Art's Downfall Memories

04

Dreams... I woke up and dreamt about a woman, she has no face but our actions felt so real.

"Anak, what happened? Are you hurt or something? Should I call the doctor to check you up?" Mom asked, I immediately shook my head and shifted my gaze.

There's no image of the woman who visited me few days ago. Eversince that day I saw her here, she did not came back again...

I wanted to get out of here as soon as possible. I feel like there's something awaits me outside. I missed a lot to do than resting, sleeping back and forth, being confined in this hospital.

"Art naman eh..." I heard him sobbing. As days passed by, paunti-unti nang bumabalik ang mga ala-ala ko. Mabilis kong tinawagan si Jake noong kumalma na ako.

Because of my immaturity, may mga tao akong napahamak, including myself. Akala ko ay dadating si Jake dito na galit sa akin, but seeing him now sighed me in relief. After all of this, I will find out who took Jane away from us.

"You know her?" I asked him, sipping a chocolate drink. "Hmm?" He fixed his gaze at me with creased forehead. "Si C-Calliope." Jake's mouth parted a bit but he managed to act normally.

Umiling siya.

"Really?" again, he shook his head. I know he is lying. I can feel it.

An hour later, he left me. Hindi na ako mapakali kung ganito ako lagi. It's like I am always thinking that I still have responsibilities to be done outside and I should not settle being stuck here.

Someone knocked the door and honestly I'm not expecting anyone to visit me since it was only Jake who my brother and I communicated with these days. Calliope did not visited me again after that one night she arrived looking tired.

"Come in," the knob slightly tilted.

My lips parted, a bit shock, but it wasn't visible on my face. Pretending that I am not, I stood up to give her a chair.

As much as I really wanted to ask her so many questions about the thoughts that kept bugging inside my head. I didn't. I don't want to add up her problems obviously. But I want to know her... Who is she? What are we?

"Hi," I awkwardly coughed.

"Hello!" she smiled genuinely at me. I can feel my heart thumping fastly. Not that loud, actually.

I grinned, turning my back at her, setting up the television.

"Ano na nararamdaman mo ngayon?"

"Where did you go?"

Sabay kaming napatingin. I darted my eyes at the wall. "I'm sorry."

"No! It's fine. You can ask me anything." She said.

My eyes glistened upon hearing it. I fixed my gaze at her. "Really?"

She nodded and smiled. "Mhm!"

"Anyway," kinuha niya yung bag niya at may nilabas doon.

"I brought your sketch pad . . ." She was smiling wholeheartedly. I got confused.

"Maybe this can help for you to remember."

"Is this really mine?" I am currently touching it now. "Yes. Magaling ka mag-drawing!" she placed it again near her toes, flipping the pages of it. "See?" looking directly in my eyes. "If you know this wasn't yours, you'll idolize who did these masterpieces." We chuckled in unison.

I admit, those were damn good.

My head hurts as I saw another drawing and she stopped flipping the pages. She was about to close it, looking at me with her worried eyes. I immediately held her hand through the air, now her lips were slightly parted.

"Who's this?" her eyes landed on the artwork too. "O-Oh! I- I don't know..." I nodded, "What do you wanna eat?" she asked. "No, I'm good. You? Jake brought foods earlier." I shrugged, picking a movie but my head still hurts a bit.

"Jake came here?!" she asked aggressively. My forehead ceased.

"You know him?" I eyed her suspiciously. Her smile faded, now looking terrified.

She nodded, "Yes."

"C-Can I eat now?" She asked, I nodded slightly as my lips pressed on a thin line.

After an hour, she decided to leave and I didn't stop her. I am none of her business, I guess...

Watching a movie playing in the television, I extended my arms to reach the remote to turn it off. My eyes darted at the sketch pad on the table near me.

My head hurts and I can feel my heart clenching as I flipped it again but this time, it was fast. One moment, my hand stopped flipping the pages and automatically, my heartbeat thumped fastly now.

I can feel my breath slowly hitching. You need to calm down Art! No one is here with you.

My lips were pressed, I slowly took off the pad near me to get a half glass of water. I'm trying to remember things now... Because I really need to.

Meanwhile, I just found myself lying on the floor, slowly my eyelids gradually closed.

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03/13/2022