Anniversary
Oct. 27th, 2002 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jackofallgeeksHe sat alone in the one-room apartment; all the lights were turned off.
A cake sat on the small table next to the mattress.
Frosted with pink and white icing, it bore a single candle - the only light in the whole room.
Rain beat against the windows, but other than that it seemed the whole city had fallen under a solemn silence.
You need to get out more.
He rummaged through the papers.
There were piles of them, and each one brought back fond memories.
Fond memories, but also pangs of regret. She was gone, now, and he missed her.
But you're not just a friend. You're one of the best friends someone can have.
Someone who understands you and loves you no matter what you do, say, or think.
Lightning crashed as he fingered the pictures. He would move on - there's little else to do. With luck, he'd still see her around. And he really couldn't ask for more.
He would always love her.
Jaa ne, Ai-chan.
He blew out the candle.
"Happy anniversary."
It's been pointed out to me that perhaps this needs a bit of explaination. I'm told it comes off as a bit sad and depressing, and I can kind of see it - it's the trend in my creative works, I think. Perhaps stepping out of my norm, this is supposed to have a hopefull, almost happy tone to it. I like rain, myself, and I rather think there's something Romantic about a dirty, darkened apartment in the middle of a silent city (again, I don't mean the common definition of 'romantic'). The italics can rightly be assumed to be echos of what She said, but they should be read with a happy, playful tone - these are happy memories, and quotes which lend encouragement.
Like I said, I can see how it could be read as depressive (especially if you read the words with the wrong tone), but that's not the intent. It may be a darkened kind of happy, but it is happy, nonetheless.
A cake sat on the small table next to the mattress.
Frosted with pink and white icing, it bore a single candle - the only light in the whole room.
Rain beat against the windows, but other than that it seemed the whole city had fallen under a solemn silence.
You need to get out more.
He rummaged through the papers.
There were piles of them, and each one brought back fond memories.
Fond memories, but also pangs of regret. She was gone, now, and he missed her.
But you're not just a friend. You're one of the best friends someone can have.
Someone who understands you and loves you no matter what you do, say, or think.
Lightning crashed as he fingered the pictures. He would move on - there's little else to do. With luck, he'd still see her around. And he really couldn't ask for more.
He would always love her.
Jaa ne, Ai-chan.
He blew out the candle.
"Happy anniversary."
It's been pointed out to me that perhaps this needs a bit of explaination. I'm told it comes off as a bit sad and depressing, and I can kind of see it - it's the trend in my creative works, I think. Perhaps stepping out of my norm, this is supposed to have a hopefull, almost happy tone to it. I like rain, myself, and I rather think there's something Romantic about a dirty, darkened apartment in the middle of a silent city (again, I don't mean the common definition of 'romantic'). The italics can rightly be assumed to be echos of what She said, but they should be read with a happy, playful tone - these are happy memories, and quotes which lend encouragement.
Like I said, I can see how it could be read as depressive (especially if you read the words with the wrong tone), but that's not the intent. It may be a darkened kind of happy, but it is happy, nonetheless.
