Bottle of Stories (42)
I opened my eyes...
I look at the ceiling while trying to remember what happened.
I look in a different direction.
"Hey. You're awake." She said.
She stands up.
"I'm glad... I got nervous there." She added.
I can't talk too much because I just woke up. I only look at her.
She comes close to where I am.
"You okay now?" She asked.
"Huh? Yes." I answered.
"Ah." She said.
I get up. That's when I saw the small room where the painting that is framed resides.
On my left side, a monoblock where Cy was sitting a while ago and at my right side, beside the bed, is a small table. Above the table are the red t-shirt and yellow necktie.
On my left side, a monoblock where Cy was sitting a while ago and at my right side, beside the bed, is a small table. Above the table are the red t-shirt and yellow necktie.
I look at my clothes. I noticed that I'm wearing my polo and pants.
I want to ask Cy what happened but... She's daydreaming. Maybe later.
I get my T-shirt and wear it.
It's pretty cold here. I bet there's an air conditioner.
I get my necktie and look for the thing that is supposed to be here.
My bag.
Rey "Where's my bag?"
Cy "I don't know."
Rey "Annie and Jayson?"
Cy "The two?"
Rey "Yeah"
Cy "I don't know too."
Rey "Give me a proper answer."
Cy "Haha I really don't have any idea where they are."
Rey "How about this... What happened?"
Cy "Aaah... It's like this... sir... talked to me. After that, I go inside the car and then I saw you with the two unconscious.......... Maybe he used it again."
Rey "Used what?"
Cy "IDK"
Rey "..."
Cy "When I was fixing you and the two, when I lifted your head, your temperature was so high it's like you can fry an egg. So we bring you here. "
Rey "How about Annie-"
Cy "They are here too. I only don't know where exactly."
I don't ask anymore. I faced the table and where my necktie.
Cy "I feel... pitiful for Sir, he is getting punished because he didn't watch Zhein properly and now you guys. But he did his best to cure you. Even you are with the guy who punched me."
What happened to me? Wait-
Rey "How did you know? I thought you don't know?"
Cy "Zhein told me."
Rey "When?"
Cy "A while ago haha."
Rey "Haha"
Seriously this girl...
I look at her face. The bruise was gone
Rey "Where is your bruise?"
Cy "Foundation. You're so exaggerated... You noticed the bruise first before anything on me."
Rey "Wha-"
Cy "Just kidding haha."
Rey "You are beautiful."
She looks in a different direction.
Cy "Ah... haha thank you."
Rey "Just kidding too."
We laughed together.
Cy "No you said I'm beautiful you can't take it back."
.....................
"Let's find Annie," I said while walking towards the door.
"Wait-"
It's locked.
It's locked from the outside!
Annie's Point of View
The living room here is so big. There is a flatscreen here and also a four-game controller. Rey and I can play together.
Where is Rey...
Maybe something happened to him.
The door opened and I stand up. I thought it was Rey. It was the girl's (Cy) companion.
??? "What is your address. We'll bring you home."
Annie "What about Rey?"
??? "Maybe later."
Annie "No, we will go home together."
??? "..."
I look at Jayson who's still sleeping until now. I tried to wake him up but. He is deeply asleep. I don't want to disturb him.
The light suddenly turned off.
The guy said something while looking at his phone. He's trying to call someone. But he failed. He opened the flashlight on his phone so he can look at the surroundings.
If only I bring my phone. It is in my bag.
"Stay here." and he leaves.
Rey's Point of View
We are only chatting here when the electricity goes off.
Cy "Brownout? I can't see anything."
Rey "Maybe we can open the door."
I heard Cy's footsteps. I followed the sound of it and I bump to a wall.
"Bye Reeeey," Cy said.
"Hey!"
Wait for me.
I saw a little light at the doorway so I immediately followed it.
Cy runs slowly while me, following her.
Ouch! I can't move my body.
Cy is going far. She turns left.
Is this the side effect she's saying. That ant's bite that's actually a needle with a drug.
