>>Amber (Modern Tis-Present)
"Ron..." I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was Ron. My younger brother from my second life... This life... He ca and sat down next to on the bed, pulling into a hug
"Finally!" His hug made feel warm, "Oh God! We all were so worried!" Ron was the complete opposite from Hubert, my brother in Aurelia. While Hubert was a nightmare whom I was scared of, Ron was my sunshine, my support, my partner in cri.
Soone I didn’t think I’d be eting again.
"We thought you were never going to wake up!" Mom ca and hugged from the other side while I kept my eyes on my father who stood in front of , at the end of the bed. I blinked at them in confusion.
Being here was overwhelming. I shook my head lightly to myself. I really am back? I looked at my family. I’m back? My gaze darted around the room again. Am I back to where I got in an accident and went back in ti?
Is that it? Is this what it is?
I blinked
I am back...
"So glad," Mom said, "So-so much..."
Right... In this life... I have them. I have my family. But why did I have to co back? I lived a very long life in Aurelia with my family. It was fulfilling and lovely. I lived till I was eighty there. I didn’t think I’d die there and co back here
"You’ve been out for a year!" Mom and Ron broke the hug and then looked at , "I’m so glad you’ve woken up," She cupped my cheeks softly, "So glad," I saw the tears in her eyes.
"This is a miracle," Dad ca over, a look of relief on his face.
A sense of wholesoness enveloped and tears plopped down my eyes. I may have lived a happy life in Aurelia but I occasionally thought of my family here. And each ti I rembered them I was filled with this sense of void.
"Mom, dad!" I started bawling my eyes out. My actions startled them. It made dad hurry to my side as well.
"Amber, what’s wrong!?" Mom hugged tighter while Ron gave space.
"I was so scared!!" I told them, "I missed you guys so much!!!" There were many tis I wished they were near .
They will never be able to understand what I an.
Dad took Ron’s place and pulled into a hug.
"It’s alright." He patted my back while Mom rubbed my cold hands to warm them up
"We’re here now."
But it didn’t matter. All that mattered was that I found them again and they were here with . It didn’t lt away the emptiness I felt for losing the family I had with Hael, but it provided with a different sort of solace.
***
It was a given fact that I’d be fired from my work place. I was in a coma for a year and then I spent a month getting my body back to working normally. Gladly I wasn’t hurt too much by the truck and I had healed nicely, it’s just that my body was too stiff when I woke up
I walked the streets, letting the cool air kiss my cheeks.
It’s so strange... I lived a full life and suddenly I’m here? In my twenties, looking for a job again. I honestly don’t rember anything from college or from my internship. How am I going to get a job?
I passed by a cafe.
I wish I could open up a cafe here as well. I let out a scoff. As if, I need money for that and I’m broke. I co from a humble family after all.
I can’t ask my parents for it either. They already spent so much for my hospital bills.
Damn
If I think about it. The modern world is ssed up in so many ways! The inflation is so high! And just for survival everyone needs to work.
It feels like getting a cafe here would be a dream. After my marriage with Hael, I still operated my cafe. He made a connecting teleportation circle from his lab to my room on the third floor, so I could co and go whenever I wanted
I stopped and stared at the cafe.
I even got a bigger shop after a while because of my reputation as one of the heroes who fought the miasma. Placing my hand on my chest, I found myself feeling empty. I don’t like this.
I sighed and walked in.
But it’s not like I can’t get myself a sandwich and so bubble tea here.
I walked to the counter to place an order. The TV was on, it looked like so celebshow was on.
"Yes, what can I get you?" The woman at the counter asked.
"I would like a tikka sandwich and caral bubble tea."
"Okay, I’ll take ten minutes. The waiter will bring it to your table." She handed a table number and I walked to an empty table and took my seat.
If I had to co back here, without everything we had in that world, why do I still have my mory? It would have been better if I didn’t have those mories, just like how I felt empty when I went to Aurelia from here, I feel even more hollow now that I’m back!
I have more mories there now, worth eighty years!
My seat had a direct view of the TV, so I just sat down and kept watching it. I wonder
"We’ve had a lot of celebs on our show." The hostess said, "And our show is almost about to end."
"But before that we have one last guest to introduce." Her coworker, a host, said, "He’s been a star sensation nowadays." Well, I did sort of miss the technology but I don’t think this whole inside my heart is ever going to get filled.
Aside from the world, the city, the environnt and the friends, there was my family. I think I can move on from all the other stuff but what about my family.
Hael...
Zola...
"Yes, exactly. And he chose quite a unique stage na as well." Both the hosts smiled at each other and then looked at the screen.
Hael and I had a daughter together. We planned a kid and were gifted with a daughter. A smile spread across my face as I recalled those tis.
"We like to call the international star known for his silvery long hair to join our show!!" They pointed at the corner of their stage set and though I was watching the TV, I wasn’t paying much attention to it. Not until their announcent.
"Welco, ’Hael’"
My froze, my eyes went wide
Wait, what?!!
My heartbeat rose and then it kept rising. I watched the screen without blinking as a tall actor made his way to the set.
I felt the beats drum in my ears as my mouth hung open.
Sa hair, sa eyes, sa height and the sa face.
"Hael..." The word just slipped out of my mouth.
Goosebumps made my skin stand as I watched him go and sit down on the guest seat.
It can’t be.
No, it’s impossible! I shook my head! No, I- What?
He can’t be here in this world. It has to be soone with the sa face.
I couldn’t tear my eyes away from the screen.
Really? Soone with the sa face? And the sa everything?!?! Even his style is sa and then that na...
...
How could it be...
"So, there’s recently been a rumor about you Hael," The hostess flirted with him making grit my teeth.
You bitch! That’s my husband!! I balled my fists.
"That slut!!" Soone behind said, snapping out of my trance, "That’s my husband she’s flirting with!!" It was a girl. And her words made shoot my head around and look at her.
What the hell did she say?!
It was two high school girls, sitting at the table behind mine.
"Hey!" The other girl slapped her friend’s hand, "He’s my husband!!" Wait, what? I narrowed my eyes at them, "I started stanning him first!" One of them said
"Yeah! But I told you about his movies!!"
They both started arguing and a realization ca to .
Oh... Right...
Girls do this all the ti. I’m back to the modern world where swooning over idols is normal. Saying that a celeb is their husband or their boyfriend or their soulmate, it’s just sothing a lot of them do.
I let out a sigh and looked down at the table.
And even if it is him. It’s not like he would rember his past life, would he? I looked at the TV again. It’s a prerecorded show... I wonder what he’s doing right now? The door to the cafe opened and soone walked inside.
A celebrity huh... With his looks, it suits him. He had his hair in a high ponytail but he was wearing a white T-shirt and black pants. The simple look complinted him so much it made my heart hurt.
Everyone was always swooning over him in Aurelia too.
I took a deep breath.
Is there any chance he would rember? Would it be possible? I pursed my lips as the mories of our past life ca rushing to .
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