0.4- Origin

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Dec 23

Me Ann and I have a date !!

because yesterday I saw her, she invited me to accompany her to buy a gift for her BFF.

and of course, I will not miss this opportunity to be with her !!

We went to SM Val we looked for something she could give as a gift

we went around and it seems like I was the only one who got tired, on the contrary, she should get tired more easily!!

“ummmm...Carl do you have any suggestions on what Janella will like?”- Mary Ann

“Just buy a matchy shirt.”

“Good idea! Let’s find a shirt that we can wear together!” - Mary Ann, it enlightens her face and runs towards the shirt store

like a child, she ran in the Hyper Market, and like a rat, she went to every corner to find clothes that suit them

and I’m like a dog that every time she turns, I follow, but it’s okay she’s holding my hand, there’s still a romantic excitement even though I’m tired: D

I’m just a little nervous because we’re here in the undergarments section right now and she is buying a pair of underwear !!!

“ehem Mary Ann do you think-“

she walks immediately before I even finished what I was going to say

here we go again, following her to the MAX!

and finally we ended up embroidering words on clothes outside SM !!

(SM means Super Market)

Me Ann bought two plain magenta color t-shirts

and she embroidered it with “A BFF ONCE IS A BFF A IN A LIFETIME” and put their name under the word

also, a few minutes before the embroidery ended

we were able to talk, but I was much more amazed at how beautiful she was today

she wears her usual short shorts and backless dress but for me, she looks more lively now.

Maybe I enjoy every moment I can be with her because the last day is tomorrow

when the embroidery is finished, a satisfied face will be seen on her because she is excited to give her gift to her bestfriend.

We ate and then I took her to their house while we held hands. It was like before but I feel more special now

and I think this feeling is also familiar to her.

Before we separated, she said we would meet tomorrow at 4pm at the family park and she had a gift for me

i'm EXCITED!!!

Because it delights me. At 12 midnight I immediately went to their house to see what gift she bought for me!

but Me Ann is asleep and I don’t know where’s her gift for me !!!

I roam around the entire room; I did not see the gift she’ll give to me so I was more curious.

for a few hours, I was tired of searching and just let destiny surprise me tomorrow

for now, I will take the opportunity to watch her all night

as I stared at her my tears slowly dripped

I don’t want to leave her...

“Me Ann... I don’t want to be away from you...”

“HELP ME!!! I DON’T WANT TO LEAVE!!! HHWWUUAAAA!!!”

All of my sadness has poured out because I only have very limited time left and I will be gone soon and I will never see her and talk to her again

I cried and cried. I asked for help; I asked for hope.

“I DON’T WANT TO LEAVE!!!!”

“I DON’T WANT TO LEAVE YOU!!!”

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5:30 AM

I finished crying, and I just stared at her while sitting next to her

I tried several times to hug her but my hand just pass through her; it hurts ... it hurts to leave the person I love ..

before 6 am I left their house instantly because I might materialize inside their house which is dangerous

while I was more than 20meters away from their house, I was already thinking of things to say to her later

my mind is clear now, and I want her to know that I love her

“Grim Reaper”

a few seconds and he still does not come out

“GRIM REAPER YOOHOOO!!!”

and still nothing

“why is it still not here? He often comes out immediately.”

Maybe he’s busy right now so he can’t show up.

A few hours passed, and it was 3 pm and I am now at the gate of Family Park and

a few minutes later Me Ann appeared

“Carl sorry, did you wait long?”- Mary Ann, her face is worried and slightly bowing her head

“hahaha no, you arrived on time.”

“Yes, but I just escaped, hehehe” - Mary Ann, she acts cute, and it hits my hurt directly!

“Wow.. ahahaha you know how to escape now, huh”. with a teasing tone in my voice

“It was just for today and we can’t spend the night because it’s Christmas”- Mary Ann, it doesnt bother her and continues her walk

“Alright btw, how is your gift?”

