"Okay."
"Okay to what?"
"Just tell me what you want to say."
He fixes his hair. Wind touches him softer than it does to me.
He is the most valuable thing in this place. Everything.. everything is holding him tightly. The sun, the ocean, the sand, the wind..
He is surrounded by the nature.
I can't help but smile. He is an angel.
"You deserve to be here." I say, before telling him everything.
"What?" he asks me. I bite my lower lip. He looks like a true angel. An angel that has no sin in his heart. Pure, beautiful, valuable, precious..
Except the mark of his death. It is probably his one and only sin.
"You deserve to be in such pretty place like here."
He smiles, slightly blushing.
"Listen, Grayson. I am being fully honest with you. My words might dissapoint or shock you. But it is always hard to accept some facts. But believe me. I am as confused as you. I didn't expect any of this. I don't know if I should be doing this either.
But.. basically.. As I said, here is.. Abu Dhabi, yes.. But there are some weird facts. Like.. You are dead. You passed away a year ago. You hanged yourself. You did not leave any note. You did not tell me anything.
It was so hard for me to let you go. I am not smiling since then. Then even crazier things happened. I was told that I can control my dreams with praying to a 'magical tree'. And I did what I was told. I came here.
It is a dream, Grayson. It is not real. The way we have normal conversations may seem normal to you. But not just that. It is 2016 here.. But in real life we are in 2020.."
As soon as the words finally leave my mouth, I quickly look away. I don't know what to expect. I don't know anything. What if he gets upset and makes a thunder storm happen again?
I wonder what is going on inside his head.
I wonder.
I wonder.
I wonder..
"Is it really 2020?"
He asks me. I dare myself to look at him, trying to hold back my tears. My heart shatters into pieces again.
"Yes."
I feel shocked by his respond.
".. I even took sleeping pills to be with you longer. Because when I wake up, I turn back to real life. To our bedroom. I don't care about anything Grayson. I need to find answers from you. I miss you."
Some kind of shadow surrounds me. I look around me, terrified.
What is that?
"Grayson.. What is happening?"
I look up to the sky. I see clouds hiding the burning sun again.
He is sad..
I touch my chest, feeling my heart beating faster than usual. I obviously don't understand anything happens here, but this feeling is like.. like adrenaline..
A blue butterfly starts to fly around him. My heart melts as it tactfully lands on his hair.
My mind has never been in peace like this.
Seeing all these things, around him.. The way he is protected by everything.. Makes me happy..
"What a beautiful thing." He says, softly.
The sunlight is still touching him, not me.
He belongs here. I definetely can see that.
I don't say anything. I just watch him. His eyes are focused on the ocean. There is a smile on his face.
Makes me wonder why.
"So.. what do you think?" I ask him. Maybe it is stupid of me to ask him something like this. But I just don't know.
He sighs deeply.
"You don't remember anything, do you?"
The butterfly that landed on his head a few minutes ago, starts to fly around him again. It draws circles around Grayson's body.
"Yeah. That's strange. I started to forget everything when I came to see you every night." I explain. The shadows are still around me.
He looks down as the butterfly lands on his hand.
I stare at his hand. I see the scars on it.
He hurt himself, by punching the tree.
"I told you to stay calm and not punch the tree."
I say, trying to stay as calm as I can.
He studies his hand.
Numbness takes over his body.
My heart starts pounding again as I tend to reach his hand to hold it.
Our eyes meet for a second. His lip are red.
So red.
So alive.
"I am sorry" he says, hiding his hand, making butterfly fly again.
We both watch the butterfly, as it slowly flies around me this time.
"Don't say sorry. It is not your fault."
He smiles, widely.
And gets closer to me again.
His closeness makes my body tremble. Wind hits me so hard. His hair dances through it.
"You got me frozen, colder than ice."
What?
"Wha-What?"
His face gesture softens, making the sun burn me again as the shadows slowly disappear.
He watches my lips, my heart is about to burst out of my chest. I hold my chest, breathing heavily.
My breathe hits on his face. He closes his eyes, touching my cheek.
Birds singing, waves, hot sand, soft wind, burning sun..
Everything starts to get blurry again.
His hand on my cheek leaves me.
My mind goes crazy.
I hear him for the last time, as everything fades away.
"Do you love me? Tell another lie.."
