Blue Pills, Red Pills

FLASHBACK

Your hands lazily found the beeping alarm clock as you pushed the button and rolled over bringing your covers closer to you...

"ahhhhhh it's such a pleasant morning and best of all, it's Sunday, I can finally sleep the whole morning after a week of hard work" you muttered softly to yourself as you remembered that you spent the last night watching anime,

you seem to be addicted to that anime stuff, just a week ago, you were unsure if you would even like animation in a language that you don't even understand...but now?

Now I am an Otaku

You grinned the creepy otaku smile under the sheets to yourself, you were just a-

"When it's all over~" a familiar shrill singing voice from downstairs. "When I am wiser and I'm OLDER"

"Oh no, not again- WHAT THE-" you yelled as your bedroom door flew open and your immature older brother "screeched" at top of his lungs like a wild parrot while you covered your ears with the warm covers.

"ALL THIS TIME I WAS FINDING MYYYYSELF-" he hit an incredibly high note which he couldn't sing properly and made your ears bleed instead.

"Will you shut the **** up!!!!" you bellowed at top of your voice

ugh, what did I do in this world that I deserve to get this

looking at your brother who had now stopped singing and was looking at you with an I-will-tell-mom look, it was nasty the feeling that you cursed loudly in front of him.

"Don't tell mom, or I will-" you threatened

"Or what? I am clean this time" he said

Shit. you remember that he hasn't done anything worth grounding him for a few months.

He must've noticed you looking uneasy, he smirked at the fact that you've nothing to say

" a family pack Oreo and half of your pocket money for the next 3 months," he said

"I hate you" you murmur

"Trash talked by many. Hated by some. Guess how many f*cks I give? Here's a hint, it's less than one." he said as he started to sprint out of the door but you were fast and quickly threw a pillow at him.

He tumbled forward and you took the time to high jump off your bed and grab his hair from behind. He wasn't much taller than you, just 10 centimeters.

"Gilderoy Lockhart!!" you grabbed his long blonde hair he was so proud of...you didn't know why, but he was the only one in the whole family tree who had blonde hair.

He turned around quickly and bent your hand behind your back while you were struggling to dive a kick on his shins.

he smiled slyly for a moment when..." Ouch!!!" he yelled bitterly as you kicked him and he fell with you placing your foot on his back,

"How many times do I tell you not to mess with-" you broke off as you heard footsteps approaching,

"Lunar, Liam what are you two doing, stop making a racket!!" Mum said,

surely pissed off that you two ruined the atmosphere of the house early in the morning, and most likely, her beautiful sleep

She was in her late 40s, slim, fragile, and hell of a stern lady. She had high cheekbones, upturned blue eyes, and long, wavy, flaming red hair

"Mum, this jerk," you flicked his forehead("OW!" he whispered) "came into my room singing to wake me up!"

"-And I was having the moment of my life when this animal interrupted"

"Then why did you get in my room? To annoy me?" you yelled

"Cause you changed the wifi password!!!"

"So what?!?! I pay for the wifi! Go get your own- WAIT for WHAT?!?!?! YOU'RE USING MY WIFI???"

Mum was clicking her tongue just like she does whenever she grounds us, she was probably thinking about what to do with us she put her hands on her hips and ordered

"Enough, you two will help me with cleaning today, it's your punishment..."

"Aw hell naww" Liam started while you were just looking for an excuse so you can make Liam do all the work.

"Lunar, try to clean the attic and you, help me in the basement"

Wait. The attic? That's great! Except for some dust and a few old boxes, the old place was fine... it would be done in 2 hours

"Mmhmm, lemme change first" you muttered, sticking a tongue out at Liam, who went downstairs with mum, sulking.

You both rather be with each other or dad while cleaning instead of mum, cuz she made you do things her way, even if that was stupid so yeah, you got lucky on this one.

You went to the bathroom brushed your teeth, talked to your reflection about how puffy your eyes looked, then took the shower gel bottle "Cause I-I-i- I'm in the stars tonight!!!!" You danced along,

"So watch me bring the fire and set the night alight"

You came out of the shower and got changed into an oversized tee and a pair of shorts. You also put on your AirPods and turn the music on shuffle.

~It's the thought of being young

When your heart's just like a drum

Beating louder with no way to guard it~

" you remember the song, it's one of your favorites, turning up the volume, you start to sing along.

~When the nights get colder

And the rhythms got you falling behind

Just dream about that moment

When you look yourself right in the eye, eye, eye

Then you say~

Pulling your long hair up in a bun, you rush up to the attic, as you went through the hallway you could hear your mum yelling at Liam.

so satisfying

You pulled down the staircase and climbed all the way.

