"Yes, you are alive and breathing in this realm, on that earth not anymore," the man admitted as he took a seat on the chair he had made appear. Knowing that the man would have a lot of questions for him and he didn't want to answer them standing and shifting his feet every few minutes.
"Your soul, body, mind lives here as well as Aria's even though it doesn't seem like it, despite you being in a different realm but to adapt your body will have to slowly change. That way you can adapt to this realm's way of communication as we all communicate differently as your people in your world, speak in different languages", he continued, trying to explain to him that way, he could slowly come to terms with different situations as he should have with Aria, but she had woken up way too early for him.
"What happens to our lives on earth? Did we just disappear on earth within a snap, has everyone just simply forgotten about us as though we simply didn't exist?" James asked, making sure to watch the man carefully, just in case he lied.
"We try not to erase the memories of one's life on earth as it will become a disadvantage, it will cause too many people to question themselves more than they have to, cause everyone to lose their minds and for some people to have unstable mental issues.
For example, Aria's mother, woke up a day after you both supposedly 'fainted', she's been visiting you both, hoping and praying that you both will come out from an unexpected coma. Same as your mother, not really your father, that man has a stubborn heart, I wonder how you turned out more fragile compared to the rest of them", he admitted,
James' face paled a bit at how the man could easily see and figure out things about his life, he wasn't one to show or speak about circumstances as he was taught to keep it within himself. That it would for some odd reason toughen him up, as though to say that his choice to love one who was the same gender made him weak.
He remembered how his father had first found out, he had been with the very first guy he cared about, they had been dating for nearly three months. Aria had been excited, telling him to go ahead and speak to his father, as James had wanted to marry that man. He had been everything he had desired and more.
His family had sat down at dinner, laughed, and spoke freely until he had finally admitted it to them with a bright smile. He remembered how he had looked at his lover with a big smile, both of them staring at each other like goons that they hadn't noticed his own father stand up and retrieve a pistol.
Firing all bullets at them, two had hit his shoulder and marked his neck, his lover on the other hand… his lover… that poor innocent soul that had shown him how to care and love. He had laid on the floor, bleeding out, two shots to his stomach, another two at his chest.
"You had watched the very first person you loved die in front of you and at that moment, you had resented the very man that had raised you and once been so close to you. You used to look up to your father but that day, he had ruined everything that a father stood for in your life.
Your mother had tried to do her best and mend the shattered pieces of glass that represented your bond. You had been so broken, what made matters worse was that your father paid the cops to make it seem as though your lover had been killed by a break-in. But you knew the truth, that man's mother could see the pain and the truth trying to rip itself from you.
Yet you never said anything, you worked and made sure to travel and live the dream he always had. Trying to do what he aspired to let out your fears and give up everything you desired because you knew. You knew that you were guilty of what your father did, you knew that you were guilty of keeping it secret", the man said, a small smirk appearing on his face.
James felt himself shake with fury as he remembered that day clearly like it was yesterday, he felt himself tremble as he felt like punching the man's face with all his pain, hoping it would wreck everything apart. He felt so much anger and pain that he felt as though he had taken too many drugs and needed to let it out. He looked down and saw dark shadows appearing from his hands, spreading as though getting ready to envelope him.
No
No
No
He dropped to his knees, bringing his hands to his underarms, trying to control his fear and pain. Needing to breathe and stop the pain from contaminating the little good thoughts he had.
"Again, this is a different realm, learn to control everything, before it controls you or you are used and you hurt someone else, including Aria", he warned as he stood up, snapping his fingers and letting the seat disappear.
Before he could step out he heard, "Will our bodies wake up from the coma, on earth?"
"No, you both die on earth that way your loved ones, mourn and move on from you. That way you don't give them false hope," the man said, before disappearing, leaving James with his dark thoughts and fears.
"I'm so sorry, Shane, I am so sorry," he whispered as he cried.