/ 11:01 PM

-- Chapter 2 --

*{{ Jay's POV }}*

This was the second time I was entering her ward, and it was midafternoon. I knew the previous night had been terrible for her because she had to face the fact that she was now suffering from a loss of memory (thankfully, it's probably temporary) as well as a loss of sight, which were the effects of a head injury.
She appeared a lot calmer now, and it struck me how the downcast expression on her face still looked so radiant in the illumination of the rays of sunlight slipping in through the window blinds.
I went closer to her side, and subconsciously gave a silly little wave, greeting her cheerfully, " Hey! It's me again. "
She gave a tiny smile on hearing that, and then she was wearing a bemused look.
" How do I call you? I mean, I haven't gotten your name yet. "
" My chinese name is Jie Lun. But you can call me Jay. " A smile spread over my face too. It just felt natural.
" Well, you can call me Lara. " She said to me. " That's the name stated in my records anyway, according to my nurse. "
I nodded slowly, and went through in my head which conversational line to drop next.
" So... Are you feeling a bit better today? "
Shoulders drooping ever so slightly, Lara hugged her knees close to her chest and spoke up in a faraway tone.
" I don't really know.. I think I'm not feeling how I should be feeling.. The nurse has just told me, my father had just died in a fire that broke out in my home.. Then I must have been caught in that fire too, but I didn't die.. He did.. And he was the only kin I had left.. "
I listened to her with great pains, and instead of feeling comforted that Lara sat very still without letting any emotions run high, it was actually a worrying sight. Besides this, I was occupied with my own thoughts that were passing through my mind at top speed, for I wondered what other hurting truths Lara would find out in time to come..
" Do you.. " I rested my arms lightly on hers. " Want to cry it out? "
" It may help a bit.. " That was the best suggestion I could come up with for the moment.
" No, there isn't really a need to.. " Lara declined. " Because I don't have any recollection of my father yet.. "
" Then let's take things slowly ok? " I said encouragingly.
" Yeah. " She agreed with a nod of her head.

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*{{ Jay's POV }}*

" So... Am I perhaps amazingly pretty that you come by everyday to get into my good books? "
I stared at Lara stupidly and went speechless for a while.
" Just kidding.. " Lara let out a ticklish laugh, whereas I grinned and felt myself relaxing(had that question actually gotten me nervous?).
" Still, a girl can hope right? I keep trying to remember how I look.. " Lara gave a casual smile, and seemed like she was now expecting to hear my say.
" Am I supposed to give an opinion on this..? "
" I don't see why not. " Lara said slightly deviously, and leaned forward a little, awaiting my speech.
" Easy for you.. But I'm the one that has to do the talking, and I'm not great with words.. "
Although I tried stalling for time, I did guess that eventually I would have to say it, and I wasn't wrong.
" Ok, ok. " I soon gave in to her, my two hands raised in defeat.
" Tell me then! " Lara said in anticipation. " How do I look like? Refresh my memory. "
I let my eyes rest on Lara's face, and I realized this was the first time I was looking so fully at her. The shy old me normally just let my eyes run helter-skelter, and they would glide past girls' faces especially quickly because I would rather die than let them catch me looking at them first, even if it were just their faces.
But then I found that, looking at Lara's face now, gave me so much detail to describe..

*{{ Lara's POV }}*
" Ok.. Let me see.. " I heard a rubbing of his hands, and then he started babbling..
" Where shall I start? Wow.. Er.. How do I do this.. "
" Jay.. I'm not asking you for a 300 word report.. You can relax, ok? " I said assuringly, feeling quite amused.
" You're right. " I heard him answer with a release of his breath, in a tone of finality.
" So. Let's just say.. Your eyebrows right? " The ball had started rolling..
" Yah? "
" They're pretty narrow.. And that's fine.. Makes your features sharper, I think.. "
" Really? " I asked, happening to raise my eyebrows as I tried to remember.
" Yeah. " Jay replied, sounding more confident, as though he was now convinced that he had done quite a good job describing my eyebrows to me.
" But don't get distracted now. We're not done.. "
I laughed and shifted a little before settling into a state of stillness again. And so he went on and was soon taking on a nice flow..
" As for your eyes.. " Jay paused, which I presumed was for thinking..
" Your eyes are brown.. And they look deep, as though- Well, they look like they can absorb you because it's as if.. As if they contain much more when someone looks into them.. "
I couldn't react immediatedly although I realized that Jay had finished speaking, and I couldn't tell what had frozen my mind momentarily either, to have made me this unable to express myself. Who was the one that's bad at phrasing words now?
" So.. You get the idea? " Jay's voice broke through the quiet air, and I smiled with a tinge of sadness.
" Yet, my eyes are of no use now... "
Jay had likewise descended into silence for a moment, and then he took up my hand and said nonchalantly, " Let me bring you to someplace nearby.. "

