Dream Girl

Am I dreaming?

~ Maya POV ~

      I got home and went directly towards the kitchen to tell my dad the new good news, but instead of him I found a note: “I had to leave on a business trip. It will take at least one week. I recharged your card and made sure you have everything you need while I’m gone. Take care of yourself. Dad”

-Yea…whatever…Business trip with Diana? I think my mom was right, I inherited the worst part of his personality: insensitivity.

      Diana was my dad’s new girlfriend. My parents got divorced when I was 7 years old. I grew up being taken care of mostly by my nanny than my parents and I learned to neutralize my feelings so I won’t get affected. I called Adda and told her to pack her bag. This week she was going to live with me. Time was moving way too slow and Adda was running late. As if she was living 5km away and not one street away.

     I looked at my dad’s old movie collection and randomly picked one. I got comfy on the couch while the movie was being played on a huge plasma tv. I was looking blankly at the tv as if I was part of a parallel world. A sweet drowsiness was getting a hold of me slowly.

       I got up from the couch and went towards the window. It looks like it will rain. I looked fascinated how the puffy white clouds were covering the sky and hiding the Sun. Raindrops started to hit the window. I loved rain..My grandmother used to say that rain can wash away all your worries with it’s drops. I opened the window to let the raindrops touch even my deepest thoughts. Suddenly I felt two arms sneaking around my waist. I wanted to turn around to see who it was but his voice froze me.

“-Don’t turn around..! I wanna lay like this for a moment. I’m afraid of what might happen if you turn around. I don’t want you to disappear..!”

~ Daehyun POV ~

      We got home exhausted. I could feel the tiredness with every cell in my body. Although I knew there was no chance to sleep as much as possible, I was still hoping I could sleep at least 5 hours. If not, I have to find a different way to take away some of the tiredness. I took a shower and jumped in bed.

~ A few minutes later… ~

         I opened my eyes and woke up in a completely different and unknown room. I looked around but I couldn’t  recognize anything. What’s happening? Am I dreaming?  I saw her standing at the window, admiring the rain. I got out of bed without making any noise and my steps led me towards her. My heart was beating like crazy, because of fear.  I back hugged her knowing that she’ll recognize me. If she saw me she would disappear again and I would yet again remain without answers to my questions that were eating me up inside.

“-Don’t turn around..! I wanna lay like this for a moment. I’m afraid of what might happen if you turn around. I don’t want you to disappear..!”

She didn’t answer. Was I wrong? Did she not recognize me? I started panicking. Just the thought of her forgetting me was driving me almost to despair. I seemed pathetic, I lost all my words.

“-You’re the one that was late this time.” She said with a trembling voice. I smiled unknowingly. I felt great when I talked with her.

“-I have thousands of questions to which I need answers…” I thought of asking what’s her name, but she answered before I could ask.

“-Maya…My name is Maya. Isn’t that what you wanted to know?” Sometimes it was as if she was reading my mind. Maybe it was because of that that I hoped she would be real and all of this wasn’t just a figment of my imagination.

“-Daehyun... I really wish you truly exist. I don’t want to believe that I fell in love with an illusion. I want to know who you truly are, what your dreams are, what you like and what you hate…I want to see you smile every morning, to hold you in my arms when you are cold…I want to take care of you. Do you really have to be so far away from me?”

“-In life it doesn’t matter where you are but who you’re with. I want you to be the one that puts a smile on my face, the one that is always there when I need him, at any hour of the day…the one that can read my mind…”

“-The hardest part is when I feel you but you’re not by my side.” I tried to hold my tears but failed. I didn’t know if they were happy tears or sad tears.

A second of negligence was enough to make me wake up alone between those four walls. I wiped my tears and started running towards the door. I opened it and went into another room. I was running and searching for her feeling very tense with the risk of falling into despair. She disappeared again.

I suddenly woke up, sweating and shaking.