Blue Hour

Chapter 8

After the hearty meal, the two friends decided to go back to their rooms and call it a day. Ray did really enjoy the food that was served to them by Cynthia. Back in their mansion, what was served to him was always sophisticated foods to their father’s liking. So he also has no freedom to choose what he wants. He needs to sneak out sometimes just to eat what he wants. 

As soon as he opened the door, he wiped his eyes. He checked if he was imagining things or not. Ray saw the yellow shirt again, and this time it was sitting on his couch inside his room. The couch was facing the window, overlooking the outside, so the person did not notice him yet. Ray gathered his courage to catch the person who keeps on bothering him. He slowly sneaked in and approached the person sitting on his couch. 

“Got you!” Ray said and pounced at the man sitting on his couch. Ray felt that he passed through thin air and lost balance. His face went straight to the floor, and rolled over. He stood up hurriedly and looked around. He scratched his head to find out that the man was not inside his room. He suddenly felt chilly again. This was the same feeling that he had when he saw the man in the Mango orchard and the other day. 

“Who are you? What do you want?” Ray said, and looked around again. There was no response. 

“Tell me what you want? Please, show yourself.” Still, there was no response. Ray thought that he was just imagining things. Because of that, he also hurt himself again. Ray thought that things were already getting out of hand. 

He decided to ignore what happened earlier and headed to the bathroom to clean himself. Again, he cannot stop thinking about the man in the yellow shirt. It was getting creepy already. After a few moments, he headed out of the bathroom. 

“Ahhh!” Ray screamed out of shock. The man with the yellow shirt was sitting on his bed, looking at him. It looked like the person was waiting for him. 

Panic began to creep into his body, and he slowly moved backwards. The man made a gesture as if he was asking Ray not to leave. 

“Please don’t leave.” The man said. This was the first time he heard the voice but it felt familiar. Ray hurriedly picked up the stick he saw beside the cabinet. He raised it and pointed at the man. 

“What do you want?”

The man disappeared again, and what happened next almost made Ray pass out because of fear. It was so fast that the person blinked in front of him. Ray’s heartbeat got faster when he saw the person up close. He suddenly had the feeling of familiarity making him confused. The man with the yellow shirt disappeared again, and after a few seconds appeared back on the bed. 

Ray realized that he was not dealing with a living person, but with a supernatural being. A ghost!

“I am sorry if I kept on scaring you, but you are the only one who can see me clearly.” The man said. 

“Who are you?” Ray asked, trembling with panic. He still cannot absorb the fact that he might be talking to a ghost. 

“Sorry, but please calm down. I am not going to hurt you. My name is Sun, and that's all I can remember.” The man said.

“Sun?” Ray said, looking confused with everything that was happening to him. Little did Ray know that the encounter with this person will change his life forever.