Fix You

Fix You: Chapter 12

Artemis

Hindi ko alam kung paanong nakatulog pa ako. I cannot fathom why would I over think about something or rather someone that I wasn't supposed to be minding off.

Because of that, I overslept.

Hindi ko na matandaan kung kailan ang huling beses na nahuli ako ng gising. Kahit inuumaga ako dati palagi sa trabaho ay automatic na gumigising ako ng alas singko ng umaga. Pero alas siyete na at nakahiga pa rin ako sa kama.

Iniisip ko kung ano ang gagawin ko ngayong araw at sa mga susunod pa. Simula noong makagraduate mula sa academy ay walang araw na lumiban ako sa trabaho. I was so busy that even on holidays and my supposed to be rest day, I was either still working at my office doing paper works, attending to court appearances or field investigating.

Basically, my whole life revolved around work and now that I don't have to go to work, I have nothing to do.

Tumayo ako ng kama para simulan na ang araw ko. I took a quick bath and wore my house clothes. Napabuntong hininga pa ako nang makita ko ang hilera ng plantsadong uniporme ko. I also noticed when I scanned my closet that I basically own just a bunch of white t-shirts and uniform for clothes.

Which gave me the idea of what to do today. Shop some clothes.

Nagpalit ako ng damit at nagsuot ng itim na plain fitted t-shirt, dahil bukod sa puting t-shirt ay itim na damit na lamang ang ibang kulay na makikita sa closet ko. Pinarisan ko ito ng itim ring maong na pantalon.

Pababa na ako ng hagdanan ay kaagad kong napansing mayroong kakaiba sa bahay. Kaagad akong tumakbo sa kusina dahil may naamoy akong nasusunog na pagkain.

When I reached the kitchen, I wasn't totally wrong because I saw something was cooking at my stove. Although the food wasn't burned, someone's cooking pancakes at my kitchen.

Nang lingunin ko ang lamesa ay may mga naka hapag nang ibang pagkain. May fried rice, bacon, ham, itlog at hotdogs. May freshly squeezed orange juice at mayroon ding mushroom soup.

Nakaagaw din ng pansin ko ang isang basket na puno ng prutas. It's excessive presence can't go unnoticed. It will just probably just rot before I'd even consume them completely.

Nakatulala akong nakatitig sa mga pagkaing nakahapag nang pumasok mula sa backdoor ng kusina ang mukhang hindi ko inaasahang makikita ko pa.

"What are you still doing here?"

He just casually walked to my kitchen, went straight to the pancakes that he was cooking, flipped it to the plate then went back to the table before pulling back a chair, gestured me to sit down. Natigilan sya nang makita nya ng mabuti ang suot ko, he even lingered his gaze at my hand that was holding my leather jacket.

"I figured that you might need a companion since..."

He trailed off before his eyes went off my face, looked at my shoulder.

"Well, you're injured. And what happened yesterday might happen again and I don't want that."

Napabuntong hininga ako. This doctor must've lost his mind.

"Paano naman ako? What about what I want? I want my privacy back and I can't have it back if you'll just barge into my house do whatever you want then stay however you want."

"Look, I was doing this for myself." He explained in a sighing manner.

Kinunutan ko sya ng noo dahil sa sinagot nya sa akin. Confirmed, he is insane.

Lumapit sya sa akin bago marahang hinawakan ang pulsuhan ko at hinila ako papunta sa dining table.

"I can't stand it when my patient is not getting better when I know I can do something for them." He then continued.