Dream #4

"I don't live here anymore. I want to live somewhere more... Small? And normal. Like a small bungalow house or some sort, so I bought one when I turned 21," he told me while I was busy looking at his huge and spacious room.

There's not much going around inside. There's a bed, a study table where books and materials are on top of it, three doors, the bathroom a walk-in closet, and a huge glass door for a cozy balcony, and that's it.

"But, like I told you... Whenever I am happy, I go here. This place calms me down and make myself stop from overthinking."

I guess people aren't perfect after all. I thought he had it all. He's good-looking, smart, a gentleman, tall, and, almost every good thing you can almost impossibly see in a man. But I was wrong... Big time. Underneath his good and handsome boy facade, he is an over thinker.

It's not always a negative trait but he thinks negatively.

"Why did you bring me here, exactly?" I asked him and sat down at his soft mattress.

He looked at me while I was feeling the cold white sheets of his bed. The air-conditioning was on like it is on ever since. That's a waste of money considering that he doesn't live here anymore and just visit whenever he is happy.

Well, they are for sure rich as hell. But I hope they consider the need to conserve electricity.

And since when did I care too much of these kind of things?!

"I will be really honest with you, Kei..." He said as he finally went near me.

He stopped in front of me and went to my level. Now we're face to face. He was almost kneeling down and I couldn't help but stare at his hazel eyes.

"What?" I muttered while I was really distracted with his eyes and his lips.

Something that I am not aware of is pulling me close to him. Like he has a magnetic force that attracts me. Makes me want to cover his lips with mine...

Goddamn this man. He makes me feel and think of things that I have never even felt for anyone. Not even actors that I am infatuated with!

"When I first saw you, I already found happiness with you. I already knew that I will be happy with you. But as the days goes by, I realized that I can't just be happy with you anymore..."

I stopped breathing because of anticipation. He stopped at a negative sentence about not being happy with me anymore, and when I reacted badly, he'll continue his words with sweet things. Just like in the movies and in novels I have read.

I waited.

I waited.

I waited, but he never continued. That's when I finally reacted to what he said.

"Then what am I doing here?!" I snarled— almost.

To my shock, he barked out a laugh and held his stomach due to laughing a lot.

I was confused to what was happening. I am really mad and confused! Damn this guy. One minute, he's sweet as hell, sweet to the point that I am already seeing my future with him, and the second he's spitting out that he can no longer be happy with me, and the third... He's laughing like an idiot!

I had a scowl in my face, but I let him finish laughing. It took him a minute, and he started wiping the tears of joy in his eyes.

"You done? I'm leaving," I said while gritting my teeth.

He stopped me before I was able to get up. He put his hands on my thighs, stopping me from getting up. I know it was a strong hold so I didn't bother getting up and just gave him an intense glare.

"You're really funny! Let me guess, you're thinking that I'll do those things you see in movies?" He said while amusement was evident in his face.

"Let me go," I said with distaste, but in a very calm tone.

"I was joking, Kei. I'm sorry," he said and smiled apologetically.

I want to curse myself to the pits of the hell, and to give satan my soul. Just that, with his smile, with his very ‘I'm a good boy’ smile, all the displeasure, disappointment, and annoyance I felt earlier vanished.

"Back to what I was saying... I can't be happy with you anymore, it's because, in a short period of time we had together, you're not just the person I am happy with, you've become my happiness."

There were no other words to explain how much I feel for him in a short period of time. I am already enthralled with him.

The view from his balcony was breathtaking. He was always my favorite view, but the outside of his palace makes me feel a lot of things. I felt like a princess in a castle.

"I grew up thinking this was all normal. I thought everyone had a house as huge as this," he sighed and he held me closer as if our closeness isn't enough yet.

I was facing the gardens of La Mercia— that's the name of his palace.

I acknowledge the place he calls ‘house’ as ‘palace’. This ain't a house, but for him it is.

He was on my back. Hugging me from behind as we lean towards the bars of his balcony.

"Seeing the outside world gave a lot of new meanings to me."

"Like what?" I whispered the question.

"I may be living in an amazing world, not everyone is living the same world as me."