The Gifted One

Chapter 3: The Transfer Student

“Hey, did you hear? A few weeks ago Kliera pulled a woman’s hand towards her, as some random plant vase came falling from an apartment 5 feet high!” whispered a female student “What?! That’s creepy! How did you think she saw that in a flashing moment?!” the other girl replied, “Right! That’s why you mustn’t get involve with her!” the other one agreed in a low voice.

“Ugh! That’s enough of that. By the way, have you heard? There’s a transfer student today! I heard he’s so handsome!” the other one said excitedly. The other asked with excitement “Really?! In our class?!” “Yes, At. Our. Class!” the other replied.

[I can hear you, you know? What’s wrong with helping a woman that will have a dumb death from a falling pot? Sheeesh! …... Wait..? A transfer student?! There wasn’t like that at my vision last night…? Oh well, it had nothing to with me.] Kliera thought as she was seating quietly at her seat at the back one seat away from the window. [Now that I think about it, I had another vision that there is going to be a robbery incident that may happen near my workplace today this afternoon. Why is there a robbery in broad daylight?! How should I describe this…? How… Dumb…? Haha, Let’s not think about it.] she thought slowly shaking her head.

DING! DING! DING!

“Now, now. Settle down class, we have a transfer student with us today. Introduce yourself.” The teacher said entering the classroom with a student behind his back. “Hello, my name is Phyran Hieran. Please treat me nicely.” He said in a monotone voice. “Now that the introduction is finish, your seat is over there near the window at the back corner. Kliera, take care of your new seatmate. Now, settle down to your seats, we’ll start our class.” The teacher said glanced at the class with a stern look. Kliera was surprised to hear that and also felt burdened, but she just thought one thing [Well, he will know the rumors about me and get creeped out anyway, he’ll start avoiding me eventually like the others did.]

“Ugh! Why beside her?!” the girls started to whisper with a malicious look on their face, “Hmhp! Once he knows that, that girl is creepy he will eventually avoid her.” The other girl whispered back, while the others nodded in agreement. “Well, they kept whispering bad things about you but you just ignored them, aren’t you quite strong yourself, Kliera Lanne?” Phyran whispered at her with a grin on his face.

Kliera was shocked as to why he knew her full name “How did you-“ “Shush! The class is starting, so keep quiet. Let’s talk later if you’re that curious about me, ok?” he said while smirking. [Disgusting! Who would be curious about this jerk?!] she thought with disgust all over her face.

[Lunch break]

[Ah… Those girls might be the ones that are curious about him.] she thought blankly as they are approaching Phyran while blushing. But, they are ignored by him without looking at them even, and only glanced at Kliera with a serious look on his face. They started to whisper about bad things about her again as to why Phyran only looked at her and ignores them, “Look at her, she must be enjoying the attention of the transfer student.” The other girl whispered with disgust “Right! He will just get tired of her after playing a while with her!” the other one agreed. Being uncomfortable of being stared at, Kliera suddenly stood up and walked out to eat her lunch in peace on the rooftop. As she was able to breathe and is relaxing her time on the rooftop, she heard a mocking tone of voice; “How lonely. So you’re a loner, hah?” it was Phyran that followed her at the rooftop. “Why did you follow me here? Let me tell you one thing; Don’t bother me if you just want to laugh at me for being an outcast. Do you want to know why they are like this towards me?” She said smiling bitterly looking directly at his eyes.

“A Gifted One” he blurted out in a calm voice. Kliera was confused of what he just said “Hah…?”, “It seemed like you don’t know, You are a Gifted One, Like me.” He said suddenly grabbing Kliera’s hand. Still confused and couldn’t process what he was talking about “L-Like you??? What do you mean by that?!” As Phyran stared at her eyes seriously, he then told her in a calm tone; “You’re a Gifted One, you must know yourself that you would have “Visions” before there is an accident that may happen around you.”

Kliera was surprised as to why he knew about it, she then tried to make excuses that she can see “Visions” “Wh-what are you talking about?” she said avoiding his gaze. As he stepped closer to Kliera, she also stepped back “Then, why can’t you look at me directly in my eyes? You’re quite a bad liar, you know?” he asked pressuring her. As Kliera stepped back once more she could feel the cold wall behind her back. [H-He cornered me!!] she thought only realizing it. He smirked and whispered in her ear; “Now that your cornered, why don’t you tell me the truth now? Kliera?”

“Get your disgusting face away from me.” She said furiously pushing his body away, “OK, OK.” He said stepping back. “But, do you seriously not know that you’re a Gifted One?” he asked. Kliera got pissed and yelled “I said I don’t know what “Gifted” this, “Gifted” that your talking about!!”

Phyran was surprised by her yelling but still answered her calmly, “A Gifted One is a person who has an ability. For example, your “Vision” that’s a gift.” “Right, about that… How did you know that I have “Vision”?” she asked furrowing her eyebrows, doubting him. “Well, I have been researching about the accident that happened 10 years ago.” Kliera was confused about ‘what’ accident his talking about, “Some witnesses say, that there was a child who kept pestering her friend trying not to cross the road but still crossed and got ran over by a car that was running in quite a speed. After, seeing the girl who tried to stop her friend, ran over to her holding her barely breathing body. After a strong breeze passed by, the girl who got ran over had her severe injuries recovered as if nothing happened to her. And the girl that tried to stop her friends from crossing, and the one that held the girl’s body, was You, Kliera Lanne.” He added as if he was reading a report.

“You… How did you know about that..? That’s right… it was me! I was the one that can’t stop her from getting in danger!” she yelled crying, blaming herself of what happened.

“But you still healed her, though. You should stop blaming yourself cuz’ you saved her puny life. The one who was more traumatized of what happened is you, because it all happened in front of your very eyes and not just that, they also began to think your some unknown being.” He said looking at her with an expressionless face while shrugging it off.

Kliera was speechless that it was the very first time someone told her those words, not of comfort, nor a lie but, a fact of what had happened.

DING! DING! DING!

The sudden bell made Kliera came back to reality. “We should get going now, the class is about to start.” She said with a smile as she walk away to go to her next class. Phyran was looking at her back as she walks away and muttered; “She can also smile like that? That incident… Might be the one that made her bitter.”