“Urgh…”
“You’re finally up! How are you feeling? I don’t see first aid here so…just bear with it a little.”
The guy pushed himself up. Still confused, he grabbed his right shoulder with the other hand. There was no more blood oozing out. What replaced it was a makeshift bandage of a cloth. He looked up at the girl in front of him. There was light in the room so he didn’t need to squint in the darkness anymore. The girl looked at him with curious eyes mixed with some…admiring spark? The guy was sure he must have been unconscious for far too long.
“Hello…. anybody home? Are you feeling alright? You’ve been out for like hours. Can you tell me where are we? And who are you? Why are you hurt?”
“…Who are you?”
“That’s what I asked. Can you please at least answer my question of what is this place?”
“We’re in Sephore.”
“…Excuse me. Maybe my Geography isn’t that good. Can you please repeat that?”
“This is Sephore. Another dimension from where you came.”
“……Wow… You must have an awesome dream to the other dimension. How’s life there? Do they have round houses like this? Do they sleep on feathers? Are there any doors in their houses? Because you know I didn’t see any in here. I’ve been trying to go out and find out where is this. And most of all, trying to make sense of everything that had happened!” The girl finally burst. She looked at the guy with bright wide eyes, filled with anxiety, eagerness and confusion.
The guy finally woke up from all her hysterical exclamation. He observed her for a short moment. Maybe he couldn’t bear the heat of her gaze boring into his face. Alas, he opened his mouth, more serious this time.
“This is another dimension from your original world, Sephore. I’m from this dimension. I was sent to your world to... for a mission. Last time, I had an accident and I hurt myself and then I saw you. I couldn’t see well that time. It was dark. I thought you were someone I after… so I…attacked you.” The guy finished in one breath.
“…So…it was not some bad taste dream?” The guy nodded.
“So I was actually thrown into some kind of...crack…a hole in the space into a totally different world?” The girl was like talking to herself, trying to make sense out of this mystery, in the same time trying hard to persuade herself that the guy in front of her, despite of his looks, ran away from some psychiatric hospital.
“It’s not totally different to be honest.” The guy didn’t seem to notice what the girl was going through and added on the misery in her.
“This world we’re in now, it’s like a reverse version of the world you came from. Not exactly the physical way but there are some exceptions. As you can see, the buildings here are round instead of square or rectangular. They don’t put feathers in mattresses like how it was done in the other world but let them run free.”
The girl finally looked into the guys’ eyes as if searching for something that could give away that he’s actually out of his mind and was playing around with her. However, at the same time she was struggling with herself to not give in to his mesmerizing eyes. After much effort, she gave up and held her head like she had a bad headache.
“Okay. Assume what you’re saying was true. Why am I here? Is there any way out?” The girl gazed into the guys’ eyes again, to see if she could catch a glimpse of hope in his clear grey eyes.
“There is. But…” The guy hesitated.
“But…?” The girl tried to coax him to say the whole story, the truth and her future.
“There’s a situation. We can’t go back for the time being. A certain thing is needed to go through space into another dimension. We need a key.”
“So? Just go grab your key and teleport me out of here.” The girl could almost see the first light of the day in her despair.
“The key isn’t something that can be taken easily. I used up the last bit of it by coming here with you.”
“Then just go get it already!” The girl seemed to be in hysterical state.
“I said it’s not easy to get it.”
“Then tell me what is it and I’ll just take it myself.”
“It’s the heart of others.”
“Huh?”
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