**Since I was amazed at the reaction for my other short piece, here's another. Warning: This piece was written in roughly ten minutes with minimal re-reading. Side effects may include nausea, vertigo, and a strong urge to edit**
They ran, lungs filled to bursting as they took in deep joyful breaths of the sweet-smelling air in the valley. Pushing themselves as hard as they could, sweat pouring off of their bodies, their muscles strained to reach the ever-elusice goal: victory
“I win!” She laughed, overjoyed, and turned to meet him; a half-step behind he ran into her and thus together they fell into the sweet-smelling grass of their valley.
In this position they stayed, the late-afternoon sun slowly sinking behind the surrounding hills, the sweat drying slowly on their bodies, later to be replaced with dew.
She was lying on her stomach next to him, tracing whorls around a flower when suddenly he shifted. Lying over her, he hugged her tightly;
“I love you.”
His eyes liquid pools of color, hers softened in return as she melted into him and they both faded away together. The final brilliant rays of the now setting sun disappeared behind the craggy hills around the blurring duo, their protective bowl fading to darkness along with them.
“I love you too." The final whisper faded away, swirling on the last breeze before nightfall.
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