Next Life

Prologue

PROLOGUE

'9...10...11...12,' I count the number of people passing by me as I sit on a lavish couch in the lobby of one of the most notable hospitals. I am waiting for my interview with several doctors for my research, in which interviewing several doctors is a requirement. As my name has not been called yet I gave myself the luxury to be deep into my thoughts, 13...14, I continued counting, what do these people think about, why are they here? are they terminally ill? Visit someone who is? those are the random thoughts I kept thinking and It occurred to me that these people are living a life as complex and vivid as my own. '6 billion? No? it's 7 now I guess, 7 billion people all living a vividly complex life, out of those 7 billion what are the chances that things such as one might consider magical encounter might happen, or does those things even exist', I thought to myself.

My thoughts were disrupted when a man sat across the seat in front to me making me face him, there was nothing ordinary about this man, he was wearing a simple collared shirt with pants that assembled a semi-formal look, average height with black hair, my eyes wandered around his face, he was an ordinary guy at first look but what caught my attention is the confident demeanor that is obvious in his body, he was sitting with his legs crossed with a posture that complimented his physique, 'now that I think about it he has a pretty muscular body with firm biceps, his face isn't that bad either' I murmured. I was caught red-handed when I looked into his eyes and it became obvious on how long my eyes have been wandering to him. He let out an obvious smirk as a way to make me flustered, I shifted the direction of my body away from him as my defense to an embarrassing situation. 'should I switch seats, there's plenty available' I whispered to myself. 'wait, why does he have to sit across me when there's obviously plenty of seats available' I thought to myself. ' Ms. Nicole Villamora' I heard my name being called out as I rush to the counter. 'yes, I'm Ms. Nicole' I responded, 'Ms .Nicole your interview has been approved, here are the list of the doctors and their available schedule and time' I thanked the lady and carefully took the paper.

I sat back to my previous seat to review the paper that was given to me but a voice disrupted me, 'you're interviewing doctors?' asked the man that was seated across me since earlier, I was dumbfounded and ended up staring at him for a while, his eyes was fixed on me and part of me seemed to be lost in his gaze, he has a rich hazelnut color of the eyes with his jet black hair slightly covering it, I managed to slap myself back to reality and I responded 'ah, yes I'm interviewing doctors'. 'interesting, I'm actually a doctor myself' he replied, 'if you want, I'm willing to be interviewed by you, well only if you're interested of course' he added. I quickly scanned him and found it hard to believe that he was a doctor, but it came to me that I am short of interviewees so adding another one won't hurt. 'oh, ah yes thank you, I'd actually appreciate that' I said. I took a glance at him once more and surprisingly found him more attractive than before, he bares a perfectly tan skin that suits his jet black hair, a good choice of collared shirt that complemented his physique, highlighting his biceps, it's loosely buttoned down but not much to make it seem more conservative but enough for me to have a peek at his chest. He slowly grabbed my hand and gave me a paper that contains his number. 'well if that's the case I guess it'll be better for us to exchange numbers, you can ask me as well if there's anything you need to know' he said, I gave him my number just as he asked as well as my name. 'uhm, can I know your name? so I know what to put in my contacts?' I said, he stood up and as he did I got a better view of him and the light from outside damply compliments his skin tone as the light touches his skin, his eyes changed to a lighter shade of brown and he smiled gently at me 'It's Kayel Ayex' he replied. We exchanged goodbyes and he slowly walked away, I looked at my hand that he grabbed earlier and thought of how gentle his touch is, I looked outside and saw the sun setting which means night time is coming. A smile gently forms to my face as I am reminded by the eventful day, 'well he's just another doctor I need to interview I guess' I lied to myself with that statement as I try to hid looking forward on getting in touch with him. An obvious blush was seen as the sunlight dawned on my face while I exit the hospital. I took one last glance behind me and found the man who I now know as Kayel to be standing and I was surprised to catch him looking at me, we both exchange smiles before I left the hospital and continued to walk home with an obvious blush on my face.