Remember Me Always [Fiction]

Her long, black lashes fluttered open, revealing glowing brown eyes, just as I opened mine. I fought to draw in air through my slightly opened mouth, my chest heaving. A slow descent from the peak of our passionate embrace.

It was raining, heavy drops, but we did not care. We held each other on the blanket, now wet, under the gigantic tree. The enormous leaves were not enough to shield us from the weight of the raindrops.

Splat. Splat. Splat.

I was more than happy to shield her with my body, the raindrops soothing on my back and behind. We were very young. We had no single care in the world that afternoon, lying naked, the touch of our bodies at every point, intoxicating.

Her cheeks went pink, a sleek stray of her chestnut hair, sliding across her soft cheek. I curled the stray hair around my finger before hiding it behind her ear. A flitting brush of my lips across her soft ones, lighting the hint of passion that shone in her eyes like a flame.

I could not stop devouring her with my eyes, for the moment. A scene I captured in my memory for eternity because that moment was all we had left. A moment of stolen passion.

We would always remember this afternoon when we consummated our love. Though society made it extremely hard for us to be together. A love match that must not exist because of the difference in our colours.

She gave me that smile that won my heart, even though tears had pooled in her eyes. She knew our goodbyes would soon be said and we would go our separate ways. Maybe forever.

Perhaps the universe might yet bring us back together again? In a time when our societies looked upon things differently? I cupped her cheek at this striking thought and sank heavily into her. She gasped softly. She did not mind my weight. Still, the tears rolled out slowly down her temple into her ears.

I closed my eyes for a moment, resting my forehead on hers. Our breaths intertwined as one, just as our bodies were.

"Remember me always," she whispered into my mouth.

"I promise," I whispered back. At that moment, I knew we would always belong to each other no matter the distance of space and time.

She tilted her lower body upwards, a pleasurable invitation I would never decline as I responded in kind. Time stood still for us, or so it felt. It was explosive, the glittering stars in the night sky declaring the end of our well-spent time. A cherished memory that remained for many years…

… Now I see her among business associates…after more than two decades. Our eyes lock across the room. Her lips fall slightly open in bewilderment. She still looks beautiful, in a graceful way. My heart races, my body awakens. The universe may have just given us another chance. I cannot say at this time.

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