Fall

Interested, I walked through the streets of the other world, which the shape-shifters called Tovah. Domenic trotted after me more annoyed than pleased. And that for at least half an hour. "What's different about this world?" Domenic groaned even more annoyed than five minutes ago - if that was even possible - and pulled my arm so that I could look at him. "Look at me," he said and I did him a favor. “This world is no different from the other at all! I've been trying to tell you that for half an hour, but you have to explore every corner and ... ”He stopped as I giggled from his grip and hopped up the street. I was doing incredibly well, my wound had stopped bleeding and since I didn't feel any pain, I was in a very good mood at the moment. The only thing that worried me was that I didn't know how long I'd been away from home. I'm sure everyone was worried! »... the world differs from ours only in this way, because only really only supersensible people such as angels or shapeshifters can reach it. Sometimes there are exceptions, it depends on the high court, ”he continued as he trudged after me. "It's all well and good ... but ... how long have I been out of the" normal world "?" Domenic looked at me appraisingly before answering. "Time goes a little slower here, which means you've been gone for about three days." I looked up at him, dismayed because he was a good deal taller than me.

He's so beautiful ...

The sun fell on his black hair, which went up just over his ears, and made him look twice as beautiful. Nice nightmare, I thought, imagining how I walked up to him, wrapped my arms around him and my lips gently touched his. I gave a start when I realized that my arms were really around him and that I was about to kiss him. Domenic looked at me with a mixture of longing and despair and I briefly considered how everything would be after the kiss. Apparently he had already decided that for himself, because he leaned down to me and ... "STOP! ... No!" With a jerk I turned away from him and ran down the quiet street towards the sun that blinded me terribly. A tear found its way down my nose to finally drip down my chin and then down onto the street. I hated myself deeply for not letting the kiss happen, but it felt wrong. Why didn't I know, it was just wrong to want to kiss him.

You are an angel! Then why can't you? Asked the voice in my head and I tried to ignore it until it suddenly dawned on me. How automatically I paused and Domenic, who had hurried after me, hit my back with full force. I was jerked and flew forward into the street, chafing my hands that I had tried to intercept with. "Are you okay?" Hesitantly, I took the hand he held out to pull me back to my feet and then immediately blurted out my thought. "I mustn't kiss you, I'm an angel!" He looked at me painfully, seeing that I understood. "I can't kiss you at all, something is stopping me!" I yelled at him in frustration. "From the age of 25, angels or half-angels can only kiss their own kind out of love or something else ..." I caught my breath. I would never kiss him just because he wasn't an angel?

Great! He tells me the advantages of being an angel in great detail and he totally leaves out the negative sides, I was annoyed. Domenic blushed and I wondered if I had spoken aloud again. I'm really confused, I admitted to myself and looked sadly at the floor. Suddenly I had an idea. "I'm giving up the job, I don't want to be an angel anymore!" I exclaimed happily, watching the expression on his face fluctuate between bitter disappointment and amusement. “You can't just be“ no angel ”because you were born a half angel Esta.” One of his eyebrows went up when he, like me, noticed that he had called me “Esta”.

From you to Esta, I joked his mind and saw how he blushed again. So talking out loud although I think that I'm actually just thinking, I had to give myself up, I decided and smiled brightly at him. Esta.

Esta and Domenic. I looked towards the sun and hoped I would be able to kiss him someday, because otherwise - and I was very sure - I would have missed something very interesting in my life.

"Um, yes," I began as I continued to explore the other world.

“I should go home again ... Oh God, I forgot about my job. How do we get out of here? ”I stopped in shock and looked expectantly into Domenic's eyes.

"There is, so to speak, a gateway between the worlds through which we can get back."

"Okay, and where is that gateway?" I actually wanted to go home as soon as possible, but then I didn't want to be separated from him. Because of the fear of being attacked again and the desire to be around him.

I shook my head and Domenic looked at me questioningly.

"So where is the gate?" I asked him again while I began to tug at my pants.

"That is different. The gate is never in the same place, so it always changes its position, ”he explained, watching my fiddling with my pants.

"Yes and now? How do we find the gate now? ”I was confused again, just hoping we would get home as soon as possible.

"I'm looking for that now."

"Well, I'm curious." Suddenly my stomach began to rumble loudly and I blushed when I noticed that Domenic was starting to grin. "Sorry, I haven't eaten in too long."

"Yes, that's true, but I feel the same way." He was still grinning while his thoughts were apparently elsewhere. “So I have it. It's not even gone that far. ”He turned 90 degrees and I trotted after him.

We walked down the street to the end and turned right into the Winkelmatten. The names even sounded normal, like in the normal world. The houses and the few people who walked around looked normal too. In the past I always thought a magical world would be something special with witch houses or castles. I was really wrong about that.

After about ten minutes of walking we were in front of a white villa.

"And where is the gate now?" I whined.

“We're right in front of it, the front door is our gate. But prepare yourself, traveling through the worlds is not a pleasant feeling. ”

“ How, is it not a pleasant feeling? ”I took a few steps towards the villa, which are quite ordinary and not like a gateway to another World looked like.

"Hmm, you can compare it a bit to a rollercoaster ride," he chuckled.

Oh god I hate roller coasters.

He saw the shock on my face and had to laugh.

"You can hold my hand if you want." I blushed, but accepted his invitation with thanks.

Armed we walked holding hands and as if in slow motion - so it seemed to me - towards the door. He turned the doorknob and I stepped through the door with my heart pounding.

But when I got out I fell to the floor and a feeling of dizziness and nausea flooded me. I vomited badly when I tried to get up.

And only now did I notice that Domenic's hand was no longer on mine. "Domenic?"

I straightened up slowly and opened my eyes when I realized that I had not landed in my own world.