The night was still. The only sound was of the Bohai Sea splashing around as the current came in. We sat in silence. I stretched my arms up, before leaning my entire body down on the cool stone floor. I look up at the stars, pointing out each constellation I had learned about as a kid.

She lays next to me, arms behind her head. Her short black hair moves along in sync with the breeze. Her emerald eyes follow my finger as I tell her the stories of how each star became apart of something bigger. She listens to me, unlike many who have come before her. She smiles at each story I tell.

When I have finally run out of things to say, I breathe slowly. For the first time in years, I am talking to someone about things that interest me. And the best part about it is she listens, to every word, to every letter.

We lay there side by side, looking up onto the universe, which stars back at us. Its beauty is unremarkable. I feel warm, for the stars was my outlet. A place where I can relax and have peace. It's a place where I hope all of my victims have been sent.

"Which one is Allie?" Her voice chimed.

I smile, she actually listened. And to top it off, she could relate to me, unlike anyone else has before.

"The third one to the right of the North Star."

We both look up. She quickly finds it. Again, silence overcomes us.

"Do you know why I did it?" She asks.

I look over at her, her gaze still on the heavens above.

"I did it because he took everything from me. Everything I had ever believed in, gone. Everything I had worked hard for, gone. Everything I loved, gone. He took it all from me, and then replaced me with a snotty barbie doll, who doesn't even look good."

I nod my head. We all have reasons to commit actions we later regret.

"That's why I did it. Because I wanted him to feel what it is like to have everything taken away from him."

She sits up, and I do the same. It is time for her to join the others.

"Which star?" I ask her.

She thinks only for a minute. "How about second to the right of the North Star?"

I couldn't help but laugh, and even harder once she joined. This woman didn't deserve to die. She deserved another chance at life. This one was going to be harder to get over.

I wipe away the tears, making it seem like they were from my laughter. She does the same.

"I'm really sorry Mina, but it is time. I will miss you..."

"And I will too..."

We take one last look at each other. Our hearts each beating to the same tune.

I take out the syringe and insert the poison. She blinks back a few tears.

"I know what love is...I know what it is now." Were her last words before she fell into the slumber where she would never wake from again.

I lay her down, while tears form in my eyes. "Goodbye my beautiful sin, I wish to see you in the stars...and may I everlastingly love you..."

I take out Hyacinth's and lay them on Mina's chest. Hyacinth's meant jealousy, but now that I know the real Mina, I know that wasn't exactly true.

So I pulled out one Yellow Acacia, to represent our true friendship, and how maybe in another life, we could love each other longer.

I stand and pull out the gun that I have had with me through twenty-three other kills. I look to the Bohai Sea and pull the trigger.

I barely hear the shot, as the roaring waves cover it up.

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Yellow Acacia^