Steven's POV
I left Ruby's apartment and came back to mine. and saw a box in front of my door. I picked up the box and saw the label on it that said.
"LAB RATS." I read. I opened the box, behind the tissue paper. I saw seven little rats, back to back, with their legs entangled like a Gordian knot. They smelled of sweat and nervousness. I looked at each rat and smiled like a maniac. This made the rats shudder in fear.
It was finally time for me to try out the healing magic. I quickly opened my apartment door, entered the living room, and went straight to the empty room. It lacked any furniture because I only bought enough for my comfort. As soon as I moved in, I locked the door behind me and sat down on the floor.
I placed the box right in front of me and took the first mouse from it.
I placed it down, and then I elongated my nail and cut its tail. The mouse shook in pain for some time after I cut his tail off. I didn't want to do anything that would kill the mice because there were only 7 of them.
The first thing that I tried was to attach the tailback. I picked the tail up and soon pressed it right where it belonged, and then, as mentioned in the book about healing, I let a thin layer of mana leave my body and wrap around the wound. After carefully doing so, I made the mana gets absorbed by cells and then regrow them back to attach the two parts.
After spending a lot of mana doing so, I couldn't regrow the cells again. The test showed no result.
Should I do it with more mana? I thought to myself and started experimenting again. I filled the tail up with a lot of mana and then started fusing them back together.
This time, something different happened. As I was trying to fuse the tailback, it started to get attached a little bit. When I saw this, I got excited and started doing this with more concentration, but even so, only one part of the tail got attached back. It looks like I didn't cut it properly now.
I tried it for hours to no end and still got nothing. It's like I am missing something, but I don't know what it is.
In the end, I decided to take a break. So I put the mouse back in the box and went to the kitchen and got something to eat for my lab rats. I grabbed some cookies and broke them into pieces and gave them to the rats, then left the room and locked it from the outside.
After doing so, I went back to the living room and glanced at the clock. It was around 5 pm, so I decided to go for a short walk outside. So I left my room and made my way to the rooftop of the building.
I approached the door to the rooftop and opened it. I saw a beautiful view of the city in the distance. It was fascinating.
I walked to the fence on the roof and then decided to jump over it and lay down on the ledge. It was cold but also warm to the touch because of all the sun rays it absorbed throughout the day.
It was at a temperature that was just right to relax. It felt comfortable. It was so comfortable that I decided to take a nap there.
I slowly closed my eyelids and let my body relax. All the stress from failing to achieve the desired goal and the fatigue from working out in the gym slowly slipped away with the calm braze.
Slowly, as time went by, I could feel all my worries and thoughts fading away. I could smell the air. The different things mixed in with other stuff But soon I smelled a particularly good fragrance. It was like fresh flowers that were just picked from the flower bed. Not that I had ever seen or even been close to that then. but I could smell the sweet smell of flowers when I smelt them. I opened my eyes and saw the orange hue in the sky.
I guess I had been sleeping for quite a while, I thought. After admiring the sky for a moment, I looked towards the fence and saw a beautiful face frowning. Her beautiful argent-colored hair with steaks of black flowing with the breeze. Her ruby blue eyes are looking at me intently. It made my heart skip a beat.
"Hello, beautiful," I said when I was the beautiful figure of Aimee. "Why are you there again?" She asked me Her voice was laced with worry. When I saw her worried face, I sighed, "sigh." After the initial sigh, I said, "You worry too much, you know?" I acted, made a frown appear on my face, and continued, "I'll be fine," I said, and smiled at the end.
I jumped back over the fence onto the roof and stood right in front of Aimee and gave her a hug and a kiss on the forehead. After letting go, I slid off her feet and Princess carried her to the water tank, where we lay on top of it. She rested her head on my chest as we watched the sky get darker and darker.
As I lay with her, I could feel her warmth. It felt comfortable. It was even better than when I was laying on the ledge. Soon the sky got dark and we could see the different space stations and space ships leaving and arriving there. The mere size of the space stations was enormous. They could probably fit 3 to 4 y-25 sized cities into each of them.
In the dark sky, it was a sight to behold. I see them like that in their full glory. It was kind of funny that only a week ago I was living in the slums and now look at me. I am living in a 2 bedroom apartment. I have to go to work and even have a girlfriend on top of that. If I were to tell anybody this, they would laugh at my face and spit on me, thinking that I was telling a lie. To be honest, if this was a good dream that I was having instead of the dreams that I usually have, then I would never want to wake up from this dream and stay like this forever.
"What are you thinking about?" Aimee suddenly asked me, pulling me out of my thoughts. I looked at her and replied, "I was just thinking that if all of this was a dream, then I would never want to wake up from a dream like this." When I answered, Aimee, shifted her face and looked up towards my face, then slowly moved on top of me. She was stinging on top of my abdomen in a way that her face was right on top of mine considering she was a little shorter than me.
I could see my reflection in her beautiful ruby blue eyes. Her argan-colored hair fell to one side. I could smell the scent of flowers on her body and I could feel her heartbeat. It was beating faster and faster. but I could also feel my heartbeat, which was beating as fast as her heart. Our hearts beat in a symphony.
"This isn't a dream. I am real. "You are real," she said, with her charming voice. She kissed my lips and continued to speak. After doing so, she said something that completely stopped my heart for a second. "My love for you is real," she said. I could see that she loved me in her eyes. "You're right, this isn't a dream," I said, with a gentle smile on my face. "This is much better than some dreams. A dream can't hold the love I have for you. " As I said this, I could see Aimee's eyes watering up as she asked
"D-do you love me?" When I heard this, I looked her in the eye with a serious face and said, "I love you, Aimee." When she heard my words, a tear fell on top of my face, then another as she started crying when she heard me. "I lowved youu too," she said, amidst her sobs. I gently wiped her tears and pulled her closer for a kiss. After the kiss, we stayed there in the dark in the comfort of each other's warmth. Looking at the sky and enjoying each other's company, I made a promise to myself today when we were watching the space stations. I would cut the hand or break the hand of anyone who dared to touch her.