“My bff likes it!”- Mary Ann, she raises her hand spin lovely as she walks

“hahaha I thought she will complain about it.”

she raises he points the finger and wave it at the front of me. “Of course not! she liked it and she even tears up a bit because of my gift”

“woww :)”

we’re together while holding the hands of each other like the old times that I only remember. We walk to the Family Park like a family.

no one speaks, we just enjoy the moment we are together

and we sat on a bench

She told me the things she was doing and like a fool; I listened to her carefully, even though she had actually told me all this before.

as I listened to her stories, I just stared at her, and suddenly my tears flowed again

“Omg! Why are you crying?!”- Mary Ann, she quickly holds my face with her worried expression

“Uhm.. the dust caught me, ha- ha- ha-”, it looks like a crazy person but the tears still moving their way outside my eyes!

I immediately closed my eyes and pretended I got something in it but my tears continued to flow as if they were endless

and in just a snap, Me Ann hugged me

in a warm hug, all my restraint was gone and I also hugged her tightly as all my tears flowed

“That’s okay, go ahead Carl, take it all out”- Mary Ann

because of Me Ann’s comfort, my crying session ended a few minutes later

“Me Ann sorry if I cried, ay es-“, I was embarrassed because of the sudden weakness that I’ve shown to her

“Me Ann? I think I like that. Go ahead, from now on you can just call me Me Ann.”- Mary Ann. with a prideful expression she crosses her arms.

“EE!!!”

“It is forbidden to howl, Mr. Crybaby ahhahahaha”- Mary Ann, she wipes the tear marks in face as she teases me

“Hey! I’m not a crybaby!”- I contest but her tease was all true, it’s hard to rebut

“hahaha Mr. Crybaby. “- Mary Ann

Like the old days, just like before. It was as if the accident did not happen

our relation is one of the greatest things that I experience

“Me Ann, I have a gift for you. It was only a letter, I’m sorry.” I handed her the letter I made while scratching the back of the head.

“That’s okay with me. Don’t worry.”- Mary Ann, she smiles radiantly.

I quickly warned her.“You will only read it ones when you are at home.”

“Okay.”- Mary Ann

she took it and hid it in her small bag, and slowly she also took out something

“Carl this is for you, my Christmas Gift :)” - Mary Ann, she raises something in her hand while showing it to me

“This one is-“

“Yes. It is called Moon Necklace, wear it now!”- Mary Ann

I immediately put on the moon necklace she gave me and it just suits to me. When I wore it, Me Ann also showed me the necklace she was wearing.

we have the same color as moon necklace!!

“Okay! we’re couple :)”- Mary Ann, she blushes slightly and not shy anymore to show her expressions

“Me Ann, thank you so much!!!”

and I immediately hugged her

“You hugged me so many times already, aaaaa”- Mary Ann

“Let me just hug you please.”

she just nodded

6 pm

“Carl, is it okay Carl if we walk?”- Mary Ann, her cute expression is too damn attractive, how can I say no!

“But it was far? Is that really okay with you??”

“Of course. “

we walked holding our hands. It was more in my favor because I could make the most of the remaining time I could be with her

We talked about different things until we got to the Brgy. Gen T, it was close to Brgy. Ugong. It was a bit strange, and it seemed like there were only a few people.

“Carl, I have something to tell you “- Mary Ann, her expression is serious

and I was suddenly feeling nervous maybe Me Ann is going to say I love you!!!!

with great anticipation, I replied to her. “w-what is it?”

“i....”- Mary Ann

“i...?? lov-“

“ayyy your zipper was open!”- Mary Ann, she immediately turns around!

“NANI!!!??”

I immediately looked, it was really open!!!!

“wait!!”

I turned around to fix my zipper, but it is hard, and did not want to lift the zipper

“wait wait aaaa!”. as I move away from her

and in a few minutes, my zipper also came together, and it is now lifted, fortunately, it was dark and it was not obvious that I did not have any brief wearing right now

as I turned to look at Me Ann she was not there!

“Me Ann!!?”

“Me Ann!!!???”. I look around quickly and check where she is

no one answered, and I also did not see any people around

“Me Ann!!!???”

it's very quiet until suddenly I saw a woman running away from a distance and someone seemed to chase her

“CARL!!!!!”- Mary Ann, it was her! she’s asking for help!

“That was Me Ann!!!!”

I immediately ran towards Me Ann but I suddenly tripped

“AGGHH!!!”

my feet become transparent!!

“CARL!!!!”- Mary Ann, her voice was full of terror and keep shouting my name

I can’t stand!!, my body feels too heavy

*zzooommmm*

Suddenly someone came out from behind, and it was carrying a Crescent Scythe

as I see who it is, It is Grim Reaper!

