Kris

I followed Susie to her house. She paused in front of a large white house and dug around in her pocket. I looked around to find a house that looked like it would be hers, but I didn't see such a building.

"Got it!" Susie said suddenly, and I snapped my head to look at her. She held a house key triumphantly in the air.

She walked towards the big white house and dug the key into the lock. She swung the door open without hesitation.

"Welcome to my house. It's not much, but it's better than nothing. Sorry the place is a mess." I stepped into the doorway and stared in disbelief at the gorgeous, pristine entryway. The floors were a glossy hardwood, and a spiral staircase with an iron handrail stood to their right. On the left, a few hooks hung on a wall. Some held large, warm-looking faux fur coats, and one held a simple purple sweatshirt.

"You can head upstairs, my bedroom is the third door on the left. I'll be right, up, I'm gonna grab us some snacks from the kitchen," Susie said calmly. I nodded and started up the stairs.

The second floor was just as, if not more into than the main floor. I pushed open the third door on the left, and stepped into the most aesthetically pleasing room I had seen in my life. Most of the walls were a cool grey, beside one accent wall, which was a pale lavender. The bed had a white wooden frame and lavender fairy lights hung like a canopy over the bed. I'm the corner, there was a window with a cushioned bench for a windowsill. The window looked out at a large backyard with a single tree in the center. The window had lavender semitransluscent curtains. The floor was a greyish hardwood and a lavender throw rug sat at the foot of the bed. The entire room was washed in a soft golden glow from the setting sun outside.

"Pretty nice, isn't it?" Susie asked from behind me. I jumped in surprise having not heard her enter. I nodded eagerly at her as she laughed silently. "Yeah, I'm pretty happy here. It's a relatively nice place."

"It's very pretty," I agreed.

"Now, about our earlier conversation... You said that you knew me?"

"Well... It's complicated. This is gonna sound insane, but... I think I'm in the wrong world. Everyone and everything is completely different from what it should be. In the world that I'm from, you're assertive and aggressive, brave and strong. Noelle is spunky and bubbly, kind and obsessive. In that world... I knew you a lot better than you might think." Despite how proud I was of my relationship with my world's Susie, it was painful to think about now. "We... We were dating." I felt my heart ache as I said it. My arms felt unnaturally empty as a year fell from my eye.

"I see. So what happened?" Susie asked. She was clearly very curious.

"We had been together for a few months, when I had a really bad dream. It was so bad that I insisted that we visit an old friend involved in the dream, just to calm my anxiety. It turns out that what I dreamt had been true, and I had doomed us both by bringing us there in the first place. Bad things happened, and-" I struggled to remember the end, just as I had earlier. But just the same as this morning, I came back with nothing but a splitting headache. "I can't remember what happened. All I know is that when I woke up, I was here in this world. I..." I allowed myself to longer on the pleasant memories we shared, and then the more painful moments that we fought through together. I felt hot tears run down my face as I made no attempt to stop them.

"I miss her so much..."

Before I could react to what was happening, Susie pressed her lips against mine. Immediately, my eyes widened. My whole body rejected the tender and well-meaning gesture. It felt wrong. I didn't know her. She wasn't my Susie. My heart began to race as panic filled my soul. Susie seemed to realize what she had done and pulled away. More tears fell down my face as my stomach churned.

"Oh my god. I'm so sorry. Are you okay? I'm so sorry, I never should have done that-"

"I've gotta go." I picked my things up off the floor and raced out of her room. She followed for a few steps.

"Wait, where are you going!?"

"I just need some space right now. Sorry." I continued down the stairway, relieved that she didn't attempt to follow me. I carefully wove my way through her insanely beautiful house and shut the front door behind me.

Now free of her house, I let my feet carry me around the town as I zoned out, reliving memories that had once been happy, but had recently turned sour. I let the tears flow freely until there were no more tears to cry. I looked up and realized WHERE my feet had brought me.

The park.

I looked around me and spotted an empty park bench. Memories flooded back.

"Look Kris. I'm trying my hardest to say this. I'm not good at talking about... this kind of thing..." They were utterly clueless. "Ohhhh my god, you're really gonna make me say it, aren't you?"

 "Would you please explain what's going on?" My face started burning as I began.

"This is going to sound so weird, so just hear me out, okay? I... I can't stop thinking about you. After only a week I feel so different from literally any other time in my life. I'm happy, I feel appreciated and wanted, heck, I had my first fucking kiss with you! I don't know what I did before I met you, but I know that it won't be enough now. I need you, and I need you to know that."

More tears summoned themselves from the pit of my stomach. This was too much to take in at once. I turned to run home, but was stopped by an angry voice from behind me.

"The hell did I tell you, freak!?"

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Wow a long one owo

I'm proud of this one, I've had it planned for a while now

But yeah, it's a bit of a sobfest