The Girl Who Can't Sleep

The Other World

"Who are you?"

I said to the unfamiliar man.

I stare at him as he elegantly steps towards our direction. I look at his eyes and I can see a darker shade of blue shining under the shadow created by his black cloak.

"Who are you?"

I ask again warily.

I can't make an outline of his face but I can see his blue eyes looking at me intently. He seems to convey an emotion that I cannot put my finger on.

I don't know and I am also confused but his presence calms my mind. It seems like we have a connection somewhere deep our hearts.

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I suddenly got up my bed. Gosh! My heart is beating quickly.

I look around my surroundings and realized that I am back to my room. I am back to this world.

"Hmmm seems like something exciting will be happening soon."

I murmur to myself.

I got up from bed and walk out from my room. I decided to go in to the kitchen and get myself a cup of coffee. I don't know why, but it seems like the caffeine removes all my worries away.

I sip the hot coffee from the cup. I savor it's bittersweet taste. I reflect with the happenings in the other world. I finally defeated those bastards.

When reminiscing my adventure, I can't help but suddenly remember the man with electrifying blue eyes.

That man is very mysterious! I do not even get to see his face!

I slap my face because of that thought.

Why would I be curious about his face? I don't care even if he is a man with white fair skin, rosy lips, define jaw and dignified nose. The one that I want to confirm is if that man is a friend or a foe.

I cannot sense any ability fluctuation towards that man! He seems like a man from a another world different from what I created.

I started to think this thing through. That man looks kind? I guess? You know I am a bit coitindrus. It's a word from another world that means I am weak when seeing beautiful and handsome faces.

I shake my head because of my ignorant fantasy. I still cannot verify if his good or bad because He is a perfect stranger.

I decided to just go back in room and try to sleep again.

I look at the clock and it says 3:30 AM.

The next morning I woke up with a groggy head because of sleepiness. I scratch my eyes to erase the irritation it feels due to the sunlight that passes through my window.

I stretch my limbs to wake up my sleeping muscles, then I decided to sit up.

" Arrrrgh! Another day with this hell!"

I said to myself with anger. I choose to stand up and go to the bathroom to attend my personal necessities. I brush my teeth, and bathe thoroughly. I can feel the droplets of cold water as they flow through my pale skin.

After the scene in the comfort room, my mom tell us to go in the kitchen for breakfast. I can see my siblings there nibbling at their food like there's no tomorrow.

As I walk towards the table, I tell my mom that I needed to go to school early because of some school works but the actual fact is that, I want to enter the school early for me to not meet those bullies who always block my path whenever and wherever they saw my face.

For this day, I decided commute in order to go in school because unlike any other students, I cannot afford the service fee for the school's official bus.

As I walk towards the bus stop, the morning breeze is caressing my face. The eyeglasses that I wear started to form mists that makes my vision a bit blurry.

I stop for a while to wipe my eyeglasses, but suddenly something unexpected happens.

Something that will never be erased from my mind.

I wear my glasses quickly.  I focused my eyes to the scene that is currently happening in front of me. I can see many people crowding around something that I cannot clearly look at because of the people who stood there blocking my line of sight.

I slowly walk towards the scene.

Of course! I also want to know what the heck is happening! You see I'm an Anumbre. It is word from the other world that means someone who likes to hear gossips.

When I am near the sight of the scene, I am shocked because of what I saw.

It is a garbage bag with a man rotting inside it.

I can smell the stench of death coming from its decaying body. The blood from its wounds are still gushing out of his skin. There's also house flies who are flying around it. The maggots are also starting to crawl all over its body.

It is a very gory scene but something caught my attention, the man's eyes are still open. It is as if something horrifying happened before its death.

I cover my mouth with my hand because I can feel the vomit starting to climb up my mouth.

"I'm very terrified! Gosh! Why do I need to see all of that!"

I said to myself. Meanwhile I can hear the sirens of the police nearby. They shooed all the people around the area of the crime scene.

Despite of my rugged breathing, I turn my head and walk away from the scene.

"Hello! Earth to Amileigh! Earth to Amileigh!"

I slowly turned my head and saw my one and only bestfriend Nicolaie.

Nicolaie is a brunette guy with deep green eyes. His mother is a Caucasian while his father is an American. He is a tall guy with big round eyeglasses but despite all of that you can not ignore his dominant nose and high cheekbones.

"Why are you spacing out again?"

He asked curiously.

"Uhmm nothing just that I am lack of sleep,"

I said, evading his question.

He wanted to say something to me again but suddenly, our class professor entered the room.

Time passes by quickly and its time for me to go home. I started to pack all my things and slip my bag into my shoulder.

I started to walk out from our room while bowing my head since I don't want attention but fate really seems to really hate me.

I am just walking alone in the corridor of our building when all of a sudden a strong hand snatches my bag. The man just wear his wicked smile as he saw how I nearly breakdown because of what he did.

Sh*t! My drawings and personal portraits are in there. I'm going to be a dead meat for sure if he saw my works.

Due to that, I started to panic and immediately run for my things again. I tried to snatch my bag but the man is a freaking giant! I tried to jump with the hopes of reaching my bag but he just lift his hand and that makes me unable to snatch it away from him.

"Arghhh! Tyrone, put down my bag now!"

I said to the boy with frustrated tone.

"And what if I don't? Will you go to your freaking friend Nicolaie asking for help?"

Tyrone said maliciously. Due to what he said my face contorted because of anger. Don't he ever drag my bestfriend in to this!

"Don't you ever dare!"

I said in anger. He just smirk at me and turn around. The man started walking away while still holding my bag with his left hand.

Tyrone is now about 10 steps away from me when he abruptly stop and said something to me without looking behind his back.

"If you want to get back your bag, go to the greenhouse garden near the laboratory of the school at exactly 6:30 am. If you do not come then forget about your bag and Oh! before I forgot you must go alone."

The man said seriously and started to walk again.

At the same time after the scene, I sigh because of exasperation. I just couldn't get what are the things that is going around the man's mind.

Hmmm... I wonder what will happen tomorrow, I just hope that he will not do something horrible to me. Sigh!