She wasn't supposed to be back till two months later, but last night she returned. Again.
It was on a hill, some unnamed, unconquered piece of virgin land that had no mark of humanity on it at all. Save for the two of us, standing at the very top while the winds rustled our hair and dried our lips. The tall grass swayed to some unheard, secret melody that only they could hear.
The setting sun occupied our full attention. Both of us just soundlessly stood and watched as the flaming sphere slowly slid off the horizon. Then it darkened, rapidly, and before we could react we were awash in inky darkness, with only the very rim of the sun left blazing in the sky.
That blackness closed the distance between us, two lone souls huddling for reassurance. I held her tight as it got colder.
"It's OK, I think it's just some eclipse..."
"Really?"
"Yes, something about Venus I think..."
Not a word more, but volumes more went unsaid. Then, as quickly as the night had descended upon us, it left, evaporating as the final middling rays pierced through. And I saw she had melted along with the night, slowly fading from my arms as the light was restored.
And then she was gone.
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