Blending to purple

[Blue]

When did it start? Reality is a bit cold, a bit lonely.

“Honey let’s go on a trip this week.”

- Sure, do you have anything in mind?

“We haven’t been on a castle in a while, I was hoping we could go visit one.”

…

- Then it’s settled.

She is not the same as she was.

Humans stopped aging eons ago.

That didn’t stop mental health of people to decline over time.

Slowly, very slowly everyone started becoming desperate for death.

“I am going shopping see you later honey.”

- See you love.

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Do you only suffer?

Has the light left you eyes?

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My wife was desperate as well.

She often walked in front of the clinic and back home.

But everything is fine now.

She is happy now, ignorant to her past.

She tried to drag me with her. I got away and lived.

I still can’t believe she wished me death.

* Deep down you know, don’t you *

Shut up brain.

* She wasn’t the only one suffering *

Haunting me again, this doesn’t work.

* You wanted to go with her, didn’t you *

No I didn’t.

* You still want, she knew *

Maybe, but I am not so weak as to kill myself.

* Why did you ignore her calls? *

Achhhh, shut up already. Enough!

“Honey I’m back, what got you looking so gloomy?”

- Nothing serious you don’t need to worry.

“Are you sure? You don’t look fine to me.”

“What’s with you, you’ve been like this for as long as I remember.”

Her shadow keeps haunting me, calling into future, one that’s eerie to me.

“Hey, listen… I know you have been opposed to the idea of it but I really think you should consider getting your mind cleared.”

- Thanks for your concern, but I’m really fine.

Anything but fine. Ah she’s hugging me.

“If it’s that scarry for you I can go with you and we can start anew together."

"A life where we will fight for our love and live."

"A life where we’ll be happy together.”

- How can you say that so easily, get away from me!

No, my life is fine, I don’t want to die, I want to live.

But just maybe, not stop, that will not do me good.

* You suffered a lot *

I know dammit, what do you want.

* It never got better, haven’t you tried enough already *

No! I haven’t!

* Are you gonna ignore her calls again? *

…

* Does it matter that she doesn’t remember? *

* Don’t you want to forget the past? *

* Don’t you want to ease the pain? *

- Sorry!, I, I don’t know anymore.

“That’s fine just come to me and I’ll take care of you.”

“Let’s start life anew, honey?”

In that moment I hugged her with all my left strength and let myself be pulled away by the river of death. So soothing and yet cold to touch.

The procedure is ready if you want any words to say now is the time.

“Honey I am so glad for your decision, I was worried your scarred heart was never going to heal.”

“See you on the other side.”

She said that with a smile on her face, as if it was the normal thing to do. But who am I to judge.

I smiled for one last time with tears forming in the corner of my eyes, put my hand in hers and bid farewell to this world.

- Goodbye

Goodbye world once full of color, goodbye legacy of old times, goodbye to world where I no longer belong.

[+Red]

‘Honey how are you doing.’

- Fine, it’s pretty weird not remembering past and knowing my personality is different from what it was but we’re happy now so we should focus on that.

“Anyway it seems that you were one of the oldest humans alive in the past.”

- Have you ever thought why people appalled at clearing mind in the past, they called it suicide if I remember correctly.

“I read there were protests at first but soon they calmed down. I think it was because of the rise of AI impersonations and continued presence of the body in the world.”

- I heard that governments pushed for the change.

“Better not think about it, citizens shouldn’t discuss such things.”

- I guess you’re right.

- Anyway what’s for dinner.