Suddenly Luke had a fever and he was alone and Luke hadn't had dinner and Luke couldn't swallow. Really bad. Bad luck. Luke curses Julia Chastain for leaving and his decision to let her go. She should have, at least, prepared dinner for him before going to a friend's party.
Damn it _ That was the only complaint and curse that could come out of his mouth smoothly.
Under these conditions, he decided to sleep in the room. Turn on the air conditioner and cover yourself with two thick blankets. This may sound contradictory, but Luke felt quite comfortable after trying it. It was still eight past five when his sweat had soaked the inner duvet. Earlier, Ben had called him and asked if Luke was okay. He also asked to speak to Julia.
"You're doing well at home, right?"
“ Not bad .”
Luke immediately coughed violently after answering the phone. However, Ben didn't seem to think it was such a bad condition so they continued chatting for a minute or two. Ben informs him that he and Ulfa are stuck at the toll booth because the police are chasing a criminal. This made Ben pour out all his complaints and curses on Luke, before Ben asked again.
“…and where is Julia?”
“Owh, erm… what is it?”
"Can I talk to him?"
Well, let's look for reasons for a moment. If Luke had said that Julia Chastain had left for the party, Ben would have confronted Mr. chastain and make their social relations worse. In the end, Luke said, “ Well, he was just going to the convenience store to… erm… get some snacks and… tampons. You know, it's a girls thing . Ha ha..."
Luckily Ben believed and didn't insist on waiting for Julia to come back, because she wasn't coming back. At the same time, another call comes in that Luke excuses himself from Ben easily.
“Hey Ben. I think I got another call. I think it's from my school friend. I'm going to hang up the phone."
"Okay. Be careful and take care of yourself. They'll be back in about three days."
Luke hung up, then the conversation stopped and just like that Luke started to feel hot and cold running from his feet to his head. Luke rubbed his cold feet and looked back at the phone screen. Found out that the call this time was from the idiot Valentina Miller . Yeah, Luke named him 'Fool Val' on the phone contacts. In fact, when they were still together, Luke gave the name 'Sweety Valentine' on his cell phone. Ha ha… sounds ridiculous, but it is true.
Back on the calls from Valentina Miller , again and again and Luke never gets tired of telling that; Luke is lazy to deal with him. Lazy to contact him so Luke refused the call. This happened about three to four times. Then on the fifth notification, instead of a call, it's a voicemail. It goes like this;
Hi Luke. I haven't seen you at school all day and I heard from Amy that you're in trouble because of Patricia Bowleans. I'm more worried about you, though… yeah, everyone said they saw you and Patricia fighting on the second floor this morning. He also said, Patricia was rushed to the hospital. No wonder I saw an ambulance roaming our school. Erm… that's how it is. I mean , are you all right? You… I mean you… uhm… can tell me if you want. Oh, by the way, can we talk a minute on the phone? One minute is fine too.”
The cheerleaders girl is quite ignorant too. Even though the voice message he sent was quite long and, still, Luke was not interested in responding or giving a response. Let the voicemail inhabit the cell phone trash because Luke deleted the message. Don't forget Luke to turn on airplane mode on his cellphone so no one disturbs him. After all, fifteen minutes later Luke had a really bad fever.
Severe fever and no one to accompany. Very perfect.
Ah… Luke is hungry. But there is only cereal and cold milk in the kitchen. Luke couldn't make pancakes as delicious as Ulfa's. Scrambled eggs sounded delicious, but last time, Luke had burnt them. Cooking pasta also requires time, ingredients, and effort. On the other hand, this fever made Luke's feet very cold as if someone made boots out of ice and put them on his feet. But, hips to chest felt hot like Luke was being boiled in a cauldron at 200oF . Luke was sweating but also shivering. Luke has a headache, but his legs are numb too. His neck felt heavy, but his skin also felt like it was being cut. Luke wished Luke had passed out by now and woke up when Ulfa and Ben were home in three days.
Too bad Luke didn't pass out. Want to swear at the taste. But it seems that Luke is hallucinating because several times Luke hears someone calling his name. Hope it's not a ghost. Luke is scared. Also faint knock on the door. Hopefully it's not some psychopathic clown either. Luke was more scared.
Who knows. Luke's head seemed to be full and Luke started everything in the room growing like a tower. Maybe even, because he was too hallucinating, when Luke scratched his hands under the blanket, he felt thick hairs all over his hands. His mouth and nose were also twitching nonstop. Not to mention, Luke's ears were ringing uncomfortably. It's like there is concrete pressing hard and the noise of the crowd is annoying. God… it's like Luke is in hell. Luke wanted to pass out.
“… Na! Luke…!”
Hear. Call it again. Also a knock on the door.
Excuse me ?! Is anyone in there? Luke?! It's me, Ray. Are you in there?! Hello ?!”
Ah, it turns out Luke wasn't hallucinating. It was Rei's voice. but, why doesn't he just ring the bell instead of having to knock on people's doors at what time… what time is it, huh? Luke forced his eyelids open and blinked at the clock on his bedside table. The next second, Luke grinned as he saw the hands on the clock showing two o'clock in the morning.
two in the morning!
Why did that girl come to his house in the middle of the night?! There could be two possibilities; it was indeed Rei studying drunk or it wasn't Rei but a ghost. Even so, no matter how hard he called or even if someone claiming to be Rei was out there trying to break down the door, in fact Luke still couldn't get out of bed. Even reaching for the AC remote and turning down the temperature is difficult or even getting a cell phone next to the pillow is difficult. Lazy and limp mixed into one. In the end, he just let Rei's figure outside continue to knock on the door and call his name. Because here, in this room, Luke sleeps, being hugged by a blanket and blowing the air conditioner. Facing the window whose curtains he forgot to close, and the last sight Luke saw was the beautiful moon.
The almost full, orange-colored moon is beautiful .
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