DO YOU HAVE MY PHONE

Birds chirped, flying off a window pane as soon as it was frightened by the white curtains. On an average size bed, Eleanor's beautiful features radiated with the sun beaming slightly through the curtains.

She frowned with a groan and lazily opened her baby blue eyes, her long eye lashes fluttered with a little bit of reluctance to see the light beaming through the curtains. She didn't struggle out of bed as soon as she opened her eyes to scan the surrounding. Her eyes first caught the huge teddy bear at the vicinity, few stickers and frames of hello kitty and barbie the princess.

' Did I travel back in time?'

She thought, hoping that she might have as well travelled back in time when she was still young and naive. In those days when she loved cuddling a plushie to sleep, but could only hold a tattered hand made plushie. Life was hard at the orphanage and she had to rush every morning in order to get some sandwiches, a rare type of breakfast at the old orphanage.

Now that she recalls about that old orphanage,she came to realize that she really hadn't travelled back in time, her body was still thesame, infected with HIV. 

She was still....HIV positive.

Eleanor thought sadly, lifting her delicate hands to look at her slender fingers. It was still her old self, the one who got tricked, betrayed and hit on the wall by her bestie.

Bestie?

Eleanor sneered at such a title that was nothing more but a thorn in heart, with each passing memories that should have been a dazzling light to her cold and dark world. Now it was nothing more but a sour feeling, cutting her heart inch by inch, letting her savour the pains as if it were a sort of glory and an honor.

Eleanor felt like pulling out her heart to see if it actually had some sort of cuts. However, it was only her desperate thoughts rendering her helpless to the cruel reality.

Ten Years, ten years without denial she had been friends with Vivian, but those ten years of friendship was nothing but a worthless meaning to Vivian, while she had treasured it more than her life, the other party probably sneered at her with mockery. Laughing loud at her naivety, yes indeed she had been naive.

Naive to not have realized that the world was far more mysterious and cruel than she had thought and it was her mistake, a mistake that cost her life. Pushing her deeper into an abyss of no return.

As these thoughts forcefully swirled in every inch of her soul and mind like a poisonous gas, the door of the room was finally pushed open. Revealing the face of a girl in her early twenties, she was dressed in a flouncy pink gown, her chestnut hair was styled in a single braid, giving off her youthfulness. A pair of innocent eyes, adorable large velvet eyes which enchanted other's will to protect her. Her face immediately beamed with a smile upon having an eye contact with Eleanor's baby blue eyes.

A smile curled her plumpish lips up for a sincere smile as she didn't waste time to take long strides towards her.

"You're finally awake... You got me worried sick laying lifeless and desolate, but I'm glad you're finally awake... it's really good that you're fine... Tell me if you feel uncomfortable anywhere... Oh right you must be hungry after throwing up so much... should I get you something to eat... what exactly would you like to eat."

In just a few seconds the excited girl had spouted so many in a single breath, causing Eleanor to feel a slight headache. She frowned, but didn't say anything, raising her hand to her brows,she slightly pinch them with her thumb and index finger. 

It wasn't because she felt headache from a hangover, but she just felt that a parrot has been placed in-between her brain as it never ceased.

' Does she never get tired?'

Eleanor thought to herself, giving a deaf ear to the blabbering girl by her side. Yet she just couldn't ignore the shattering voice by her side. She had never been one with several words before, so she simply reprimanded the girl with her voie neither low nor high.

"Oh please cut it,Loli."

There was finally a moment of silence, which barely lasted a few seconds.

"Sorry beauty Ellie, I know you don't talk too much, but I..."

"Loli!", Eleanor reprimanded once again, guessing that the shattering would still take another while to subside.

"Fine, I'll be good, but can you not call me Loli, it Lilian."

"Fine,Loli."

Okay, now Lilian was really speechless, not only were her words treated as air, but she could do nothing but acquiesce to the desires of the campus belle with her expression full of indignance.

Even as such she still couldn't get angry at Eleanor's aloof attitude towards her. They both weren't close to begin with, but she had the privilege to receive guide from the campus genius and each of them was worth it. Her relationship with Eleanor could be said to be that of a senior and junior, though it never went beyond that. Eleanor had always been very kind and considerate towards her. Unlike her friend who always seemed to wear a mask all day. Stuffing her face with cosmetic products and mascara to look prettier than her goddess. 

Lilian always sneered at her as she knew that no matter what Vivian did, whether plastic surgery or makeup, she would never be a match to beauty Ellie. Wether in terms of beauty, popularity, talents or education. Vivian was definitely not her match and everyone had always admired her.

However, things suddenly changed as rumours circulated that beauty Ellie had been infected with HIV. This news caused an uproar on campus and had soon become a trending topic on campus. Those who had been jealous of her fame took it as an opportunity to slander her, saying that she had sold herself for money and ended up with HIV.

'Tsk, I always knew she had a dirty secret,how can they be a perfect someone, absolutely unreasonable.'

' What a pity, such a pretty face, yet a filthy body.'

' Aiyo, are you regretting something, becareful you might be infected if your imagination runs wild.'

' Just a fantasy she's now nothing but a poisonous rose, who dares go close to her?'

' She deserves it, I heard her boyfriend broke up with her.'

' Isn't it normal, James is such an outstanding person, how can he have a filth of girlfriend. He deserves better than that.'

Many other negative comments came flooding from students, most of which had relied on Eleanor to succeed, yet couldn't wait to slander her without an ounce of guilt.

Lilian's fist clenched and she had to bit her lips in order to suppress the urge of cursing the people who kept slandering her beauty Ellie. However, she too much of a coward and could only stump out in anger.

Those words made her so angry that she felt her heart racing at a fast pace, but then, what about her beauty. 

How was she take it?

Lilian wanted to ask, but as she recalled the scene where Eleanor was drowning her pains in alcohol, she, the earlier words were swallowed back,then she stirred at Eleanor curiously,yet with a heart ache. And when she least expected, Eleanor lifted her head and looked straight at her with her baby blue eyes.  Beautiful pair of eyes that could charm anyone, making them unable to look away, yet she to look at it too long.

"Do you have my phone?"

Eleanor suddenly asked without blinking, As if her question was normal, but was it really a normal reaction?

Lilian thought intently.

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