Dimmed Star: The Queen of Actica

Chapter 7: still alive and why?

The beeping sound of a monitor was the first thing serene heard as she comes to her consciousness, she opened her heavy eyelids to a blurry vision of wherever she's as she couldn't see anything with her hazy eyes.

'Huh! Why is my sight blurry? Does spirit or souls also have blurry sight when they wake up?' Serene thought subconsciously furrowing her brows.

'And why is there a sound of a machine in heaven' after several seconds of blinking her hazy sight she began to make out her whereabout. Seeing the white ceiling and glass of a hospital and the beeping sound of a monitor next to her that reads her heart beat read her whereabout, she's in the hospital. She look to her hand which was attached to the ivy transferring blood to her and drip and that's when her line of sight caught a figure sitting next to her bed with his head leaning on the chair as he sleep almost peacefully if not for the dark cycles decorating his eyes and the line of stress in his young handsome face. It was a familiar figure, the hero in her story who saved her from committing suicide and if she's not mistaken then twice, she really isn't dead and has been saved again.

She groaned inwardly in frustration but realised that it came out as the young man next to her quickly stirred and their eyes clashed again making Serene inwardly rolled her eyes which lucky enough really happened mentally.

She tried to adjust to a sitting position and she loudly groan from soreness of her muscles and aching back which must have been lying at the same position for long.

Melvil quickly scrambled to her at the sound of her groan and glance at her twisted face in slight worry, considering how he doesn't show his emotions, it was a new look to see on his face to Serene.

"Are you in pain?" He asked stopping his outstretched hand to hold her and Serene raised her brow in questioning manner to ask..

"Why must you be a goddamn hero?" She whispered enough to be heard by him,words laced with confusion, frustration, irritation and slight embarrassment, she watch his strict face ease and soften.

"I can't stay back and watch you die under my sight" he simply stated as if it was the must obvious thing that she couldn't grasp and not because he was trying to be a hero or gain anything.

She nodded solemnly and mumbled a request for water and he poured it to her in a cup giving it to her before calling for a doctor to check her first and report her current situation.

After hours of check up,advice,warnings and more, the doctors decided to let them free.

Melvil's steps falter when he came to face with the people trying to enter the hospital, his brother and his best friend.

They gave him sheepish smiles and then turn towards Serene with worry and concern painting their handsome faces to which Serene found odd considering her identity and she shifted from foot to foot uncomfortable with the sympathetic gazes.

She knows she's weak and isn't even trying to be strong rather giving up,but could anyone blame her after what she experienced. Some people have encountered worst and still fought and live,but fate,destiny, deity or God gives the hardest battles to their strongest soldiers and everyone according to the capacity of their heart and mentality but her,it isn't anything near what she could endure,she's tired of the miserable life that people live fighting everything in one way or the other.

The lucky ones win,survive and some even live but those unfortunate like her,it's another story as every person is different and has his or her way of coping with miserable Fate and she Serene,choose to give up and she yearn a freedom which only the scythe of death could be generous to give her and others like her.

"We can go back since I brought a car no need for a cab" deep ocean blue eyes look between Serene and Melvil as he spoke raising a brow at his silver grey eyed best friend who's still standing like a plank of wood and the younger boy nervously fidgeting at his side.