Chapter 3 - Blue butterfly

The boy brought me to the wardrobe room. From there, he gave me a blue-colored dress. "Come back after wearing this dress." A little while later, I came back wearing the dress. The boy took my hand and led me to the jewelry room. He adorned me with his own hands. Standing in front of the mirror, I couldn't recognize myself. I looked exactly like a princess. So was I truly the princess of this palace? A princess..! The boy's call brought me back to my senses. "Am I real?" "Yes, you are truly, truly, truly Princess Butterfly. This mirror is also telling you your identity... but you still can't recognize yourself." I couldn't take my eyes off the boy's blue eyes. His eyes seemed to be speaking his words. "Princess Butterfly... come with me. I want to take you to a place." "Where will you take me? Why are you calling me Butterfly? Butterfly is my pen name. I use this name when I write stories, but how do you know this? Have you read my stories?" "To me, you are this blue butterfly—'Blue Butterfly.'" "'Blue Butterfly?'" "My name is Neel (Blue). I think the name Butterfly is perfect for you. You are only my Butterfly. Without you, I and my name are incomplete." The boy's words struck my heart. I never thought I could belong to anyone. My past was so terrible that I still regret it to this day. I never thought about the future, never imagined that someone could identify me as theirs. But I had wished for someone like this to come into my life, someone who would be incomplete without me. Before I could understand anything, the boy pulled me into his chest. My head was pressed against his chest, and I felt a shiver run through my body at the sound of his heartbeat.