After breaking down at the bus stop,they decided to go somewhere quiet where they can talk,
The confusion makes their head aches as much as hitting a wall a million times.
"But how come we remember or know each other?" Ash finally asked,it took alot of courage for him to finally break the silence they've been sharing for the pat 15 minutes since they've sat down at a cafe,
"I don't know,and how can't we remember what happened?" Jacxon asked back,everything happened so quickly that they couldn't catch up, Asher explained to him what happened this morning,all the details and the 3s and stuff.
"So i woke up by my mom screaming at me,i guess that was a hallucination?, and then i got the parcel i ordered for my birthday" Ash starts "When's your birthday?" Jacxon interrupts,Ash tried shutting him off with his eyes but it was no use "today,18" he replied coldly he continued talking about howhe put the wall paper at ghe wall and at the meantime Jacxon orders cake for them, he talked about all the 3s he noticed this morning,and then they both got personal and they started talking about how Leena was before she died, they both cried while talking aboug their parents, Ash couldn't believe it,he had flashbacks of the day of his mom's funeral,the day his dad died,he was crying so hard that the waitress had to give them extra tissues, Jacxon talked about how he misses his parents and how he would've been a better person if they were with him a little longer.
The 2 lost their loved ones and dreamt about them being alive, no one can imagine how they might've felt when they woke up from a beautiful dream,the feeling of loosing something big from you,something that's been with you all your life,the thought of having to move on broke them,the thought of having to live the rest of their lives without them.....
"We're on our own now.." Jacxon says finally breaking the silence,they're now sitting in a bench near the cafe they just got kicked out from.
"I want to die" Ash breathes,Jacxon quickly turned his head to see Ash crying while holding his phone,he saw his parent's tombstones,Jacxon tried to comfort him by patting his shoulder but Ash needed more,he hugged Jacxon and cried on his shoulder, Jacxon felt something on his chest, like a stab,it hurt,for some reason having someine crying on your shoulder hurts as much as going through it alone,he felt like he had to hug Asher back,so he did, he felt a little relieved that Ash finally opened up to him.
"It's almost lunch,do you want to eat?"Jacxon asked when Asher finally calmed down,feeling more relieved,they got up as Jacxon grabs asher's bag,
After countless of talks about what happened,after countless of breakdowns of the 2, they're still willing to hope that all of this will just be a joke or maybe they're just having a nightmare, they talked about their relationshipw with their lost loved ones, Asher talked about how he wanted his room to look like.....
Hours past and the 2 finally calmed down,they decided to skip all their classes and think about stuff,although they have no idea about what's going on,they just chose to accept it,that they're gone.
"Well,i should go now" Ash says as he stands up and grab his stuff,theyve been sitting in the field till 6pm,talking about life, "can i,uhh have you address? Incase something happens?" Jacxon finally grabs the opportunity to ask.
Asher gave him his number and his address and went home not even caring wether he sees tripple 3s on the road or wether he sees that car again,it was all just a dream.
He went inside feeling empty,the thought of him being alone in the house,he glances at the walls, he takes a picture frame from the fireplace, it's a picture of his parents on their wedding ,her mom was wearing a beautiful shiny dress while his dad wore a fancy white suit, they got married somewhere in Davao Philippines because that's where they met each other.
He moved back, feeling hurt, he stumbles into one of the picture frames ,he went down to pick it up but instead of seeing a picture of his parents, he saw a black picture instead, he tried to examine the picture, he sat down on the floor and opens the frame, behins the balck picture he saw a card "sleep" it says, he got confused and tried to look for clues on the black frame,he tries looking it through the light in the living room,he tried using the light to see a reflection and it did, he learned this things when he joined a camp where they searched stuff like how sherlock holmes would, he tried the reflection technique and saw "3" written on the matte black frame, "sleep,3" he mumbles, "sleep at 3" hw exclaimed standing up,he looked at the clock and saw that it's already 2:20am, he didn't know what happened ,he's pretty sure he just arrived a few minutes ago at 6:20pm, he looked at the time on his screen and it's still 2:20am, he didn't question what's happening since he already have a doubt about his reality, he even thinks that he's dead and he's a ghost now and this...whatever this is, is just his mission so he can cross the bridge to the after life.
He went in his room ignoring the faint feeling of acid in his stomach because his last meal was the lunch he had with Jacxon.
He looked at the time and it's already 2:40am, "wow this time is fast"he says, he quickly took a short shower and changed into his sleeping clothes,he wanted to put the wallpaper first but the time is ticking.
2:59am
He went to sleep....and everything was foggy..