The Wish

(A short story written by yours truly!)

“Oh, look! There it is!” You said, pointing at a shooting star falling from up above, your face a mixture of awe and ecstacy. You looked so excited, so vibrant, so full of life, and all I could ever think about at that very moment was how you stole my heart even before I knew it myself.

You closed your eyes, a hint of smile never left your face as you silently recited your wish. I couldn’t take my eyes off of you, because looking at you was more perfect than looking a million shooting stars simultaneously falling from the sky.

You gently opened your eyes and giggled, just like a child being told a sneaky little secret. “What did you wish for?” you asked me.

I smiled as I wrapped my arms around you. I never wished for anything, because all that I could ever wish for was already sitting there beside me. My shooting star was just inches away from me.

“What did you wish for?” I asked her back.

She just shrugged and looked at me affectionately. “To make this last forever.”

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Few years have passed and I am sitting at the same spot again, waiting for the shooting stars come from the sky.

But when a resplendent shooting star suddenly appears, I am reminded by your seemingly endless effervescence that I’ve grown to love through all the minutes I spent with you.

I look up. And then it hit it me.

I miss you.

But that’s okay.

Because I just know that at this very moment, I am looking up at you.