Zeke's POV

One loves the sunsets when one is sad.

And I love sunsets. Is it because I'm sad?

All my life, I'm living in this kind of world. The world where I can get all I want with just a snap of a finger. But am I contented?

My heart yearns for more. I want to experience the type of world where no stars exist.

Is it gloomy? Are they happy? I don't know.

Grown-ups used to tell me that I'm a luminary; a brilliant person since birth. I am a son of a blue moon. Just like other tales would tell.

Yet I don't like moons. They do light the night, but I guess they're lonely. After all, they stoop lower than the stars. But a sunset is lovely; birds go home to their nests when sunset is present. Lovers in romantic novels and movies go to date when sunset is there. Sunsets give us hope that the sun will come up again in the break of the day. I liked it.

In my world, sunsets is visible. But in the other worlds? Are they there?

There's only one thing to find out. It is to see.

Something caught my attention. A flower. I picked it up yet I was pricked by its thorns. Blood came gushing up my skin before I knew it yet I still stared at that flower like it was different. It is different.

"Prince!" My butler called me and he witnessed my finger with blood. "Nakoooo! Ano nalang sasabihin ng parents mo sa akin!" I smiled as he wiped the blood off my finger and took care of it.

"What does the other world look like?" I asked, making him look up to me. "Does it have stars like we do? Are sunsets present?" I continued.

He stood up straight. "The world is full of extraordinary things, Prince Zeke. It's packed with lies and all other stuffs. I suggest that you should not go there." He said.

Napailing ako. "Does it have stars? And sunsets?" I said, for once I ask a question I do not easily forget it.

He sighed, knowing that he should not let this question go. "Yes. The world has stars. Lots of them. Sunsets too." He assured me.

"The world is lovely yet dangerous, Zeke," he continued, "just like how that beautiful flower pricked your finger." He said, then picked the beautiful flower up.

I was mesmerized. Paano hindi siya nasusugatan? Napansin ni butler yun kaya napangiti siya. "But for you to experience the wonders of this flower, you must pick it up gently, avoiding its thorns. For they are present to keep themselves in danger." He said, as I glanced to that flower.

It is beautiful, like the sunset. I faced my butler who is now caressing the flower's petals. "How did you know this world?" I asked.

He smiled bitterly. "I know, because I'm from it."

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"Zeke? Where are you going?" My mom questioned, as she saw me going out to the gate. "I want to take a walk." I casually said, not minding her presence. I walked straight up to the road until I reach the seaside.

I love the scent of the sea. It's calm. Although the moon is now present, binigay ko nalang ang atensyon ko sa dagat. I saw some birds flying over the horizon and it's wonderful.

I remembered what butler said. The world is lovely, yet dangerous. How does that mean?

Because in my world, danger doesn't exists. Or does he?

I closed my eyes and sensed the wind touching my face. Gusto ko pumunta. I want to go to that world.

Haha. The curious side of Zeke is now alive and I'm energized. Bumalik na ako sa mansion at dahan-dahang binuksan ang kotse ko. I made sure that the engine is not loud enough for my parents to hear.

I drove until makapunta ako sa Gate of the Other World. I looked around, making sure na walang makakakita sa akin.

I smirked when I saw no one. Good thing they're all asleep. I drove fast, giving attention to every road I'll take.

Hmm. I'll get back this sunrise.