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Lyvia says: "Am I a Nicholas Sparks wannabe?" Ohnonono ;P
And I think I wun be able to finish this story and den freeze my blog.. Coz maybe I'd better write a mafia story or sth next to prevent readers from thinking I'm all into mushy fiction.. Haha well I'm not ok?? Juz had an urge, like I've said before, just an urge :P

write about yourself here like how you lived through a crisis like the morrocian crisis. erps, have you studied about that before and about your test, how easy it is and how much confidence you have to pass and get all A1s for all subjects, add in your own wish here, and what you would do if target is not reached, like slash your wrist, eat many many painkiller pills at one shot and die. lol it's suicidal thoughts. stay away from that. but you need to enter a reality, everyone's doing that- it's the trend, so why not follow it. unless you want to be an odd one out. cause slashing wrist is soo common in girls school not in boys school. boys suicide, just like die gracefully from 30th storey, just look on the bright side, maybe you have lived in a lie too long and so you have found out the turth now, just think. optimist wins. you have entered into a world of reality



We know life's hard, truth is hard, lies are hard, they are all hard to accept when they have been found out, and i'm rushing history homework on the Abyissian Crisis about Italy and Abyssia going into war and that the League Of Nations cannot stop this from happening, and beacuse they are formed by means to stop war and peace-keep the countries together, they have thus failed to achieve that. I think i tend to hold a class for history instead of telling you about me, i'm basically a what subject-realted lover (humanities) and thus I am more analytical and critical about things, and likes to study about dead people, haha. lol. it's history what can you expect and also geography, it amazes me. I really like it alot, so what have you? Again to find this answer you need to enter into your own reality and reflect




it's amazing. amzing how people change the way of things, like how I used to hate outdoors in Band felt it was a complete waste of time, i've acquired to like it more, i guess people change, their thereotical means and applications in life just goes on into a new direction, and see things in another perspective, i guess- it's all in the mind. It really amazes me how these comes into action, from someone so pessimistic has changed his own view of things, and thus my friend is scoring much better, being more optimisitc and not think of his old way of suicidal thoughts, which are pretty daunting. and thus we need to see things, in another light, another perspective and another new way, to enable us to open up our minds, and make more new things, the new way it is. done with the old back with the new

i've hiatus-ed.

/ 11:01 PM

-- Chapter 2 --

*{{ Jay's POV }}*

This was the second time I was entering her ward, and it was midafternoon. I knew the previous night had been terrible for her because she had to face the fact that she was now suffering from a loss of memory (thankfully, it's probably temporary) as well as a loss of sight, which were the effects of a head injury.
She appeared a lot calmer now, and it struck me how the downcast expression on her face still looked so radiant in the illumination of the rays of sunlight slipping in through the window blinds.
I went closer to her side, and subconsciously gave a silly little wave, greeting her cheerfully, " Hey! It's me again. "
She gave a tiny smile on hearing that, and then she was wearing a bemused look.
" How do I call you? I mean, I haven't gotten your name yet. "
" My chinese name is Jie Lun. But you can call me Jay. " A smile spread over my face too. It just felt natural.
" Well, you can call me Lara. " She said to me. " That's the name stated in my records anyway, according to my nurse. "
I nodded slowly, and went through in my head which conversational line to drop next.
" So... Are you feeling a bit better today? "
Shoulders drooping ever so slightly, Lara hugged her knees close to her chest and spoke up in a faraway tone.
" I don't really know.. I think I'm not feeling how I should be feeling.. The nurse has just told me, my father had just died in a fire that broke out in my home.. Then I must have been caught in that fire too, but I didn't die.. He did.. And he was the only kin I had left.. "
I listened to her with great pains, and instead of feeling comforted that Lara sat very still without letting any emotions run high, it was actually a worrying sight. Besides this, I was occupied with my own thoughts that were passing through my mind at top speed, for I wondered what other hurting truths Lara would find out in time to come..
" Do you.. " I rested my arms lightly on hers. " Want to cry it out? "
" It may help a bit.. " That was the best suggestion I could come up with for the moment.
" No, there isn't really a need to.. " Lara declined. " Because I don't have any recollection of my father yet.. "
" Then let's take things slowly ok? " I said encouragingly.
" Yeah. " She agreed with a nod of her head.

