Nightingale

"Hey,"

It was a soothing voice, calm and caring, but there was something else.. anxiousness..?
I couldn't see anything, there were only void, and.... the voice again.

"...Love?"

I suddenly felt a cold touch on my right hand...
And as if it was a trigger, every sence came floating to me, one by one.

I could feel the warmth of the air, a gentle flow in and out of my lungs.
A cool bedsheet brushing against my hand.
Sound of woods burning in the fireplace.

I opened my eyes, feeling like I've been asleep for a long time.
My eyes wandered around, letting everything in.
It took me a while to notice a man, staring at me cautiously.
I've seen his face before. But.... who is he..?

He had dark, short hair, something between navy and black. His eyes were black but shining like a starry night sky, that looked darker with his pale skin.

Beautiful. That's what I would have called him.

"Love... can you... can you hear me?"

The voice again. Soothing and calm, warming my body from head to toe.
His lips were moving, the voice was his.

A hand reached for his lips, slightly, mesmerised, and it took me a second to realize that it's my hand thouching his face. Slowly pulling my arm back towards me, I said,

"You have a beautiful voice.."

My voice chimed throughout the room, ringing with a silken clarity that lingers for a long time.
The man looked dazed for a second, then shook his head quckly, to ask,

"You don't, you don't know who I am..?"

My head tilted to the side.
He looks familiar... making me feel a tangled emotion that I can't quite understand..

"I... I don't remember.."

I could only see a moment of his face twisting, before burying it in his hands, leaning back in his chair..... sighing as if in in dispare.

He suddenly stood up, softly smiling at me.

"It's okay, love... we can, we can start all over again. I'll be here for you, take care of you, and love you..."

His voice trailed off, leaving me confused.

"Why? What were we? Did I.. did I have feelings for you?"

I caught the briefest flicker of hesitation in his eyes before he answered, a pause so slight it might have gone unnoticed... But when he finally spoke, a smile spread across his face, radiant and unwavering, as if, in that moment, he held the entire world in his hands.

"Yes, intensely."















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A year later
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"Hey,"

A warm voice called out from the house. Our house.

"Love?"

A smile spread on my lips, and I stood up, putting the book down on the wooden bench. I slowly walked across the lawn, my steps light and dancing.

"Love, can you hear me?"
He called out again.

I walked into the house and hugged him from behind.

"You have a beautiful voice"
I smiled to his back.

He replied with a bark of laughter, turning around to lift me up from the ground with a tight embrace.

"You tell me that every day, love. And I told you every day as well, that--"

"My voice is like a Nightingale's... I know"

He smiled, nodding.

"But you never told me what a Nightingale is..."

I stared into his eyes, and he kissed my nose, my eyelids, and my forehead.
He looked down at me, and I never was able to read his face.

"You are my Nightingale. It's a beautiful bird, with a mesmerizing voice. That's all...."




















[3028th Diary -  OO12. 04/06]
My Nightingale. My love.
I can't believe that this actually worked.
I'm a little sad that.. you've lost all the memories we had together..
But this means you'll have space for more.
More to fill, with memories of just you and me..
I'll fill everything about you with me, I'll love you and make you want me as I want you.
You'll never be able to live without me, and that.... means we'll live forever,
Because I'll never leave you. Not like you left me back then.
No, I will not hurt you like you did to me.
Yes, there were times like that, but that's all behind us now..

But I do have regrets.
I regret trying to hurt you.
I never ment for you to bleed...
For all of the bruises I've caused in the tears...
I was... frustrated when you tried to leave me.
I've given you everything but you went running to someone else..
But now none of that matters.
Now you'll only remember me.
You'll love me more than anything, and I'll love you back.
I'll be a better man today.



[2975th Diary - OO09/ 08/23]
It's not working. Why isn't it working??
I've given you the new serum that I made last week.
You should have been awake by now.
You should have been talking to me.
You should have been singing for me,
Whispering you love me.

Don't worry, love, I'll try again and again, untill the day you wake up,
and forget all the reasons you wanted to leave me...
You'll never try to leave again.
You'll be mine. You'll only sing for me.



[1022th Diary - OO09/ 02/17]
You left me.
You ran away to that guy at your hometown.
Why? Why the hell would you do that to me?
You're mine. I'll make you regret it.
I'll punish you for hurting me. You deserve it..!!!
I'll kill him. I'll make him pay for manipulating you.
Taking what's mine, that's... that's never to be forgiven....
Especially if that's you...


[320th Diary - OO05/10/06]
I love you.
And I know you love me too.
Every day I want you more and more....
You're just too far away for me to reach right now, but wait just a year..
You'll realize that I'm the only one that'll love every part of you...
Only I can make you happy. And you'll admit it to me. One day...





[1st Diary - OO04/12/24]
I saw you. I saw an angel. A singing bird.
You were sitting there, on the bench of a park that I unintentionally stumbled through..
Reading, concentrating, and singing.
You smiled to me when our eyes met, and I know you felt it too.
It was not an accident that we met. It was supposed to happen. You and me.
A beautiful voice that I longed to hear all my life....
I'm the only one that should be able to hear such a melody,
Because I knew, the moment I saw you... that you were destined to be mine.
My Nightingale. 
You'll make me happy, I'll make you happy.
We're perfect for each other...
My love, my Nightingale...