he couldn’t prevent the tears from falling down his cheeks. Slowly, he lifted his teary gaze up from the ground and back to his sister.
His heart froze when his sister continued. ‘That’s not all though Ehno…’ That feeling of dread wormed its way back into his stomach. What else could have happened when he was gone? Fear sparked in his mind when their mother was mentioned next. He flinched slightly when Savina looked away and resumed the delivery of the bad news. Her averted gaze and increasing sobs had alerted him to the severity of the situation before she had even finished speaking. That ache in his chest grew even worse. Mother was gone too. Just like that, with just the blink of an eye. The mental image of the tragic event appeared in his mind, acting like salt in the fresh wound on his heart.
He was brought back to reality as his dear sister rushed to him. “Shhh… It’s alright Savina. There’s nothing to be sorry about.” He wanted to be strong for his sister when he saw her so distressed, but he couldn’t keep the shakiness out of his voice from his own tears. He lightly rested his head on hers in a comforting gesture, an attempt to calm them both. The tears flowed freely from his amber eyes, every so often accompanied by a single sob. Ehno clenched his eyes shut in emotional pain as the situation hit him again, but it did nothing to stop his tears.
He couldn’t keep that little voice in the back of his mind quiet, its frantic whispers only causing the pain in his heart to worsen. If only you had STAYED home, maybe you could’ve done something. You could’ve prevented this! Ehno struggled to silence that small part of him, but by then he was wondering if what that little voice said was the truth. When his silent sobs began to subside, he found his voice again. “Maybe I shouldn’t have left. I should’ve stayed home… should’ve been there to protect you all.” His voice was quiet and shaky as he spoke, fading into a whisper in the end. He felt like a failure for letting this happen, even though that rational part of his mind knew there was probably nothing he could’ve done.
But who listens to rational thought as they grieve?
Ehno kept his worried gaze on his sister as she finally delivered the heartbreaking package of words she had carried with her all this time. He looked to the ground as the words fell to his ears, feeling the ache in his heart immediately. Ghita, his poor sister, had gone through so much, and then just… vanished. It was a shocking blow, not what he had expected. He felt so naïve for even thinking that everything would remain happy and wonderful while he was gone. Life was too cruel and surprising for that. He tried to blink away tears, to appear strong in the face of such tragic news. But he couldn’t prevent the tears from falling down his cheeks. Slowly, he lifted his teary gaze up from the ground and back to his sister.
His heart froze when his sister continued. ‘That’s not all though Ehno…’ That feeling of dread wormed its way back into his stomach. What else could have happened when he was gone? Fear sparked in his mind when their mother was mentioned next. He flinched slightly when Savina looked away and resumed the delivery of the bad news. Her averted gaze and increasing sobs had alerted him to the severity of the situation before she had even finished speaking. That ache in his chest grew even worse. Mother was gone too. Just like that, with just the blink of an eye. The mental image of the tragic event appeared in his mind, acting like salt in the fresh wound on his heart.
He was brought back to reality as his dear sister rushed to him. “Shhh… It’s alright Savina. There’s nothing to be sorry about.” He wanted to be strong for his sister when he saw her so distressed, but he couldn’t keep the shakiness out of his voice from his own tears. He lightly rested his head on hers in a comforting gesture, an attempt to calm them both. The tears flowed freely from his amber eyes, every so often accompanied by a single sob. Ehno clenched his eyes shut in emotional pain as the situation hit him again, but it did nothing to stop his tears.
He couldn’t keep that little voice in the back of his mind quiet, its frantic whispers only causing the pain in his heart to worsen. If only you had STAYED home, maybe you could’ve done something. You could’ve prevented this! Ehno struggled to silence that small part of him, but by then he was wondering if what that little voice said was the truth. When his silent sobs began to subside, he found his voice again. “Maybe I shouldn’t have left. I should’ve stayed home… should’ve been there to protect you all.” His voice was quiet and shaky as he spoke, fading into a whisper in the end. He felt like a failure for letting this happen, even though that rational part of his mind knew there was probably nothing he could’ve done.
But who listens to rational thought as they grieve?