Novel & Cerita So Close But Yet So Far

At the distance between what this place had been and what it was becoming. Not there yet. Not nearly. But facing the right direction. Every day a little further into the honest ground.

Not yet. Not yet.

“𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗰𝘂𝘁. 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆, 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼

Not touching just there. Close. Waiting.

To shatter the polite, professional distance between us. But I held back, gripping my clothes tighter. He was focused on his phone, on the view, on anything but me. The distance felt like a wall, a wall that I desperately wanted to tear down, even as I knew it was probably for the best. Being this close, yet so far, was a special kind of torment.

But does it mean he's no longer in touch with her? "You talk like you aren't in touch with her." I said as we entered the elevator. "It's quite complicated. She’s so close yet so far." He replied as he pressed the button of the last floor. 'That doesn't make sense. How can a person be so close yet so far at the same time? I mused, twisting my lips. 'Is that she doesn't want him to see her? No, that doesn't follow. Is she... dead?' "Is she... dead?" I blurted, twisting the strap of my bag.

Just silence that didn’t feel empty anymore. And the fragile truth that sometimes, the closest two people come to love… is in the space between what they can’t say.

This was not over. Not even close.

"I've always tried to show you how I'm deeply in love with you, but somehow, you keep moving further away from me." Further away? What was he talking about?

What’s locked away in that heart of yours? You feel so far away from us now. So distant, like you're slipping into a dream no one else can enter. What can I do… to reach you?’