The bell dinged once and then again and then again. I wondered who was here at this godforsaken hour. I wasn't expecting anyone. I was partially awake and partially sleepy. I slouched my way to the door. I couldn't focus properly. Some lights were blurry and some were sharp. From a distance, I could still hear the water being filled up in the tanks. The shadows at the gate was an amalgamation of white fluorescent over my head and the setting rays of sun from the window adjacent to the door.
I reached the door and with all energy left within me I grabbed it's handle and twisted and turned it open. That door was followed by the white gate at my apartment that provides additional security. I opened the gate and there right in front of my eyes I saw him, Antonio.
My eyes still couldn't fathom the reality. Is it really him or is it just a dream. I was still waiting for his text since the past few days and was hopeless yet now he is just there in front of me. Somewhere within me I am convinced he is nothing but an illusion but I know for certain I am not dreaming, it sure doesn't look like one.
Before I could speak, he pushed me in with an authority and closed the door behind me. He moved his hand ahead and took hold of my hand. It was as if I touched a live wire. It wasn't just some scintillations within me, I felt jolts of electrons passing within me. My heart probably skipped a beat or two.
All I could see was him. My eyes saw his and he saw mine. His eyes are a little pretentious and a little unconceited. They were still yet to speak a thousand words. Words that were mere infrared radiations, although inaudible yet powerful to vibrate all of my organs especially my heart.
He carved a shallow smile on his face. A smile that was different. A smile that hid behind itself numerous shades of yellows and oranges yet had a husk of blues over it. That smile confabulated more than those eyes.
His grip tightened on my hand as he pulled me after him. A step and then another and then another up until I was in my room. I was nothing but a mere embodiment of his soul. I had none of me in me. It was as if I was a part of him. I followed him like a mirror, mimicked him - all of him.
In the room, it was quiet. Just some dying light amalgamating with the fluorescence within the room. The hiss of the fan and that's it. I could hear him breath and I could hear me breath. He pulled me into him and shut the door behind him.
I tightly moved my arms around him and pulled him closer to me and hugged him. I could feel my soul rejuvenating as if I drank from the ganges or from the fountain of youth. That hug wiped off all the burdens I had once within me. All my desires stood right in front of me.