Chapter 3: Chapter 2
"You're clever." He smiled halfly again, those unbelievable words he says, makes me irk… and I don't like it.
"I'm off to somewhere you stay here and rest." I got eve more confuse like what? Spirits can rest? But I'm not tired at all "Can I join? I'm really not that tired besides, do spirits even got tired?" I asked him.
He just looked at me again like I will just bother him, ugh! Really this man! but then he says "Yes you're right, spirits cannot feel tired at all, when we Reaper's says you need to rest, that means, you have to wait here, until I came back from the Afterlife Society." What the hell is this Afterlife society, I can't believe this world, or is it? I asked myself.
"There's even a society for you guys? Wow, this Afterlife world really surprise me." I said, while sitting at the bench
"Are you that happy?" He says, sarcastically.. what do you expect from him seriously, the more we spend together, I really get to know him, maybe when I was alive, I'm really a perceptive person, but since I died... my memories are faded, the more I stay here, the more I get the whole situation, Reaper himself, and even these challenges, should I even call it that? I look around my area and just observing things.. It's a weird feeling, and like I said... I understand.
"No, it's not like being happy more like I'm amazed, you see Reaper not every emotions varies from Sadness, Anger, Joy , Fear and Disgust, there's more to these emotions, I bet.. and that's what I think, since you - yourself doesn't know this type of emotions because, you're a grim reaper. I understand." and I smiled, that makes me more confuse why did I smile?
Is this a true emotion? I'm also surprised about myself, and the way I said those things, feels lighter deep inside, I'm weird. He walks back and proceed to the front door and said "Whatever, I can't mind you're own business, besides your right Reapers like us, can't understand human emotions. We are only here to ---" He suddenly stops, like he's needed urgently "What?" I ask him. "I have to go up, I have business, once I came back we will travel again, to your next memory" He then vanishes in to black dust. I was amazed and awed when he disappeared, "He's really a wizard. Do Reapers have powers?" I ask myself, and starts to walk around the house, he says to rest, but I don't feel tired at all, the house is still the same gray and dark with only a lamp beside the bench. I sat there and just looked at the field.
Does this house, symbolizes how superficial I am? Or something else, since it represents my memory, the blue tones of the field… the house that suddenly becomes grand and shiny, now it's just a gray room, like a true self of an old house, that's been left for sometime, I wonder why? I looked at arms because it feels heavy suddenly and my eyes grew "It's the same watch, the beige watch from my memory? Why do I still have it?" I looked at it, the watch stopped working already and the time ends at 11:30. I sighed even in the afterlife time stops, like when you're dead, you can never turn back time, never reverse any moments of your life. I scoffed, and suddenly felt, 'why do I pity myself?' at times like this? I should be glad because, this is just what I hoped for.. to be dead, I should be happy, but all of a sudden tears dropped in my watch, "I'm cr..crying?" I wondered, and I just burst myself with crying like I was a young child.. what's with these tears, do I feel regret? No…
There's something else, I don't know if this is sadness, this house... does it represent my emotions, if I'm going to be honest this is how I feel inside, Alone. No.. ever since, I've always felt like this.. hollow, empty, and just pure darkness.. I looked at lamp beside the bench it suddenly grows stronger, the next thing I know is I can't even stop my tears, I'm not even screaming… I was just crying, like I needed this to release "Deep down inside, I scream for help but no one ever noticed, because all they can see about me is that goofy smile I showed every time, that I made for myself, trying to be happy and functional." I cried I wanted to scream but my voice won't come out, It's trapped inside of me. Then a ghastly memory appeared in me, "Joie! Joie! Joie! Smile for me!! That's my girl!" a voice…. coming from the outside? I looked at the window "Joie! Joie! You know you have the prettiest smile in the world!" but no one appeared and the blue fields…. that i saw from when i enter her, shows their actual colors, the blue fields are actually green and vibrant, the sky are lighter, the moon is shining brighter, and a lot of stars shines, I can even see some "shooting stars?" I smiled, and wiped my tears "These world never fails to amaze me even more!" I just looked the view and walked outside... but the moment I stepped on the field everything turns back again to blue and dark tones, appeared again and I just stood there, alone once again.
"It's still the same, even if I try… it's just the same." I return to the bench and just left the door open. "But maybe there's a little hope." I said to myself, and once more look at the view.
and I saw Reaper standing behind the door, and I felt happy inside, I smiled wildly.. yup, there's still hope and this guy will guide me through it.
"Can we go now?" 'We' huh. For the first time in my life, I actually heard that word, 'We' like I belong. I stood up and walk towards him, "Well that certainly took you long enough, I was dramatizing my whole life here" I said to him, "Oh! before I forgot! I have to leave my watch. Here" I walk back in the room placing it beside the lamp "Hey reaper, you go on ahead and wait for me outside or even walk already, I really don't care" I said jokingly, He nods and waited for me outside.
This watch now belong to this 'old house' I pray for your safety and whenever you feel like you have to turn back time, just have a little hope and advance you're clock whether it's five minutes or even an hour. To see options what you'll have to do on that given extra time you got.
The moment I stepped out the house, and saw the field again, now with chrysanthemum flowers, with different types of colors…. I finally noticed the tones changed again as we leave the old shabby house. We are now walking to a flowery pathway, Reaper in front of me, and what if I look back? Will the color of the house change? Will it be different from now on? I slowly turned my head back and saw the sky changes from blue to pink and yellow…. the house's roof is red, the fields I saw are becoming more green and vibrant again, the flowers are blooming, and full of lively colors, I walked back and smiled, like this is all I wanted, happiness and peace of mind. I poked Reaper's shoulder and ask him about the house "Hey, Reaper, the house looks like a cottage to rest on, I wish it can be more decorated." He looks back, and stared at the house, and looks back again like he doesn't even care. "Good for you." He says and I raised my eyebrow "You are so boring!" I said to him.
"Well who cares? C'mon.." When we reach this some kind of forest, where the fields are blue, the forest are in warm tone "Is it fall already?" I ask him and saw a log and a bonfire not yet lit, Oh, I wish I could watch the sunrise on the house, but like what I realize I have to move forward, and face all these miserable phase I had. Will this trigger me once more? I stretched out my hand and sat to the log "Aw man, once we reach my end goal, Reaper, promise me! I have to know your name, and once we reach the goal even if it's bad or not, we have to watch the sunrise… is that a deal?"
He looked at me with a smug on his face and clearly shows no interest whatsoever "Oh dear, I'm not ready for what's happening… but I'll try my best to confront myself and accept the reality."
"Even it will hurt you so bad?" He says it in more serious tone, am I just trying to force myself again in this optimism I made awhile ago?
I breath loudly and faced him "even if this is a facade I'm wearing... reality is reality." I looked at him and then lights the bonfire. He have a match already?! This guy is really a wizard! "Once I light this, there's no turning back we will travel to you're memory once again.
"Terrifying but, I have to face it" He nods, and we traverse to a house? looks big though?, It's just a normal house, has 2 floors, I look at upper right room and saw a shadow, sitting.
"Is that me?" I ask him, he looked at me confuse and shrugged his shoulder "great help". I said to him monotonously.
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