Chapter 4 : Bad luck
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I quickly unlocked my door to let myself in and slammed the door shut and locked it. I hunched down and tried to catch my breath. After a while, my breathing slowed down but my heart is still beating fast. Slowly, I straighten up and peeked through the door hole to see if the person who followed me reached my studio. Believe me when I say I was shocked to see the person on the other side of the door.
It was my old best friend back in high school a.k.a the guy I had a crush on for a very long time as well. I know I am not supposed to like my own friend this way but in my defense, he is such a gentleman and was always there for me. That was until my parents died in that mysterious car accident. Everyone avoided me like a plague and unexpectedly so did my best friend.
When I confronted him that fateful day, the day of graduation, he broke my heart into million pieces with his words and I almost lost my life.
*FLASHBACK*
It is the graduation day. Well, I am not excited because of that, I am excited because finally I can get rid of all those wretched teenagers for decided to shun me after my parents death. I arrived at the school earlier that everyone so I headed to the library, the one place that consoled me with fictions, romance and fantasy.
I walked through every aisle that consisted of novels and took a deep breath as if I could preserve the smell in my mind and heart forever. At the end of the second aisle, I opened my eyes and saw him. Caleb, a.k.a my former best friend who ditched me in times of need. I looked into his eyes for a whole minute before turning to leave.
“Wait, Kira” he grabbed my left hand, causing me to halt in my steps.
“Let me go, Caleb”
“No, I want to talk to you”
He doesn’t have any rights to stop me, not after what he did to me. I quickly turned and pulled my hand toward me to get out form his grip.
“I was invisible to you for a whole two years and now you want to talk. Alright, let’s talk. Why did you avoid me like a plague, Caleb? I can accept everyone else doing that to me, but you out of all people should know better. Why?
“Because you cause pain to everyone that has the slightest connection to you”
“Excuse me?”
“First my brother, then my girlfriend, then your own parents. What is the guarantee that nothing would happen to me?
I could not believe my ears. He know what happened to his brother was because of his own misdeed and the same goes for her ex girlfriend. My parents got into the accident on their own. I had nothing to do with that.
“Your brother tried to rape me, Caleb. That’s why he is in the jail right now. Your girlfriend stabbed me 4 times and I only survived because she didn’t know where the vital points were. She was convicted because of the attempted murder. And as for my parents, they got into a car accident that occur in a whole different state from where I was. How can you say it’s all my fault?
“You seduced my brother, he is a good man. The worst thing he has ever done was punching a guy and that too was to protect me. After what you did to my brother, I planned to kill you but my girlfriend said I should not get my hands dirty so she did it instead. If you died that day, your parents would have been alive by now. You fought with them before they went to that trip, didn’t you? Don’t you realize it yet? You rub your bad luck to everyone that are close to you. You are just a parasite that leech on people’s life.”
“Caleb….”
“Yes Kira. I wanted to get rid of you that’s why I remained as your friend. Why do you think everyone avoided you when your parents died? Hmm.”
“Did you…”
“Again, yes. I spread the rumor about your bad luck and looks like everyone values their life. I enjoyed seeing you suffering. You were alive but dead inside. ”
I couldn’t stand straight after the bomb he just threw at me. I grabbed the aisle next to me for support. Suddenly, it became hard to breath. I hunched over and slammed my fist on my chest to breath properly. All the while looking at the traitor in front of me. Even after what he just said, I could not bring myself to hate him cause I am already too deep in love with him.
“But something was still not right. You were suffering in front of me but it was not enough. Then I figured what was not enough. Do you want to guess the answer, cupcake?”
He called me with the nickname he used to call me by. I felt like he stabbed me right in the heart by calling me that. He took a step forward and another until he stopped right in front me. Then I realized that I backed away from him due to my fear of him.
“You are no fun, cupcake. Fine, let me tell you the answer. It’s because despite all the suffering, you are still alive. I expected you to commit suicide after what I made everyone did, but you still managed to stay alive just like a parasite.”
He suddenly grabbed my neck and turned me so that my back faced the aisle. He pushed my by my neck deeper into the aisle, choking me.
“Life is too hard, don’t you agree Kira? Let me help you escape.”
“Is everything okay here?
He quickly released his grip and kissed my neck. Then he turned to the librarian and smiled happily.
“Yes madam. Everything is fine. We are just spending some time together before the event.”
He then looked at me and smiled. I couldn’t fight back my tears that were threatening to rain down my cheeks.
“Whatever it is, do it outside. Don’t dirty this sacred place.”
He backed away from me just in time for me to grab this chance and escape. I ran as fast as I can toward the assembly hall to seek safety. Even though everyone there will probably hate me, Caleb can’t kill me in public. After the graduation event , I rushed home and grabbed my packed bags and headed to the airport to leave town. I planned to leave in another two weeks but desperate times calls for desperate measures. I will never come back here again.
*Present*
I know I shouldn’t open the door for him but I can’t stop myself. I opened the door to face my devil.
“Hello Kira. Missed me?”
I just stared into his eyes, taking in his deep blue eyes.
“I hope you have lived your live enough. Cause today is your last day on earth cupcake”
- Writer