I bombarded him immediately of questions. “GRIM REAPER!!! why is my foot disappearing? it’s just 8 pm!!”

“There is a huge chaos in the underworld and spirit world so I also do not know what is happening, all of us, GRIM REAPERS, are in the state of battle mode.”- Grim Reaper. unlike before he is more serious now

set aside the other worlds, I shouted. “How can I help Me Ann! I don’t care about the underworld nor spirit world!”

“I’m sorry, kid, my power is no longer covered by what is happening and we also lose the authority of being GRIM REAPERS, the LAW OF EQUIVALENT EXCHANGE is being destroyed!”- Grim Reaper.

“Me Ann!!!!!”

from a distance, I saw Me Ann stumble, and she is not moving!

the one who is chasing her was almost close to her!!!

“PLEASE!, HELP ME GRIM REAPER!!!!”. I plead, I plead to the Grim Reaper to help

the Grim Reaper just stared at where Me Ann was

“PLEASE!! HHWWUUAAA!!!”

my tears are dripping and begging GRIM REAPER to save Me Ann

“PLEASE!!! HELP ME!!!!”

“is that... a zombie... so that’s how it is”- Grim Reaper

“HELP ME!!! PLEASE!!!”

He only looks at me intently,

then suddenly he lifts his crescent scythe and stabs me with it!

*sshooook*

I was stunned by what happened I did not know that Grim Reaper would stab me,

like smoke, the Crescent Scythe that had stabbed me slowly disappeared

and my body warmed up

I can feel my feet now!

when I realized..

my body materializes again!!

but Grim Reaper is no longer around me

but I don’t have the luxury of time to think about that, what matters to me is Me Ann

I immediately ran fast and kicked the person who was attacking Me Ann from behind

“Me Ann!! Me Ann!! wake up!”

her body is still warm and still breathing

but when I looked in front of me I saw the appearance of the person chasing Me Ann

Its ugly broken face that seems to have decayed, a scary face that you can only see in a fictional show. a ZOMBIE

“GGGWWWOOOO!!!!”

When it stood up, it immediately attacked me

“WA!!!!”

I immediately carry Me Ann on my back and running, but I was not strong enough to run fast and the Zombie chased us easily

I put Me Ann, down to the side of the wall and luckily I picked up a big rock

“ok come on!!”

even though my knees were shaking, I tried to block the zombie-like trying to attack us

he immediately pounces to bite my neck, but I blocked his neck with my arm

“WWA!!!! how!! why is there a zombie here !!!”

“GGWWOOO GOWOOOO!!!”

The face of the zombie was so close to me, I couldn’t contest its strength, and it was about to bite my neck, but he seemed distracted because my moon necklace was shining and immediately I hit his head with a big rock

the brain exploded and just like in the horror movies, his brain was scattered on the floor and the rest was in my clothes

I immediately vomited at what I saw and sat on the side because I could not believe what I had experienced

“How is there a zombie here...how... how...”

but suddenly my hand becomes color transparent, but it also goes back to normal

“I’m losing materialization of my body. I need to deliver Me Ann”

even though my body was still shaking, I lifted Me Ann

until I got to her house but my body was very weak and it was turning transparent

I lay her down in front of their door and just as I knocked, my body vanished, and my consciousness also went blank.

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Mary Ann POV

“CARL!!”

I woke up calling John Carl’s name, and when I look around I seem to be here in my room

“Honey! I’m glad you’re already awake, Your dad and I were nervous when we saw you sleeping at the door after you knocked.”- Mama

“Yes, I thought something happened to you.”- Papa

“Mom, where’s Carl?”- Mary Ann

“What? let’s talk about that next time, you should rest.”- Mama

“Oh, okay.”- Mary Ann

My parents’ reaction is like their reaction always when talking about the things that I have forgotten

maybe Carl really played a big part in my past.

