Disclaimer: Bleach is Tite Kubo's work, not mine.
Chapter 2 - Outside is to Inside
Someone said that two people become more attached to the other if they keep on rebelling against each other.
It is true for a lot of people or things, but I'm not sure if it will be true for the both of us. Because the first time I met him, dread filled me but because I felt dread, he felt the need to trap me in his world which is also my world but it's inverted and not comfortable for me.
I want to run away, and he wants me trapped. Maybe if I thought the opposite, he would want to let me go.
But would such a simple and almost stupid idea work?
All the rare items in the room that shined from the dim light of the ceiling lamp almost blinded me.
The necklaces, bracelets, diamonds, were nice all in all but what captured my interest was a mirror half my size that stood up on its own like a proud man.
"Shiny…" was the only word I could form in my head to describe the silver surface that showed my reflection.
Though the mirror was like in mint condition, the gold around it was full of dust that I brushed it off with my fingers and as a result I saw a message written.
"On eno swonk rieht eurt fles sselnu yeht ees ti ni sti lairetam mrof dna eb elba ot emocrevo ti ecno dna rof lla."
That message was just confusing, but then the mirror started to swirl like a whirlpool and that whirlpool dragged me in without a warning.
I was sort of floating mid-air after getting sucked in, going through a strange dimension of black and white and light blue and dark blue, the colors making different kinds of motions that me go in a deep trance but landing on a hard surface woke me back up.
I stood up and gasped from shock towards the place around me. It looked so familiar, the street that I landed on looked a lot like a street I'd usually cross in Karakura Town, but the color was different, as if I'm looking at it in negative mode.
And instead of the street being peaceful and well, this one was ruined and full of troublemakers, girl or boy all around me.
I knew that if I stay here all wide-eyed, I might attract attention and trouble so I walked a little fast while acting and looking normal.
Good thing I wore a hoodie above my uniform, so I hid my orange hair to look pretty inconspicuous, for the other boys I saw were wearing hoods as well.
Though the place was foreign to me, my body and mind were like as if I had been here countless times. And then after walking to a nearly deserted area, it hit me. This IS Karakura Town, but the only thing is the people and the atmosphere was completely different.
That made me realize... the mirror took me in this world so it served as a portal, and this world is the opposite of my world. Same place and all, but different feel.
I'm sure that I'm correct about that, but it didn't make things any easier for me.
Everybody looked hostile and crime-loving, not that I'm scared, but in my world, Karakura is peaceful and is not much a place of vices.
When I was done spending myself with another random girl who was obviously a little younger than me, I rested on her bed for the next hour before dressing back up.
"Hey, you want another go again if you want? You're different from the other boys around here." I looked back and saw her smirk, as she shamelessly showed her bare body to me.
"Well before I get to say yes try looking for a better suitor if you can, Riine." The young girl with long hair and dark blue eyes chuckled at my answer and wrapped herself with a blanket before walking up to me and stealing my lips all the while slipping a contact card in my pocket.
And with that I left.
Once again, I wanted some fresh air and some silence since there was nothing but noise around me, either from the flirts of some prostitutes or the yells of boys fighting each other.
I rolled my eyes and left the area, going for some place more quiet no matter how far it was. I could go back to that desolate apartment anytime, no one even bothered to stay there anyway.
The moon greeted me with white light and I enjoyed it for a while, until I heard light footsteps not so far.
Curious, I walked closer and saw a hooded man my age looking left and right, and he almost jumped when he saw me but all what he did was flinch backwards.
But that startled move caused his hood to fall, revealing his hair. It looked like my hair, same style but different color. Orange... a color rarely seen in Karakura Town. And when his head went up, he looked like me.
I wonder, who is he? This was not expected. I'm sure that he is a stranger.
= To be continued =
