MOON GODDESS: The Novel Reader's Fate (BL)

Chapter 27

    I am Selene.

    I don't know how, but I became the reincarnation of Alliuna, the Moon Goddess.

    It all just started from a dream. Buong akala ko ay isa lamang yong ordinaryong panaginip at walang anumang ibig sabihin. Yet a woman, she spoke to me about La Luna, that I would get summoned in the fifth month of the fifteenth day, and I will become Alliuna.

    At first, it didn't make sense. Ito ang kasagutan kung bakit kahit anong hintay ko, wala akong makitang Selene, because all along I was Selene—who turned into a man named Night.

    Wala akong ideya kung paano naging ganito ang takbo ng storya. All I know is that every detail I knew, they all changed. Isang malaking himala sa buong buhay ko ang mapunta sa loob ng paborito kong nobela, let alone the fact that I became the main female lead. Besides, now that I became Alliuna, doesn't that mean that those five male leads will fall in love with me?!

    "How do you feel right now?" Doc Novalie asked, tinutuk niya sa mata ko ang maliit na flashlight na hawak niya, trying to trace the problem on me.

    Well, my whole existence is the problem.

    I shrugged and raised my hands, "I'm feeling fine. Just a little dizzy, but all is fine."

    Click, pinatay ni Doc Novalie ang flashlight at nagpakawala ng buntong hininga. Sinuksuk niya sa lab dress niya ito at tumingin sakin.

    "Dizziness is the effect of an empty stomach. But here....I'll let you know what's on my mind," She crossed her arms, still giving me a weird look. "By any chance, did you have a traumatic experience from the thunder? I mean, there's no way you would suddenly collapse like that."

    "You think so?"

    "I know you. Most of my patients here were beaten by you. Sinuri ko na lahat ng posibleng dahilan ng pagkahimatay mo kanina, pero...." Umiling si Doc Novalie.

    The voices I heard earlier, I cannot tell her about that.

    "There's nothing to be worried about, just as you say, empty stomach."

    Sandaling tumahimik si Doc Novalie pero agad din siyang tumango para sumang-ayon.

    "Even so, kapag may naramdaman kang 'di maganda. Come to my aid, 'kay?"

    Nang umalis si Doc Novalie ay bumalik ako ng higa sa kama, tinitigan ko lang ang kisame habang iniisip parin kung paano ako napunta sa ganitong sitwasyon.

    "How are you?"

    Napabulikwas ako ng bangon sa narinig kong boses. My eyes landed on Samuel, sa ibang direksyon nakatingin ang mga mata niya at nakasuksuk ang mga kamay niya sa loob ng suit niya.
    
    "Look, Samuel, I'm sorry—" for making you nervous, is what I wanted to say to him.

    But he went closer, closer and closer, until I felt his arms around me, embracing me as tight as he could. Sandali akong hindi nakahinga sa gano'n posisyon namin hanggang sa bumitaw si Samuel. Tumalikod rin agad ito habang nakasabunot ang isa niyang kamay sa buhok niya.

    "Ugh, I'm sorry.....I.....Hindi ko alam kung anong gagawin ko kapag nawala ka!" Samuel said with a croaked voice.

    I am his secret buddy. No wonder he treated me like that, ako pala si Selene. Inangat ko ang ulo ko para silipin kong anong emosyon ang nasa mukha niya pero nakatalikod ito. In the end, I just gave up. Bumuntong hininga ako at sumandal sa pader habang nginisian lang siya.