LEUXIA

CHAPTER 1 :: SHANE

"Hey! That's not fun." I pouted as my best friend laughed and laughed at my face. "What are you up to, huh? Come on, I'm confused." I am still pouting as I asked her of it. Why? What's really wrong?

"Nah, don't mind it. It's just ahm... nothing!" She laughed again and screamed as I tickle her until she gave in but looks like she won't still tell me what's wrong.

Ah, alright. I'm just gonna plan a thing later. A SWEET REVENGEEEE!

"Hey, by the way." She suddenly stopped laughing and got serious. What's the matter? Is she bipolar? Is this a kind of prank?
She sighs. "Okay, I give up." I'm still confused, what's going on? Argh.

"It was just ahm... something that I did to make you laugh even a little." She looked at me straight into the eyes. "Last night, I saw you in your car, unconscious. What happened? You didn't tell me." She's now serious. See? Now I know the reason why. But still, I'm confused. Me? In my car? I don't even have a car, is she joking?

"M-melody?" I stuttered. "I d-don't have a c-car. What are you saying?" I am so nervous of what she'll say. "No! No, you have one. Can't you remember it?" She sounds kind of worried. But I don't know what she's saying! What is she up to?

"H-hey, are you s-serious?" I asked her. "Yes! Why wouldn't I be serious about things like this?" She almost shouted. I feel the anger and the concern of her to me. But I can't clearly remember what she's saying.

"If I were in my car l-last night, t-then why am I here n-now?" I stuttered again. She left a sigh. "I went to the hospital as someone called me that you're there. I was worried and so sorry of what happened." She explained. I noticed her tears falling down to her cheeks.

"Why can't I remember this? Is that really from last night? H-how?" I was about to cry as I asked her. She didn't say a thing and she just hugged me. "I'm sorry, Shane. I shouldn't let that happen. I should be careful, I'm sorry." She cried in my shoulders and I cried too. What is she saying? I still can't digest it.

She broke the hug and wiped her tears. She calmed and started telling me what happened that night. "Selene told me that it was raining that night and she just caught a girl beside her car while raining. She was outside because she can't get in."

"W-why?" I asked.

"She was afraid to put a dirt on her car, a dirt from her." She answered.

"What? Why?"

"Look. From head to toe, it had catsup and flour on her. She was afraid to put dirt on her car because her dad might get mad." She explained.

"So, what happened then?"

"Selene wanted to help that girl, too. But she was afraid, too."

Afraid? Why would she be afraid?

"At that time, her mom was calling her already on the phone. If she'll help that girl, her mom would be mad, of course. Her mom would worry because it's already at night." She said. "Until I went in, I saw a black car, I thought it was just a random car." She added.

Wait, so is that about me? She told me earlier that she saw me inside my car, but— argh! Okay, this is so confusing. I'm really perplexed now.

"That's when I came closer and I saw you inside it. You were unconscious. I wanna help you there, so I asked somebody for help. I went away to look for help, but when I came back, the car was just there and you weren't there already." She started tearing up.

H-huh?

"I'm sorry, Shane. I should be more careful." She said as she cried and wiped her tears. "Someone called me on the phone and told me that you're in the hospital already. I went there and saw you, and you were still unconscious." She said.

H-huh? Okay, wait. So how come I'm here now, alive and kicking, talking to my best friend now? Look, I'm good, I'm okay, I'm alive. What the— if this is a prank, then I wish she should stop already. Okay? I wasn't convinced but almost will be. She should really stop before anything else happen.

"Wait. That was just last night. Why can't I remember it? Tell me, am I caught into an accident? Do I have an amnesia? Like a partial one that's why I can remember you? Look, I don't even have a car, I can't even drive, what are you saying?" I am literally freaking out.

She just hugged me. She whispered something to me, "You'll remember them soon."
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Currently in my room, still thinking of what happened last night. Yea, I wasn't drunk but why do I feel like this? Even a drunk person can remember what happened to them while they're drunk but me? Zero memories about what happened exactly LAST NIGHT.

I feel really disgusted about it, really. I should remember it! Also, why does Melody act like that? I mean, I know she's just worrying. But why does she keep saying that she should've been careful? I can't understand. Unless, she's one of the causes of what happened to me. But if she is, it's fine. I mean, I'm safe! Nothing bad happened to me.

But one thing, where did she get the idea that I have a car? That I drive a car? I don't know how to drive, I've never had an experience. Argh.

What now? I'm still curious. What exactly happened? Am I having an amnesia? But I know that I'm Shane. Or wait, am I?

Nah, of course I am. Melody calls me Shane. I just remember, I woke up in my bed and a notification popped up in my phone and opened it, until I saw Melody's messages. Asking me if I'm fine, but of course I am! Until she told me of what happened.

Tsk. I still wanna go to her and ask her, but by the way, who's Selene? Is she a friend of mine? A friend of Melody? Our common friend? Eh? That's weird.

"A sister? Pfft. I don't have a sister like her, she looks like an ordinary person."

"Can you stop already? Stop being naughty!"

Pfft. Where does that came from? That made me laugh for a second. Who is she calling naughty? I mean, that voice was clearly from a girl.
But— aaaaaa weird.

I should go to sleep now, it's already midnight. It's late, ah? I made myself busy for a thing over and over again. That's why I feel so sleepy but not.

"Weird."