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Sad Gay

This isn't apart of any series, I just had an idea, and it fit the prompt. So, enjoy!


Noah bounced on his heels. He just finished decorating the kitchen for his husband, Elijah. It was their anniversary, and Elijah’s birthday.

Elijah’s plane was supposed to land in an hour, and Noah was going to bring him back home and surprise him with a fancy dinner.

“Leo!” He called. His best friend was helping him, since Noah couldn’t cook to save his life.

“Yeah?”

“Where’s my phone? I want to call Eli!”

“On the couch!”

“Thanks!” 

He went into the living room, and picked his phone up. He was about to call, but Elijah beat him.

“Hey!” Noah grinned.

He heard a shaky breath. “Noah?”

“What’s wrong? Are you crying? What happened?”

“Hey, listen, don’t freak out, okay?”

Too late. “Why? What happened?” 

There was no answer, just another shaky breath. 

“Eli?” He whispered. “You’re scaring me.”

“I’m sorry. The-the plane. Something happened.”

“What do you mean? Is the flight delayed or something?”

“No, it’s-I’m on the plane.”

“So what’s wrong?”

“The plane-it’s going to crash.”

The phone shook in his hand. “W-what?”

“It’s going to crash. I don’t think we’re going to make it.”

Noah’s eyes welled up, and he bit his lip. “I-is this a joke? It’s not funny, okay?”

“I’m so sorry.” He whispered.

“No, no, no, this can’t-you’re lying-you can’t-”

“Noah, it’s okay.”

“No it’s not! You-you’re-”

“Noah-”

“You can’t die! I can’t-you-”

He sobbed, sinking down onto the couch. Tears spilled from his eyes. 

“Noah, I’m so sorry. I love you. More than anything.”

“No, no, no, you can’t. Please, I can’t lose you.”

“Noah? What happened?” 

He looked up to see Leo walking towards him. He tried to choke out words, but he couldn’t, and cried harder. Leo gently took the phone from him.

“Hello? Yeah, it’s Leo. What happened? You-what? Oh my-Seriously? No, that's-It-yeah. Okay.”

Noah could tell Leo was holding back tears. Leo never cried. He handed the phone back to Noah.

“Noah, listen, I love you, okay? I’m so sorry.”

He wiped his eyes, but more tears spilled down his cheeks. “I love you, too.”

He stood up, shaking slightly, and walked to the kitchen. He took a picture of the decorations and the food, and sent it to Eli.

“Oh, Noah...I’m so sorry. I wish I could’ve been there.”

“Can you-can you send me a picture of you?” Noah whispered.

“Okay.”

A couple seconds later, a message from Elijah came in. He clicked on it. 

It was a picture of Elijah, but it was dim. He could see Elijah’s dark skin, and the smile he loved so much. He also saw tears in his beautiful hazel eyes, and that made him sink to the floor, and sob into his hand.

“I love you so much.” Elijah whispered. 

“I love you more.” Noah whispered back.

Noah felt hands wrap around him, and he leaned into Leo as he cried. They repeated “I love you,” to each other, over and over, until Noah heard a loud BOOM, and the call cut off.

“No!” Noah screamed. He dropped the phone, and screamed into his hands. 

He got up, pushing Leo away. He ripped down the decorations, and shoved things off the table. But suddenly, he stopped. 

He picked up the framed wedding picture of him and Eli off of the floor. A long crack ran through the middle. His hands shook.

“I love you so much.” He whispered.



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17:25 Feb 12, 2021

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Ari Berri
17:30 Feb 12, 2021

😭

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02:45 Feb 24, 2021

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Ari Berri
14:47 Feb 24, 2021

I know, I'm sorry! Thank you!

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13:53 Feb 13, 2021

Oh, my god! 'Gulp' (Sorry, no more words for now.)

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Ari Berri
23:46 Feb 13, 2021

XD

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When are you gonna post another story? I've been waiting ages.

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Ari Berri
17:09 Feb 16, 2021

I'm working on Home. I've been distracted.

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Oof-If you wanna say-what've you been distracted by? The distraction dance?

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Ari Berri
19:37 Feb 16, 2021

School mostly.

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School, or also known as: Six Cruel Hours Of Our Life.