: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :

*{{ Jay's POV }}*

" So... Am I perhaps amazingly pretty that you come by everyday to get into my good books? "
I stared at Lara stupidly and went speechless for a while.
" Just kidding.. " Lara let out a ticklish laugh, whereas I grinned and felt myself relaxing(had that question actually gotten me nervous?).
" Still, a girl can hope right? I keep trying to remember how I look.. " Lara gave a casual smile, and seemed like she was now expecting to hear my say.
" Am I supposed to give an opinion on this..? "
" I don't see why not. " Lara said slightly deviously, and leaned forward a little, awaiting my speech.
" Easy for you.. But I'm the one that has to do the talking, and I'm not great with words.. "
Although I tried stalling for time, I did guess that eventually I would have to say it, and I wasn't wrong.
" Ok, ok. " I soon gave in to her, my two hands raised in defeat.
" Tell me then! " Lara said in anticipation. " How do I look like? Refresh my memory. "
I let my eyes rest on Lara's face, and I realized this was the first time I was looking so fully at her. The shy old me normally just let my eyes run helter-skelter, and they would glide past girls' faces especially quickly because I would rather die than let them catch me looking at them first, even if it were just their faces.
But then I found that, looking at Lara's face now, gave me so much detail to describe..

*{{ Lara's POV }}*
" Ok.. Let me see.. " I heard a rubbing of his hands, and then he started babbling..
" Where shall I start? Wow.. Er.. How do I do this.. "
" Jay.. I'm not asking you for a 300 word report.. You can relax, ok? " I said assuringly, feeling quite amused.
" You're right. " I heard him answer with a release of his breath, in a tone of finality.
" So. Let's just say.. Your eyebrows right? " The ball had started rolling..
" Yah? "
" They're pretty narrow.. And that's fine.. Makes your features sharper, I think.. "
" Really? " I asked, happening to raise my eyebrows as I tried to remember.
" Yeah. " Jay replied, sounding more confident, as though he was now convinced that he had done quite a good job describing my eyebrows to me.
" But don't get distracted now. We're not done.. "
I laughed and shifted a little before settling into a state of stillness again. And so he went on and was soon taking on a nice flow..
" As for your eyes.. " Jay paused, which I presumed was for thinking..
" Your eyes are brown.. And they look deep, as though- Well, they look like they can absorb you because it's as if.. As if they contain much more when someone looks into them.. "
I couldn't react immediatedly although I realized that Jay had finished speaking, and I couldn't tell what had frozen my mind momentarily either, to have made me this unable to express myself. Who was the one that's bad at phrasing words now?
" So.. You get the idea? " Jay's voice broke through the quiet air, and I smiled with a tinge of sadness.
" Yet, my eyes are of no use now... "
Jay had likewise descended into silence for a moment, and then he took up my hand and said nonchalantly, " Let me bring you to someplace nearby.. "

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Lyvia says: "Am I a Nicholas Sparks wannabe?" Ohnonono ;P
And I think I wun be able to finish this story and den freeze my blog.. Coz maybe I'd better write a mafia story or sth next to prevent readers from thinking I'm all into mushy fiction.. Haha well I'm not ok?? Juz had an urge, like I've said before, just an urge :P