Altered Reality

How does it feel to stare at the person you love the most?

Intoxicating like a glass of margarita. When you stare at him all day, it feels like floating from the ground. When you stare at him for a very long time, it feels like having a pair of wings of your own. When you stare at him, it feels like fantasy.

Warm like sipping a newly-cooked soup while raining heavily outside your home. When you look at him and dived deeper into his soulful windows, it feels like a warm blanket draped over your freezing skin. When you look at his face, at his smile, at his own twinkling stars, it feels like all the stars have gathered in one place to radiate their warmth on you. When you look at him, it feels like a pair of warm arms were wrapped around you, not just to keep you warm, but to protect you from anything.

Ethereal like the Alice-in-Wonderland Syndrome. Time stops. Everything blurs. He glows. All you can see is him.

Pleasing. Lovely. Indescribable. Happy. Incomparable.

But, what if you can only stare at him from afar? 

With the reality that you only have a path parallel to his and never intersected?

At least in a romantic way.

I'm sure you will answer the exact opposite of the things aforementioned.

With that being said, let me offer you a once-in-a-lifetime bargain.

It's simple. 

Two ends.

Yours, you will have the opportunity to change your fate and be with him forever.

Mine, you will have to give one-third of your lifespan in return. If you have 60 years to live in this world, you will have to give me your 20 years, and die at 40 years old.
After all, cheating has never come without a consequence.

If you can't answer now, your luck has saved you! 

We are offering a one-week trial for our first 100 customers, and you are one of them.

Just swallow the red pill for the trial. Then, the blue pill for availing the lifetime offer.

Before anything else, we just want to remind you that we have no returns or refunds.

Thank you.

"What? Seriously?", Sofia frowned at the box of pills she was holding. "Is this some kind of prank or what?"

The saleslady just smiled at her.

Sofia raised her eyebrows at the pair of pills inside the transparent box. 

Of course, it's an interesting product.

But since when has love became a part of human bargains?

"Do you have someone in mind?", the saleslady asked her. 

That question was enough to pull Sofia inside her own warp of thoughts, where only one person can rule over.

Zeke...

Unaware, her lips curved up into a smile as she pictures the image of the man inside her thoughts, his lovely smile, his intoxicating voice, his warm hands, his sparkling brown orbs.