《蠊说》杨沙

1、X fell asleep

　　X was waiting for the water to boil. She stared at the blue flame and listened to the low noise of the pot. T who was watching TV exclaimed suddenly, \"look!\" X heard a strange noise of scratching. Through the window in the alley below, a rush of huge roach was squeezing in. Screaming began to fill the stairs and rooms, X didn\'t hesitate to pour all the boiled water down to their shining heads. The things separated and rubbed their heads fiercely. Then, one of them directly flew at X, s*mashing the window at a blink. X woke up in a great shock.
　　She sat up and cried. There was no one in the living room, all the same. T who would have come and say soft words to comfort her had disappeared. Everyone in this building had left. And the city was also empty. Maybe the whole world had run out of men.
　　It was hard to figure out this strange phenomenon. But perhaps it wasn\'t because of the flood of roach. The calendar went on by its own way after the tragic day when the disaster of roach burst in this town she lived. She was having a nap in her bedroom after a quarrel with T. There she lay, hearing about the news from the broadcast. Strange enough that they didn\'t really have a radio. She tried to rise at the shocking news and wanted to tell T to check the windows shut. But she fainted, or to say, woke up and find T wasn\'t at home at all. Luckily the disaster looked like a dream. But in this reality, everyone was nowhere to be found. And when she slept, she would go back to the house with T but also a biohazard.
　　According to the presence of T and other people, the one without human must be the real dream. However, how feeble she became. That unpredictable coma and faint at any moment were really not her style.
　　Even this is a dream, X still decided to explore a little. Anyway, this seemed a dream continued. Besides, she can clearly feel hungry. So she headed for the supermarket. It was indeed a legend. Finally she put some cash on the checkout desk and left with her vegetables and meat.
　　After a brief meal, she waited for her waking. But the dream was too long for her to stay in trance. She started to get tired sitting in vain. She climbed into bed and waited for her day to come. Soon she was there, standing and watching T moaning in pain, a deep cut on his back. She cried in surprise and bent down to help him with the medicine. \"Who hurt you?\" She asked softly. \"Don\'t mention it.\" He seemed quite morose. After cleaning the injury with alcohol and covering it with bandages, they sat hugging each other. \"How did the roach do?\" \"It could be worse, but they just were stopped by the iron front door understairs.\" \"I thought you were cut. Don\'t go down fighting them, please. We must find another way.\" \"No, I wouldn\'t.\" \"I love you T, from the first to the last of my life.\" \"Well, why say so. Since we are actually...\" \"I...I\'m sorry. And you\'re still my teacher. We cannot be that way……\" X felt embarrassed and loosened T a bit. They sat shoulder to shoulder. \"I too feel so sorry, I shouldn\'t have taken you home that you should be with family now.\" \"You know I live alone. But I indeed shouldn\'t have asked you that way, we are teacher and student. I should at least waited until the past of this semester. And earlier, perhaps I shouldn\'t have fainted before your car.\" \"Doesn\'t matter now. It\'s good that I didn\'t take you to the hospital. Here I can at least protect you somehow. And they say the roaches started in the hospital.\" \"How come? Does hospital ever have such insects?\" \"Not sure. Maybe the patients who ate in bed dropped their food so often that these roaches grew fast.\" \"Haha, that\'s a swelling scene!\" X laughed, but as she laughed, she began to feel uncomfortable again. She couldn\'t feel better even T caught her in his arms as she fell.