Falling for His Human Mate

The chase, chaos, and familiarity

I was walking down the lane to chase my focal point of attraction. As I came across the forest path, from where the guy used to enter the forest, I stopped and roamed my head around to see which direction he is leaning into.  Suddenly I got a slight sight of him. I started to walk swiftly along the track. The environment suddenly became airy and I could feel how it would be to be in stardust. It was like chasing a star, continuously casting away from me, running away from me, trying to get lost somewhere and let me wander about the ruins and get mad. After getting somewhere amidst the forest, he stopped for a while, I also stopped at once, he slowly turned his head but I could not see his face because he was always wearing that hoodie. My heartbeat felt stopped, like the moment was stopped, I felt like I was nowhere, a sudden moment of pause happened and then I found myself completely alone amidst the forest. He was gone. He was not there. Just in seconds, I lost sight of him. “What did he do? Where did he go?” He just vanished.

 I sat down for a while, got myself together, and realized that I was still alive; I was not in a dream. I stood up and started walking back to my home.

“Honeypot, you said you would be late, weren’t you at Mia’s?”

“Yes, papa I went to her place but our project which was to be discussed just got postponed so her father dropped me off” Mariane smiled and went upstairs

“I’m worried about her, I think we should tell her before it is revealed by someone else, she needs to be safe,” William said to Caroline

“I have been asking you to let her know, she needs to be ready for every kind of situation, she’s strong she will understand Will”

“I’ll talk to her” Caroline uttered after a pause

“Well then okay, talk to her” William responded

I changed my clothes, took a hot shower, folded a towel around my body, brushed my teeth while looking in the mirror, and kept on thinking about the incident that happened earlier. I was not sure if what happened was actually how it felt. “He was there, he turned and looked at me, and then, where did he go?”

I got dressed and lied down on the bed, folded the blanket around myself till I became a puffy bear, that’s how papa folded the blanket around me since childhood whenever I felt scared, it’s been the same habit since then. I got so much involved in even the glimpse of that boy whom I didn’t know even by name that I coveted for having in my dreams so that I could see him a little more. At that moment I realized that how on the earth I am not aware of his name.

“What would be his name, it should be perfect just like him, how about Walker, Milan, Paul or Noah or whatever it is, I do need to know”

 It was a sunny day; I attended classes, hanged out at the cafeteria, wandered about the hallways with Mia, chattered about a lot of s**t, gossiped about the dirty queens and kings of the college who needed to be awarded the dumb titles for making fun out of everyone and doing shitty things to the freshers. I asked Mia about the guy to know more about him, at least his name.

“You want to know his name right?”

“Yes I do Miaaa” I shuddered

“Well then you’ll have to do something for me” Mia replied in rather a mischief tone

“Seriously now we are doing this?” I lifted my eyebrows

And hysterical laughter continued for some time in the hallway.

“It’s Mark, silly”

“Mark!”

“I guess you have been marked crushed by the utterly most handsome personality of the college, who doesn’t even care to listen to the lectures, I wonder how he manages to pass the exams or even tests…” the chitchatting of Mia continued but I was so intrigued in seeing him after finding out his name.

“How to catch him?” talking to myself

A huge cloud of chaos and confusion was infused within my body.  I was a mess. I couldn’t think about anything else, I was not able to attend my lectures.

“What has gotten into me? What am I following? Am I under some spell?”

The following day, I was sitting with Mia in the cafeteria when he entered the cafeteria, grabbed a beetroot juice, and cast out. I instantly got up and rushed behind him. As I got out of the cafeteria, I saw a glimpse of him leaving the college through the main door. It seemed like he already knew I was after him. I ran after him; saw him going into the same pathway that he took every day. I was determined to reach up to him today. After climbing onto the slope, I again lost him. I was feeling helpless at that moment thinking maybe I was chasing a shadow.

“You are following me?”

A voice came from behind. My body got stranded as some shock wave has hit me. I turned around slowly.

The most beautiful and dreamy moment of my life, I saw him; I absorbed him, the moment sufficed. He was the most beautiful human being I have ever seen. He had hazel green eyes, heavy eyebrows, a sharp nose, and pink lips barely visible through a heavy brown beard. His hair was caramel brown, messy as much as possible. This was the first time I saw him without a hoodie on his head. His eyelashes were almost as curled as if we're done. Facial expressions were calmed and inquiring at the same time. I got so much lost in perceiving the beauty of that human being that he has to question me again

“Are you even here? I am talking to you Mariane it is right?”

“How do you know my name?” I asked with surprise

“I know everyone here, what do you want?” he gasped

  “I don’t know” I replied. My eyes could barely blink, I was so much involved and taken away by the soothing and complete moment that I forgot to ask or say anything.

“Well I guess you should be leaving now, it’s not safe here” Mark replied

“Maybe you can walk me home; it’s just the other side of the forest if you can?” I was not even aware of what I’m saying, it just spelled out

“Maybe I can do that” Mark replied and smiled

I was feeling out of the world like I had no bounds, I was feeling free and coveting for only if I could keep staring at him for as long as he is with me or even I wanted him to stay with me or talk to me or take me anywhere he wants. I was so mad and cast away at that moment that I was afraid if I would lose my mind and say anything absurd to him and he may not like me or avoid me further.

I could not feel my body at that time like everything was in the air, it felt so much light and satiating that the decision of moving to the Crystal valley started making sense to me. “How on earth would I have been able to see him or talk to him or walk beside him if I haven’t shifted here, what if I was in Townville, I would never have been able to experience the extraordinary which I’m feeling right now” All such thoughts running through my mind. While walking I could see the tattoo of a full-moon on his left hand, it was so intriguing that I wanted to touch it and ask about it but felt a little shy and just started feeling his presence by my side which was enough to suffice my cravenness for him all those passed days. I was so much involved in the moment that I cared not to give any notice to the surroundings.

“We are here aren’t we?” he asked

I looked around and I was just standing in front of my house. “Yes this is it, it’s my call” I replied with a shy smile

“Well see you later,” he said and walked away

“Did he just tell me that we will see each other again or it was just a gesture?”

The whole night I rewind the whole walk and reminded myself of the minor details that were enough to write a bibliography on his persona. In the middle of the night, around 3 am, I got up from the bed and started writing. My beautiful note started with the most beautiful name that could be ever be

“Mark!”

I barely knew him but it felt like I possessed him, I owned him, he was mine without any logic and reasoning, he was with me, I could feel him, he was running in my veins like blood. The chaos has just turned into a beautiful mess and I am confident to own this mess. It’s all mine.