Head Title: As Time Freezes
Drabble #003: Ghost?
Music: "Terra" by Nobuo Uematsu [Final Fantasy IX]
Pairings: Natsume & Mikan
© Anime/Manga: Higuchi Tachibana
© Plot: SonyaShulen
Dedication: All my reviewers!
I looked swiftly to my left and right only to find that I'm left alone in this huge school. Screw Jinno for doing such things to me. I swear it wasn't I that threw that paper ball at him. I was pretty sure that he's just picking on me. He had never stopped giving me detentions ever since the day I accidentally tripped his daughter and she nearly got into a car accident. Oh wait? Why am I blaming myself again? His daughter was the one that wanted to push me into the busy road but she slipped herself when she didn't see the banana peel on the ground!
I tied my jacket around my waist and gathered all my books from the desk into my back and exited the detention hall and made my way out of school – hoping really hard that I would bump into somebody.
It was so quiet and serene and it was when I heard a soft whisper in my ear; 'I'm lonely…,'
I shrieked out loud! My voice echoed through the corridors and hallways. I walked quickly towards the exit but the chill on my spine wouldn't stop tingling. The voice was repeating itself again and again in my head and I had Goosebumps.
When I was near the exit, I heard a small cry from a corner. I looked to my back and saw a raven-haired boy curled up in a corner – his hands covering his face in between his knees. Judging by the size of him, he looked like an elementary school student. He wore a black and white striped t-shirt and pants – which made him look like one of those jailbirds.
I walked towards that boy and I could hear him sniffing. He stopped crying in an instant when I bent down and placed a hand onto his shoulder. He brought his head up onto the same level of my eyes and I practically gasped out loud. This boy is really beautiful. He had these crimson red eyes which matched his pale skin and dark hair perfectly. Both of us didn't move – instead, we stood there staring at each other.
I broke the silence by saying, "Are you alright?"
He blinked and said in a really soft voice, "I'm…I'm lonely." When he said that, I was torn between the want to run away or to stay here to comfort the boy. When she said that he was lonely, I recognized that it was the same voice I was running away from in the first place but…how?
"How did you enter the school?" I pressed on and his answer shocked me.
"I…I don't know. I don't remember," he said and looked away from my stare.
I looked at the innocent boy in front of me and sighed. Instead of leaving him behind, I decided to sit next to him instead so he wouldn't feel lonely. Yes – I was brave enough to do so.
"Why don't we start with your name?" I offered the boy and he stared at me.
I stared at him and he stared back at me – looking as though he was wary whether to tell a stranger his name. I gave him an assure look that I was no stranger but a friend that would talk to him.
"Hyuuga Natsume," the boy said and looked away. This boy sure is lonely, but he isn't the sociable type either. I tried finding for another question to ask him.
"Are you lost or something? Where was the last place you were at? Maybe I can help you get back to where you came from," I asked him and he looked at me in an instance. His eyes filled with hope and enthusiasm but a few moments later, his eyes went back dull and he looked as though he was going to cry again.
"I don't remember well on where I came from. All I know is that I was in some kind of hospital before this. My parents took me there and all of a sudden, I'm…here," he said.
A hospital? But there isn't any hospital nearby. Maybe he had run away and accidentally hit his head onto a hard concrete that gave him a partial amnesic.
"Do you remember which hospital you were at?" I asked again and he just shook his head. This was getting tedious. He doesn't even remember where he came from. He claims that he just 'poof-ed' out of thin air and appeared in this school soon after.
A string of silence just went through. I took the time to look at the boy's features. Besides his dark hair and charming eyes, it was obvious on the face that he would be one kind of a guy that would attract any girl with his looks. I brought my hand towards his face and when he saw what I did, he was taken aback and looked quite shaken. I quickly withdrew my hand and muttered, "Sorry."
I huffed and placed my head on my knees and search my head for something to talk to him about. I snapped my head up when I felt a slight chill beside me and when I did, I saw that he was no longer sitting there. He disappeared. I quickly stood up and looked all about me only to find nothing.
It was when I suddenly heard a girl giving out a piercing shriek! The sound of the yell was horrible – horrifying in fact. My heart was pounding ever so hard on my chest and my head kept on telling me to run away. But how could I do that when there's just a girl that yelled like a maniac and also that boy who disappeared like a ghost was here?
I took my bag and with all the courage I managed to muster up, and walked towards the sound of where the shriek came from. When I was closer to the voice, silence greeted me. I was more than terrified now. I slowed down my pace and looked to my left and right; and spotted that boy, again. The boy that I thought had mysteriously disappeared.
I walked closer to the boy and saw red paint beneath his feet with his back facing me. He was holding someone, or more of, biting someone.
I unconsciously gasped out loud and that boy heard me. He dropped the woman - which he held in his arms -onto the floor and faced me – licking the red blood maliciously from his lips. I felt, nauseated and I wanted to puke at the sight I was looking at. His eyes were blazing crimson – as red as the blood that stained the floor.
When I was knocked out from my reverie, I started to sprint. I saw the boy's eyes widened as he saw my action and he yelled to me, "Wait! Don't leave me! I'm lonely," he said without moving from his position.
I was too scared to look back, I ran and ran towards the main door of the school and I could hear the footsteps following behind me. I pushed myself, ignoring the fact that I dropped my bag onto the floor. I just ran!
Yes! I reached the main door and the Sun was still shining brightly. I ran towards the school garden and out of the gate and caught my breath. I looked back towards the school main door and saw that the boy was standing there – looking miserable. I could see him purse his lips and walking back into the building. Well, at least he isn't going to follow me now. But I was still in hysterics.
I couldn't shake away the thought of him with the corpse in his hands. I walked quickly towards my house and shut the door, praying hard that everything was just a dream.
