Art's Downfall Memories

03

"I don't know what we are now, but I miss what we were..."

I woke up in the hospital bed feeling disoriented. After a week, my brain began allowing me to record memories again. I almost lost myself and the love of my life because of that accident.

Found out that Jane, Jake's brother saved me, but sadly Jake lost her lovingly sister and I can't help but to blame myself about it.

The first memory that I am able to remember is when I opened my eyes, my sight directly landed at the beautiful lady infront of me. She described who she is, saying her name and anything but I can see the sadness in her eyes.

"You'll leave now?" I whispered. Naramdaman ko ang pagsarado nang pinto. Right, she left. I sighed.

Kinuha ko ang cellphone ko sa side table. The lockscreen is a handprint art and it doesn't have a passcode. There's a guy visited me earlier and we resemble a lot. Nagpakilala siya sa 'kin at sinabing magkapatid daw kami. He gave me this and patted my shoulder.

"Be strong, brod. I'm here for you." He left because he has still an on-going operation, I've just known recently that he is a surgeon.

Our Mom visited too. She brought me a lot of foods and placed it on the table, not that huge table but it does fit some things. She stayed for a long time and the woman that I saw when I opened my eyes caught me glancing at them.

Mom and her are talking, there's something in my heart pains whenever I see her eyes. Her tears were about to burst.

I slept and woke up when the nurse wants to check me. The doctor is also here, I asked her why am I here and I promised that I will try to process anything, she said that I just need to calm down while listening to her.

"So- Artreus, you got a post-traumatic amnesia..." She saw my confused eyes, "You're here because you got into an accident. Someone who has a golden heart called to help for an emergency, luckily, you survived."

"This is not my story to tell you but you need to rest a lot."

"Huwag mo munang pilitin ang sarili mo na makaalala, this will last for days or weeks..." She smiled with her worried eyes, saying that I can still recover from this.

"Thank you po, Doc." She nodded and they locked the room. I closed my eyes tightly. Hanggang sa nakatulugan ko na ito.

Then I saw her again, but this time she looks really tired. Nag-aalala ako na mangalay ang leeg niya. I gently tapped her hand and suggested to sleep here and I'll stay in the couch but she declined.

Lumipat siya sa sofa at doon na natulog nang mahimbing. I watched her sleep for how long minutes. I stared at her face, and I feel something on my chest. Am I longing for her presence?

I sighed and reached for the blanket beside me. She looks really exhausted and I didn't manage to wake her up so she could rest peacefully. We have so many things to talk about but I had thought that this is not the right time.

I gently removed the strands of her hair covering her face and covered her body with a blanket. It was a bit cold so I lowered the aircon's temperature.

I turned off the lights and I returned to sleep again.

The next day, I didn't stopped her for leaving without waking me up. Kahit na nagising naman ako noong mga oras na 'yun. Dumating din si Kuya at may dala-dalang pagkain at niluto raw 'yon ni Mom para sa amin.

Doc Stacy entered and she seems shocked seeing my brother here. But Axel immediately shifted his gaze through his phone and acted like somebody is calling.

I smirked secretly.

"U-Uh," she checked me again. Nag-iwan din siya ng mga bilin, mga nararapat kong gawin at inumin bago umalis. I saw my brother relieved when she left. He's quietly obvious, though.

I laughed when I saw his phone upside down, he looked at me with confusion in his eyes. "Bro, what happened? Hahaha! Baliktad phone mo, tanga." He licked his lower lip and glared at me.

"Anyways," I started, his left eyebrow got up. "Who is she?" I pursed my lips.

"Oh? Si Stacy, bakit?" I eyed him suspiciously. "No, not her. The one who's always visiting me here..."

Mukhang napahiya siya sa nasabi. Well, hindi naman kasi si Doc tinutukoy ko. "Secret." Nangunot ang noo ko sa sinabi niya.

"You'll find out soon. She doesn't want to say it. She wants that your mind will remember her not forcely." He shrugged his shoulders.

"Bro, I still have someone to meet. I have to go now." He patted my head and I immediately get off of it.

I clenched my fist and let go of it for a while. Ipinikit ko muna ang mata ko ilang segundo at minulat muli.

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Who are you? Why does my mind can't stop thinking about you?