CHAPTER 2: STAY WITH ME

Cael's body shuddered as he continued to speak, his voice choked with emotion. "I have nothing left to hold onto, nothing left to fight for. I don't deserve this world. People hate my existence. I am simply...done." Tears streamed down his face as he fell silent, his heart weighed heavy with the weight of the world's suffering.

As Shane looked up at Cael, her heart breaking at his words, she couldn't fathom the thought of losing him. Her heart was beating wildly at the thought of losing him, and her hands began to shake as she reached a hand out to him. "Please, Cael, don't do this," she whispered, tears welling up in her eyes. "I don't care what you've done or what you think you deserve, you mean everything to me and I can't imagine a world without you in it," she continued, desperation creeping into her voice. "I'll help you, I'll be here for you, just please don't go," she pleaded, her voice breaking as the tears began to fall from her eyes.

Shane was begging him, begging him to let her help him, begging him to stay. She couldn't lose him, she couldn't bear to be without him. She needed him, she wanted him, and she refused to lose him to something that could be helped. She was pleading with him to stay, to let her help him, to let her love him, and she didn't care who else was listening. This was her everything, and she refused to lose it.

Cael turned to Shane, and for a split second she thought she saw a glimmer of hope in his eyes, a flicker of a smile, but then it was gone. His eyes were hollow, empty, and she could see the weight of his sorrow, the weight of the world he was carrying on his shoulders. He took a deep breath, and when he spoke his voice was a mere whisper of the boy she had known, and that was when she knew that she was losing him.

"Thank you Shane," he said, his tone soft, but there was a finality in it, a sense of giving up that tore at her heart.

She wanted to grab him, to hold him back from the edge, to make him see the light, the hope, the future, but her hands were tied. She felt as if she were drowning, drowning in a sea of sorrow, drowning in the pain of her brother, drowning in the weight of the world. She wanted to scream, to throw her hands up in despair, but instead she took a deep breath, and looked at him, into his eyes, and said the only word she could muster, the word that filled her heart, the word that filled her soul, "No."

It was a whisper, a plea, a cry for him to hold on, to stay with her, to fight for life, but she knew that it was a word that would be swallowed up by the abyss, by the nothingness that was pulling at him, and she watched as he took one last look at her, as if to say goodbye, and then stepped toward the edge.

Shane's heart froze, her breath caught in her throat, and she felt as if time itself stood still, as if the world was frozen around her, and she let out a scream of anguish that echoed through the world, a scream that would be lost to the void, a scream to the abyss, to the nothingness, and she watched as her brother's figure grew smaller and smaller, until it was lost to the emptiness, until there was nothing left but the sound of her voice echoing in the silent void. Shane's world had just ended, and she was left to suffer.

Shane's heart was pounding so hard, it was as if it was going to burst out of her chest. She could feel the tears streaming down her face, like rivers of sorrow. She clutched him, her desperation palpable, her fear and sadness palpable. She didn't want to lose him, she didn't want him to leave her, she didn't want to be alone. She felt as if the world was ending, as if everything she had ever known was crashing down around her.

"No, Cael, no," she cried, her voice choked with sorrow. "You can't leave me. You are all I have. You are my everything. I love you so much, I can't imagine life without you." Her grip tightened around him, and grab him then she pressed her head against his, her breath coming in gasps.

"Please, Cael, don't do this. You are worth so much, you are loved, you are important, you are everything to me. I can't lose you, I can't bear to watch you go. I won't let you go, I won't let you do this." She repeated the words over and over again, her voice growing louder, more desperate, more pleading, trying to reach him, trying to make him stay, trying to make him see that his life mattered, that he mattered.

"I love you so much," she said again, her voice barely more than a whisper, as if she was scared to say the words out loud, as if her love was too big, too powerful, for her to voice it. She held him close, feeling the tears running down her face, feeling the pain of his loss, feeling the weight of his sadness. She didn't know how to make it better, she didn't know how to take away his pain, but she knew that she would never give up, she would never let him go. "I love you," she said one last time, her voice choked with emotion, "I love you, I love you, I love you. Don't leave me alone."

Cael voice was choked with tears, his words broken and slurred, as he hugged her tightly. She could feel his heart racing, feel his breath coming in shallow gasps, feel his entire body shaking with emotion. She could see the tears streaming down his face, his hands clutching hers with desperate determination.

"I don't want to leave," he said, his voice barely above a whisper. "But I just can't take it anymore. I can't, I can't, I can't."

His words were like a knife to her heart, as if he was cutting her apart with each utterance. She could see the pain in his eyes, the fear, the sadness, the desperation. She knew that he was lost, that he was at the end, that he was on the verge of giving up. She didn't want to lose him, she couldn't let him go, she couldn't let him leave.

"You're not going anywhere," she said, her voice filled with determination, her grip on him tight, as if she was holding on for dear life. "You're not leaving me, you're not leaving this world. You are everything to me, my world, my heart, my reason for living. I love you, I love you, I love you. Don't leave me alone."

She pulled him closer, her body shaking, her tears flowing freely. She whispered in his ear, her voice trembling, her words laced with love and desperation, "I love you, I love you, I love you. Please, please, don't leave me alone."

To be continued......

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