Anyone could have said it: their last kiss
was beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. After all, it wasn’t every
day that two people were separated in such an awful way. One of them was going
to jail and the other one was going to have to prove himself by trying to make
a living alone. That last moment happened in the harbor, were the ferry for the
prison island leaves. It was very hard for the people that had joined him to
watch, especially as they knew everything that had happened before, all the
hurdles they had to go over.
Since the moment they had laid eyes on each
other, they had known that something important was going to happen. But, to be
fair, neither of them thought that it was going to be so intense and such a
long relationship for the both of them. They met on a plane, on a very long
flight that they took for different reasons. Lucas was travelling for work and
Carlo had won the trip on a raffle his mother had put him into. She had done it
as a way to have more possibilities to win and when the family did win, she
decided to give the prize to him.
After all, the rest of the family was not very
fond of flying and he was the only one who was actually interested in it, once
they had won the prize. When it happened, it was like a mouthful of fresh air
as Carlo was desperate for something to do in his life. He had recently been
fired from a job as a sales person on a big store. During that year, he had
been laid off from at least five jobs. Sometimes it was the circumstances that
made it happen but most of the time the problem was he didn’t care at all about
what he did because he had no passion for it.
He had gone to college and had a degree on
architecture but the reality of the matter was that he didn’t care at all about
it. He had studied it because his father had wanted that for him. Furthermore,
Carlo had never voiced any will to study anything else so when the moment came,
they just paid for whatever they wanted and he had to go there and do his
works. From an academic standpoint, those were the most awful four years of his
life. But he made a very big social life, meeting lots of friends and guys to
date, so he never really complained.
The trip came as a surprise and he was very
happy to have something to do, even if it was for only seven days. He was going
to take advantage of every single one of those days, going crazy in his
destination and just enjoying himself for once in a very long time. He failed
at every job he had because he hated everything except for having fun. He secretly
hoped that he would learn something interesting and definitive about himself in
that trip but he certainly didn’t said anything about that to anyone. It was
hard to confess he actually cared.
Lucas, on the other hand, was a very
successful young man. He had finished high school at age fifteen and at twenty
he was already walking out of college. After that, he worked for two years in
his father’s company, which imported various products from other countries, and
then decided to go and study abroad in order to have the experience to love by
himself and getting to know more about what he wanted. His dream was to have
his own company to buy and sell the best things for pets, as he absolutely
loved animals.
His trip was the one that would begin that
stage of his life. He was young and eager to know what was ahead of him. Lucas
was the kind of person that always has ideas, who’s always creating and
imagining. He couldn’t stay still for long as he was very keen on doing
something at all times whether it was to exercise or to design a new business
model for his future pet company or whatever it was that made him passionate in
a moment. He loved life and all that had to do with it and he couldn’t bear to
stop and stay still.
His father always told him he should take a
break. When Lucas announced his trip, he was very happy for him but also
worried because he thought he was going to use that experience to work even
more. One day before departing, he sat down with him and asked him, almost
demanded him to have fun, to relax, to just take a look around and enjoy all
the other parts of life that he never really enjoyed. Lucas was reluctant to
accept he would try but that was because he really didn’t know how to be that
loose and carefree person.
The day of the trip, Lucas had everything
ready and arrived at the airport early. His father was the last one to say
goodbye, hugging his son for a long time and telling him that if he needed
anything he would be dare waiting for his call. This moment made Lucas realize
that his father really wanted him to have that experience but he also wanted
for him to chill a bit and just enjoy more of life, especially those things he
wasn’t really attracted by like having intimate relationships or even just
having drinks and going on a wild night from time to time.
On the plane, they weren’t supposed to sit
together but Lucas had to change seats because a woman wanted to be with her
husband and changing seats would help her with that. She told him it was
something very important as she suffered from some condition. He complied and
it was then when he saw Carlo and they actually stared at each other for a
couple of seconds before trying to make it seem it hadn’t happened. But they
both through glances at each other until the dinner service came.
It was Carlo that initiated the conversation
because he noticed Lucas had asked for wine with his meal. Carlo asked him if
alcohol didn’t made him to tipsy on a plane and Lucas told him that it made him
more susceptible to sleep. Then, they went on to talk during their dinner,
sharing points of view and experiences from the airport and the plane. Lucas
had travelled a lot before but Carlo had not so he was really interested in
many things Lucas knew and he wasn’t annoying about it, all the contrary, so it
was a very interesting conversation for both.
When time came to sleep, the plane’s lights
went off and most people turned off their screens. The two guys continued their
conversation and started talking about their lives. Lucas rapidly learned what
kind of person Carlo was but he wasn’t bothered or anything by his behavior. He
was actually very interested in someone that seemed to not mind much about what
the world thought of him and that wasn’t really crazy about leaving a mark on
the world. Meanwhile, Carlo was fascinated by many of the experiences Lucas
told him about.
A stewardess came to shut him up and they did
but as soon as they could they talked more and when the flight ended they
joined in each other to the taxi area. There, they parted ways but gave each
other their email information in order to talk through social networks and so
one. During the week Carlo stayed there, they met every single day and on the
last night they had way too many drinks and ended up having sex and spending
the night together. The next morning they shared breakfast in Lucas place and
then he took Carlo to the airport.
They didn’t expected to see each other in a
year, at least. Lucas had thought he was going to stay in that country but as
soon as his studies ended he came back home, a bit changed because he had new
goals and priorities in his life. Inspired by Lucas, Carlo tried to make himself
into someone new and created a small business selling cupcakes and brownies,
all made by him. When they saw each other again, they knew what the next step
was. With both of their savings, they decided to live together and tell
everyone how happy they were together.
So many years have passed since that decision.
And now one of them was been taken away, who knows for how much time. He had
been wrongfully sentenced after a trial had been held in order to determine if
money had been stolen by him and other accusations. They were all lies, that’s what
they said. But the truth doesn’t matter. The point is that two people that loved
each other were broken apart. That was heartbreaking for everyone that believed
in love to see. They were lost without each other.
