"Ok hold up! Wait! Just repeat what did you just say now?" I ask placing the cup of coffee on the table.

"Dude! It's the BTS; the global superstars! You met them in the parallel universe. Oh my god! I just can't believe this!" He says slapping his forehead.

"God stop fangirling! I didn't ask about that, what do you mean by the part, I am going to affect their lives now, here in this universe." I ask hitting him the shoulder.

He straightens his posture and turns to me and says, "Stop being a sexist, I am a fan boy! And second of all, I have talked to you about butterfly effect before right?" He asks.

I just give him a blank face, I mean I have read about it, watched some movies that has mentioned about them.

"So yeah, basically, the butterfly effect mostly deals with the usage of Time Machine. It's like going into the past and changing one thing can lead to multitude of changes in the future and present." He says and I just give him a blank look as I process his words.

"The same thing applies here, but of course the effect is not as drastic as the ones that happen with the usage of Time Machine cause that involves one universe and it's like a straight line. I mean it is questionable there is a theory that says it's otherwise. But I don't want you bore you with that." He starts to blabber.

"Bro, just tell me what will happen with your machine?" I ask, emphasizing on the you part.

"Yup, my machine, the thing is since we are dealing with the parallel universe which is much more complex, it has layers and more complicated for this small changes would lead to big after effects. But, on that note; it doesn't mean there will be no effect whatsoever."
He pauses giving me a deep look.

"The thing is there was no need in this whole twisted situation for you to meet them. Which clearly states that you have either met them or was just going to meet them." He tells matter of factly.

"What the hell, no chance for that. What do you mean? Me meeting the BTS! I mean they are not some god beings, but at the same time, there is no need for us to meet in any sort of way." I say as I pace around the room.

"But tell me, then why did you have to meet them?" He asks.

"Maybe-" , before I could complete the sentence he tells, "Maybe what, Hayley?"

I look at the tired looking boy in front of me and say, "David, what if I didn't go to parallel universe but I just went to a place my subconscious mind cooked up."

He stills for a minute, he opens and closes his mouth. He hurriedly gets up and goes into his room.

Shit! Was it too blunt, I legit questioned his entire three year work project!

After some time later, he emerges back from his room, "Ok, I think you may be right, but partially!" He says as he stands in front of me.

I raise my eyes brows in question, and he continues, "Maybe the place you visited is not the parallel universe, maybe it was just a dream."

"Ok wait I wouldn't say that, god what bro? That's just sad. What you just put me into deep sleep or what?" I tell shaking my head.

"Yeah maybe, cause I did design the machine in a way to make you go into deep sleep, it's when your body is in the deep sleep mode that is the REM sleep your body will transcend and you go into the world."

"So what you are trying to say is it works on the lucid dreaming principle? Is that it?", I ask loudly.

"Shit! No! What no way! You were not dreaming, you can't do all of that in few hours of dreaming also, I did monitor your EEG waves, it didn't show you were dreaming. In fact your brain activity reduced to a significant amount, the part of the brain that is required for thinking and dreaming was completely switched off. Only the essential functions that is required to keep your body alive was functioning."

"Ok what the hell! That sounds so dangerous, is it ok for my body to be like that. What if I am stuck there?"

"That's why you trust me on that, I wouldn't leave you like that."

"I don't know about this David, do we really have to do this all by ourselves. Why don't we submit this to some big research facility and perform all this experiments in a guided and safe environment." I say slowly. I mean I know I am striking the wrong chord, but from what he said, he is just playing with human lives. Atleast my life at this moment.

"Hayley, if you don't want to do this, you can leave. You don't need to force yourself or something. I asked you a favor only, not your advice." He tells this harshly and leaves the room.

I sit there staring at his retreating figure silently.

***
It has been a week since I saw David, uncle is a little worried about him as well.

He has not been calling his home and now I am standing in front of his apartment, waiting for him to open the door.

I keep on knocking the door and ringing the doorbell, after sometime I take the spare key from under the mat and unlock the door.

"David, your time is up! You need some serious intervention, where are you?" I ask loudly. But to my surprise all I get back is a silent house. His front door was closed from inside, that means he is in. But where the hell is he?

The door to the room where he has kept the machine is closed and I walk towards it thinking he will be there.

But when I open the door, I am shook to the core, he is strapped in the machine and has his eyes closed.

God! David what have you done!!

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