Song No.3

MY SONG \= YOUR SIN

Song No.3

Note: Italics words - Thoughts

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The brunette was staring at the scenery outside the window of his room. Having a room on the 3rd floor of the hospital gives him the view of the lake next to the building; he was staring absentmindedly at the crystal clear, blue water of said lake. A book was on his lap and words in blue ink are visible on the open pages. The family of the previous owner’s body left him only an hour ago-after being told by Doctor Haruka that the brunette needs rest-and left the book with him. It was hard to persuade Stella as the woman insisted on staying to take care of her son but soon reluctantly leave when her husband assured her that the brunette young man will be fine and that Haruka  is there to look after him on their behalf. They promised to come back again tomorrow though. Luc sighed and returned his focus back to the book in his hands. He stared at the words written by the twin older brothers. They wrote quite a lot of things in here. I have no idea how the twins were able to write so much in such a short time and if it’s a good or a bad thing for me keep on reading. I kinda…don’t feel like doing that anyway. But then again, I need to know more about the previous owner of this body…and what the hell happened to me. Maybe I’ll get to know how to…uh, return to being dead.

The previous owner of the brunette body is a college guy named Luciano Shepherd or Luc as everyone called him. A stroke of luck living as someone whose name-albeit it’s just nickname-is the same as me. He was born in a family with parents-Arthur as the father and Stella as the mother-and a pair of twin-Joshua and Grayson-older brother. Doctor Haruka is his mother’s brother which makes him his uncle. The five-person family live in a 4-bedroom, 2 stories house. The uncle is married and live with his spouse in an apartment not far from where the hospital Haruka worked at located. The Shepherd is a middle-class family; Arthur is an office worker at a law firm while his wife is a stay-at-home mother. Josh-the older of the twins by 5 seconds-is an engineer and Gray is an accountant. Luc laughed at said fact as he cannot imagine Gray to handle a full-set account; he thinks Gray is way too frivolous to deal with something serious or formal. However, Luc isn’t someone who judge others based on appearance. The facts about the pink-haired man who is actually very good in his line of work despite his playful personality proves that there is more than meets the eyes; physical appearance is not everything. It’s what inside that matters. Oh. The younger twin dyed his hair pink thus its color is different from his older sibling. Not wanting people to mistaken the both of them, he said.

Luc stared at the twins’ scribbles of Luciano’s family and thought of his own. It was clear as day that this family is not as wealthy as Luc’s but for unknown reasons the-former-vocalist prefers Luciano’s. Despite being told that their son and brother lost his memories and can’t remember even a tiny bit details of his life, that didn’t change their opinion of him. He recalled the reactions he got from his own parents when he decided to come out of the closet; the hurls of words directed at him cuts him deep and the wound stay even after he lost his original body. I guess their public image and reputation is more important than their own son. Whatever. Our ties and bonds were cut off on that day. None of their opinion on me matters now anyway. We no longer exist in each other’s world.

Luc switched his focus back at the book in hands. He continued reading and keep on doing so after an hour passed, stopping only because he’s feeling thirsty. He closed the book, placed it on the left side of the bed and moved to a water bottle on the end table at right. He loosened the cap and take a gulp, savoring the coldness of water running down his dry throat. He sighed in satisfaction and closed the bottle's mouth with its cap, putting it back to its original place. He was about to continue his reading when he heard the sound of turned doorknob. The opened door revealed a young woman wearing grey knee-length dress and sunglasses carrying a basket of fruits in her right hand and a cake inside a see-through box in her left.

“Oh, I’m sorry. Were you sleeping?” she asked as the door automatically closed behind her and she made her way towards the bed.

“It’s okay,” Luc shook his head. “I’m just reading.”

“I see. I hope I’m not disturbing you,” she said as she placed both items in hand on the table next to the bed. She took a stool beside the table, placed it next to the bed and sat on it. “I’m sorry for not coming earlier. Club’s camping ended only this morning,” she said as she faced the brunette young man.

“I-is that so…?” Luc replied, flashing a nervous smile. Someone help! I have no idea who this person is! But she looked familiar-very familiar-though… “I…uh…”

The young woman nodded. “Don’t worry. Gray told me everything. It sucks not to be able to remember anything, right?” she chuckled.

Luc scratched his chin with a finger. “A-ahaha. Yeah.” Thank you, Grayson Shepherd! “Well, um, since…you know, I lost my memories and all…mind if I ask who you are?”

“Oh, right. Where are my manners? I’m Eri Springfield. Your cousin,” she answered, extending a hand to the young man in front of her. “The same cousin who went to the family event and informed the others about your disappearance a month ago.”

Luc’s hand halted midair at Eri’s self-introduction. He bit his lower lip, gulping a saliva and reached out the young woman with lustrous, black as onyx stone hair’s hand. “It’s nice to meet you. And…thank you, Eri. Your swift action saved me. I will not be here without your help,” he smiled at her.

God.

“Hey, why so formal? We’re family, right? It’s obvious I’m going to do that,” Eri said as she shook hands with Luc. She released his hand seconds later.

Good Lord.

The young woman tucked a strand of hair behind her left ear. “But Lucy, you seemed…kind of differe—Hey, you’re okay?”

Luc covered his eyes with the hand he used to shake Eri’s. “I…I’m fine,” he replied in choked voice. “Just give me a couple of minutes.”

Eri raised an eyebrow before a crease started to form on her forehead. “Do you want me to call the nurse? Or maybe get Haruka?”

“No! Ah, I mean…I’m okay. Just…hold on. Let me get myself together...Give me a few minutes…”

The room went silent as the young onyx-haired woman stared at the crouching form on the bed in front of her. She was obviously concerned when she saw the shaking of the brunette's shoulder and small sounds of sobs coming from him.

"....Seriously, Lucy," she said as she inched closer to the brunette who was still burying his face in his palms-two hands covered his face now instead of one-and placed a hand on his back. "What happened? Tell me if something is wrong and what can I do to help you," she patted his back slowly.

Ah, ever the gentle, sweet girl I know. You never change even after I'm gone, don't you? But please, don't change. Don't ever change. Still, you wearing that big, covering almost all your face sunglasses is making me unable to recognize you. Heh.

Eri was startled when Luc suddenly pulled her into a hug. The young man no longer care if she saw him crying. Explanation be damned. I missed you. I really, really missed you. I should have gone with you instead of going to that cursed restaurant a month ago. His grip around her tightened as he continued to embrace her, tears flowing freely on her shoulder. Eri, if I told you that I'm Lucas, will you believe me? Will you still be the best friend this love-struck fool ever had? Just like before?

"Lucy?"

"Eri, I— Wait. What happened to your face!?”

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