A Twin's Funeral: A Short Story

It was a dark, dreary December morning. It was one of those days where the sun never came out, it just hid in the clouds, like an animal hides when it sees death around the corner. Oh, death. What a peculiar thing, how it breaks everyone apart, yet seems to complete them at the same time. This is the case for Aurum and Imogene, as they gathered at the cemetery for their twin’s funeral. They did not know each other, but the death of the one’s they held dearest brought them together.

Aurum and Aura were twins, like many twins they were as close as the shore is to the ocean. Completely inseparable, it was like they were glued to each others side. Both stood far from the ground at six foot seven inches. This was extremely uncommon for a girl
When Imogene arrived she scoffed at the sight of another casket, Imaran deserved to have his own funeral, he meant so much to her. How was it fair that random people got to occupy space on such a tragic day? After all, no one could ever feel the way she feels. No one has ever suffered such a loss.

The sight of all the gravestones oddly comforted Aurum. Truly, he was shattered about the death of Aura, but death had always comforted him. He was bitter that she had to share her funeral with a random stranger but she deserved the attention. The smell of everyone’s tears was robust, it made Aurum sick just to think of the displaying of emotions.

The time came for the service to start, the lids of the caskets were lifted and a strange feeling came over both Imogene and Aurum. The looked around the crowd of people, they could feel the eyesight of a stranger and soon enough their eyes met. As soon as their eyes locked they snapped back to the caskets, onto the deceased twins. They immediately looked back at each other realizing that they too had lost a part of their heart. It felt as though they were reconnected with their recently departed
Before they lowered the coffins into the ground the twins said their last goodbyes. Aurum kissed Aura’s cheek, the touch of his lips against her soft check, her life hidden somewhere inside. Imogene knelt by Imaran, the taste of tears falling into her mouth, leaving him to rest with a last grip of her hand. Both twins stood beside each other as they witnessed their whole world sink into the earth.

Imogene reached her hand back and grabbed Aurum’s hand. It took her a moment to realize what she had done, she was accustomed to always holding Imaran’s hand. Before she could jerk her hand away Aurum tightened his hand around hers. The way their hands felt intertwined was indescribable. They couldn’t bear to leave the cemetery, the feeling of incompleteness had just gone away and they dare not face it again by parting from each other.

It was no surprise that neither Aurum or Imogene returned home after the service. They spent the rest of the day walking around the cemetery talking, telling each other all about their twin. Even though they only met a few hours ago, they felt like they’ve known each other forever. There was no way they could ever leave each others side. So, they came up with a plan, a way they would be able to be together forever. They both went home to gather what they would need, they made a plan to return to the cemetery in an