The Luster of Stars in Moscow
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Cheri nodded and smothered his mouth. Tears spread in his eyes without being controlled.
Is this real? thought.
That is them!
His body is here…
But his soul does not exist!
Cheri hugged Rafael's body while crying. Is he gonna…
"Don't die!" the sad lamentation of little Rafael caught Cheri's attention. The man hugged his brother's body while crying. "I'll give you my life! Live within me. Valentin! Please don't die!"
The mirror started to roll.
The fire had drowned the two boys.
"No!" Cheri screeched as he extended his hand towards the mirror.
The mirror darkened, then gave rise to two figures of waist-haired adult men.
That's them!
Cheri swallowed.
"So... That way, you're accommodating my personality?" Valentin muttered with a bitter look on his face. Then smile cynically. "You really did it."
"This time will not fail either!" Rafael.
Valentin was flabbergasted with his eyebrows interlocked.
"The body I gave you that night, I will now give you again!"
"Rafael!" Cheri yelled real bad.
The two figures in the mirror had no reaction.
They don't hear me! Cheri realized.
Rafael walked closer to Valentin.
Valentin was flabbergasted and inched away from him. "What do you want to do?"
Rafael didn't bully him. He lunged towards Valentin and grabbed him.
"Let go!" Valentin shouted angrily and jerked his body from Rafael's embrace. "I don't care about nine years ago! I still hate you!"
"Good, Val!" Rafael. "Hate me. Your energy will wipe me out. Hate me! Hate me!" Rafael patted Valentin's shoulders. "Your hatred will strengthen you!"
Valentin spontaneously stuttered.
Cheri held his breath.
"Push me, Val! Press my desire to live. Wipe me away forever!"
Valentin flicked his shoulders again, trying to break away from Rafael's embrace.
Rafael did not take it off. Both of his hands were still holding onto Valentin's shoulders. "I won't regret it, Val. I believe you can surpass Rafael Moscovich. In the theater, in love with Cheri.." Rafael suddenly glanced at Cheri.
Cheri gasps. He's seen me!
"Cheri can repay your love" Rafael continued, patting Valentin's shoulder once again.
Valentin remained unmoved.
"Quick, pray! So you can stay alive!" Rafael raised his voice. "This body has only one, Val! One of us has to die! It was fate. Hate me! That way I'll die!"
Dead said? Cheri started not taking it anymore. I'm not gonna let that happen!
"You're really outrageous!" Valentin finally rebelled. "While I'm a thief, though I like to take away the rights of others, I hate it most when it's given. I don't want to accept gifts from anyone, especially you!"
Now it was Rafael's turn to be at a loss for words.
"If this is the way, I'll die too!" furious Valentin. "Maybe it's much better!"
What the fuck? Cheri started to ride the apis.
"If Rafael Moscovich were to disappear from the face of the earth, we would no longer fight and hurt each other."
That's too much, thought Cheri. They intend to disappear together?
I was left alone!
Cheri lowered Rafael's head from his lap, then moved from the floor, looking for something that could be used as a stick, then rushed towards the mirror and smashed the mirror with overflowing anger.
"However you do as well as you do! Back, Fuckers!"
If they understand each other…
If they forgive each other…
Why not choose to survive?
Cheri went on a rampage, with a piece of wood from a burning punishment pole, and decided to smash the rest of the mirror with all his might.
PRAAAANG!
PRAAAANG!
A dazzling light shot out from the bodies of the two. It was like a fire in the middle of the stage. The faces of the two men were flabbergasted. Then vanished.
"What's that sound?" People outside the building were screaming in panic. "It's like there's an explosion!"
"Cherry!"
Huffled cries, followed by the sounds of foot-streaking, sounded like they were coming from different directions.
Cheri fell into a daze and coughed. Then it collapsed and became unconscious.
"Master! Please get the hell out of here!" Firefighters prevent Kyle and Mikail from following them. "Give it all up to us!"
"But—"
"We will try our best!"
Kyle and Mikail gave up and turned around.
Sesha and Leah rushed towards them as soon as the two of them appeared at the emergency exit.
"Has Cheri been found?" Sesha asked impatiently.
Mikail shook her head weakly with a helpless expression.
"What's? Cheri hasn't been found?"
Sesha smothered her mouth muffling in tears. Mikail wrapped her hands around the girl's shoulder and gently patted her back.
Sesha sucked her face and burst into tears.
Kyle was sitting limp on the grass field and sitting curled up to his knees. Leah approached him, touched his shoulder and sat down by his brother's side. Hugged her.
The girls began to fill with teary eyes. Staring at Sesha with concern.
"It's been almost an hour" sobbed the cat-actor girl in the drama The Beautiful and the Ugly Bad. "Is there hope?"
The other girls muttered uneasily almost simultaneously.
Sesha cried even more.
"Shhh.. shhh.." Mikail tried to calm the girl down.
Vladimir froze on the hood of his car, looking up at the burning building with a much different expression than usual. No pride, no ambition…
Mikail glanced at him at a glance through the corner of her eyes.
All the performers and staff from the two theater groups mingled in the back yard of the building, while the spectators had already completely left the building.
Everyone looks tired and desperate.
Especially when, the firefighters showed up without Cheri or Rafael.
Everyone squealed stifled and held their breath.
Mikail tightened her jaw.
Sesha began to roar in her arms.
Some girls started to sob.
Demian and Ibrahim bowed with a sad face.
Leah squeezed, putting her face on her brother's shoulder.
Kyle groaned in frustration.
The flames gradually extinguished, the thick smoke soaring high.
A gripping silence ambushed the entire place.
Everyone is still frozen in uncertainty about what happened.
Police cars and ambulances entered the building.
The atmosphere turned rowdy again.
Some people were still staring at the emergency door with sad faces.
Mikail still did not know what to do. Still waiting.
Then suddenly someone screamed in surprise while pointing towards the door. "They survived!"
All eyes turned away.
Sesha lifted her face, Mikail stammered. Leah and Kyle jumped to their feet and scattered near the emergency exit.
Demian and Abraham joined them.
Rafael appeared in a daze and stumbled, holding Cheri's body wrapped in his long coat.
Mikail smiled sadly.
Rafael approached him and handed over Cheri's body, then collapsed unconscious.
Demian and Ibrahim rushed towards Rafael, then carried him with Kyle.
Mikail followed them by carrying Cheri's body alone.
Sesha and Leah followed behind him while wiping their cheeks.
A number of paramedics approached them and prepared stretchers.