Episode 16
Jayjay's point of view
Two days have passed...
So much has happened...
Flashback;
I was looking at Tripp, who lay in my arms, covered in blood.
I couldn't do anything... Nothing at all...
At that moment, the door burst open with a loud bang, and Yuri and Angelo entered, each with a gun.
Both were stunned by what they saw.
"Jayjay! Who is this! Why is he covered in blood! Where is this place and why are you here!" Angelo shouted anxiously.
"Angelo! Please... Please... don't ask questions, just help... Tripp is going to die...😭" I cried.
Yuri...
She just looked at me with concern... Tripp didn't seem to matter to her...
Angelo came over and checked Tripp's pulse.
"His pulse is very low... Yuri, bring the car, we need to go to the hospital!"
Yuri was still shocked...
"YURI!" Angelo shouted.
Yuri regained consciousness and quickly left the house.
Angelo embraced Trippi... Blood was dripping from Trippi's hand...
I trembled as I stood up, and then I saw that everything...everything was covered in blood...even I was covered in blood...
Now I understood why Yuri was so shocked...
"Angelo! I brought the car!"
Yuri shouted from outside.
Angelo quickly left the house...
I was about to leave when the note came to mind...
I turned around and the note was on the ground...
I slowly bent down and picked up the paper...
"This is the price of touching something that doesn't belong to you 😈"
...
Who could have written this? Who?
I crumpled the note, put it in my pocket, and left the house.
I sat in the back of the car... Tripp's head was in my lap... in my hands...
"Tripp...almost there...we're almost there...don't worry...I won't let anything happen to you...don't leave me Tripp...don't leave me," I cried softly.
Yuri drove the car very quickly towards the hospital...
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Keifer's Perspective
I have thousands of unanswered questions in my mind...
One of them...
Who is Tripp Palma?
Who is he, and why do we have so much in common?
I'm in love with Jayjay...that's why I did this to Tripp...but...why did it hurt me too when I hit him?
Why did I feel this way...?
I looked at my hands...there were still traces of his blood...
I didn't want to wipe them away...or...something was stopping me...
Now...I'm standing in front of the mirror...looking at myself...or Tripp...
I can't see myself...I see a bloody Tripp staring back...
It doesn't go away...that image doesn't leave my mind...
Why?! Why am I suffering?!
Why do I care about him?!
Why?!
Why?!
Why?!
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Jayjay's Perspective
"Nurse!"
Angelo was anxiously looking for a nurse...
Tripp was almost dead...
About eight nurses ran towards us from the hospital.
They quickly took Trippi inside...
I couldn't stop my tears... everything was blurry...
I was dizzy... my balance... I couldn't maintain my balance...
I started to feel very hot...
Why...?
I couldn't take it anymore and I collapsed...
Someone caught me... But I couldn't see them...
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Yuri's Perspective
What I saw when we went inside felt like a lie...
It wasn't clear who was injured... both were covered in blood... but... Tripp was injured... unconscious... Jayjay was crying over him...
Angelo shouted...
"Jayjay! Who is he! Why is he covered in blood! Where is this place and why are you here!"
Jayjay answered, sobbing...
"Angelo! Please... please... don't ask questions and help... Tripp is going to die!"
Angelo went to him and started tending to him, but I couldn't move...
Everywhere... everywhere... was covered in blood...
Angelo shouted, "YURI!" and I came to my senses...
I quickly left the house and got the car...
Angelo laid Tripp in the back next to Jayjay...
I drove the car at full speed towards the hospital.
When we arrived, Angelo got out and...
"Nurse!" he shouted.
The nurses arrived and took Trippi to the hospital...
I looked at Jayjaye... She didn't seem well... She couldn't stand upright...
Then she lost her balance ... I caught her just as she was about to fall... but... when I looked, she had already lost consciousness...
I picked her up and carried her into the hospital.
"Nurse! Help!"
The nurses came and put Jayjayi in the hospital bed...
Apparently Jayjayi had a fever...
