Ephemeral

Prologue

Prologue

"Ephemeral?" She asked the woman.

The woman smiled sweetly at her and nodded, the woman's white pale skin shines under the seemingly white-blue lights that made her stare at her whole body for a while.

I didn't know she was this beautiful, i feel like i can't breathe. She said to herself while her eyes roamed and complimented the beauty of the woman.

"What does it mean?" She asked the woman the following question. The woman quietly sat at her comfortable couch and signed her to also sit with her. "Ephemeral means, something that only lasts for a short span of time" the woman meticulously said, very precise and very elegant.

"Like... Temporary po?"

"Mhm, yes"

"Ephemeral... But... Isn't this your diary?" The girl asked once again making the woman's forehead crease.

"Who said that it's mine? What made you think it's a diary?" The woman throwing back the question, confusion is written all over the girl's face that made the woman chuckle.

The girl stared at the woman in amazement, the laugh was so elegant and majestic, it's almost as perfect as a fine rare crystal, it's pleasing to ears and really good to hear.

The girl swallowed and got herself stuck there looking at the woman, admitting to herself that she was attracted to her.

"Read the book, and make sure you read every single word of it, finish it and come back to me"

"Then you tell me who wrote it and what for"

After the conversation with the woman, the girl left with a smile on her face, finally, she have a story to make her report on, she called a cab and sat there holding the book firmly, her thumb carressed the hard cover gently, the cover of the book is made of leather, it looks old but still fine.

She thought to herself, why did she let her borrow the book if it is so hidden? It flashes back to her when her professor reminded her that the woman could be scary and won't let her borrow the book, if ever. But she still can't understand.

Her Professor assigned her to a certain "Legend" in writing community before, they've been trying to get a scoop with the said author about it's "Hidden" book, only a few people get to read what's inside but all of them chose to stay silent.

So what's inside this book is still a mystery.

The girl is not really interested in the book nor the author, it's just another lesbian story, she said. However, she's still happy and ready to get an A for her report.

After a few minutes of staring at the book, she chose to open it randomly and started reading, her heart felt like it had been strucked by lightning as the words felt like it touched her soul

'I don't know why your smile reflects in your eyes that when your lips draw one, your eyes just shine and you glow like the finest gemstone that has ever been discovered.'

'I can't understand how mesmerizing it is to see your innocent face under the dimmed lights knowing the bad things you did when the lights are completely off.'

'As the moonlight dances through your eyes, I see constellations forming in the depths of your gaze. Depths deeper than the ocean and mysteries within it.'

Now that's a description of love... Gosh, i felt it in my bones

She thought to herself as she continued to read the next few paragraphs

'Amari, you were a haven i've found but never thought i needed, the first selfish choice i've made, the only risk i took and only thought about the happiness it will bring and not the heartbreaking outcome...'

'I knew i had to lose you someday, and i've been trying to ignore that fact.'

'Why?'

'Do i have to explain myself? '

'You're a dream Amari... You're my dream, you can't blame me if i never ever wanna wake up. If i only had choices and one of those was to stay, i would, and never go back to the hellish place i was back then before you came.'

'Before you saved me.'

'You were my everything. The rhythm of every song I love, the beautiful lyrics within it, the memories every time i hear the beat, you became the paint of my art, the inspiration for every masterpiece. '

'Every word in my poem...'

"Andito na ho tayo miss" her senses awaken as she looks up at the driver, her sight goes outside the window and realizes that she's already in front of the building of her apartment.

She immediately went out and started walking inside of the building through her apartment room, she sat at the table and she held the book with both of her hands and stared at it for a while.

"Love story... Ephemeral"