"Let's go on a date"
He puts his hands on her shoulders and stares into her face. The look in his eyes are almost feral. It makes her sick to hear him say those words.
"Do you really love me?" she asks him.
For just a second his eyes widen. Then he pulls away from her as if stung by an invisible bug and says, "Yes"
"You're lying!" She shouts. "Why wouldn't I love you? I'm your boyfriend!", he said.
They were in relationship for ten years now.
She was his everything. She believed in him, unconditionally, blindly.
She had the same nightmare where she finds herself back in the forest.
"Don't open the door"
She opens the door and trying to escape from the forest.
His blood is smeared across the grass and all over her face. He'd killed himself.
She's never seen anything like it before.
"Oh my goodness", she wakes up and sees him sleeping beside him.
He smiles at her sweetly before turning around so that she can get in bed. He pulls her close but her arm goes limp when she tries to touch him. He's cold.
"No, come here"
"Did you have nightmares", he asked her one day. He was holding onto her as if afraid to let her go. She nodded.
"What do you want me to tell you about them?", he asked with soft voice. Her heart stopped when she saw him. The pain he had felt during those nightmares was clearly visible on his face. He looked vulnerable in his sleep.
"I am here", he said while holding her hands.
It was morning she was ready to go on date with him and looked at his face .
His eyes were red with dark circles under and his skin was pale. Was there something wrong with him?
But what would be the point of telling her that? He never told her what was bothering him. There was no way they could talk about this now.
She walked out of house holding hands, until she crashed with old lady who fell down.
Old Lady laughed when she saw who it was.
"How long have you been together ? You look so much more... lively than when we last met."
"Is he ...." , the old lady asks her with concern while staring at the him.
"That's my boyfriend".
The old woman looked at her surprised. "Your boyfriend. Why didn't you say earlier?"
There was something strange in the grandma's gaze that made her nervous.
"You go inside, I am coming in a minute", she said to her boyfriend.
The old lady continued and her eyes fixated on him .
"If you ask me, he's not good enough for you.", the old lady says with a bitter tone, making her angry and lady holds her hands.
"He's been dead for ten years", the old lady said to her, trying to comfort her.
