A Scientist's Fairytale

2nd December 2931

Marcy could feel the winds roar at her. She was in an open field. She couldn't see any building in a long distance.
"2nd December 2931. The day we met."

Ronald was right next to her, clutching her hand tightly. His hand somehow felt like iron.

She stare at the sunflowers. There were so many of them.

"No one can see us. But we can influence everything over here."

Marcy got down on her knees to take a petal from a nearby sunflower. It had been a while since she had felt this way. She gave him a faint smile.

"What are we going to do over here?"

Ronald  almost unnaturally smirked.

"I'll tell you. You have two options. Keep reliving this day till the next two years..provided you kill your 23 year old self. Or take the antidote and live with me forever."

Marcy's lower jaw fell wide open. Why was Ron behaving like a psychopath?

But before she could say anything, he was gone. It was disgusting. 

All of a sudden she could feel a metal wrapping around her hand.

It turned out to be a watch and on it were the two options displayed .

Without a moment of hesitation, she clicked on to the first button.

"Relive the next 24 hours for two years by killing your 23 year old self"

Maybe 40 years ago..she would have been shocked. She would choose the other option for sure.

"Come back to me and take the antidote."

 But times were different now. Their love had faded away just like the color of his hair from black to grey.

She was soon teleported to the spot she lay on that day at sharp 00:00. Her 23 year old self looked young and radiant even as she slept away amidst the sunflowers. She didn't bother if anyone was going to steal all her stuff. She didn't bother if world war VI was going to take place. She just wanted to sleep on bare grass under the starry sky.

What wouldn't she do to relive these moments?

So she killed herself.

She was going to spend two years reliving the same day. But she couldn't for a moment feel regret. It was better this way.