CHAPTER 2:THE BOY WHO SAID NOTHING
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I didn’t sleep well that night.
No matter how hard I tried, my mind kept going back to him.
His voice.
His warning.
His eyes.
“You shouldn’t be this close to me.”
The way he said it… it didn’t sound like a joke. It didn’t sound like he was trying to be dramatic.
It sounded real.
And that was what scared me the most.
Still… I couldn’t stay away.
The next evening, I found myself walking the same road again.
I told myself it was nothing.
That I was just going out like I normally would.
But deep down, I knew the truth.
I was hoping to see him.
And just like that…
He was there.
Leaning against a wall like he had been waiting.
My heart skipped immediately.
For a second, I thought about turning back. Pretending I didn’t see him.
But my legs didn’t listen.
They carried me forward.
Closer.
Closer.
Until I was standing right in front of him.
“You came back,” he said quietly.
I tried to act normal, but my voice came out softer than I expected.
“You’re the one always showing up.”
A small silence fell between us.
Then, for the first time…
He almost smiled.
Not fully.
Just a little.
And somehow, that made my heart beat even faster.
We started walking again.
Side by side.
Like it was already a habit.
This time, the silence didn’t last long.
“What’s your name?” I asked.
He hesitated.
For a moment, I thought he wouldn’t answer.
“…Daniel,” he finally said.
Daniel.
The name stayed in my head like it belonged there.
“I’m—”
“I know,” he cut in.
I stopped walking.
“What do you mean you know?”
He didn’t look at me.
He just kept walking like he didn’t just say something strange.
“I’ve seen you before,” he added.
My brows frowned.
“That’s not possible. I would remember.”
This time, he stopped.
Slowly, he turned to look at me.
And there it was again.
That look.
Deep.
Unreadable.
“You don’t remember a lot of things,” he said quietly.
A strange feeling settled in my chest.
“What is that supposed to mean?”
He didn’t answer.
Instead, he looked away like he regretted saying it.
We continued walking, but something had changed.
The air felt different.
Heavier.
As we passed a small corner, a loud noise suddenly came from behind us—a metal gate slamming hard.
I flinched.
But Daniel…
He reacted faster than normal.
Too fast.
Before I could even turn properly, he had already stepped in front of me.
Protecting me.
His body tense.
His eyes… different.
For a split second—
They changed.
I froze.
I couldn’t explain what I saw.
But I knew I saw something.
Something that wasn’t normal.
“Did you see that?” I whispered.
He didn’t answer.
Slowly, he relaxed and stepped back.
“It’s nothing,” he said.
Nothing?
That wasn’t nothing.
My heart started racing again, but this time… it wasn’t just because of him.
It was fear.
Confusion.
Curiosity.
All mixed together.
“Daniel…” I called softly.
He looked at me, and just like that, his eyes were normal again.
Or at least… they looked normal.
“You need to stop coming here,” he said.
His voice was more serious now.
Stronger.
“I told you already.”
“Then stop showing up,” I replied.
I don’t even know where that confidence came from.
Maybe I was tired of being confused.
Maybe I just wanted answers.
Or maybe…
I just didn’t want to lose him.
He stared at me for a long moment.
Like he was trying to decide something.
Then he sighed quietly.
“You don’t understand what you’re getting into.”
“Then explain it to me,” I said.
“I can’t.”
“Why?”
“Because if I do…” he paused, his jaw tightening slightly, “…you’ll run.”
Something about that hurt.
“Maybe I won’t.”
He looked at me like he didn’t believe that.
And honestly…
I wasn’t even sure myself.
A cold breeze passed between us, and for a moment, everything went quiet again.
Too quiet.
Then suddenly—
A distant sound echoed.
Low.
Deep.
Almost like a growl.
I felt it more than I heard it.
My body went still.
“What was that?” I asked.
But Daniel was no longer looking at me.
His eyes were focused somewhere far.
Sharp.
Alert.
Different.
And then he said something that made my chest tighten.
“You need to go home. Now.”
This time… it wasn’t a warning.
It was a command.
And before I could even respond—
He was gone.
Just like that.
Like he was never there.
I stood there, frozen, my heart pounding loudly in my chest.
Confused.
Shaken.
And somehow…
Wanting him even more.
I didn’t understand him.
I didn’t understand what I saw.
But one thing was becoming clear.
There was something wrong.
Something hidden.
Something dangerous.
And for some reason…
I was already too deep in it to walk away.
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