When I felt that my senses returned. I kneeled because of too much pain.
"Come with me." and pulls my hand.
I only followed him.
"Where are we going?" I asked
"To your friends." He answered.
I recognized that voice. He is...
*
*
*
*
He stops and opened the door
He let me enter.
Rey "Annie?"
Annie "Rey?"
He illuminates the light at Annie. And Jayson is... Besides Annie sleeping.
The electricity returned.
Rey "Yehey!"
Annie "Yehey!"
The one who pulls me here is Cy's sir.
I look at the big TV here.
I approached the TV.
I look at it carefully.
Rey "Waah!"
I was surprised when the TV started working on its own.
"Aaah!" Annie cried.
Huh? Cy is on TV.
"Good morning to all of you." She greeted and smiled.
"Oh no, that smile again."
"It's Zhein. Sorry for the inconvenience and I can't resolve it immediately. I'm slow at running."
Zhein? Oh isn't it obvious she's smiling that way?
I remember what Cy and I talked about when we are still walking. Going to the car.
*Flashback
"Zhein," I called.
"Zhein and I are different so don't call me Zhein." She said
"Then what will I call you?" I asked.
"Cy" She answered.
"I'm sure that you are Zhein. What's that you have two personalities in one body?"
"Yes... I think."
"Well, that's hard."
"Yep, just as you said."
*End of flashback
"Maybe you are curious why I'm doing this. The truth is, I'm so done being a follower to all of you. You are only using me to do what you want. So you can earn a lot of money."
"I don't understand," I said.
Who is she referring to?
"What channel is that?" Annie asked.
We hear a sound. It's the same ringtone that Annie's phone has when someone is calling.
I look at Annie.
"It's not mine." then we look at the guy.
He didn't answer the call on his phone because he is focused on what Cy is saying. Oops! I mean Zhein.
"There is only one thing I want. And all of you know it. But no one is doing a thing about it"
"What does she want?" Annie asked.
"There is a lot of lives that are sacrificed to improve me. The lives that are wasted because of your greed. So I'm here to give justice to their deaths."
The TV turns off automatically.
The phone of the guy rings again but now, he answers it.
He is only listening to it...
"FINE I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT!!!"
He throws his phone to the sofa.
"You're rich," I said because he only threw his phone from his position unto the sofa.
He didn't pay attention to what I said and opened the door.
"I will not be surprised if you are one of those people Zhein talking about." He stopped after hearing what Jayson said.
"It's obvious in your actions that you are guilty and you are only doing this to-"
"You know nothing."
Jayson's forehead wrinkled.
"Do not leave here." He said.
Cy "Aaah... It's like this... sir... talked to me. After that, I go inside the car and then I saw you with the two unconscious.......... Maybe he used it again."
Rey "Used what?"
Cy "IDK"
Rey "..."
Cy "When I was fixing you and the two, when I lifted your head, your temperature was so high it's like you can fry an egg. So we bring you here. "
Rey "How about Annie-"
Cy "They are here too. I only don't know where exactly."
I don't ask anymore. I faced the table and where my necktie.
Cy "I feel... pitiful for Sir, he is getting punished because he didn't watch Zhein properly and now you guys. But he did his best to cure you. Even you are with the guy who punched me."
What happened to me? Wait-
Rey "How did you know? I thought you don't know?"
Cy "Zhein told me."
Rey "When?"
Cy "A while ago haha."
Rey "Haha"
Seriously this girl...
I look at her face. The bruise was gone
Rey "Where is your bruise?"
Cy "Foundation. You're so exaggerated... You noticed the bruise first before anything on me."
Rey "Wha-"
Cy "Just kidding haha."
Rey "You are beautiful."
She looks in a different direction.
Cy "Ah... haha thank you."
Rey "Just kidding too."
We laughed together.
Cy "No you said I'm beautiful you can't take it back."
.....................
"Let's find Annie," I said while walking towards the door.
"Wait-"
It's locked.
