11 Ways to Forget Your Ex-Boyfriend - Chapter SS2

Let Me Tell You, Allen. 2
“Hi! I’m Shekinah. Knock knock.” She lifts her hand  and knocks her fist in the mid-air.

“Uhh.. hello?” its awkward, err.. I don’t know what I should react in this situation.. “Who are you?”

“I told ‘ya,” she pouts as she walk towards my bed and pronounces her name by syllables, “I’m She-ki-nah.”

“Understood. But who is Shekinah?” she opens her mouth and is about to protest but I continue my phrase to stop her, “Who are you in this hospital? Why did you enter my room? Are you the one who is knocking from the next room?”

“Yadaa yadaa! Why do people ask lots of questions!” she jumps to the free space of my bed and place some strands of her long hair and start eating the tip. “If I answer all your question, will you come out and play with me?”

Maybe she’s a crazy person, I think she is in the wrong hospital. She should be in the mental. The way she acts is kinda creepy, not to mention her fair reflection in her white gown and her long hair. Sadako?

Impatient for my response, she moves forward having her face an inch away to mine then she repeats her question, “If I answer all your question, will you come out and play with me?”

“I guess so?” I’ve run out of words and that’s the only thing I answered.

“That means ‘yes’ right?! Yay!” and to my surprise she suddenly grabs my hands and sways it up and down as she smiles in enthusiasm, “Who am I in this hospital? I’m a patient as well. Why did I enter your room? Checking out for company, I’m bored. Am I the one who was knocking from the next room? Yaa, I’m the girl next door.”

As soon as she had filled all my questions she stands up pulling my hands with her, I hesitate to get off my bed, “Let’s go! Promise is a promise!”

“But,” I didn’t promise.. “Oh well, let’s go. But just a minute, lemme get my jacket.”

I remove her hand from holding me and went to the cabinet that is in the side of the room, I took my jacket that is hanged and wear it while observing the weird Shekinah. Who sitting in the side of the bed and looking at her feet that is swaying back and forth. When I finish wearing my jacket, I took my shoes below the cabinet and wear it.

I think she’s harmless that’s why having a company for tonight is not such a bad idea.

“Let’s go?” she asks excitedly.

 “Wait, how ’bout you? Aren’t you going to get dressed? It’s only Spring and it’ll be cold outside especially with just a hospital gown.”

She inspects herself, up and down, then she shakes her head, “Nah! I don’t have any jackets with me. Neither shoes.”

“In your room?”

“Neither.”

“Then what do you have?” I ask.

“Nothing.” she smiles, Argh, then why did she want to go out if she has nothing to cover her from the coldness outside?

“What is wrong with this’ girl.” I mumbled in filipino afterall she won’t understand me.

“well, I can borrow your socks..” she head to my cabinet and rummage it for a pair of socks.

“And then I can get your blankie,” after she wore the socks she went back to the bed and took the bed sheet from the bed and covered it to herself. Now, she’s all white with the sheet covered to her. Then she bows her head and she places her hair on her face leaving only some spaces to her eyes which is visibly black and white in the moonlight’s reflection. She raises her hand and twitch to her image, “Awoo.”

“Cut it out!” I freaked out. She absolutely looks like the ring girl and it’s creeping me out.

“Hahaha!” she raises her head abruptly and her hair fly back to where it was. And she teases, “Scared were you?”

“Almost! You’re likely the duplicate of sadako! Bah! Let’s go, stop with your sillyness.” I head to the door and she follows.

“Ssh.” I hush with my index finger on my lip, “We need to be careful with the nurses, they go back and forth. It’ll be trouble if we get caught.”

“Aye aye captain!” she raises her both thumb and she giggles.

Unconsciously, I pat her head. She looked so adorable that I can’t resist.

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“Here,” she points to the emergency exit door, “We can’t use the front door ‘coz there will be guards.”

“Then, let’s head out.” I said.

Upon exposed to the outside, cold breeze gave me the shiver and it’s the same for her.

“It’s so cold.” I said in filipino.

“What?”

“Ah, nothing. It’s cold eh? There’s still the winter’s air.” I said.

“Well, April’s yet to come. Spring just about to bloom.” she explained while heading down the stairs of the emergency exit.

“Yeah, and there was you wanting to go out in a hospital gown that doesn’t even reach your knees.” she just sticks her tongue out on my sarcasm.

“Now that we’re on the ground, what’re we gonna do?” I ask.

“I dunno.”

“How come you don’t know?” wow just wow, this girl is the weirdest of all the people I met, “You invited me, you should atleast have an idea of what to do.”

“I dunno.” she repeated while shaking her head.

“Good heavens,” I place my palm on my forehead, “C’mon, let’s just have a walk.”

We walk, side by side. I don’t know where to go, I just followed where my feet is heading me.

“Ah yeah, would you mind if I ask what you have? I mean why are you in the hospital?” I ask her suddenly while we are walking, atleast to have a little conversation.

“I’m not telling.” she smiles at me and it must be my imagination or the drowsiness that makes me see her a way bit transparent under the moon’s light passing through her pallid skin.

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TL: note that the conversations are all in english, I just copied it.