They took care of him... his fever went down... They took him to a hospital room... And... I never let go of his hand while all this was happening...
Even if he's angry at me, I'm in love with him...❤️🩹
Even if he'll never forgive me, I'm in love with him...❤️🩹
No matter what, I'm in love with him...❤️🩹
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Jayjayi's point of view
Again and again, my head was splitting with pain 😫
I couldn't understand where I was...
Seriously... where is this place?
The last thing I remember is taking Tripp to the hospital.
Wait a minute! ... Tripp?!
I forced myself to get up and saw someone by the window...
He was standing... I couldn't see his face... but... his hair... was red...
Yuri...
"What happened to me?"
Yuri turned around.
"Jayjay? You're awake... Are you alright?"
"What happened to me?"
"You had a fever... and... you fainted."
"Tripp? Where is he?"
He paused...
"J-jay—"
"Did something happen?!"
He didn't answer and avoided eye contact.
"YURI! I'M ASKING YOU WHAT HAPPENED! ANSWER ME!"
He still didn't answer...
I pulled out the IV and stood up...
Yuri immediately tried to make me lie down again. But I didn't stop...
Something had happened to Trippe, but he wouldn't say...
"LET GO OF ME!"
"Jayjay, stop!"
Finally, I was free and started running down the corridor with that headache.
Yuri was running after me and almost caught up...😥
I started running at full speed...
Then I saw Angelo...
"Angelo!"
Angelo saw me and was surprised...
"Jayjay?"
I went to him and hid behind him.
"Angelo... Did something happen to Tripp?"
"Jayjay... Come with me," he said and turned around and started walking.
At that moment, Yuri arrived.
I ignored her and followed Angelo.
He led me to a place. At first I didn't understand, but when I looked to the right, I saw a window and behind it... Tripp...
He was covered in devices and was completely white...
"There's Tripp..." Yuri said sadly and calmly.
So that's why he didn't say it...because he didn't want to upset me...because he didn't want my heart to be broken again...
I slowly approached and leaned my hands against the glass, looking at Tripp, and without thinking, tears fell from my eyes...
He wouldn't leave me, would he...like my mother...like my father...
"Jayjay...don't upset yourself...he'll wake up...he's in a coma right now, but...he'll wake up...please don't upset yourself...think good things..." Angelo said.
"And...please, can we talk now? Why were you there? Who is he? And...why was he covered in blood?"
Jayjay...get a grip, girl...he won't leave you...he can't...now go and face the questions...
"Okay. I'll answer them all," I said, my eyes still on Tripp.
I wanted to do this because I had a question too...
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Angelo's point of view
I brought him to an empty hospital room where no one else was, and Yuri came with us; there was no harm in her knowing all this...
Jayjay sat on the hospital bed and waited for me to speak. Yuri sat on the sofa and also waited for me to speak.
"Tell me everything, Jayjay... Who was he? Why was he covered in blood, and what were you doing there at that hour of the night?" I said in a calm tone.
"I'll tell you everything, Angelo, but you'll answer my question first," he said in the same tone.
"Okay, but first tell me everything."
"Okay. That's the friend I was telling you about... Tripp Palma. He joined our class yesterday. He's a really good friend... he's not like the others... let's get back to the topic... We were hanging out with Tripp, then it started raining heavily... their house was the closest, so we went there... then I got a fever and fainted, and then... when I woke up, I saw him on the ground covered in blood... and there was this note next to him..." He pulled a note from his pocket and handed it to me.
I took it and saw that it said...
"This is the price of touching something that doesn't belong to you 😈"
"I don't know... I don't know who did it... I only have a note as proof... but... it's useless..." he said in a sad tone.
Who could have done it? Who could have done this to that boy?
"Now you answer my question..." said Jayjay.
"What question?" Yuri asked before I could.
"How did you know I was there?"
...
What could I say...?
Yuri and I looked at each other...
"Jayjay..." was all I could manage to say.
"Yes? I'm waiting for your answer..." he said.
