It Was Always You

Chapter 10: Me, Myself, and I

I've only been on my own for a few days. It's been strange, especially in a foreign country. Though I have to say America, although it isn't exactly home, it is sort of comforting in a weird way. Mark and Ren have texted every day since my plane landed, which is also another great comfort, considering that I have no friends unless I count my nosy next door neighbor Jiho. But then again, he can be quite rude to me and always demands I call him Zico.

I walk around my now furnished apartment, with only a few boxes left to put away. Sighing, I think about Aaron. He hasn't tried to contact me since I left. Classes don't start until next month, and some part of me hopes he tries to contact me by then. I can only hope. It was 12 am, and I was still awake. I still haven't gotten used to the time zone change.

My phone started to buzz, and I looked over at the buzzing device. I smiled seeing Ren's name light up my phone. I accepted the video call quickly and waved at my phone.

"Hey Ren, what's up?"

He smiled back, "Nothing much, I figured you wouldn't be asleep yet, so I just wanted to check in, and also," changing the camera to show Minhyun, JR, and Baekho, "They stopped by for a game night."

"Though it won't be the same without you!" Minhyun shouted in the background.

I laughed, "Yeah right, I bet you won't be missing getting your asses beat all the time."

They all laughed at that. We continued to talk for a couple of hours. When I noticed the time, I realized that I had to sleep. I hung up the phone with good nights being shouted through the phone. I headed to bed when I received a good night message from Mark. I smiled. Why couldn't it have been you? I sighed before getting ready for bed.

~Dream Mode~

My eyes open, and I sit up. I look down and see that I'm in a white dress. All around me are colorful flowers. I give a confused look, before standing and walking towards the tree line in the distance. The sun is beaming down, and the scene before me is beautiful.

Before I know it the scene changes and I'm standing in, what looks to be, a ballroom. In the middle of the room stands a marble table, with a butterfly encased in a glass box. The butterfly flaps around desperate to get out. I slowly approach it and open the box setting the butterfly free. It comes to land on my finger briefly before flying out of a now opened door. I follow behind, without hesitation.

The scene changes again and the butterfly is nowhere in sight, nothing was in sight. Soon light streams through the pitch black, and I see a man stepping through. A strange beeping sound is heard and the figure of the man blurs until there is nothing left, but darkness.

~

My eyes flutter open at the sound of my alarm. It was now 9 am. I groan and turn my alarm off. I wonder who that man was? I sit up in bed and look around the space of my apartment, expecting to see Ren, but there's only silence. I check my phone and there is a good morning text from Mark. I smile. He must be asleep now...damn time differences. After a couple of hours laying in bed, I finally got up. As soon, as I was ready there was a knock at that door.