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Chapter 3 - Chapter 1, Part 1: Mysterious Encounter

This was before around when that "Thing" happened...

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Just like any other. It was just a normal day for a young student, like me, living a natural life..

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(1)"School break's around the corner, huh?"

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(2)"Suggesting, what should we do?"

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(3)"Hmm... Study?"

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(4)"Stu-pid! Attending school is studying already.. Suggesting you add more? Rej-ect-ed!!"

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(3)"Well, what can we do about it? It's that you-know-what is taking soon."

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(1)"Final test, huh?"

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(2)"So? What should we do?"

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(4)"Study~?"

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(3)"Stuu-pid!"

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A bunch of Junior Highschool Students, conversing...

Hmm~?Pretty normal! Nothing unnatural..

But- just this while...

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'What's up with this weird kid? Does he have a problem with me?'

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There's this weird kid, standing by among us, and he hadn't stop staring at me, this ever since. His figure is around the same age as to us. He is wearing white clothes and He shines brightly fair enough, and He's holding a key in his hands.

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'Hmmmm~..? His clothes- I've never seen something so~ white! Isn't that expensive!? Where did he get that?'

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Just when this conversation starts. He appeared in a very unnatural way.

I saw that happened, but I didn't feel like it happened.

Somehow, it felt like, one of my classmates just joined in with our gathering.

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'Such mystery...'

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Though, I understand it's presence. It's not someone I knew, and I never seen him before.

It's just-

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'Strange...'

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Should have I freaked out? Terrified?

Well, yeah! In a normal sense, I should have been terrified, or freaked out. But why? I was not- at the least...

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'Where is my fear? Or is it...'

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For once, I tried to focus on him.

Seeing, He has a key in his hands and he shone quite fairly. I never got to question it myself, but instead, rather questioning about his existence. I'm questioning whether there is something wrong about me today.

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'How fascinating...

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Though it seems like there's nobody else have notice him.

What should I do?

I already thought about how to expose him, but- what if? They really can't see him like I do?

What should I do?

Hmmm...?

Thus, on the one hand, If they ever saw him? They would point him out right?

Then- Let's do that! I'll wait...'

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(2)"Hey? You've been spacing out for a while now. Is there something's wrong?"

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'Okay~! I'll switch to plan B.'

Which there wasn't, actually...

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I took the opportunity.

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"Hmmm... It's just that.. hmm~ You know? I'd been seeing something- staring at me..?"

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(2)"Ehh~!? Is that a girl!? Where is she?Where is she??"

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'Seems like they don't see him after all.'

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(1)"What does she look like?"

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(3)"Oh!? He said it's- SOMETHING, by the way... It might not be a human..?"

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(2)"It's a GHOST!? Scary~!!"

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Just this moment, that guy whispered to his ears. He gave him a hint of something what I said.

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"Well, it must be my imagination. Come on let's go somewhere else! I feel like I wanna eat something. "

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(2)"Haha~! Don't tell me, You're just hungry that's why?"

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They laughed.

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"Hmm! You're right! That's probably it!"

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I laughed.

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'Yeah-? It must be my imagination..?Just my imagination...'

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I ignored him.

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A whole day of not minding about him. I went home without ever realizing that I encounter such a thing ever so- supernaturally. Literally, like how it breaks all common sense. But now that I'm going home, alone, it got me thinking back again.

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'This is so strange...

Why?

That's- out of the natural, if I could think so.. Like anyone would freak the hell out of it, if someone other than me encounter it..

But why?

Why does it not bother me at all?

I really don't understand...'

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Thinking back again over and over. It was very confusing. Not the fact that it happened, but- the fact that it all felt so naturally, even if it's not. And when I try to deny it, I still find it so convincingly true.

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"What's happening to me? Am I crazy or something?..

But telling myself crazy is not gonna proof that I am crazy..."

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I looked up.

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"I don't know anymore..."

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"Anyway, I'm gonna tell Mama all about this..."

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