"Jayjay, we'll tell you, but look... not now, okay? But seriously, we'll tell you everything when the time comes... we promise..." Yuri said in a pleading tone.
I just nodded.
"I hope... I won't have to wait that long..." he said and went outside and closed the door.
After he left, we couldn't say anything...
We were just wondering when the truth would come out...
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Author's point of view
Jayjay didn't eat or drink anything... he didn't even go to school... he just watched Trippi from behind that glass... he neither blinked nor moved... His eyes were only on her...
Tita, Gemma, Angelo, and many others tried to persuade him, but he stubbornly refused... He just waited for Trippi to wake up and... he never wiped the blood from his hands... it was as if... if he wiped it, Trippi would leave him forever... that's how he felt...
Miples, seconds, minutes, and hours passed...
But he was still by Trippi's side...
Tripp was like life to him...
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Trippin's point of view
For the first time...for the first time I woke up with such pain...
It was as if I hadn't been alive for a long time... My eyes slowly opened...
The first thing I heard was the sound of a machine...beeping...
That's when I realized I was in a hospital.
I slowly turned my head and saw Jayjayi looking at me anxiously but also happily from behind a glass...
Then the doctors came in and checked me...
"You're awake, Mr. Palma."
"Y-yes," I could only say.
"How do you feel?"
"Tired...as if I hadn't been alive for a long time..."
"I understand," he said, turning his head and pointing to Jayjayi...
"That girl...I don't know what she is to you, but she never left your side while you were sleeping here...she didn't even blink...whoever she is, she cares about you very much...I wanted to tell you."
W-What?!
Really?
"Anyway...you'll be taken to your room soon...take care of yourself and don't strain yourself...goodbye, Mr. Palma," said the doctor and left.
I looked at Jayjay and a tear fell from my eye...
Jayjay was smiling at me so sincerely...
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Jayjay's point of view
I was waiting for him to wake up again...I was almost going to faint...I hadn't eaten or drunk anything for hours...
My eyes were only on him...only on him...
At that moment, Tripp slowly opened his eyes...I quickly stood up and shouted "Doctor!"
Tripp looked at me...ahhhh! I'd wanted to see those eyes for so long... finally... finally those eyes are looking at me again...
The doctor came into the room and checked on Trippi... he talked to her... about 10 minutes later the doctor left the room...
Tripp looked at me and a tear fell from his eye...
I smiled at him with all my heart...
I wanted to touch him... to give him a big hug... to kiss him...
Wait a minute?!
Am I in love with him?! 😳
The nurses came and took Trippi to the room...
As soon as I entered the room, I ran to Trippi and hugged him tightly... as if I would never see him again...
My tears flowed...
"Jayjay... I missed you so much..." Trippi said almost in a whisper...
"Tripp... I missed you so much... don't ever leave me like this again," I said through my tears.
We parted... he looked at me and wiped away my tears... and... he kissed me...
I didn't say anything and let him...
I'm in love with him... until now I thought I was in love with Keifere... but... Tripp... I'm really in love with him...
We parted without kissing and rested our foreheads against each other...
"Tripp... I need to tell you something..." I said breathlessly.
"Yes, Jayjay..."
"I... I've fallen in love with you... I swore to myself... that I wouldn't love anyone... but... you... you're different... I'm in love with you, Tripp Palma... I'm in love," I said...
"Jayjay... I'm in love with you too... I've never been in love with anyone... anyone... but you're different... I'm in love with you, Jasper Jean Mariano... I'm in love."
"Then... will you be my boyfriend?"
"I've been waiting for this for a long time, jayjay...yes, I will...I'll gladly do it..."
Then we kissed again...we parted shortly after...
After staying with Trippin for a little longer, I left...
The corridor was empty...nobody was there...I was walking slowly...
Then my hand reached into my pocket and I took out the note...
"This is the price of touching something that doesn't belong to you 😈"
If I find out who wrote this and who did this to Trippin...I'll make their life hell...
And...I'll find them...
They'll see what real punishment is...
Just wait and see...😈
The flashback is over...