See You Again

CHAPTER 2. Darkness

-Liam-

Total darkness, that's what I've been seeing everytime I open my eyes for the past three years. It doesn't shocked me now and actually grew accustomed with darkness surrounding me. I already lost hope after going through multiple unsuccessful surgeries, and the doctor's final verdict is I'm going to need a miracle to get my sight back again. So there's nothing I can do but accept my fate because I don't believe in such things. s**t happened to everyone that I know, no one ask for it yet one day you'll wake up you can no longer see. Every passing day I'm always reminded how useless and incompetent I've become, it's utterly tiring.

It's morning again and I still remain in bed considering there's not much I can do now, what a pity. My routines are consist of laying on bed, showering, eating, reading the way all blind people do, or have Gab with me to chill and let him cuddle with me. I mostly stay inside my room and didn't dare go outside to keep the rest of my body intact.

"Good morning Mrs. Reed!" I hear someone said outside loudly I can hear it from here. "Good morning Madison, I guess you're here to take Gab" my mother said "yes please! Is that okay?" "more than okay and please just call me Emily". I'm aware that we have a new neighbor who is Madison who lives with her parents. Mother informed me about them last week, though I don't quite understand why she bother to do so. I'm not planning on meeting them anyway. "We'll be back in an hour Mrs. Reed, bye!" Madison said cheerfully.

I decided to get up and shower. Despite not having much to do I still kept my hygiene. For the past years I have manage to walk around the house without help. At first it's really difficult to move around which exasperate me. Mother insist on helping me until I familiarize myself all the corners of the house, which I did after a few months. It took me 20 minutes to be done and clothe myself with a jag and fitted shirt. Minutes later I hear my door opening and someone step inside "Good morning honey!" she greeted happily hoping me to greet her back to which I didn't. Yes, I was rude but frankly there's nothing good in the morning. Hearing her sigh she said "Do you like to eat breakfast downstairs? Madison will be there with us, It would be great to introduce you to her formally." Is she being serious right now? "You can't be serious ma, introduce to her formally? For what? Are you playing matchmaker now? Don't bother it won't work." I said my voice getting higher. "It's not like that I just wanted you to meet people again, it's been years since you've interact with someone other than us. You always refuse to talk with your friends it's not healthy Liam I'm worried about you", she said with sadness in her voice "Because I no longer have friends not anymore, so stop setting me up with some random girl". They can have breakfast with her but I'm not meeting anyone and that includes her. I'm not hating on her specially when I don't even know the girl. It's better to keep my distance and don't bother her with my existence, I'm fine on my own. "Fine, I'll just bring your food here" mother said and exit my room. Still standing while lost in my thoughts I admit how poor my social life is, but can you blame me? I don't want to talk to anyone and pretend like everything is normal when it's not. It's not the same anymore I'm no longer the guy who finds enjoyment to most people do, because there's nothing fun when you're blind. I'm a man who loves the quiet and peace the darkness bring, and nothing nor no one will ever change that.