If Only Queen Remained Silent

You are nothing but a drop of water in an ocean that extends itself to the depths of the world.• • •THE ROOM was dim, the dead silence illuminating. At the center of the grandeur place stands a woman adorn in a white simple dress.Her hair was a flowing black river with eyes that seemed to have lost their colors because of the reoccurring thunderstorm and pale, grayish lips as though they had been a living corpse.I bit my lip at the emergence of heavy panting. The sound of a beast huffing as though it was devouring its prey.In an instance, I see myself waking up from a terrifying dream.I let out a deep sigh, buds of sweat pouring down my forehead."Nothing . . . it was nothing but a bad dream," I reassure myself. I could feel my heart racing, my lungs out of breath and my pillow wet from my sweat.I look at the four corners of the room and there I am, still lying on comfortable linen with white soft covers and two lamps illuminating the light. I get up from the other side of the

DURING my stay in Bright's condominium, I have gotten used to many interactions throughout the place. I guess it was inevitable for me to think that I could avoid encountering Sam when he was just a few feet away from where I was. During those times I saw him in the hallway, we would only have short conversations, and if not, we would just plainly ignore each other. It's not like we're friends or anything, anyway. Plus, the two of us have no topics to talk about. Amanda continues to deliver food through the door every other day, and, most of the time, she asks the same man to bring it to my doorstep. "Here's the freshly baked macarons, my grandma baked." Those were the immediate words I heard the moment I opened the door to the sound of his knock. "Yes, thank you," I shortly commented, and then grabbed the bag of pastry."You like sweets, don't you?" Sam immediately adds, which makes me raise one of my eyebrows. "And?" I ask, crossing my arms in front of her. I probably got used

THE SKY is painted sky blue with flying white cotton clouds that engulf the background. Around the area of the vast park, you can easily distinguish the people who are coming back and forth with desserts and different things in their hands.My eyes gazed towards the rides that people had come on and tried. There are a lot of them who look excited with gaping smiles flashing through their lips while holding hands with their loved ones.I licked the ice cream in my hand as I waited for Bright to come and pick me up."Did you wait long? The takoyaki stand was booming with customers, and it took me over ten minutes to get here," she said, and then put the food on top of the table."It's fine," I say with a smile.The two of us took a short break after we started off with the shooting game not too long ago. Bright takes me on another trip in which she introduces me to different places, such as today's event, an amusement theme park.She made me wear the same outfit she did; matching tee-sh

"MAMA." A soothing child-like voice started to wring me from my long eternal sleep. The sound of a wailing baby starts to reach out to me, slowly pulling me towards my waking state.When I opened my eyes, for a second there, I thought I saw a vision of the same child in front of me, tears rolling down his small chubby cheeks, staring into my eyes.If only I could move, I would have immediately held him in my arms.In one instance, I suddenly woke up. The baby disappeared in front of me, and what engulfed my view was the same nightmare.My forehead crunches as I see myself lying in a bed with a red satin blanket. It was only a dream.I turned my eyes toward the whole place and took notice of the same face I had started to feel disgusted with.Bright was lying beside me, wearing a see-through night gown, asleep as though she had no care about the world. My eyes then glanced toward myself and took notice of my body.A toned, petite body with scars and bruises all over.I wasn't wearing a

"WHAT ARE you doing? Sit still," Bright ordered me, clicking on a button she had in her pocket.I yelled, biting my lower lip at what she had just done. Before we came out of the stall, Bright managed to slip in something from inside of me."B-Bright," I called out to her, holding onto the hem of her dress. I couldn't explain the feeling inside of me as I felt the device stir my insides."Quiet, Queen," she responded, and immediately pushed the wheelchair towards the lounge of the mall.Damn, she's doing this on purpose.My face was flashing red, my chest gasping for air. At any moment, I'm sure a squeak will come out of my mouth, and I won't be able to keep my voice from moaning.I grasped onto her forearm this time, but coincidentally, a man dressed in a police uniform came towards our direction."Good day, ladies," the policeman says and looks at us two. "May I have a few minutes of your time?" he adds which makes me unable to speak."F . . . fuck," I stutteringly muttered to mysel