"WOW, you're a hoarder, Cresia!" Caren said to me as she looked at all the items displayed in the tent.
Lenos managed to put up a garage sale inside St. Claire. All of the things inside my walk-in closet could be found there: shoes, bags, clothes and even my set of jewelry.
"Cresia, are you sure you want to do these?" Lenos asked me while getting all my hangered clothes from my wardrobe.
"I couldn't bring them to the afterlife so might as well let other people have them, right?" I smiled at him. "It's better to do that than to just let them rot here."
While looking at everything in front of me, I just proved to myself how materialistic I've become in the last ten years. I just realized how I relied my happiness on these material things
"SIR… it's supposed to be negative 3,"Caren said to Lenos as she pointed out the equation he wrote on the whiteboard.Lenos looked at the board and slightly scratched his head when he realized he was wrong. "Oh, yes,” he mumbled. “I’m sorry." Lenos erased the wrong equation and replaced it with the right one.“Sir, why did you seem so distracted today?” one of the students asked him. “Do you have a lovelife already?""You know what, why don't you go out first?" Caren whispered to me."What? What did I do?" I asked innocently."You're distracting Sir Lenos. Look, he couldn't concentrate because you're here. He always looks at you ev
“LENOS… what are we doing here?” I asked Lenos confusedly. Lenos told me earlier that we are going on a date. But he brought me to a church instead."What are we gonna do here?" I asked him again. I looked around, then I noticed that the whole church was decorated with flowers. Black petals of roses are scattered on the floor.I turned to Lenos. He smiled at me. “I want to make a promise in front of Him.”“What…" I didn't know what to say. An overwhelming emotion suddenly surged over me.Then I noticed someone standing at the entrance of the church. It was Caren. And she was walking towards us."Hi, Cresia." Caren greeted me with a big smile on her face.
"CAN we go to the hospital next?" I asked Lenos as we walked out of the church."Anywhere you want to, baby." His eyes were still fluffy from crying.I stared at him. Damn. I love him so much. And I hate myself for making him cry. For the past few days, all he did was show me how much he loves me. He brought me to places that we used to go before. The past days were pure bliss.I stopped when I noticed a piece of folded paper attached to the windshield of his car.Lenos took it with a creased forehead. "It was a letter from Caren…" He said in a small voice.Dear Cresia,I figured that by the time you're reading this l
“HE’S not going to die, right?” I desperately asked Kairos. “No, right? He can't die!”Lenos and Cresia are both in the operating room…They were both unconscious when the ambulance brought them to the hospital. Lenos…he was badly hurt. He was covered in blood when he was brought to the hospital.Kairos looked at me. His face was too serious and unreadable. He showed himself to me while I was waiting at the operating room.“Don't you want that, Cresia? You and the people you care about could be together in the afterlife?”I shook my head. “No. He deserves to live. You can do something about it, right?” I held on to his arm. His arm was as cold as ice. “Do something. Please.” It was
Lenos' POV"HI," I said as I looked at unconscious Cresia in front of me. "How are you? I'm sorry if it took me too long to visit you today."According to her doctor, Cresia's operation was successful, but after two days, she still hasn't woken up.After putting the fresh roses on the flower vase in one corner of the room, I sat on the stool beside her bed.I took a leave of absence at work to take care of her everyday. If only I could stay beside her all the time, I'd never leave her. But I have to take care of Leah, too.It's been two days since she was in the hospital, but other than me, no one has come to visit her.After
I WOKE up with the blinding lights surrounding me. I continuously blinked my eyes and allowed them to adjust to the bright lights.It took me a moment before I could finally open my eyes and look around. Everything around me was white. White wall, white ceiling, white light.Is this heaven? I asked myself. Am I finally here? Did I wake up in heaven?I realized I was lying on the bed. I tried to get up."Good morning—Oh my God, you're finally awake!"I immediately turned to where the voice came from. I saw a door open, and someone entered the room. It was a woman. She looked pretty on those white clothe
"YOU have to eat this a lot. You need to regain your strength."I slightly pursed my lips when my father placed a platter of sliced fruits in front of me. I was still in the hospital. It was only two days after I woke up.My father was nothing but attentive to me. He almost treated me like a baby. Aside from him, I was finally able to meet my brother, Alfred. He visited me yesterday and I couldn't believe how he welcomed me wholeheartedly in his life. My father and Alfred even asked me to move with them after I got discharged from the hospital. I was overwhelmed by their warm welcome."Dad…you just fed me thirty minutes ago," I said to him, pouting.My father asked me to call him Dad and I couldn't be any happier. I've been waiting for this momen
AFTER Lenos left, the door opened and Leah entered the room.She was holding a box of cake while walking towards me. Damn. I missed her. She looked cute in her baby blue dress and French braid. There was a shy smile on her face as her eyes finally met mine."Hi," she greeted me. "Uhm…this is for you." She smiled shyly as she handed me the box of cake.I felt my eyes tearing up as I stared at her. I wanted to hug her but I controlled myself. I couldn't do that. I knew everything about me that she learned from Lenos was also erased from her memory. She only knew me now as the woman who saved her."Thank you," I said, smiling. I took the box from her. I opened it and I was welcomed by a heart shaped chocolate cake.