Somewhere Beyond Lines
Parallel Lines
Amidst a night filled with cold breeze and loud cicadas, a dispirited woman decided to open her computer only to find a random message she can't even the decipher if it really is for her. Under the moonlit where everyone deeply falls asleep, two souls collide, two beliefs oppose and two worlds unite in one.
Januray 16, 2019 12:16 A.M.
Aeron
Are you a friend or foe?
Aeron
Are you a friend or a foe?
Lilac
May I know who you are?
Aeron
Are you a friend or a foe?
Lilac
I'm friend to a friend, a foe to a foe so tell me, which one are you?
Aeron
Good enough, I might as well say that I'm neither.
Lilac
In between the line, there's nothing. We both don't know each other which makes it odd for you to contact me in the first place.
Aeron
In between the line there is something yet to be written. We can't assume things we haven't seen moreover proven ourselves.
Lilac
So... Does that change the fact that we're still strangers towards each other?
Aeron
That is something I cannot say for sure.
Lilac
There are so many things you are unsure of, always choosing what's in between and hoping for good things.
Lilac
We'll never come to an understanding. Thanks for wasting my time.
Aeron
Aren't you going to consider going beyond beyond that line? Or perhaps you might be curious of what's in between?
Aeron
The things we are unsure of is what gives sense to our actions. Are you so stiff to not consider the other possibilities?
Lilac
There are millions of possibilities in a single situation my hair would only grow white not even getting past half of considering it all. That will only be wasting time.
Aeron
But what if the waste of time will lead to a more exciting adventures of life? Think more about it, give it more thought.
Lilac
I don't need life adventures, I've had enough.
Intersection
January 17, 2019 2:04 A.M
Aeron
Do you think aliens exist?
Lilac
Why do you always have to start a conversation with a question?
Aeron
Is there anything more interesting than starting off with a question?
Lilac
How would I know? I don't talk to people.
Aeron
So going back to what I asked, do you believe in aliens?
Lilac
No, they're just fantasies of a child.
Aeron
But you're talking to one right now.
Lilac
Stop making a fool out of yourself.
Aeron
Have you ever heard of how there are multiple universe and dimensions?
Lilac
What does that have anything to do with you?
Aeron
I'm from a different dimension.
Lilac
Oh, you are? Amusing.
Aeron
Yet even your sarcasm reaches here.
Lilac
You mean you're a delusional person.
Aeron
No, I'm from another dimension from you.
Lilac
Oh well, I'll go along with you for now.
Lilac
But that doesn't justify how you knew that I'm from a different world and that doesn't even mean you're an alien if that's the case.
Aeron
It's because of a machine called 'Metamorphosis' that can go beyond light years that I was able to know how you and I are not from the same dimension.
Aeron
And I guess you can still consider me an alien, I mean I'm still not from the same race as you.
Lilac
Wow, you sure know how to make things up
Aeron
Though it's yours choice if you'd believe me or not.
Lilac
Giving up too easily?
Aeron
No, just taking a break. It's a little difficult to make other people see the world in your perspective especially if they don't want to.
Lilac
That's because even if both eyes witness the same scenario, they could still end up with different conclusions.
Lilac
Like an intersection lane, two cars which came from opposing directions might've collided with each other, does not mean that they have the same destination.
Aeron
An intersection, you say?
Aeron
That short encounter may not seem valuable to others, but that can give those two strangers an idea that there are still other ways. Shortcuts or routes to numerous places they are yet to visit.
Lilac
If you have the leisure to think of other destinations, then why even bother plan in the first place?
Aeron
It is indeed practical to plan ahead of time, yet you know, sometimes it's doesn't always go according to how we want it to.
Aeron
You can always take a breath of fresh air, take road trips once in a while. Driving all around from the street to the beach or the mountains or simply around the city— with nothing on mind, no specific place to go, no worries and no one but you and the loud vibration of the song coming from the radio echoing in the narrow space of the car.
Aeron
Some days, you'll need a time only for yourself and to go with the flow like how oxygen travels down your lungs without any complain.
Lilac
In simple terms, you're telling me that it's okay to be reckless?
Aeron
Exactly my point, if you can't change something, be it the result of your mock exams or beliefs of the people, then try to accept it. If you can't still accept it, pretend that it doesn't exist. That's what humans are good at, pretending, and ignoring something they don't like and they can't have a say to. It's a special power anyone can obtain.
Lilac
But there's no denying that people are good at pretending.
Lilac
Pretentious liars are no good. I can't take a risk to be one of them.
Aeron
Oh c'mon, everyone has their issues. You can't be a saint in this world filled with horned people.
Lilac
I decide who I want to be, a saint or not, depends on me.
Aeron
You sure have a tight grip on your beliefs. I'm not trying to bend it over or anything, but it's makis me want to peek inside of your head.
Lilac
A peek is worth more than a therapist's salary in a month. Still willing to look?
Aeron
If that's the only way to get in the same intersection as you, this man is willing to take it all.
Lilac
Considering yourself a man now, eh?
Aeron
I have always been, it's only you who's doubting me since the beginning.
Lilac
Who wouldn't doubt let alone get creeped out by a person who suddenly chats in the middle of the night out of nowhere talking about the most random topics spoken by the new generation you can ever imagine.
Aeron
My bad, I guess it really got you off guard despite that you didn't really seem to be like it.
Aeron
It might be late for it but can I still introduce myself?
Lilac
You're really asking permission for that?
Lilac
Go on then, suit yourself.
Aeron
I'm... I can't tell you it but you can call me by the name Aeron. A little awkward towards strangers, a little outgoing towards friends.
Lilac
So this is you bring awkward to me?
Aeron
No? You're not a total stranger, you're a wallflower.
Aeron
Someone who listens and understands, does complain but still never leaves anyone hanging. And most importantly, someone who is not easily swayed.
Lilac
I thought it was only be you.
Aeron
No one says anything. Besides it can't be one sided, right?
Lilac
A wallflower, call me Lilac.
Aeron
You're name is actually a flower, what a coincidence.
Lilac
My name has nothing to do with me being a wallflower.
Aeron
I know. Because of I remember it right, lilacs floriography is finding your own happiness and leaving the bad memories behind.
Aeron
That's just exactly you.
Lilac
Taking as if you know me now?
Aeron
Not really, but it's finally an intersection.
Aeron
An intersection, you said it yourself. It was a collision of our thoughts at short period of time.
Lilac
See, we still ended up with different conclusions.
Aeron
Who cares about the results? The process matters the most, it molds the near future we do not hold.
Aeron
That intersection may evolve into something bigger.
Aeron
That is yet to be known.
Lilac
You keep on spouting nonsense.
Aeron
Yet you still listen, good wallflower.
January 17, 2019 2:46 A.M.
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