Bottle of Stories (48)

Not too big, not too small. The room where waiting is a duty. Everywhere they look, there's a monitor. Even if they don't know the meaning of the things appearing on the screen, they are puzzled on the gloomy vibes it gives.

Minutes passed, Cy is still talking to Zhein.

(⤷)

"I want to disappear. Help me."

"I don’t know. I-I can’t."

"I don’t want anymore. Delete. Delete. Delete. Delete. Delete. Delete. Delete."

(⤷)

Zhein continued saying delete and the people in the room noticed it.

George becomes alarmed so he immediately faced his monitor and started tapping the keyboard.

"Mr. George! What’s happening to Zhein?" Dan asked worriedly.

"Shut up! I don’t know what’s happening to her. But I need to disconnect Zhein before it gets worse."

Rey and Annie felt pity for Cy. Jayson still doesn’t know what’s happening.

(⤷)

"I don’t care if they died because of you!"

"They’re sure mad at me. I’m the one who should disappear."

"There’s nothing we can do if they’re dead. Maybe it’s time for Lord to take them and no one can stop it."

"There’s no evidence that He’s real."

"But it's still not your fault."

"I don’t want anymore. I don’t want you to disappear too because of me."

"If you don’t want me to disappear, I don’t want you to disappear too."

"You don’t want me to disappear."

"Yeah. You’ve become part of my life. And the people surround you. If you’re gone, we’ll be sad. So stop saying you want to disappear because it hurts. I felt that you care more for the people who are gone than us who are still alive.

(⤷)

Cy’s tears started to fall. At the same time, she stopped talking.

"Thanks," said George with a relief. "Dan, the one you’ll talk to is Cyril. Call her like how Justine calls her." He approached Cy who is sleeping deeply and poke her softly until she woke up.

George stays away from the bed and that’s when Dan walks near it.

"Cy," said Dan.

Cy rose up and sat down. "You already know?" she asked sadly.

Dan sat down beside her but they don’t look at each other.

Dan suddenly hugged Cy and cried. "That’s why your behavior changes frequently. I’m such a worse friend to not notice it. I’m so sorry Cy if I always look for Zhein instead of you."

Cy hugged back and started to cry too. "I thought you will get mad because I did not tell you."

"What a bunch of crybabies. Right, Annie?" said Rey and looked at her. "You’re crying too?"

Annie wiped her tears using her hands. "That's real friendship," said Annie.

Rey looked at Jayson hoping that he's crying too but failed.

Jayson can't move an inch from his position. From the day he loses his twin and his parents died, all he thought about is how he's going to avenge them. He thought that it's the right thing to do but what about the people who took care of him? Jayson doesn't know what's right anymore because of the words he heard from Cy. But there's one thing he learned from this day. Embrace the people who are still there because they also care for you even if they don't show it or show it.

I want to see them and say, thank you, for staying by my side.

"Boo!" said as Rey put his make face in front of Jayson. "The daydreaming Jayson. Well, that's new."

"Idiot."

"The hot-headed Jayson. Classic."

•••

George raised his left hand. "Take care."

"Of course," said Cy in response.

Cy pulled the car's door and sat beside Dan.

"Where are we going now?" asked Rey.

"Mall," said Cy.

"That's where we going to meet Justine," Dan added.

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