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15:45 Feb 13, 2021

I do like the character development and overall storytelling, and it was heartwrenching, but it felt like it took the turn way too fast, and it didn't really pick up the plot at the end as well as I thought it would, mostly because it was a little short. Still, the ending has a good rhythm to it, in terms of how your characters reacted.

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Ari Berri
23:49 Feb 13, 2021

Thanks for the feedback! I thought it was fast, too. I'll edit to try to fix that. I'm glad you liked it!

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Amel Parvez
19:16 Feb 12, 2021

Damn! It really broke my heart. :((

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Ari Berri
19:17 Feb 12, 2021

Sorry!

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Amel Parvez
20:29 Feb 12, 2021

No need.

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Isabella Akpaudo
23:48 Mar 21, 2022

pain

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Jassiah Ali
06:18 Jul 28, 2021

I'M GONNA CRYYYYY NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Michaela Dennean
20:45 Jun 13, 2021

this was heartbreaking! amazing, but heartbreaking!

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14:39 Apr 25, 2021

It’s a sad story they have the dinner ready and the plane crash

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Ari Berri
13:53 Apr 26, 2021

Yeah, I wanted to do a sad story. Glad you liked it!

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Jasey Lovegood
09:53 Mar 09, 2021

AHAHAHAH NO NOPE NOT CRYING. NUH UH, NOT AT ALL. I'm going to write a really sad story, to make you cry, Ari. This hurts meeeee

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Jasey Lovegood
09:51 Mar 09, 2021

AHAHAHAHA NO NOT CRYING ARI, NOT AT ALL. NOPE. NUH UH. I'm going to write another sad story, and make you cry instead. It's that gooddddd

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Ari Berri
15:06 Mar 09, 2021

XD Tell me when you write it!

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Jasey Lovegood
21:18 Mar 09, 2021

I will! :P

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19:54 Mar 05, 2021

OMG, tears are running down my face. This story is SO good

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Ari Berri
19:59 Mar 05, 2021

Thank you!

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00:05 Mar 03, 2021

:'( this was super sad + excellent romance + good plot + great descriptive words that's really all I can say XD I loved this story!!!!!!! ~ Amethyst

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Ari Berri
00:13 Mar 03, 2021

Thank you!

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00:14 Mar 03, 2021

np! :) how are you so good at sad stories????? ineedtoknowthesecret XD

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Ari Berri
00:39 Mar 03, 2021

I honestly don't know. Sad songs while you write?

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01:19 Mar 03, 2021

hmm, okay i personally can't listen to anything while I write, because its too distracting :P

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Ari Berri
02:00 Mar 03, 2021

Yeah, it's distracting sometimes.

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Kate Reynolds
02:33 Feb 22, 2021

Omg... MY HEART IS BROKENNNNN Omggggggggggg this is so saddddddddddd THE POOR COUPLEEEEEE Omg poor Noah... knowing the person her loves is gonna die but not being able to do anything about it... Wow that story was pretty short (not in a bad way) but so dang powerfullll Wow... I literally can't form thoughts right now

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Ari Berri
13:11 Feb 22, 2021

😭I know, I'm sorry! Thank you!

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Kate Reynolds
13:31 Feb 22, 2021

There's no need! It's a good thing lmao Ofccc it was so goodddddddd!!!

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Ari Berri
14:54 Feb 22, 2021

=)

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Bella Shah
17:56 Feb 15, 2021

Wow! this was really intense, super dramatic. I love the emotions you wove into your characters, it really made this story intense. Kinda confused about what is going on here but the emotions are cool.

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Ari Berri
17:59 Feb 15, 2021

Thank you!

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Nainika Gupta
13:22 Feb 14, 2021

ooooh Ari - that was a good one - seriously, i loved the idea and thought you did a fantastic job :)

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Ari Berri
14:27 Feb 14, 2021

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it. :)

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Nainika Gupta
14:36 Feb 14, 2021

:))

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Holy-I swear this is another level or writing. It's so sad though. Short, sweet, and sad.

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Ari Berri
23:49 Feb 13, 2021

Thank you! :)

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02:50 Feb 24, 2021

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Ari Berri
14:47 Feb 24, 2021

XD

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D:<<<<<<<<<<<< NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO D:

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Ari Berri
23:48 Feb 13, 2021

:(

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Ari Berri
23:50 Feb 13, 2021

XD

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