Eyes

He looked at her, tears falling from red-rimmed eyes.  A rare sight indeed.
"I just didn't think it would come to this."
She bitterly turned her shoulder to face her body away from him.
"Yah, well, what did you really expect?" Her question lacked any intonation.  "Did you actually think that something like this would happen and we would be able to just continue on with our normal lives?"
He gently grabbed her shoulder and pulled her back to face him square-on.  Her eyes flashed with anger.
"Just look at me; I, I-"

His eyes spoke a story of confusion but nothing more could come out of his mouth.  He probed her mind with hurt eyes, attempting to insert condolences and unsayable words anywhere they were accepted.  Her harsh gaze faltered under his soft one, allowing him to enter effortlessly. Their communication began to flow freely through this intense glance; he had a way of pulling the true colors out of her. They stayed like that - staring - trying to right every wrong of this situation with intent concentration.

Her guard gone, she buried her head in his chest and clung to him tightly.  The source of their grief blew up into a hot air balloon that pressed itself between their bodies, causing palpable ache.  Her body shook in his arms as she finally allowed the inner sadness to emerge out of her eyes.

Eventually, the hot air balloon lifted off into the sky.  She separated her body from his and searched his damp eyes for any final thoughts.  She found a slight smile and knew that hot air balloons could only stay on land for so long.