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Asleep Love

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Asleep Love

Me and Her Lover

I don’t know what happened...

All my life I’ve been in the hospital,

but just now,

I woke up in a room,

in a body that is not mine.

What is happening? This is not me. I... was at the hospital last night.

Where am I?

Questions continued to ran around my mind, in a total lost my attention was caught by the physique of a beautiful woman, reflecting unto the mirror.

Who is she?

“Riz, aren’t you going to film today?! Hurry up your manager will arrive in any moment soon!” A voice of a middle-aged woman echoed through out the room.

The woman infront of me seems gentle and her eyes appeared so warm.

Who is she?

Maybe she is this body’s mother?

However, I am not her daughter.

“a-ah yes, I’ll be ready soon.” I ardently smiled at her even though I am still unsure about what is going on.

A few minutes later, a car picked me up and dropped me along with the manager in a venue that I've only seen in movies.

Is this what an ocean is? What a beautiful blue. This pale yellowish brown ground is too comfortable on my foot more than that of the beddings from the hospital.

“Is this your first time to see an ocean?!” I smiled warmly at this body's manager. Who may have thought that I am an ignorant fool for being happy just by seeing an ocean.

Yes. It is.

“I’m sorry I was taken a back by how nostalgic, it is to be out after 20 years.”

“What are you saying you just didn't went out for a day.”

A day? I wished a day would be enough to cure me for it has been so long and I waited and waited but nothing happened. Perhaps God has sympathize my miserable life which resulted for this to happen.

“Cut! Cut! Cut!” A man subsequently shouted as he focused himself at watching the tapes that must've been taken before I got here.

He must be the director.

The manager has explained to me everything. That I am the female lead of this movie, he said that it was an easy task for me. An easy task? Yes maybe, for the person who owns this body! What will I do? All I know is to lay at the hospital bed all day.

“Riz you know what to do right? Let's roll the first scene okay.”

The manager also told me that the first scene is me pretending to drown in the ocean and the male lead will come save me. I don't even know how to swim. How can they let me do this? It is my first time out and they want me to die? Should I quit?

No. This body's owner must've worked hard just to have this role. I must do her a favor and complete this task.

My skin submerged with the ocean it was a moment of abruptness as my body adjusted to the chilling temperature that the ocean has. I tried to act calm as it is my first time soaking in an ocean, let alone that I even need to act drowning.

Can the male lead save me any faster?

The waves is trying to drag me down, my foot that was on the sand was forcefully lifted by the ocean’s strong current.

This is not good. I----

“H--elppp mee I”

“Riz! Riz!”

I was in a daze while I stare at the person who saved me from dying. He was too beautiful that I couldn’t even speak. His ocean eyes we’re to sincere as he looked at me with so much love. He seems to not care about his soaking hair and wet clothes as long as I am safe.

I immediately sitted when he attempted to give me air from his mouth.

His eyes were full of joy after he saw me sitting. He hugged me tightly then he heavily breathe in relief.

“I’m sorry Riz I was too slow to save you. I...”

Who is he?

“umm could you please let go of me”

“Oh sorry. Riz rest for today. Can you stand? Shall I carry you?” He gently offered his hand to me.

Why does he look at me like he loves me so dearly. I -- can't help but to be swayed by his warmth.

“No. Thank you.” I weakly replied.

I stood up like nothing happened this body is a lot stronger than mine's that is sick and dying.

Since I am occupying this body, the owner of this body must've occupied mine, I can't let her suffer the pain that I've endured for 20 years. That is not fair at least to her.

"Riz?"

It seems like the man who saved me is really concerned about this body's health, after all, he initiatively followed me in my room (which was rented by the company for their artist to stay at).

He really cares about this owner's body. Then I might as well tell him that I am not her. He might be her lover and that would be innacurate of me to recieve his affection. Also, it will also be of course a delusive choice to even think about me in this body loving him.

“I am not Riz so I don't know you. You might not believe me but I only have her body and I don't know how did this happened but I assure you that I'm not Riz”

I could tell just by the look of him that he wasn't convinced even just a bit. He probably think that I’m crazy because I will if I were him. Yet I wish this would've been a joke.

“Riz do you really hate me this much? That you even have to pretend that you doesn't know me?”

I couldn't stand his face as he looks pained by the situation.

“I am sorry but I really don’t know you. I-----”

I was cut off guard when he pinned me on the wall, it was like a scene at the movies. Where a guy cornered the girl and confesses his love yet I closed my eyes because I feel like he will more likely punch me in the face.

“Don't play with me Riz. Please don't do that.”

His voice cracked which made me feel guilty,although, I’m not even Riz.

“Sir... I'm telling you I am not Riz. I don't know Riz nor you.”

I instinctively stepped backwards when he leaned his head on my shoulders.

What is he doing?

“Are you okay, sir?”

“I love you” He weakly whispered

I didn't know how to react and my heart dare not to skip a beat but it did.

Why? Is it because this owner's body is touched by what her lover said? However, I am in no position to be pleased by how this stranger is acting but I might as well not hurt him it might be that Riz loves him too so....

“I-I lov-e y-you too”

He groaned. “Indeed you're not her.” He sadly smiled. “after all, I don't expect her to love me back.”

After he said those words he slowly kept his distance from me.

It turns out, Riz doesn't love him back. How tragic.

“Who are you?” He seriously asked with his brows curved.

“You don't need to know”

“You are occupying her body and if something happened to her, I will kill you by my hands.”

He looks so intimidating, intimidating enough to make me feel threatened.

“No worries. I will die soon and this body will go back to her.”

“Tch. Just protect her body or else I need to protect you, to protect her.”

I shrugged in disapproval of how this man can still love her, even though, he knew that he will never be loved by her. One-sided love it is.

“I'm Allen ”