The Anatomy of a Mirage

Formerly titled as Mr. DREAM BOY

She prayed for a perfect man and soon started seeing and happily spending time with him even just in her dreams every night.

But what if she meets someone who seems to look like that man in her dreams and did exactly almost the same things her dream boy does?

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Meet Caitlyn, a 25-year-old woman who works as a concierge in a mall and lives alone in her apartment but has never felt lonely at all. Ikaw ba naman ang makapanaginip ng isang perfect na lalaki gabi-gabi!

Isang araw kasi, she dreamed about a guy who seems to be her soulmate. He was faceless but by the looks of his physique, she was sure he was handsome. But aside from that, she kind of feels safe and comfortable every time he visits her in her dreams.

He hugs her. He comforts her. He shows and makes her feel things that could make her laugh and feel at ease. He was there for her. But, every time she wakes up in the morning, she will also be back into reality. He's perfect, but he only exists in her dreams.

Kadalasan ay kikiligan siya pero minsan ay hindi niya rin maiwasang hindi malungkot at mapaiyak na lang. Napapatanong kung bakit gabi-gabi siya nitong dinadalaw at hindi nito pinapakita sa kanya ang mukha. Pero sa loob-loob niya ay alam niya ang sagot.

He stays and keeps visiting her in her dreams because she wants him to. She badly dreamt for a man like him that she already started imagining him like he really exists.

One night, he suddenly just acted strange. And before she knew it, he stopped visiting in her dreams.

Nalungkot at nagtaka siya kung bakit. Nagsawa at ayaw na ba nito sa kanya?

Then she met Angelo, one of the cleaners of the mall. She seems familiar with him but she's also certain that she had never met him before.

Trigger warnings:
- mature/sex contents
- explicit language
- dark past that causes intense trauma
- violence
- mentions of suicide and killing

This story is written in taglish. 💜