The Ruler of Westeria

Kabanata 32

Third Person

Muli ay hindi na naman mapakali kakaparini-parito si Kashmir sa tapat ng hospital bed kung saan nakaratay ang kaibigan niyang na-coma na naman sa ikalawang pagkakataon. Si gaga gustong-gustong natatamaan ng kidlat. 

"Kashmir for God's sake, could you stop pacing back and forth?" reklamo ni Dean habang nakakunot ang noo. 

Tiniklop nito ang librong hawak na pinamagatang Happy Ever After. He bought the book from the bookstore as it intrigues him of how the male writer got transmigrated into the novel of his rival whose ending he hated the most. And given the chance, he'd do anything to change the ending of that story.

"Dean, hindi mo ba alam kung bakit ako naii-stress?" She heaved a deep breath and exhaled exaggeratedly.

"Nasa kalagitnaan kami ng thesis proposal namin when she suddenly ran away! Tapos malalaman ko nasa rooftop siya at gusto niya magpakamatay!" Pasalampak na umupo si Kashmir sa sofa saka napahilamos ng mukha. 

"All this time she was so stressed out sa paggawa ng thesis namin! Sana sinabi niya sa akin! Akala ko keri niya na yun kasi wala naman siyang naging reklamo tapos. . ." Kapagkuwan ay biglang suminghot si Kashmir habang pinipigilan ang sarili sa pag-iyak. 

"Best friend niya naman ako, bakit hindi siya nagsasabi ng problema? Alam niya naman sa sarili niya na hindi sagot ang pagpapakamatay!" Dean sigh and stood up. Lumapit ito kay Kashmir upang patahanin ito sa pag-iyak. 

"She will wake up, and once she does just nag her." Dean wasn't sure if his words were quite comforting but he had no idea what to say. Ayaw niya namang nakakarinig ng babaeng umiiyak kaya kahit hindi siya marunong magpatahan ay sinubukan niya pa rin.

Dumako naman ang paningin ni Dean sa walang malay na si Isla. He didn't have a chance to confess he likes her before she was put in coma again. At first she was hit by lighting, and now she attempted to kill herself and got hit by a thunder for the second time around. 

Isla lived a carefree life and mastered to cut ties with toxic people in her life. Kung tutuusin ay iisipin mong wala itong problema sa buhay pero if you would really dig into her life, you'll figure out she's going through something. 

The fact that she's a writer means there are hidden emotions she's trying to bury deep inside her heart and she could only express it through writing. He believes that all sad people write. 

Little did they know that she wasn't really trying to kill herself at all, she was just desperate to fix her novel by letting herself succumbed to the pain of getting hit by lightning just to return to the world she created herself. 

But will she really fix it or just mess it up even more?

𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐊𝐀𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐎 ang social media nang mabalitaang nagkaroon na ng malay ang manunulat na kanilang iniidilo. After two weeks of being confined in the hospital, he has finally woken up. Ngayon ay kanya-kanya ng pagpapaganda ang mga ito upang bisitahin ito sa hospital. 

"Maiko! Nakikinig ka ba?" Pagtawag ng kaibigan nitong si Andreas nang mapansing mukhang lutang itong nakatitig sa kawalan. 

"Yung mga fans mo papunta na rito! Tingin mo mapipigilan ko mga yun kapag dumagsa silang lahat dito?" Dahil sa inis ay hinubad niya ang sapatos niya at hinagis ito sa kaibigan niyang umabot na ata sa kabilang planeta ang utak. 

Into his surprise, he was able to swiftly move his head to avoid the shoe from hitting him. Tumayo naman mula sa pagkakaupo si Andreas at nakabusangot na sinuot pabalik ang sapatos niya. 

He had no idea what's up with his friend. Ever since he woke up, he look absent-minded. Kung hindi nakakunot ang noo nito ay magdamag itong may iniisip hanggang halos hindi na ito kumurap. What has gotten into him? Iyon ang hindi niya alam dahil kahit anong kausap niya rito ay hindi ito nagsasalita.