The Universe of Thoughts

The Escapist

it was on a cold winter night where i lay my body on my soft comfortable bed. i stared at my ceiling, unable to fall asleep. my eyes were wide awake, my mind was wilding.

"shit, not again," i whispered to myself.

"think about other things, distraction, distraction.."

i closed my eyes, tried to distract myself from my own mind. isn't it pathetic?

and that was the moment when i finally thought about something.

"...what if..another world like narnia exists?"

whoosh...

"what the fluff.." i prevented myself from cursing.

blam!

"OH MY GOD WHO ARE YOU PLEASE IT'S NOT FUNNY??!??!?" i shouted my lungs out.

"uh–oh, hi? i-i'm a fairy. i came from the other world you were talking about earlier," said the guy(?) who caused the mess.

"w-wait, what? you heard my inner voice? i only said it in my mind though," i was hella confused.

"um, yeah, i guess? may i ask you what's been hurting you lately?"

"whoa i didn't expect that question," i said.

"i see, it's yourself who's been hurting you," he said out of nowhere.

"I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, SUSAN," i shouted.

"who is susan?"

"nothing, whatever. nevermind, forget it," oh my god this guy, really. he's so unpredictable.

"how's life?" he asked, again. out of nowhere.

"well, as you can see, sucks," i said while walking to the window and sat there, seeing how my city looked like on winter night.

"you know that you're precious, right?"

"everyone's been telling me that but i don't see which side of me is precious,"

"just your existence is precious. i know you've been wanting to escape. from this cruel, real world. but sadly, you can't," he said.

"yes and that sucks. if only i could live in a fairytale where life seems easy and bearable and everything is rainbows and cotton candys," i looked through the window blankly.

"let's live that life. i'll take you to my world,"

"stop joking. not funny,"

"i'm not joking, let's go!"

"wait, seriously?"

"of course! but one thing, once the moon entered its new moon phase, there's no way you can go back," he warned me.

"okay, i won't go back anyway,"

"are you sure?"

"yes, living here sucks. i hate it,"

"okay then.. hold me tight!" he ordered.

"ready???"

"yep!"

whoosh! the same exact sound from the earlier tragedy can be heard and the light was flashing.

suddenly, i was in the middle of nowhere. but the place was full of flowers, butterflies, everything was green and calming.

and that was how i escaped from reality.

Surabaya, October 23rd, 2019
—Als

hi? omg this is my first story. just a oneshot though, my random mind wanted me to write this so i did. this story will have no ending. as long as i'm still alive, breathing, and existing in this world i'm still going to write lol. sooo, welcome to the universe of my thoughts, i guess? xoxo.