Chapter 38: Imagination or reality?
"Nath?" Elliana whispered again in disbelief.
The loud sound of cicadas buzzed in her ears as she patiently waited for the person to say something, something to indicate he was real and not her imagination.
It has been around eight years since she last saw him, but there was no way she would forget those mysterious galaxy eyes.
It wasn’t exactly the color of a galaxy. It was more beautiful than that.
The outer circle of his iris was a dark brown color. The inner circle was dark blue with a hazel middle.
It was as if she was in a trance. She looked at the man, and when he didn’t say anything or make a move, she stood from her place and walked in his direction.
She was feeling jittery inside. The thought of meeting her only friend after eight long years made her nervous and anxious. She was more angry than happy.
On the day she turned ten, he had come to meet her like always. He even brought a present for her. It was a blue colored emerald ring. After giving her the ring, he said he won’t be able to come and meet her from then onwards.
To say Elliana was disappointed would be an understatement. He was smiling when he said that, and she thought he was probably joking with her.
The next day, like her usual routine, she went there, and for the first time, he wasn’t waiting for her. The fear that he was serious lingered in her heart. She was so angry that he left her alone just like that, whatever the reason was, that she didn’t wear the ring he had given her.
Though she was angry that he didn’t arrive, she still didn’t want to believe it and had gone to the Griffith caves for six months straight.