Pyramus and Thisbe

Pyramus and Thisbe are a couple of young Babylonians in love.

Unfortunately, their families totally hate each other. The star-crossed lovers
whisper sweet nothings through a crack in the wall that separates their
houses, until they eventually can't take it anymore and decide to elope.

But when Thisbe shows up under the mulberry tree where they're supposed
to meet, a bloody-jawed lioness is hanging out there. Thisbe screams and
runs, leaving her shawl behind. Pyramus arrives a little while later and finds
the bloody lioness ripping apart the shawl. Uh oh—we can see where this is
headed.

Assuming Thisbe has been devoured, he stabs himself with his sword. Later,
Thisbe returns, figures out the horrible thing that's happened, and stabs
herself with Pyramus's sword, too. To this day, the formerly white berries of
the mulberry tree are stained red with the blood of these tragic lovers.