Even after watching horror movies, you aren't scared of the attic because you sometimes hide your secret stash of chocolate and skittles here. It was pretty familiar.

~I wanna dance, the music's got me going

Ain't nothing that can stop how we move, yeah

Let's break our plans and live just like we're golden

And roll in like we're dancing fools~

So you start dusting and, about an hour later, you are finally done with the dusting earlier than you expected, all thanks to the energetic music when you accidentally step on a loose floorboard near the window and the wood beneath broke.

Oops.

Shit, mum is going to kill me.

You tried to collect the pieces and threw them inside a box in the far corner of the ere you know no one goes.

Then you go back to the floorboard with an old rug hoping to cover it up with that but you see a little blue thing inside, you want to investigate what that thing was so you put your hand inside and see another empty floorboard space ahead you try to grab the smooth blue thing and finally pull it out.

It is a pretty glass jar with blue pills, attached to it, was another identical jar but with red pills

Blue pills, red pills?

You thought, confused. You should ask mom cuz, it might be expired or something or it can be one of those pills that you put in water and they turn into toys,

Both jars seemed old, which means they might belong to Liam cause Kayla and Damian (twins who are 12) but they both are away at grannies. Mum always sends you, Liam, and the twins separately because it gets too chaotic and granny couldn't take that all energy now.

So you and Liam will go to granny's after a week when the twins return.

Back to the story. So the twins are not interested in these types of pills which turn into toys after you put them in the water. So it must be Liam's, you thought.

Yes, when you were 8 Liam, who was 2 years older than you, had those pills and he traded them with you for your marbles. Golden days.

Out of curiosity, you open the red pill jar; an enchanting aroma rises from those pills.

Yummy, they sure smell tasty. You wondered aloud and thought of taking a bite cuz there was no way that medicines and toy pills smell this way.

You put one in your mouth and it tastes like apple toffee. Suddenly, you start to feel dizzy as the world changed, it was now red. You were surrounded by red, like a red realm.

"Welcome, Lunar, we are glad that you chose the red pill." a female robotic voice echoed through the room.

"Huh?!?" you had no idea how you ended up here "W-Where am I??"

"Did you eat the pills?" a sad voice said but it was not like the robot lady's, it was- more human-like? You turn around.

There was a slim, tall, boy around your age with messy, silky, dark hair that reached just above his shoulders and sad, pitying eyes that shone like emeralds. He was wearing an olive green trench coat with a black shirt and jeans.

"Y-Yes." you stammered.

He reached out a hand "Then you are in a magical realm, where you can go to whichever fantasy or fictional world you want to," he said, as you pulled yourself up on your feet with his help.

"I can't understand you?" you tilted your head questioningly. You've read so many books like this, where you eat this, that or go into a magical forest where you find treasures, befriend witches or fall in love with a creature you weren't supposed to, etc

"I mean-"

"Please choose a fictional world, "the robotic voice cut you off, as two screens appeared in front of me and the guy.

"You can enter any world, just type the name of the world," he said.

"Ok, thank you-" u broke off with a questioning look on your face; you still didn't know his name.

"It's Sean, Sean Verlice," he said. "Thanks, Sean, I am Lunar Phoenix," you said.

He stared at you " what was your last name again?" he asked again,

"Oh, it's Pheonix. Is something... wrong?" you asked, concerned.

"Ah- nothing it's just I-I didn't hear properly the first time," he said but it still made you anxious

Clicking on the search box, you type"BTS" you click on entering as it showed you that the world didn't exist.

Meanwhile, the boy was laughing behind me "Wow, you sure are an army!! Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but you need to type the world that doesn't exist in the real world" he chuckled as you turned red with embarrassment.

"Uhh-I WAS JUST GONNA TYPE DEMON SLAYER!!! I- I just typed that for...fun!!" you couldn't help but shout.

"so you're are going to the demon slayer world too?" he asked. "What a coincidence!!"

later you both were standing in front of a portal with a red spider lily on the top.

~ FACTS ~

1) Liam was singing the song "Wake Me Up" by Avicii. To. Wake. Lunar. Up.

2)Lunar was singing "Permission To Dance" by BTS.

4)Liam is a huge Avicii and imagines dragons fan.

5) Lunar's mother was taking a beauty sleep. she woke up from Liam's screeching, which takes him with her to the basement.

6) Kayla and Damian are annoying twins.

7) Kayla Pheonix loves gaming.

8) Damian Phoenix only studies his whole life.

9) Lunar wanted to go to a BTS world so that she can meet them.