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It had been a while since Leo had died. Apparently, DeLuca had Leo killed and according to the council rules, DeLuca was excommunicated, all business ties were served with him. Andrew had performed the autopsy and said that Leo had multiple gunshot wounds. I still couldn't believe it. Andrew and Nico wouldn't let anyone — not even his parents, not even Gigi and certainly not even I — see Leo's body. They said I wouldn't be able to take it and Leo wouldn't have wanted it. Leo would've hated it if anyone saw him in such a brutal condition.

Today, the engagement band I'd ordered for him arrived and I cried so bad. I thought I was done mourning for him and that my tears had dried up, but they hadn't. Every time something reminded me of him, I'd go into despair. My cousins and my parents tried talking to me but honestly I just didn't feel like talking to anyone.

I would go through his diary each day, remembering my memories with him. Leo and I did not know each other for long nor had we dated for so long. We started by hating each other. I still remember how the first time I met him, I took his luggage and walked away asserting it was mine. We didn't start on the best foot. Hell, we argued like anything. There were moments when he made me feel annoyed from the bottom of my heart. Moments when I simply could not understand why he did what he did. But even in our clashes we both stuck on. I won't lie but we are a difficult couple. Two insanely stubborn and egoistic people like ourselves clashed so many times. Now that he is gone I find myself missing him, and all our fights too. I missed how despite it all we found our way back to each other, always.

Our love was special, it was so damn precious. It was he who taught me that no matter how different two people are, they could always find a way to make it work. Even with so many differences, with literal life threatening forces behind us, and a millions of difficulties, it was just so easy to be with him. Once you see his softer side, you'll see how easy it is to love Leo. It impossible to not love him. He was so caring, so fiercely loyal and so understanding. I almost cry thinking how I got so lucky to find someone like him. Being loved by him was the most beautiful part of my life.

His death felt as if someone had clawed their way into my chest, grabbed my heart and yanked it away, tearing the arteries and nerves that held it in place taking that heart and crushing it,; squeezing it out and leaving me void. Then I'd be left empty with a vacant hole in my chest where my heart was supposed to be, the nerves aching with emptiness and memories of holding my heart. It didn't matter how much I tried to fill it in, or cover it or mend it, the cavity kept on widening and consuming me. The void kept on increasing, making it heavier for me to carry. The emptier it became, the heavier it felt. At times I felt like I'd be crushed under the weight of my grief. I'd try and fill the emptiness with anything that I could find — joy of distraction, anger at fate's cruelty, nostalgia of the past or mere mindless eating and sleeping — but nothing seemed to fill that gap. I could put stars and galaxies in my chest and even then it would be empty, even then it would yearn and cry in pain. Even if the whole universe tried to fill the void, it would still remain empty. That void in my chest was him and the love that we had, the happiness that I deserved, but which was snatched away from me.

I was distracted by a door bell. As I walked to the door, I noticed my tiny plants getting dried up and dying. My house was a mess. Hell, I was a fucking mess. Nothing seemed to interest me anymore after Leo's death.

I opened the door and saw a strange man wearing a hat.

"Yes?" I asked.

Before I could react, the man pulled me. I tried to scream but he hushed my mouth. Some weird chemical smell filled my nostrils and before I knew, I blanked out.

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A/N: 

The lockdown has been stressful for me to be honest. For a long time I couldn't log into my wattpad account. Apparently my mail account and password had to be changed and recovered. Anyway, I managed that and here are the updates. Once again, I'm so sorry for the delay. 

(PS. I hope you guys are fine in the pandemic)

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