Evergreen

Opposite effect

N felt completely normal when she woke up in her bed.

She even woke up more hale than usual because she slept on time last night. But when she opened her eyes and saw her hands and arms, she sat up straight.

She rubbed her eyes and looked again. She couldn't believe it. She saw large, hazelnut-sized red rashes on her arms and hands.

She stood up quickly. Her whole body was covered in rashes.

N couldn't believe her eyes, as if she was asleep. But she was awake and "Monitum" could still be heard.

She quickly woke J up in shock.

"J! J!"

J slowly woke up.

"Hey. What's going on?" she said sleepily.

"Look at me! Look what happened to my body." said N in fear and anxiety.

J sat up and rubbed her eyes. Then she looked at N in wide-eyed amazement.

"N! Your face!..."

"Look at my arms!...What?!"

N stopped suddenly. She ran her hands over her face.

"So is my face? What do you mean?" said N with disappointment.

"What happened to you N?"

J was still sleepy.

"I have no idea...I just don't..."

N was surprised and amazed. The more she looked at her body, the more she began to fear.

"What should it be J? What are... What are these?" said N anxiously.

"I don't know, N."

J got out of bed, took N's arm and looked carefully.

"These look like chicken pox." she said looking carefully.

"What? There's now way." said N, "I had chicken pox once. Does it happen twice?"

"I dont know..."

"But, these look completely different." said N, "These're also too big." she said looking at her hands and arms.

"Yeah, you're right. It doesn't look like chicken pox." said J, and added, "Have you ever had it before?"

"No..." said N, "This is the first time I see such rashes. Even when I had chicken pox, my skin wasn't like that..." said N fearfully.

"Well well. Calm down." said J.

"Have you ever had something like this before?" asked N, "I mean, here."

J thought for a few seconds.

"No, I...I haven't seen it in anyone. I never had either."

"Maybe something has bitten me?" said N, "Some insect."

"I don't think so." said J. "I've never seen an insect here before." she added surely.

"Really?" said N in surprise, "Then..."

"Maybe it's an allergy." said J.

N stopped suddenly. She thought about what she ate yesterday.

"But, last night..."

N suddenly stood up. She looked at J in amazement. J also looked at her with questioning eyes.

"That drink we drank last night..." said N, "That yellow drink...Bitter."

"Can't believe it..." said J.

"You drank too, look at yourself..."

J scratched the sleeves of her long sleeve shirt, but nothing had changed.