Her Burning Lover

FLASH BACK

Raymond’s POV

After the call, I can feel everything is about to repeat. The train of thoughts took me back to my childhood when my parents knew about my curse. It was my 12th birthday. I was playing with my sister. Suddenly I fell sick, and my body temperature rose to an extreme limit. Whatever I was touching, it was burning down.

I tried to get up to go back to my home but was unable to get up. My sister started crying and went back home to call my parents, who were nowhere to be seen, so Mr. Johnson came to my rescue.

He came and tried to hold me but even couldn’t go near me. Then he went inside and put on the globes and took me to my bedroom and placed me on the floor.

My temperature kept on increasing. My parents came so the doctors but no one could justify my increasing temperature. After keeping me under observation, my parents witnessed a very unique and threatening scene.

“Mom…. Mom… Dad… please help me. Please.” I cried out loud on the pitch of my voice. My mom and dad came to my room, and what they saw even made them scream. My body started looking like lava is running under the skin. Then slowly, it started burning. My mom and dad stepped back when my body changed into a fireball. Everyone in that room started crying.

After some time, there was no pain, but still, I was burning. Mr. Johnson took everyone out of the room and locked the room. “Don’t go, don’t go, please. Don’t leave me alone.” I banged the door. “We are here, master. We all are here. I am just waiting for you to cool down. Don’t be afraid. Everyone is waiting for you outside.”

I sat down crying, but I knew that my world will change now. Belonging an aristocratic family, my mom and dad didn’t want their name to be spoiled. They called their family astrologer to know a solution.

At that time, a new story started. My mom and dad were astonished to hear that I am not the only one. There is one more person who is related to the curse. My mom’s family was cursed to have one generation of children whose firstborn will be different or died. But we are only two firstborn left in the family: me and my maternal aunt’s boy Bryan. No one knew where he was and what he was doing.

However, there is a connection between Bryan and me. Whenever I burn, he will not. We will have to find our cures.  But when one is cured, the other has to die if his cure doesn’t work. And if their cure turns out to be the one person, then the other will die.

This was not the end of the prophecy. It also states that if I couldn’t find my cure and will keep on burning till the age of 35, then I will take all the power of the family and kill the family members.

My family tried very hard to get the cure. I can find in my dreams that there are two cures, but I have to find them.

One day at the age of 20, I met a girl Rumi. A beautiful, incredible looking girl, whose one look can make you fall in love, we both dated, and she knew everything about me. She accepted me the way I am. Whenever I turned, she stayed there waiting for me and taking care of me.

One day we came home planning to go back on a movie date. When we both entered the house, I started to sense my body temperature going on. I went in and saw a boy of about 22 yrs., sitting on the sofa with his mother.

“Hey, Ray, come here, baby, meet your brother from another mother.” I looked at him, and he gave an evil smile, then he turned to Rumi. She was shivering from fear. I held her hands and took her back to my room when we entered the room she told me that something was off about that boy. She can’t tolerate her gaze and even feeling not goof now.

So we dropped the plan to go to the movie and sat on the rim of the bed and just talked. I want to make her feel ease.

It was the time when I was about to turn but couldn’t see Rumi. I thought maybe she was busy somewhere. I started turning when Rumi came in. I told her to wait outside, but she didn’t hear me. She was coming close when I asked her about the matter. She told me that she has come to say goodbye because she cannot accept me.

She cannot leave with me. After insisting so many times, she told me that it was Bryan whom she loves. At that moment, I burst into a fireball and cried for so many times because it was excruciating.

I couldn’t say if the pain is coming from my heart or my body. I kept on burning and dozed to sleep when I saw that I have only one cure left. Since Bryan didn’t love her, he just played with her and left her alone to die. As she couldn’t be my cure, she died because of the curse. That means I killed her in away.

After that, I have never been interested in anything, and not even showed any emotions. My parents thought I could not find the cure again, so it’s better to keep me away and sent me away.

While thinking all these, I was asleep on my office chair and telling all these to Susan in my dreams. I got up and took out my phone. “Ms. Susan, sorry to wake you up. Can we meet?” “Yes, Mr. Raymond, we can, but is there anything urgent?”

“No dear, I just wanted to ask if you are ok. I saw a dream, and it was scary.” I told her not sure what to speak. “Okay, Mr. Raymond, we will meet in the evening. I have some work to do now.” “Okay, I will pick you up by 4 p.m.,” then I hung the phone.

Susan POV

I was asleep and was talking to my burning man. He told me everything about his life and childhood. It hurts. I could see his helpless condition, and for some reason, I wanted to be his cure.

Suddenly my phone rang, and he was asking me out. I don’t know if I should say yes, but when he insisted, I said yes. I don’t know what’s the feeling is, I feel for the burning men as well as the Raymond. But why, I don’t know. As soon as I hung up the phone, again it started ringing.

“Hello” ”Hello, Ms. Susan.” I shivered after hearing the voice. I was afraid of his tone. “Who are you?” I gathered my courage to ask him. “Don’t worry about me, but what are you doing? Do you know you will die soon, no matter who helps you?”

My body felt numb. I wanted to shout at the guy, but I could not find my voice. “Shut your mouth up; otherwise, I will report you to the police.” I tried to threaten him back. He laughed very loudly, and I can feel the negativity in his voice. “I am coming for you, baby.” These were the last words before he hung up.