AWAKE [boyxboy]

CHAPTER 17: TIME TO BE AWAKE

I guess, it's already Morning!

I'm not sure?

Umaga na ba?

Tinatamad pa 'kong imulat mga mata ko. Lantang lanta ang buong katawan ko, ganito kase ako kapag napasarap ang tulog ko! Yung ulirat ko gising na pero yung mata ko ayaw pang dumilat.

Sa isip ko excited nakong makita ang katabi ko sa kama, excited nakong makita si Richo! Excited nakong harapin ang araw na ito kahit na alam kong mayroon pa akong problemang haharapin.

I want to move my hands but my body is sore, I want to start opening my eyes but my mind says I can't! I want to feel Richo right beside me but I can't move. And my body feels very sore! Is this normal after sex? This is definitely not because of last night, because this is too much for that! What I am feeling right now is ten times worst from what I felt before I fell asleep. Hindi na simpleng katamaran to, I feel like there is something wrong!

Is this hangover?

Is this the side-effect of sex?

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!

Gusto 'kong imulat ang mga mata ko, pero wala akong lakas para gawin ito dahil sobrang bigat ng pakiramdam ko! The pull of gravity is pretty heavy and all I can feel is the tense of pain crawling all over my body!

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

'Richo! Wake me up I think I am having a bad dream!' I screamed inside my head!

Suddenly I can hear somebody is talking!

"Mam, your son is on a stable condition. His vital stats are normal, but he needs more hydration"

'This is a Man's voice? Richo?'

The voices and sound around me is getting clearly and louder!

"This is a good sign actually, we've been checking your son every single day, his vital stats for the past 22 days are normal. Base on his condition, he's still, uhm, we can say he's still on a state of Coma." the man's voice said. WHO ARE YOU?!

I still can't open my eyes. I think the only part working well in my body is my ears!

"Is there still a chance he could wake up? I mean, when? How!?" a woman's voice said, and the voice sounds very familiar!

"Typically a patient who's in a Comatose state are unpredictable. We can't predict the exact time they will wake up. Sometimes — I'm afraid to say this, sometimes other patients can't make it."

'What the eff is going on?! Where the hell these voices are coming from?!?'

"Diyos ko! Doc, sana gawin niyo naman po ang lahat para sa anak ko!" the woman said. She sound like my mom!

"Like I said, Mam your son is on a stable condition. His heart rate, his BP, his vital stats are working good and these are good signs! Pretty soon, in God's time, your son Fabian will wake up again."

I hear sobs. And I hear MY name!

'will wake up again?

If this a bad dream? This is the most intense and worst dream ever!

I could feel someone's holding my hand. My right hand.

Kamay ba yan ni Richo?

'Yes Richo! Wake me up! Wake me up! I'm having my bad dream!!!' bulong ko sa sarili ko.

But Richo's hand seems like not helping me! He's not waking me up! Instead he's just caressing my hand, the hands are warm not like mine.

My mind is 100% awake! I'm sure of that! But why my mind won't let me open my eyes?!