Cupid's Portal

Part 3: It's Written

I woke up 6:00am sharp and now it's already 9:50am. I'm a hundred percent sure that I already put everything that is necessary in the trunk of my car after checking it for 4 times already. I locked my apartment and was about to leave when Anton's door suddenly opened and he came out for some reasons that I don't know.

"Oh bro! Where are you going? You're sure ready for a trip, huh?" He exclaimed. "Will be off to our ancestral home..." I sighed. This man will probably join the trip for sure. I'll bet a million for this.

"Mind if I tag along?" He smiled while I let a heavy sigh. See, as what has been anticipated. It's hard to refuse so I chose to say nothing and just nodded as a response. He then immediately jumped inside his apartment and after a couple of minutes he was ejected out carrying a big smile with his packed stuffs. He seems more excited than I am.

We entered the car and I started the engine. On the way, I was quietly driving while Anton is busy talking and narrating some sort of lame stories. After an hour of enjoying such road trip, we started on eating our snacks as we concurred the upbeat music that's filling the car. I'm honestly enjoying the fact that I brought Anton with me.

A couple of hours passed and we finally reached my grandparents' residence which where the ancestral home was. Anton got here for the several time already so my family have known him since then. Arrived, I did my car parked and we carried our things in.

"Kairo! Anton!" Aunt Czarren happily welcomed as she waved and headed to our direction. We smiled back and met her with a hug. "You must be tired and hungry from the trip. Come! I'll bake some pumpkin pie for the two of you!" She caressed us as we put our things on the side.

"Momma! Your grandson Kairo, and his friend Anton, came to visit us!" Aunt Czarren broadcasted with excitement. I heard my grandma excitedly came over. As she met us, she greeted us with a tightest hug and started a conversation.

"So, what's with the sudden visit?" Grandma asked. I just smiled and answered, "I missed you as well as Aunt Czarren and since it's our semester break, I took the chance to visit here." Okay I lied but it's true somehow. It's not the main reason but at least it was one of some reasons though. White lies aren't too erring to be avoided, you know...

The conversation continued not until Aunt Czarren called us for lunch. We all headed toward the dining table and started on eating. I just found myself smiling, facing my grandma and aunt laughing while Anton is busy entertaining them.

I saw how pleased they are that we came to visit since with the fact that Aunt Czarren decided not to have a husband as well as own family, so there's only the two of them here although this house is kinda large. Supposedly, my parents are staying here as well, but they need to have another house far away from here and stay there for their business. I even haven't seen them for the last 4 years and I badly missed them...

Time passed and it's already 7pm. We are all done for dinner and we are now to decide which rooms we will stay. Anton preferred to stay in one of our guestrooms on the second floor, while I decided to stay in my old room here.

As I enter my room, I noticed how it turned into a vintage quarter of memories. The old stuffs are gone but my old pictures remained leaving the room empty yet memorable. I put my stuff beside and lay down on my bed. To get back on the original plan, I continued reading the Red's Secret, our reference book for the activity.

It was written here that the portal will only work at exact 2:14am and will last for at most of 3 minutes. Means that I must enter the portal immediately before it will close again. And so, I set the alarm at 1:00am for me to have enough time to prepare.

You must have an old unused mirror to be used as your portal. Make sure you can enter through the size of that mirror. Well, luckily our mirror is kinda large. It was hanging on the corridor of the third floor. Currently, no one is occupying the third floor so I think it's better if I'll do the ceremony there.

The mirror must be covered with red curtain. I'm not sure of this thing so I went upstairs to check if what's the color of the curtain covering our mirror. Unfortunately, it was having the shade of all colors reflecting the dark pitched gloomy black. Now, I need to find some red curtain in here so I check all the windows from each room and eventually found one. I'll change the cover maybe tomorrow so I just go back on my room and continue reading.

You must ask Cupid of whom exactly you want to be with by writing a letter of petition that shows the list of characteristics your ideal man or woman may have. You must write the letter on a red sheet of paper. I started to write a letter on the red papers I bought yesterday. I want this to be perfect so yes, papers as in plural since I got extras, preparation for some possible mistakes, drafting, and revisions. And about my ideal girl? Well, I won't tell...

You must wear something red so the portal will allow you to enter. If you don't so, the portal might work but will not let you enter for not recognizing you. I changed my clothes to something red as preparation for tomorrow and so I could minimize the consumption of time while preparing the portal. All has been set so I decided to go for a sleep.