Marry me?

Auberi walked into his room. It took him a year to have the courage to open the room. He looked around his room. He wasn't looking at the luxury things that stuck in his room but the memory of his first meeting with a beautiful and cute girl named Crystal that shines in his eyes.

"She's so beautiful, like the crystal. Suits her." He chuckled.

He remembered when Crystal was hiding from his father and hurt her head when she tried to hide under the bed.

He squatted beside his bed and looked under the bed to see what Crystal touched when she was hiding in it.

"Oh, what is this?" He saw a little box that is full of weird tickets.

"Oh, it's a ticket to go to the other world!"

"Shocked me, mum!" Aubrey sighed and smiled.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to." She chuckled.

"You know what, son? You can use that to go to the other world." She smiled. She knows that he really wanted to meet her again."

Auberi silenced. "I..."

"I wanted to but...what if she already forget about me?"

Marie pinched Auberi's cheeks. "Believe me, she won't forget!" She winked.

He smiled. "It's the first time in my life...my mum pinched my cheeks."

They smiled and hug each other.

"You will find your sister there too." She smiled.

***

Crystal was staring at her closet. She smiled when she is looking at it. "Memories are meant to be remembered. You are the best thing that ever happened to me, Auberi."

She sighed and smiled.

"Why are you smiling like that? You're looking at it as if it's your husband." Anna rolled her eyes and ate her popcorn.

"You lose your memory, dear!"

"Poor, Aryan!" She said and laughed.

"What the hell? You say that name to me every day for a whole year! Who in the world is that!?"

Crystal glanced at Anna. "Did you really lose your memory?"

"Yes, why?"

Both of them were in silence for a few seconds before Crystal's laughter came out loud.

She nodded her head. "Okay, understood!"

"Understood what?" Anna raised her eyebrow.

"Nothing!" Crystal said and laughed.

"You're weird."

"I know." Crystal said and laughed.

"Go to sleep! Don't stare at the closet as you want to eat it."

"Okay, madam!"

Crystal smiled at Anna's back. She recalled the memories while she was in the world.

"So, you didn't lose your memory too." Crystal smiled and sighed softly. She looked at the closet. "Good night, Auberi."

***

It's just a normal day---as always. But, she felt like the blanket was extra comfy the moment she woke up.

"Wow, nice day today!" Crystal gets up from the bed and stretch his hands.

"Indeed." A familiar voice was heard from her back; specifically, her bed.

Crystal freezes for a while. She looked around her room but she didn't see anything but herself.

"I'm hallucinating again.." She patted her forehead.

"Gosh, what happened to me? Am I crazy or something?" She said and laughed.

"Sweetie, it's not a hallucination; it's real." She heard the same voice again.

Crystal gasped when she heard the voice. She was afraid to get disappointed by her hallucinations of Auberi. Her hands started to tremble and her tears started dropping down swiftly.

Then, she felt like her arms were grabbed by someone with a strong hand. "Wah, my hallucinations even know how to trick me now huh." She said with her trembling voice.

"Sweetie, it's me. Open your eyes."

Crystal shook her head. "No, I don't want to. You cruel hallucinations!" Crystal shouted.

She heard her 'hallucination' sighing. Then, after a few seconds, she realized that she was lifted by someone. "Gosh! What in the earth is this? I can even fly now!" She shouted.

"Crystal, this is me. Open your eyes."He put her on her feet and turned her body facing him.

Crystal eyes instantly widened. She slowly lifted her face and looked at the person's face.

It's just like she just won the lottery. She cried out of happiness. She jumped onto him and hugged him tightly.

"I miss you so much!" Crystal said while crying from happiness.

"I miss you a lot too, Crystal," Auberi said and give her a peck on the lips.

Crystal's eyes smiled and her cheeks turned to rosy cheeks.

"You're so adorable after these years, dear," Auberi said and pinched her cheeks softly.

She puckered her lips and blinked her eyes a few times.

The atmosphere in the room went silent for a second.

"Uhm..."

Auberi scratched his head.

"What's wrong?" Crystal touched his cheeks with her hands.

Auberi cleared his throat, knelt to the floor and held her hands. Crystal eyes are blinking.

"What are you doing?"

"Crystal, will you marry me?" Auberi took out a diamond ring from his pocket. His eyes were shining like puppy eyes.

Crystal's eyes were widened. She covered her gaping mouth with her hands; she can't believe what she just saw. Her tears started dropping down from her eyes.

"Yes! Yes! Yes!!" Her head can't stop nodding.

Auberi smiled, stood up and sheathed the ring to her ring finger.

"You'll be mine forever, Crystal. Don't dare to fade away again." He said and kissed her forehead.

Crystal smiled at him. "Okay, hubby."

Her cheeks turned to rosy cheeks again.