I was sitting on the chair and I suddenly remembered Carl’s gift to me

I opened my bag, and I saw the letter that he gave to me

“He even put it in the envelope huh :)”- Mary Ann

I open the letter and I slowly read it

Dear Me Ann,

Merry Christmas! You know I want to tell you a lot but my ballpen may lack of ink if I put it all together hahaha, I just want you to know that every second I’m with you I feel like I am in heaven, even though my destiny is so bitter, you are still given to me. Every second is very special because I am with the most special woman in my life and that is you. Are you wondering why I am telling you this because the memories you lost are me, I should have been there for two years, I was there. I’m your LOYAL AND ALSO FAITHFUL BOYFRIEND haha, you may not believe it because you do not remember. Anyway, I hope you don’t forget me, don’t just change my boyfriend right away, there is a 3-month rule. I want you to know that I love you so much that even in the next life I will make a way just to be with you even for a moment.

I don’t want to leave you..., I don’t want to lose..., I don’t want to wake up coz I know I will never see you again, I want to stay longer, sorry... sorryy.... sorryyyyy, I love you more than my life

P.S YOUR LOYAL AND FAITHFUL BOYFRIEND, JOHN CARL SILVA

“Why...why do your letter is like saying goodbye...”- Mary Ann

Suddenly my tears dripped and my heartfelt as if something was piercing and I also felt that part of my heart was very sad

I feel like I’ll never see him again... You’re crazy, why is the end of your letter like that ...

and in my tears, I accidentally bump my cabinet, and suddenly something fell from its height

I picked one by one on what’s inside; I don’t remember that I have a box in here and when I saw the photos

“Oh! this is me and... Carl?”- Mary Ann, I was bewildered to what I saw

“We have a photo together?”- Mary Ann

I looked at what’s inside the box one by one at most of them are the pictures of the two of us, including our monthsary’s and anniversary pictures.

There are also poems and when I look at it all, my heart feels like it is being squeezed and my head hurts

And like a river flowing, it suddenly returned. All the memories I had lost for two years.

“Ouch!!! my head hurts!!!”- Mary Ann, I hold my head tightly because of the pain that is happening

and like a miracle, all of my memories came back, everything Carl and I did before I remember that!

also the accident!

I immediately left my room to search for my family

“MOM!!! DAD!!”- Mary Ann

“Mary Ann, why are you in a hurry?”- Papa, he is shocked due to the sudden shout of me

“Yes honey. What do you need?- Mama

I saw their faces look sad that’s why I announced, quickly “My memory is back!!!”

“Oh my God! Really? Thank God!”- Mama, she is holding her chest while thanking god for the wonderful gift

“The Christmas season is really magical, 30 minutes left, and it’s already Christmas.” He smiled. “Let’s go we should eat and celebrate because your memories are back.”- Papa

“But why is he like that mom and dad? I was with him for days, why he didn’t tell me that he’s my boyfriend?”- Mary Ann

*tang*

My mom suddenly drop the spoon and my dad was shocked from what I said

“Mary Ann, are you really fine?”- Papa

“Honey, maybe you’re still not fine, and you’re just hallucinating “- Mama, her faces looks sad and seems to hide something

“Mom, Dad, I’m fine. Don’t worry about me anymore, why does it feel like you are hiding something from me. “- Mary Ann

They both look at each other, but I don’t know what it means, I feel like they are hiding something from me

“Mom, What is it? “- Mary Ann

“mmmmm... Darling, you should be the one to tell Mary Ann”- Mama

“Honey, it’s impossible that you saw him.”- Papa

“Huh? Dad, you still don’t like him? He’s very kind.”- Mary Ann, I keep protesting because he is not like what father is saying

“It’s not like that, but Carl is..”- Papa, his passive impression suddenly went sad

“I will not leave him dad.”- Mary Ann

“No honey, Carl is dead already...”- Papa

“Dad... that’s not a good joke...”- Mary Ann

“That is true honey, when you were both on the accident he hugged you to protect you, he’s dead on the spot in the hospital. I thanked God you only got a minor injury and memory lost.”- Mama

“Honey, I’m sorry, I know you were shocked, but that’s the truth.”- Papa, father face is very serious

it shakes my core and shout. “NO!!! THAT IS NOT TRUE!!! HE WAS JUST WITH ME EARLIER!!! I EVEN TALKED TO HIM THE OTHER DAY!!!”

I can’t accept what my parents told me, because we’ve been talking for several days! It’s impossible that he’s dead!

“NO!!!!”- Mary Ann

I continued screaming while crying so hard, I can’t believe it, this is not true.

“CARL!!!! PLEASE!!! THIS IS NOT TRUE!!!!!”- Mary Ann

“WWA!!!!!!”