Only A Smile
“When will I see you again?” She asked. He placed his arms around her waist. Their foreheads grazed each other as he met her chocolate eyes. He lightly gave her a kiss on the tip of her nose, then pressed his lips together and looked away.
“I don’t know.” he replied. He met her gaze again, her uneasy gaze.
“That’s not good enough for me.” Her eyes overflowed and he dried her cheeks with his thumbs. He silenced her weeping.
“How can I be 1,000 miles away from you unknowing of when you’ll come back” She said through a broken voice.
“Wherever I am, I’m only a smile away.” He drifted his lips to her forehead and rested them there. He tightened his grip on her back. She slid her hands up to his chest and played with the buttons on his shirt. She closed her eyes. She felt his lips pressed against her forehead, smelled his cologne, shivered at the touch of his hands.
“I’ll never forget you.” She whispered. He looked at her again, eyes wide. He caressed her cheek with his hand.
“I’ll never give you the chance.” He leaned down and kissed her. He dragged it out for a while, tasting her lips like he hadn’t in years, or like he wouldn’t again. Her eyes overflowed again as she took in as much of him as she could. He pulled away and rested his forehead on hers again. He noticed she was crying, but he smiled.
“Goodbye, my love.” He ran his fingers through her hair one last time, and then she could no longer feel his touch. She already felt herself forgetting things as she was left alone with the waves. His touch, his kiss. She longed for it one more time. She fell to her knees on the sand. Tears were streaming down her face, but she made not a single weeping sound. She didn’t bury her face in her hands. She didn’t struggle.
She smiled. She smiled, and remembered his kiss, his touch, his scent. She remembered everything as if she was still right next to him, through a smile.
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