♪ Used to be in love but you ran off ♪
♪ Used to get along but you ran away ♪
♪ Frozen to the feeling when you backed up ♪
♪ You took my heart when you ran away ♪
Such lovely notes.
I imagine myself lazing atop a placid cloud. A floofy one, with serene orange flourishing inside and out. Every worry melts into the warm sky; every woe—a strand of the blissful zephyr swirling into the delightful sunset.
Float.
Float.
Float.
Drifting in the meadow of this graceful universe; reveling in the vibrant shades scattered across the galaxies.
My mind, clear.
My soul, radiant.
My joy, unending.
The best part:
I get to do it with you.
* * *
Blissful, rich slumber—the kind I hadn't gotten since my days in Old Grove. Snug eyelids. A weightless body. Breaths which glided smoothly through my nostrils, blessing my lungs with wisps of crisp, pleasant air.
I would've slept for all eternity given the chance.
But the universe had a way of constantly coasting forward, indifferent to the wants of its inhabitants.
Ergo, my consciousness gradually clicked into place, and I sluggishly opened my eyes to find myself staring out a sizable window. Heavy fog rolled beyond the glass, dense enough to hide an entire civilization. Most people would think nothing gleamed out there, but I knew better. Despite the fact I'd never seen such a landscape prior, I recognized that wondrous world, and I enjoyed the bliss in knowing its secret existence.
Perhaps she knew too—the woman relaxing at my table. She sat across from me, her seat cushioned as she sang sweetly.
"Used to be in love but you ran off~ . . . Used to get along but you ran away~ . . ."
Same lyrics as the music playing softly overhead, only her voice flowed with marvelous grace, as if the finest silk thrived in her vocal cords.
Our eyes met.
"Hello," I groaned.
The stranger smiled. "Hello, there."
Everything seemed pleasant.
Until it wasn't.
Until my memories exploded in my brain, more turbulent than a cluster of ferocious lightning bolts.
A desperate ghost hunter.
A vile king.
The capital of sin.
I sloppily shot out of my chair, lost in a panic.
"Miss Yuko!" I cried. "I need to get back to Miss Yuko!"
My sights bounced around the scenery, hopeful to find an exit.
Nothing. Only the fuzzy outlines of objects, like a painting whose colors had been smeared.
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