Chapter 3: Cold Blooded
2015 February 2 - 07.00 A.M - School.
A week has passed since I started school again, and to be honest my life is better now. I was not bullied anymore, my scores got higher and I don't have to deal with my dad at home. On the other hand my classmates has been calling me names, cold, emotionless, unsympathetic, sometimes they would ask me 'Don't you have any heart?' Of course I would just answer no, but they never took it literally, they thought I was just trying to get on their nerves.
2015 February 2 - 07.30 A.M - School.
The school bell rings again, it sounds the same as always, but for some reason, now it's different in some way.
"Hisako! Good mor... eh, Hisako, are you feeling alright?"
That same question again, why was she asking me that again?
"Tomomi, You don't have to worry about me all the time you know"
"Yeah, but, you look pale"
"Pale?"
She walks up to me and grab my hand, I can feel the warmth of her hand, it was warmer than usual.
"Eh! Your hand... your hand feels like it's freezing, I think you should go to the nurse's office"
"No, don't worry, I'm fine, I'm feeling healthy as usual"
"Then how come you're freezing? There's no way you're fine"
"Stop worrying too much, i'm...."
"Mr.Joe, Hisako is looking pale, I think she's sick, I'm gonna take her to the nurse's office"
"Oh... okay, just be sure to come back quick after your done"
"Ok, come on!"
She grabbed my hand and dragged me to the nurse's office, I have no choice but to let her do it.
2015 February 2 - 08.00 A.M - The nurse's office.
Tomomi opened the door to the nurse office, as we entered, I... felt warm, the sunlight shining through the window, it felt warmer than before. The nurse looked at us and asked us
"What's wrong?"
"I think my friend here is not feeling well"
"Oh my, I think you're right, she looks pale, come, lay down on the bed here, let me do a quick check up"
"I'm goin back to class, if you are sick, make sure you get some rest or go see a doctor ok"
"All right, I'll do that"
"Then see ya later"
The nurse performed a standard check up for sick student, I can feel her warm hand as she was diagnosing me.
"Uhm, by any case, do you have anemia?"
"No"
"Hmm... do you have any kind of heart condition or a weak heart?"
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As I heard that question, I hesitated to answer.
"No, but why do you ask?"
"Well, it's just that, when I diagnosed you, I couldn't feel any heartbeat, I thought maybe you have a weak heart, it might be causing your blood to not circulate properly"
"I don't think I have any kind of heart condition, besides, I feel fine"
"Oh..., but I you should go home early and go see a doctor just in case"
"Then I'll do that"
"Should I call your parents to pick you up?"
"No need, I can walk home myself"
"Well, uhm... be careful then"
2015 February 2 - 10.00 A.M - On the way home.
I told tomomi I was going home early and gonna see a doctor. On the way home I thought about what the nurse had said, 'I couldn't feel any heartbeat' I already know the reason behind that.
The road, the sky, the sounds, all of it feels different, right now the world feels different from what it used to to be, I don't know what it is, it's just different somehow.
2015 February 2 - 11.00 A.M - Home.
"I'm home"
"Eh, why are you home early?"
"The nurse said I might be sick, so she told me to go home early"
"Then you should get some rest, I'll bring you something to drink later"
"Ok... hey mom"
"Yes honey?"
"Shouldn't I go and see a doctor"
"NO!"
Just as my mom said that, her face turned to a worrying look.
"I think you should just get some rest, I...I'm sure you'll get better tomorrow"
"Ok then"
As I walked up the stairs I can see my mom scared face, she was afraid... afraid of what?
2015 February 2 - 12.00 A.M - My room.
I lay down on my bed and started thinking about the events today.
Why did my body turned pale and cold?
Why now?
Why was my mom scared of me seeing a doctor?
Is it because she knows about what happened to me, or is it something else? She was hiding something.
Everything is changing, nothing was the same anymore, the world feels different to me.
Different... no... it wasn't that it felt different.
I just felt Nothing.
The place where my heart should be.
It is now hollow.
I was becoming less and less human.
Am I alive?
2015 February 2 - 01.00 P.M - My room.
Today...
I felt Empty.