His Eyes

HIS EYES: Chapter 6

AFTER I confirmed the thing about my eyes, I did several things to know how can I control it. I didn't find any answers but I learned that by using translucent materials as protection, nothing would happen. That was the day when I heard somebody was knocking on my door. It wasn't Auntie Marry who would bring me food, it was Orlstein. It had been days since the last time I saw her.

"Can I come in?" she asked while knocking on the door. I was wearing sunglasses so I was confident in talking with her. I opened the door and it was actually her. She sat on my bed while I was leaning on the door.

"How are you?" she asked again. There was sadness in her face. I knew we were only eleven that time but our thinking was already like an adult.

"Still recovering. I'm not okay," I said. I couldn't lie to her. "There's something I want to tell you. Please, don't avoid me after knowing it."

"What is it?" she asked. Then I told her about my eyes when was the first time I felt it and the confirmation. I even showed evidence by looking at the bird who was resting on my window. She didn't say anything. She didn't even look scared.

But the moment she went out of my room after telling her my secret and didn't have any reactions, I was thinking she needed time to absorb everything. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, and years had passed, she didn't return. I concluded, she already hated me.

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"Orlstein," my mouth uttered. Her curly long scarlet hair was tied up. She was wearing a black coat and her fashion style hadn't changed at all. I called her name but she didn't look at me. She continued walking and stopped when the doctor came out of the emergency room.

"Are you Ms. Orlstein Gagnon?" the doctor asked. He was holding a paper, maybe jotting down the results. I didn't know.

"Yes. I am Auren's older sister," she answered.

"I'm sorry to tell you this. She didn't make it."

"How did she die?" she asked. She wasn't affected at all, maybe.

"Dead on arrival."

She didn't make it. She didn't make it. She didn't make it. She didn't make it. She didn't make it. I wanted to shout and tell the doctor he was lying. After they had a discussion with the doctor, Orlstein was left there. She was standing in front of the emergency room. I was about to go near her but I heard Neo's voice.

"Orlstein," he called. He didn't look at me at all. He went straight to Orlstein and she hugged him tightly.

"She didn't make it, Neo. She's gone," she said while patting his back. There was a crack in her voice. She's going to cry, I thought.

"No," Neo whispered. We were only a few inches away that's why I could still hear him. He burst into tears and screamed. I couldn't take it anymore so I went out of the hospital.

I saw a "No Smoking" sign and lit up my cigarette. I didn't know I had a stick of cigarette in my pocket.

"Hey, don't you know how to read the sign?" a man asked me. I looked at him through my peripheral vision. He was the guard of the hospital. I threw my cigarette on the floor and stepped on it.

"There. Are you happy now?" I said sarcastically. I didn't leave there and stayed for a while.

First, Auren's death. Second, Neo's mad at me. Third, Orlstein's back but she didn't see me. Why was she here anyway? I thought she had a job interview. Their place was also kilometers away and she needed to ride an airplane to get here. Also, it would take hours to get here. Was she actually staying here?

The air was cool and it helped me refresh my mind. I took off my night vision glasses and replaced it with a regular one. From here, I could hear the sonorous river. It's found a few meters from the hospital. I decided to go there through climbing on the wooden fence at the back side of the hospital. I took off my glasses. The water wasn't tranquil so I didn't stay near the river.

"Carthik," a voice called. It was the voice I had been missing for years. The voice whom I thought hated me. It was Orlstein's.

"How did you know I'm here?" I asked without looking at her. I wasn't wearing my sunglasses nor night vision glasses.

"I saw you smoking near the "No Smoking" sign then the guard stopped you," she answered. "How are you?"

"The last time you asked me that was the day you left," I smirked. She let out a deep sigh and didn't say anything. That was a joke. Did it sound in a bad way? I wore my night vision glasses so I could look at her directly.

With the help of the shining bright moon, I could see her face clearly. Her eyes were like the color of caramel. Her hair was messy and was flying in any direction because of the wind.

"Your mother told me to," she said. I was shocked and at the same time confused.

"What? What do you mean?"

She sat on the rock beside me. The fragrance of her hair was the best for me.

"When I visited your mother in the hospital, she was crying. I didn't know why not until she told me the truth. Remember your eye transplant? Nobody was willing to donate. This man named Adolf voluntarily donated his eyes to you. Your mother was very happy but when she knew the truth about those eyes, she was doubting whether she would accept it or not," she said.

"Wait, the truth about the eyes?"

"Yes. Adolf told her that his eyes were cursed. Whoever looks at those eyes directly will die. Your mother wasn't able to think clearly so she accepted it. Well, Adolf said it could be controlled but it turned out it was a lie after all."

"How did she know that my eyes were starting to go wrong?"

"She didn't know. She was only telling it to warn me. When you told me about your eyes, I believed what your mother told me. I left but it didn't mean I was avoiding you. I was actually doing research about Adolf. Where he lives, what's his real name, and if he's still alive. That's what your mother told me to."

"Last question, were you staying here all this time?" I asked.

"I lied to Auren about having a job interview. I actually went here to look for Adolf. But Sarah called me, one of the nurses here."

I couldn't believe this. She should have told me about this. I could have helped her but why? And my mother, why? Wasn't she thinking about my damn future? She should have let me die years ago!

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