Looking up at the sky, rainbow auroras banded the expanse. Butterfly holograms floated all around us. Multicolor strobe lights flashed every other second. The Drimethials, the Hypnographs, the Yealies--no one cared what planet we were from, all we knew was everyone was just having a good time. Though I could only hear selective sound waves vibrating in my ear drums, I remained content as my body followed the rhythm it heard. All I wish is that I could have felt the music in my soul like her. She truly felt it. You see, she vibrated at a higher frequency.
I looked to my right and there she was, tentacles and all, the love of my life. Admiring her from afar as she swayed side to side, she soon caught my eye.
"I'm getting tired though, let me sit for a bit," I mouth to her over the music, gesturing that I was going to head over to the couches. I felt a bit dizzy.
This triangia is intense, I thought to her, which I should have done in the first place. She could hear me better if I just thought with her in mind.
"Don't be such a human. You know it's a short-lived experience," I heard her voice echo in my mind. I saw her grin as she swiveled closer beside me.
How could I rest now and deny her gleaming purplish green eyes?
I leaned in and kissed her soft velvet lips.
"This drug will be the end of me," I shouted above the music. I was less self-conscious if I spoke like people on Earth. I leaned in and whispered in her ear, "But I can't get enough of you, you know that?"
A grin gradually spread across her face and she spoke to me, "Aren't you due for a refill of the pills? How will I see you again after tonight? Without the triangia, you won't be able to--" she paused mid sentence with a look of concern, her eyes wide in worry.
I don't know what to say. I forgot that she could hear that.
"I knew you would be like this..." she sighed only to take a sip of her cocktail that she manifested into her hand.
"I promise--" I said aloud.
"Promises are for the weak," she frustratingly looked me in the eyes as I began to descend.
As the triangia began to wear off, the dance floor began to give way. I maintained eye contact with her as I fell gracefully back into my body resting in the field near my farm house. As I looked up at the night sky, all but the milky way could be seen.
"I'm home," I say to my mother as I run up the stairs to my room.
I flop on my bed, partially tired, partially in pain. My head is throbbing. I try to catch my bearings, because there are more important things I need to focus on tonight, like finding more triangia so I can see my girlfriend again in the Ether Realm.
There are only two places I can get it. My friend Katsuo, my main supplier who actually introduced me to this in the first place. But He's in America now with his dad on a business trip and won't be back until summer's over. I don't want to waste a whole summer without seeing her again. So, that only leaves the last option.
Would I really go to hell and back just to see her this summer? Couldn't she just wait?
Nah, she didn't look too happy.
And I would rather her not dump me for one of my doppelgangers in the multiverse.
Yeah, she's a keeper.
Alright, It's decided. To hell we go.
After saying a quick prayer at the kitchen table with my parents and younger brother, I scarfed down dinner. Munching on my last bite, I look between my parents and ask, "Can I head over to Katsuo's for a bit?"
