[A Story] Ch. 5: An Angel in Disguise

The next day, he feels so exhausted. He is not in the mood to go to the office. He had a hard time to wake up. As a result, he arrived late in the office. At work, he cannot concentrate the way he does in the past few months. A glimpse of a wonderful future is currently on his mind. He is thinking and dreaming of having a beautiful wife with 3 little angels. He is dreaming of a happy family with full of love. All day he is dreaming and wondering what his life would be. Clock is ticking away. It seems every hour is a minute, every minute is a second…time is taking so long. Then, finally, it’s 3PM. It is time to go home and leave the damn office.

Usually, when Ryan is sad, he will spend a lot of time in the arcade. He is cheering himself by playing Xcube and Niendo computer games. But sometimes, if he can’t win against the computer, he gets frustrated. That day, he felt that it is not his lucky day. So, he left the game shop and went to a cinema house to watch a movie. He was lucky that he just arrived on time to watch his favorite comedy actor, Owan Akintson, the ever famous Mr. Weewee. However, in the movie house, after a few minutes of showing the movie, the screen went black. The machine went down and a voice was played saying that “We are currently experiencing technical difficulties. Sorry for the inconvenience. With this, we will be giving away free popcorn and soda drink. You can also exchange or refund your ticket in the machine outside the cinema. Again, sorry for the inconvenience caused.” Ryan got very irritated and immediately went out the cinema house and kicked out a can of soda.

The sun already went to sleep and the moon wakes up after watching the movie. There are no stars yet, only the crescent shape bright thing in the sky. As he walks down the street, something hit him on his right thigh, and then right chest. At that point, he couldn’t hear anything except a screeching sound. He couldn’t see anything except the bright moon. He feels he is flying in the air until he hits the ground. Doooge!

A blue ambulance and red police cars have arrived. Sirens sounds are everywhere the place. After a few moments, the blue ambulance runs as fast it could. It is carrying a man and a woman, both of which are on their mid 20’s. Both of them are in unconscious. They arrived in the hospital. Both of them were given emergency attention. The woman suddenly barely opens her eyes. She is crying and she asked the doctors, is he …. ok? The doctor said, “He is going to be alright. We will take care of everything”. Both of them were brought to the emergency rooms. The woman suffered some minor bruises and wounds. She seemed ok but still worried about the man, which is Ryan.

Three days had past but Ryan remains unconscious. Everyday, the woman visits him to see any progress. The doctors will always say that he is just sleeping but finally they tell her their findings. The doctor said, “We are really surprised that there are no broken bones. He is perfectly healthy yet he remains unconscious. I think he is suffering a depression syndrome, a sickness where the body is alive but the mind is dead. If this will persist the body will slowly become dead.” The girl asked, “Is there anything that we can do”. The doctor answered, “He (Ryan) is the only one who can decide if he wants to live or not. There’s nothing that we can do.”

Trisha, the lady who hit Ryan with her car, got from jail by bailing out. She felt so guilty about what happened to Ryan. She is worried that the guy might die because of her. So, she is praying that Ryan will get well soon so that she can ask for forgiveness.

On the 4th night, Trisha went to the hospital to see Ryan. She began to talk to him even though he is still unconscious. “I don’t know if this is interesting to you. But I will tell you anyway. When I was in 4th year high school, I was so deeply in love with my professor. I loved him because he is intelligent, gentleman, and funny. In our class, you will not get bored because he always tells a joke. He always makes sure that his audience has interaction with him. One time, she called my name and I didn’t stand up because I am so busy staring at him. I thought she’s calling someone else. My face gets red and my classmates tease me. The prom comes and I wasn’t expecting my professor to ask me for his date. I was so happy at that time. I felt that I was in heaven when we’re dancing together to the tune of sweet and sentimental music. I just lean my head to his broad shoulder. After that, we began dating secretly because in school, teachers and students should not get themselves in an intimate relationship. We don’t want to be the topic of gossips in school. I remember the time the first time we kissed…It is so full of love…(sigh with some tears on her eyes). But it didn’t last for long. We have to go separate ways as I continue my studies in college while he stayed to be a teacher in my secondary school. When I started studying in college, we see each other weekly, bi-weekly, monthly and then once in 3 months. I emailed and sent her love letters almost everyday just to tell him how much I love him. But after several months, he broke up with me. He said that he can’t do this anymore because he wants to focus on his career. But the next day after we broke up, I saw him, with another woman. She’s quite tall, sexy, beautiful and on her mid-20s. To my surprise, he passionately kissed the girl. To my anger, I approached him, punched him and kicked him on his sensitive part. Then, I ran away and went home. I cried all day in my room. I think I would die on that day. I couldn’t eat and sleep. As a result, I got weaker and weaker. I lost a lot of weight. I stopped going to school. One day, when I didn’t go out from my room, my parents got worried. They found out me lying in bed unconscious. When I woke up, I saw myself lying in a hospital bed. My mother and father were there. I also saw my brother and sister and a couple of my friends and my best friend. I saw a lot of flowers and fruits in the table. My mother spoke “thank god you wake up. If you have problems just tell me. We are here for you. We love you so much” My mom hugged me while she cries. “Please get well soon ok. Eat your dinner so that you will get better” she said. At that point, something hits me. I realized that there are a lot of people who love me, whom I ignored for the past several months. I always spent my time loving that guy and disregarding those people who love me. I still haven’t showed my love for them. So, I asked my mom, “Do we have carbonara pasta and Caesar salad?” She just smiled and served my favorite dishes.

“Ryan, don’t give up your life. Your parents and siblings will come here soon. I called them yesterday and they are worried so much. You see, they will do anything for you. They love you so much. And I think you’re still young. You still need to experience how wonderful life is. There are so many things to enjoy. Maybe we can go skydiving together once you get well? I did once and it was fun. Have you also heard the new arcade game, the galactic dance evolution? If you like to dance, you will love this game.”

Suddenly, Ryan’s toes move. His fingers begin to move a bit. He begins to shake and move his whole body. A wiggle…it seems that he fell from the sky and wakes up. When he opened his eyes, he saw Trisha. “Am I in heaven? How come you don’t have any halo above your head” Ryan asked while Trisha is smiling at him. Trisha answered “Because I have horns and a tail instead.” Ryan got frightened. Trisha laughs and said. “Just kidding! Thank God you come back to life. Give me a moment I will call the nurse and the doctor.”