Angel In Disguise (chp.7)

Angel In Disguise
CHAPTER 7 ( Final Chapter)

There was a day when I was awakened by a terrible dream of Strify in the middle of the night. It was like a nightmare for me to face Strify’s last goodbye in that dream. I woke up shockingly and the word ‘Panic’ seemed to be written all over my face since I couldn’t see Strify anywhere in my room because usually he would sit on a chair near my desk watching me sleep like he was my guardian or something but he wasn’t there when I woke myself up from the nightmare.
“Strify! Strify! Where are you? Strify!” I called his name for a few times. There was no answer, just silence in my room.
“Strify! Strify!” I shouted his name panically.
“Hey babe, I’m right here, okay? Just couldn’t stop from checking myself in the mirror.” He joked.
“Why would you do that?” I said to him and started to cry.
“Babe, what’s wrong?” Strify came close to me, looking worried to have seen me cried.
“I thought you were gone, just now. I had this terrible nightmare of you, letting out your last breath.” I explained.
“It’s just a dream, Liena. Look, I’m still here aren’t I? You can still see me. Now don’t cry, go back to sleep.”
I pulled my blanket and calmed myself down by lying down back on my bed.
“That’s my girl.” Strify said towards my actions and headed his way to the chair on my desk.
“Strify, can you lay down next to me?” I asked him a favor.
“But Liena, you know you can’t feel anything.”
“I know. I just need you close. I don’t wanna risk of losing you again even though you’re only gonna go to the bathroom to check yourself out, Mr.Vain, please.”
Strify let out his ever so charming laugh and said, “Sure, my dear. Anything for you.” He then, climbed on my bed and lay down next to me. I faced him while he was next to me.
“I know you’re one hot soul, Strify but do you had to go in front of the mirror?”
“Babe, this is me. I’m Mr.Vain remember?”
“Well, you don’t need a mirror for I can be your mirror and to tell you the truth, I’m a very honest mirror. I can tell that you’re hot like in every second.”
“That’s awesome, babe.”
“Promise me, you won’t leave me again?”
“I promise, I won’t leave you, Liena. Forever! Starting from this moment, I will stick on you like a strong glue, okay?”
“Okay.”
Strify gave me his gorgeous side smile while stroking my face gently but of course, I couldn’t feel anything when our skin touches. Although my touch receptors suddenly sent some nerve impulses to my brain making me actually feel his touch at that one cold night. It was like a miracle. I leaned close to Strify so that he could put me under his arms. He wrapped his arms around me and amazingly, I could feel as if that someone was cuddling me while I was sleeping. It was a night to remember in my life. Miracles do happen!

The next morning, I woke up and found Strify still lying beside me. His eyes remained shut as he pretended to sleep.
“Strify, you can open your eyes now, I’m awake.”
“Oh Liena, Good Morning, Sunshine! I felt a bit tired, just now. So I decided to rest my eyes for a sec.”
“You felt tired? That’s weird. Didn’t expect that from a flying soul..”
“Well, I’m not kidding. I still feel tired now.”
The ghostly figured Strify went blurry and then back to normal and blurred again, kept repeating over and over again, all of the sudden.
“Liena, what’s happening to me?”
“I think we need to go to the hospital, A.S.A.P!” I jumped out from my bed and went straight to change, while giving Yu a call.
“Yu, Hospital now!” I said to Yu once he answered my call with a ‘hallo’. “Stay with me, Strify.”
“I’m dying, am I?” He asked me with his ever sad tone of voice.
I wouldn’t dare to say ‘Yes’ nor as I wouldn’t dare to say ‘No’. I just ignored him and wiped my tears off my face.
“Liena, I’m dying right?” Strify yelled at me.
“No!” I lied. “Look, we just need to go to the hospital now, okay.”
I rushed out from the car as soon as Yu parked his car on the parking lot provided at the hospital.
“Woo..slow down, babe!”
“You don’t understand, your friend is dying, Yu!”
“Why didn’t you tell me earlier? Come on.”
We both ran as fast as we could until we entered Room 21 where Strify was located.
“Strify!” I went beside his bed and the machine showed his condition was unstable at that very moment.
“I’m gonna call the doctor!” Yu left the room, immediately to call the doctor.
“Strify, I’m right here. Don’t go, yet.” I started to cry. “Don’t make yourself fade away.” I said as my eyes were seeing the vision of the ghostly Strify started to fade.
“I can’t. Goodbye, my love. I’ll always be with you forever!”
“Don’t say that, I love you!” I gave the real Strify my kiss and guess what? I felt like he kissed me back . I went static after that judging by the fact that his beautiful blue eyes were wide open. “Strify, you’re awake!?” I immediately pulled him to give my soft hug.

As I was hugging him, he softly whispered at me the three most beautiful German words that I’ve ever heard which was “Ich liebe dich.” I couldn’t understand a thing. So, I just ignored it and kept hugging him tight to show how happy was I that he finally has awaken from his long sleep. But then, after a few seconds, I felt strange because I couldn’t feel or hear any heartbeat from him.
I stopped whatever I was doing to face him eye to eye. It was too late, his eyes were shut and the machine eventually showed nothing but a straight flat line, which means Strify is dead. “Strify! Strify! Say something! Strify!” I realized that he was alive just for a few seconds to say his last words to me which made me cry out loud. He was taken away forever.

Yu, a doctor and two nurses came in, afterwards. Well, of course they simply couldn’t do anything now. Strify was gone, gone from this world. Yu grabbed me and gave me a hug as the doctor confirmed Strify’s death and saw me crying.
“Yu, he’s gone! Strify’s gone!” I sobbed.
“I know, Liena...” Yu was trying to calm me down by stroking my back.
“He was awake for like a second ago and then he’s gone.”
“What? Really?”
“Yeah, after I kissed him, he whispered into my ears ‘Ich liebe dich’ while I was hugging him because I thought he will stay awake.”
“’Ich liebe dich’? Those are his last words to you?”
“Yeah, but I don’t know what it means, Yu.”
“Tell me, what are the words that he literally haven’t said to you before?”
“I love you.” I cried even more when I cracked the mystery behind those beautiful German words coming out from Strify’s mouth for the last time.


Days after days, weeks after weeks has passed and I finally learnt how to accept Strify’s death with the help of Yu, It was the right time, I guess, I was about to leave Berlin since dad had another job offer. As promised, Yu has been taking care of me very well since the day Strify blew out his final breath. Yu was making sure I would not kill myself for love, just to be with Strify. He did a very good job, indeed. It was so hard for me to leave Berlin because I had a memorable history there. I visited the graveyard for the last time to wish my last goodbye to my love, Strify, before I left and I didn’t have in mind when will I step my feet in Berlin again. I forced myself to let my past with Strify be one of my precious memories so that I could move on with my life. Then again, I believed Strify will always be with me wherever I go because he has clearly left a special mark, not just on my heart but on my skin too. Whenever I feel like I’m missing him, I just set my eyes on the nicely carved tattoo of ‘AS’ on my right wrist and the name Andreas Salvatore will come straight to my mind and so as his heavenly gorgeous looking face that I could never forget!

THE END