Ch 4 - unbelievable dreams
" You don't say! Am I lucid dreaming?!"
Shyam in shock, he could not think of any other possibilities rather than being in a lucid dream.
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Lucid dreaming occurs when a person becomes aware they are dreaming while still in the dream state. This awareness allows them to control aspects of the dream, such as the environment, actions, or narrative. It typically happens during the REM (rapid eye movement) stage of sleep. Lucid dreaming can occur spontaneously or be cultivated through techniques like reality checks, dream journaling, or meditation. People often use lucid dreaming to explore their subconscious, overcome fears, or simply for enjoyable experiences. While generally safe, it may disrupt sleep for some individuals if practiced excessively.
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Without giving it any other thought he ran towards the beach, he lived near an ocean which is why he could go to the beach anytime he wanted.
Though he never went to the beach, except for the last time he talked with Raitha. Before Raitha left, she promised Shyam on this very beach that she would not lose contact with him, no matter what.
But she did not keep her promise, possibly due to work or pressure. Who knows what the reason might have been, but after a couple of months after she had left for the city life, she had started to ignore shyam's;calls,texts and even mails.
He thought, maybe she had moved on and found a better person who could give her what she desired: fame, money, luxury, and so on. But ever since he got this unknown texts written in raitha's handwriting, he thought mabye there is a chance for them to unite once again.
However, after thinking it through, he realized how foolish he had been; he was thousands of kilometers away from Raitha. She can't just come and write something in his textbook, but then again, he could see someone who is dead so what if, what if he could also see them who are a far.
He was still questioning himself if this really was happening, but those thoughts did not stop him from running. He kept running and running until finally setting foot onto the cold sand of the beach.
The moonlight was reflecting against the ocean water, the air so refreshing as if he had fallen into heaven. Though it was not any time to relax, he looked around in search of the person who had been calling him.
Though he found no one, disappointed shyam looked up at the moon as if the answers laid upon it.
" So, this is an illusion after all. "
He muttered to himself before sitting down on the sand, tears of sadness tried to escape his eyes, but before it could, a soft voice, the same voice he had heard after entering this unbelievable dream world.
" No it is not, it's all a reality. Well, almost a reality, since you are inside a dream so. "
Shocked shyam looked up and surprisingly a girl in white dress, as of a wedding dress was standing in front of him. Though her eyes were looking at the moon, it still felt like she was staring at him instead.
Her face glowed in the moonlight, her dress flowing gracefully in the gentle breeze, and her pitch-black hair touched the sand—it was that long. She was the most beautiful woman Shaym had ever seen, or maybe he had seen someone more beautiful.
No matter how beautiful she was, shyam felt as though she was still nothing compared to how beautiful raitha was when he was in love with her, though he still is.
He asked " Are you, Raitha ?..... "
Shyam held both his hands tightly with hope in mind, hope of that girl being raitha.
To reply that girl looked down making an eye contact with shyam, she smiled softly, a smile so gorgeous even a pitch dark room would fill in with brightness with that smile.
She took a deep breath touched her chest with her soft hands, as she said. " Well, it seems i look a lot more different than I am without this wedding dress huh! So different that even your devotion towards me is unable to recognise me. Understandable, after all, you have naver seen me in makeup right? "
Shyam was surprised, the girl who was standing right beside his eyes was, raitha?. He could not believe his eyes, he pinched his hand to see if it really was happening. " Ouch " he said, as his eyes filled up with tears. Though the first ever question that got to his mind was. " Okay, i understand you are raitha. But I have a question to ask, how did you get make-up in this fake realm ? "
Raitha was shocked, she thought mabye he will ask about how she is in his dreams or something like that, but he was concerned about where she got make-up from?!.
" What kind of question is that !. " She said as she continued. " This world is a mere copy of the real one. The only difference is that there are no electronic devices or other humans here.
When I was on my way to one of my commercial shoots, I got into an accident and went to coma. But somehow I was teleported to this world, at day time I can see other people, but at nights everything disappears.
It's like a whole different world at night, though people can't see me, nor can they feel me. I was really scared at first, but then I saw your sister.
She was living in this world for years, it seems this world is for those who is stuck between the realm of living beings and deads. And the most amazing part is, I can interact with real things at daytime.
And so I went on a search to find the school you study in, your little sister helped me a lot. I am the one who left that note in your notebook today, hehe "
by now shyam had understood almost everything, everything except how did he get here?