A Cute Boy

It was 4 PM and I just got up from my afternoon nap. The school was dull today- the teachers gave a lot of homework and, I’m not looking forward to it. I had 4 hours of tuition today, so I can start working on it after I come back only. I didn’t expect school to become too hectic right after summer vacation. My mind wandered to the beautiful vacation I had. I had a lot of fun playing with my cousins, cycling and watching TV. The sad part of it was doing the holiday assignments during the last two weeks. Well, it was mostly triggered by last-minute panic. Anyways, back to my current problem. Sorry for trailing off.

I got ready and reached tuition at 5 PM. Everyone, usually, waits outside till 5 PM and, we go inside together. However, today even my friends decided to go inside without me making me seem like the latecomer. I walked inside and thanked the gods above when I heard the chattering of my friends which meant the teacher didn’t start the class yet. I went and sat near my best friend where she had generously caught a place for me. She and a few more girls kept giggling away about some cute guy. I was curious so, I asked her who/what they were discussing. She tried to move her eyes towards a particular spot which made it seem like she had an eye spasm. I gave her a confused look and, she whispered in my ear to look to my 10’o clock.

I looked in that direction and there he was, the cutest boy I’ve seen till now excluding the cute ones in anime and movies. My eyebrows furrowed in confusion. I was wondering who transfers in the middle of grade 11. But, I couldn’t take my eyes off of him. I didn’t want to look like a creep. Suddenly, he turned and looked at me as if he could sense the stare. At that moment, I felt extremely awkward for getting caught staring yet I continued to stare at him. Call me weird but there was something that he was trying to hide behind those beautiful eyes. He continued to stare at me probably hoping that someone would finally find the treasure that was hidden deep within in.

Suddenly, I couldn’t hear anything that was happening around me. I felt like only he & I were in that room. My mind was wondering if this was love at first sight. It seems like the Gods were against me today as I heard a sudden whoosh and felt a ghost in front of me. My eyes widened in shock. The ghost took this as a chance and entered into me. I came back to my senses and, quickly looked away. I felt different and heavy. I could feel the ghost settling into me. I had no clue from where the ghost had come. I looked in his direction to see if he felt the same. He seemed better than before and, it looked like the heaviness he was carrying, was no longer there.

I realized I might have unlocked some supernatural force within him while I looked deep into his eyes and I was going to be its new host. I could hear the voice of a ghost in my head and, it said: “You’ll have to make someone search deep within your eyes to make me escape your body.”

That was the last thing I heard before blacking out.

It has been a year and, I’m still hoping that someone will look deadpan into my eyes to help me to remove this ghost from within me. It was pointless explaining about the ghost within me to people because they all gave me the same ‘you’re crazy’ look.

I still remember waking up that day in tuition with worried faces looking at me. I didn’t want to worry anyone so I decided to not talk about it. If you are wondering what happened to the cute guy, don’t even bother asking. I wasn’t curious to talk to him or hear his story. I’ve made a promise to myself and a rule for my friends to never speak of him. I still wonder how he looked so happy that day though he was fostering a ghost within him. Maybe one day, I will be able to accept this and move on with my life instead of looking dead most of the time.

I still hold on to some hope that one day, I will find someone to share the heaviness of this ghosted soul instead of dumping it all on them. So, until that day, I shall wait with patience.