Until we meet again

I smell the pungent smell of medicine, I can also hear the voices of people who sound very busy, but I can't move my body, nor can I see any light. What happened to me.?

"How long are you going to sleep, honey." The whisper that sounded very clearly made me remember that I was supposed to be on the plane with a foreign man who was acting familiar to me. Aaron...

Am I being kidnapped? I shouldn't easily feel sorry for the fake story. Now, what should I do? what's going on with my body now?

I hate this darkness! I want out, please...

My breath suddenly hitched until my body suddenly became tense as a bright light filled my eyes.

"Oh, my God... you've finally come to your senses!" I still don't know what's going on but I feel someone hugging me now so tightly that the dazzling light finally becomes clearer.

There were many nurses as well as people lying sick around me as well as several doctors examining patients who were groaning in pain.

"Did the plane crash?" I muttered, remembering that the plane I was traveling in earlier shook violently.

"The plane's fine. But you're not. I was so scared."

The voice didn't sound familiar so I quickly pushed the body of the man who had been hugging me.

"Aaron."

"Yeah, it's me. A.a.r.o.n, Aaron!"

"What the hell happened? Why am I here? Weren't we on the plane?" I asked repeatedly but Aaron smiled and touched my hand warmly as if to calm my panic over this situation.

"You fainted."

"How did I pass out? I didn't feel sick before. Are you trying to kidnap me?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't lie? I heard your voice before I passed out before I even woke up!" I'm so angry, I'm sure he's playing with me. I didn't run away to get all this silliness!

"I don't understand what you're saying, but you fainted because your allergy flared up while drinking beer with the plum extract. The doctor said you're allergic to plums and it's been making you faint since two days ago. If you don't believe me, I'll call the doctor."

Aaron didn't wait at all for a response from me as he immediately left me to call the doctor, but this all felt surreal. I've never been allergic to plums, I didn't even know that plums can trigger allergies.

I'm still thinking about when Aaron came back with a doctor with him and the doctor explained about allergies as Aaron described earlier.

"This case is rare and almost unheard of but you have a plum allergy." Said the doctor before finally leaving me and Aaron.

"Listen right? I'm not lying at all let alone trying to kidnap you. If I did intend to kidnap you then I wouldn't have been able to take you to the hospital.?"

"Sorry..." I can only admit my fault for accusing him carelessly even though all of this still feels awkward.

"Where are we now?" I asked because even though Aaron still looked annoyed, he kept me company.

"In Berlin."

"Didn't I faint? Why didn't the plane make an emergency landing?"

"There was a hurricane that kept moving at the nearest airport so the plane couldn't make an emergency landing and there happened to be a doctor who said you were fine. You just passed out and that was so until I rushed you to the hospital. The doctor said there was nothing to worry about but you only wake up now."

"Thank you for taking care of me while I was unconscious."

Looks like I misunderstood, he didn't even take advantage of me when I fainted. "And I'm sorry that I accused you of kidnapping me."

Aaron smiled and caressed my cheek gently. "I was also at fault for giving you a drink you shouldn't have."

"I also never knew that I had a rare allergy."

"But I'm glad that you're okay. Then I can go."

Go? Hey, what's wrong with me? Why do I feel disappointed especially when Aaron gets up and puts on his backpack?

"Take care of yourselves, I hope we can meet again, and sorry I was so fussy on the plane."

He left politely, but why do I feel displeased? I'm alone now.

That's my goal, right? I don't want to depend on anyone anymore, luckily he left because I might depend on him.

"But the touch of his hand was warm." I secretly smiled while touching my cheek.

Oh god, I have to wake up from the images I got from a cheap novel I read a week ago.

"We will meet again and when that happens then it is a sign that we are soulmates." That's more or less a quote from the novel. The situation was almost similar to the one I was in now except that I would never see Aaron again.

Aaron was a traveler, it was certain he wouldn't be in this city for long.

I then decided to get out of the hospital, and to my surprise, Aaron had already paid for my stay at the hospital and even made a deposit because he didn't seem to expect me to opt out today.

"Thank you," I said to the receptionist after receiving the rest of Aaron's deposit and then went to the small apartment I had rented before I ran away. I had already prepared many things to run away including a savings book that my family didn't know about with a very large amount of money.

"Oh shit, I feel like I'm in debt because of that guy," I said while slamming my body and looking at the change from the hospital.

I don't know when we can meet so I keep the money in the middle of my notebook that I always carry with me wherever I go so that when we meet I will immediately return it.

But the few days went by so fast and lonely that sometimes I missed Aaron's nagging chatter, sadly we never saw each other again after that.

I don't know what keeps me imagining if I hadn't been so harsh on him, these lonely days I'd spent would still be the same or maybe I'd go with him as a traveler and live freely.

Even though that was my original goal, to live freely. But I was too cowardly, my family who always used me made me afraid to trust other people.

I still remember when I told Aaron if I couldn't swim and now I'm here at Liepnitzsee lake.

The water looks clear and feels fresh when I dip my finger it makes me feel like swimming but the sky is cloudy, I'm afraid a storm will come because the news on television stations almost every day shows about a storm that continues to move closer to the Berlin area.

I should go but before that, I dipped my hand back into the water intending to wash my face but suddenly my hand felt like something was pulling from the inside to make the body pull, and fall.

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