✿ Chapter Twenty Three

GEORDI'S POV

The funeral for my late best friend was set today. His whole family was at the funeral site, all wearing black, with tears streaming down their faces as one by one they sat on the chairs in front of his coffin.

My heart ached as I realized this was not a prank. Or a dream. This... This was reality... A cruel reality. A reality where no one can wake up. All they can do is accept the bitterness and move on, even if it hurts so much.

His mother approached me and handed me... Nathann's sketchbook? He never let me look at what he was drawing, always said they were too special for me to see. A small smile made its way to my lips as she handed them to me with a bittersweet smile.

"Here. You can have this. I know Nathann will love it when you see what he had drawn in here."

Opening the cover, a beautiful art piece greeted me. It was a drawing of... Me? He drew the moment where we were casually hanging out under the tree that he always sat under.

The next drawing was when we hanged out in his bedroom, when we were trying to find out who he liked back then.

I felt myself tearing up and my legs became wobbly. I sat down, his precious sketchpad on my lap, as I uncontrollably sobbed as I felt someone hug me by my side, it was Fred.

"Fred... Do you think Nathann deserved this?" I asked him, staring at the piece that he drew with him beside me,

"No. I don't think so." He answered,

"Even if he said he liked me?"

"Yes. Why? Because you're the best person. You deserved to be loved, not only by me. That's why I didn't get angry when he said he liked you." He smiled, pecking my forehead as he engulfed me in a hug,

"Nathann is now safe. Happy. Up in the skies. He's now a star, a star that comes out at night and will always watch over you. I know he loves you. Romantically and as a friend. I know he's very lucky to have you as his best friend." I sobbed, and all he did was hug me and didn't dare to say anything else.

Silence.

Peace.

That's all I need.

Nathann may not be here with us anymore... But at least I know he's out there somewhere, safe, happy and is watching over us.

I love you, Nathann.

See you in our next life.

Hopefully, it'll be our turn to have a love story to tell.