It's locked from the outside!
***
Annie's Point of View
The living room here is so big. There is a flatscreen here and also a four-game controller. Rey and I can play together.
Where is Rey...
Maybe something happened to him.
The door opened and I stand up. I thought it was Rey. It was the girl's (Cy) companion.
??? "What is your address. We'll bring you home."
Annie "What about Rey?"
??? "Maybe later."
Annie "No, we will go home together."
??? "..."
I look at Jayson who's still sleeping until now. I tried to wake him up but. He is deeply asleep. I don't want to disturb him.
The light suddenly turned off.
The guy said something while looking at his phone. He's trying to call someone. But he failed. He opened the flashlight on his phone so he can look at the surroundings.
If only I bring my phone. It is in my bag.
"Stay here." and he leaves.
***
Rey's Point of View
We are only chatting here when the electricity goes off.
Cy "Brownout? I can't see anything."
Rey "Maybe we can open the door."
I heard Cy's footsteps. I followed the sound of it and I bump to a wall.
"Bye Reeeey," Cy said.
"Hey!"
Wait for me.
I saw a little light at the doorway so I immediately followed it.
Cy runs slowly while me, following her.
Ouch! I can't move my body.
Cy is going far. She turns left.
Is this the side effect she's saying. That ant's bite that's actually a needle with a drug.
When I felt that my senses returned. I kneeled because of too much pain.
"Come with me." and pulls my hand.
I only followed him.
"Where are we going?" I asked
"To your friends." He answered.
I recognized that voice. He is...
*
*
*
*
He stops and opened the door
He let me enter.
Rey "Annie?"
Annie "Rey?"
He illuminates the light at Annie. And Jayson is... Besides Annie sleeping.
The electricity returned.
Rey "Yehey!"
Annie "Yehey!"
The one who pulls me here is Cy's sir.
I look at the big TV here.
I approached the TV.
I look at it carefully.
Rey "Waah!"
I was surprised when the TV started working on its own.
"Aaah!" Annie cried.
Huh? Cy is on TV.
"Good morning to all of you." She greeted and smiled.
"Oh no, that smile again."
"It's Zhein. Sorry for the inconvenience and I can't resolve it immediately. I'm slow at running."
Zhein? Oh isn't it obvious she's smiling that way?
I remember what Cy and I talked about when we are still walking. Going to the car.
*Flashback
"Zhein," I called.
"Zhein and I are different so don't call me Zhein." She said
"Then what will I call you?" I asked.
"Cy" She answered.
"I'm sure that you are Zhein. What's that you have two personalities in one body?"
"Yes... I think."
"Well, that's hard."
"Yep, just as you said."
*End of flashback
"Maybe you are curious why I'm doing this. The truth is, I'm so done being a follower to all of you. You are only using me to do what you want. So you can earn a lot of money."
"I don't understand," I said.
Who is she referring to?
"What channel is that?" Annie asked.
We hear a sound. It's the same ringtone that Annie's phone has when someone is calling.
I look at Annie.
"It's not mine." then we look at the guy.
He didn't answer the call on his phone because he is focused on what Cy is saying. Oops! I mean Zhein.
"There is only one thing I want. And all of you know it. But no one is doing a thing about it"
"What does she want?" Annie asked.
"There is a lot of lives that are sacrificed to improve me. The lives that are wasted because of your greed. So I'm here to give justice to their deaths."
The TV turns off automatically.
The phone of the guy rings again but now, he answers it.
He is only listening to it...
"FINE I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT!!!"
He throws his phone to the sofa.
"You're rich," I said because he only threw his phone from his position unto the sofa.
He didn't pay attention to what I said and opened the door.
"I will not be surprised if you are one of those people Zhein talking about." He stopped after hearing what Jayson said.
"It's obvious in your actions that you are guilty and you are only doing this to-"
"You know nothing."
Jayson's forehead wrinkled.
"Do not leave here." He said.
~~~*List of Chapters*~~~
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