Birds sang melidious songs with their chirping as the breeze carried them and their hatchlings gently through the sea of clouds, bugs crawled around on the trees as if getting ready for work, the leaves rustled leaving behind nostalgic memories as I sat up and shuffled around the bed creaked slightly despite seeming new.
I removed an eye booger as I rubbed my eyes and my vision started to fade in along with my consciousness, I slipped on my blue slippers next to my bed and took a deep breath with a smile and let out a deep and tired sigh.
Another boring day. F*ck this world. I should've died- I stopped midway to the window regretting my thought just now, letting out a sigh and kept walking to the window. I tapped on it as the creep crawlies climbed with much effort. I chuckled as they followed my index finger and played aorund.
The door opened and a nurse walked in, very meticulously tucked in hair and vibrant lipstick, which I don't even know if it's allowed, "Qingyan, please sit back down for your daily check-" As the nurse spoke up the door opened violently again.
"Ha...poof..." A female let out a few pants before sighing
Poof? Who says that..? I pondered as I got up with a sigh and started to turn to the nurse and walk her way until the brunette ran in my direction, her hair sparkled like the stars in the sky, her eyes held worlds inside but most of all when I turned to look right at her, the expression on her face was strange.
She had tears welled up but her face was stiff as if trying to contain everything in one small bottle. I stopped midway and my eyes still followed her figure, she got on her knees and began to check Imogen's pulse, she put two fingers on her wrist and then on her neck below the jawline and she sighed as if she was holding her breath in the whole time.
I was confused.
Nevertheless I walked towards the nurse and had her check my pulse, my reflexes, my senses and everything was done. "Alright Qingyan, You're doing pretty well now, I'll go and inform the doctor and see when you are up for release so you can inform your parents." She smiled warmly as she started to head out.
I nodded at the nurse and watched as she headed out and sat there in silence for a while. Um...when is she gonna leave???? I gulped as I began to shuffle around to get comfortable on the bed.
I slipped off my shoes, beginning to daydream for a bit, thinking it would be nice to live somewhere silently like this. A little peace and quiet could change a lot of things. Maybe with my power I could make it so that no one can ever find me.
Nahhhh it's pretty useless actually. I sighed as I slipped into the blanket and tried to rest.
"Hey."
Did someone just talk to me? Nah, I'm probably dreaming again. I shuffled around in bed as the voice grew a bit louder.
"Hey..!" It was a gentle voice, like the breeze that hits the chimes on people's doors, my heart skipped a beat as I was reminded of the desperate voice from that day. That voice that seemed so...
"Um, Excuse me..?" She tilted her head as she waited for my response, I turned myself in bed to look at her and sat up abruptly, her face really close to mine. I could feel her warm breath on my lips.
"Are you alright?" She asked, I blinked several times and finally realized just how close our faces were to each other, I jumped and backed away quickly.
"S-sorry about that! uh, uhm did you need something?" I asked flustered, I had never once in my life been so close to a girl's face. She smells like cinnammon...I thought as I placed my fingers lightly on my lips, "No, not really. I just..." She pursed her lips slightly, her expression still the same.
"Hm?"
"I'm actually not sure. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you but it's just...I felt like I needed to say something since it was getting a bit awkward. I usually never..." she mumbled the last part in such a hushed voice that not even I could hear her over a pin drop.
"Uh well…uhm…okay." I nodded as I fell silent. I looked around for a bit to ease the nervousness.
Wait- maybe..! I quickly turned to look at the brunette and then at her friend. "Wh-when did your friend get hurt?" I asked as I lifted my somewhat shattered glasses.
"Uhm…she's already been here for a while, but recently she got hurt again. I'm not sure from what but, when I came back I found her bruised and all cut up…" She replied, she pressed her lips lightly and smiled gently, "Anyways, what's you're name?" She asked, I blinked several times until I answered her question when I noticed her twiddling her fingers.
"I-I'm Qingyan Yi, Wh-What about you?" I asked nervously, her head perked up almost a little shocked.
"You're Chinese?" She asked completely ignoring my question for a bit.
"Y-yeah…"
"Ah! I'm sorry! I'm Imogen..." She replied quietly, there was a moment of silence before I decided to speak up.
"uhm...well a-are you close with the girl over there?" I asked in a moment of stupidity, YOU IDIOT!! SHE OBVIOUSLY WOULDN'T BE COMING IF THEY WEREN'T CLOSE!!! STUPID. STUPID. I chuckled nervously as she simply smiled and replied with, "Yeah, she's my first friend. My Best Friend." I nodded nervously until I looked up at her face and saw her expression.
She seemed to look at her with such beautiful admiration, like a selfless love, her eyes sparkled but within a second she blinked back the emotions and went back to what seemed to be cold and distant.
"O-Oh I see..." I scratched my head nervously before I heard my phone ring, it was a new notification from a game I was playing.
"yeah..." she nodded awkwardly, I reached out for my phone and looked up to her then at my phone, "So um...do you play FPS games?" I asked out of curiosity, the room was well lit and there were no nurses. The windows were open and the breeze slipped in unnoticed like a ghost, the curtains fluttered in her face and all I could see was a smile.
"Yeah, I usually play Call of Outlaws, it's really addicting." She mentioned, her thin delicate fingers brushed past her ears as she pushed her hair away gently, I hadn't noticed but she had beautiful features. A button nose and slightly slanted eyes and always seemed to wear a smiling expression.
"Really..?" I asked trailing off, I woke up from the trance and picked up my phone and scooted a bit towards her. "What's your username? I'll add you!"
"Are you sure?" She raised an eyebrow, I wasn't sure if it was really a question or if it was a warning. Nevertheless I nodded in excitement, I finally met a fellow companion to play with me. I couldn't miss out on this.
"Alright, my username is Yamete_kudasai_Lucha," I typed it out word for word until i got to the last word. "wait- is the last word supposed to be japanese?"
"Hm? No. It's chinese."
"What? Uhhh do you know what it means?" I asked worriedly, she nodded happily in response and pointed at the words on my phone.
"It means green tea."
"But...do you mean 鹿茶 or 绿茶?"
"I mean 绿茶. As in Green tea bitch," she grinned, I had never seen a wider smile than hers. I gulped and nodded, "Okay. I added you."
"Okay, you're CampusNerd?" She leaned in slightly, our shoulders slightly bumped against one another and in response electricity ran through my body. My body burned and my phone fell to the ground due to the impact.
"...ey! Hey! Are you hurt somewhere?!" Imogen looked around for a bit and pursed her lips slightly before finally deciding to place a soft kiss on my forehead. "It's alright, you'll feel better soon. You just have to-" my eyelids started to feel heavy and I felt drowsy, Imogen shook me some more as if to keep me awake. Why won't she just let me sleep? Why is she panicking? I have so many questions but...it can wait.
"You have to stay awake! If you don't stay awake you could be paralyzed your whole life!" She shook me violently, my eardrums felt like exploding and the whole world looked like bubble land. Everything seemed to float and bounce off things, then pop like bubbles in the summer.
"Why?~ Won't it be better for my everyone if I just slowly die?~ hehe..."
"No. I still haven't asked you if you wanted to be my friend." She bit her lip aggressively before deciding to sit me up on the floor and give me a hug.
"So you have to stay awake until then, I'll help you and guide you. So keep fighting, Yi Qingyan." She looked at me with determined eyes, her expression was serious.
"How-" I was cut off by another set of shocks as they ransacked my body from head to toe, my fingers felt like they were burning and like I just got tased.
All I wanted was to look for her. Why is it always so...complicated for me to do anything?