Midnight Visitor

My stay here became so peaceful except, the time when my so-called cousins and my evil sister visited me a few days ago.

And the wound that I get from the stab that I made are starting to heal.

After we finished our breakfast, we were being assembled in a recreational area and the volunteers gives us a blank canvass and a set of paints and other materials related to painting.

I was looking intently at the blank canvass with furrowed eyebrows. I didn't care about the lecturer who is busy talking about what we're gonna do about the materials given to us.

"Okay so you can start now. Just paint on what you want to portrait. Oh! Right! I almost forgot, the director said that there's a prize to those painting who can capture his attention, so do your best guy!" The lady said and after that she leaves the room.

I looked around and they are busy in making their own master piece. Determination can be seen from their eyes. They are really determined to make their best painting hoping that they will win after they heard about the word PRIZE which serves as their motivator. It's unevitable, its human nature to respond immediately upon hearing the words that motivate them.

I was once like them, full of motivation but with the sudden blown of the wind all the motivation I have went south. I wish I could turn back time, when I was like them full of emotions in the eyes. But deep down I know that I could never bring back that emotions. The world is so cruel to those people who show that kind of emotions and I already experienced that first hand. Upon remembering those cruel fate that I have years ago, I didn't know that I was already gripping tightly on the paint tubes in my hand. And with the force that been applied the caps flew open and the paint splash in my clothes and on the canvass. Creating a tiny dots of black, red and yellow in the canvass. I cussed in my head for being so careless because I don't have a plan to submit a painting at them and I don't want to participate in their effin' contest. Fustrated I wipe it using my bare hands to erase it but to no avail, instead it create another gradiant of color because I use my other hand which is already soaked in paint.

I just stared blankly on the outcome of my stupidity. I guess it's not bad at all, I just realize that I made an abstract painting. I tried to enterpret it but all I see is pitch black with tiny dots of yellow and a red paint that looks like a dripping blood.

Blood, one of the reason of my revenge to those cruel people.

"Okay guys times up! We will now collect all your works," said by the host earlier.

The volunteers starts to collects our master piece according to the lady that keeps on talking earlier. The red hair woman came to me to get my work. My jaw almost drop upon recognising her.

"So this is your work huh? I didn't know your into abstract painting," she said.

"Psh..I didn't paint that, I just accidentally held tightly on the paint tube that's why it splash in that stupid canvass. Oh why am I explaining this to you? Ugh! What are you doing here Haneul? I already told you to mind your own business, is it hard to understand?" I said a bit irritated.

"Psh.. come on! Don't be a party pooper Lav, I'm here to help. Because I know you need some spice to your so bland plan. And I find that guy volunteer so cute!" She pointed the blond guy who is wearing a tight muscle shirt and a cargo shorts.

"Let me remind you woman, you're already engage!" I hissed at her.

"Engage my ass, I called off the engagement and now I'm single and available!" She left me dumbfounded after she drop the bomb.

I just look at her flirting with that guy.. Haneul is back I guess?

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I woke up because I heard someone's calling my name. I blink my eyes a few times so that my vision could adjust to the darkness. I didn't turn on the switch so that who ever is out there doing some rounds, couldn't see that I'm still awake and talking to someone inside my quarters.

"What are you doing here? How did you get inside? And who the hell are you?!" I hissed at the person who show up in my quarters.

"My, my... don't be so nervous there's no one who could see me here. I put them all to sleep before I enter your quarter's.." she simply said.

"So what bring's you here?"

"Nothing, it's just that is it bad to visit my love?"

"Psh.. don't me, do you think I'm fool to believe in your nonsense?"

"So...you really learned huh?"

I became silent after hearing those words.

Learned huh? Yes I already learned my lessons and that is to put your trust in no one.

"I guess not because you became silent."

"What is it? Why are you here?" I ask trying to avoid that topic.

“And why the hell you know about my past?”

"Since I'm the only one who cares for you, I'm here to warn you."

"Warn me about what?"

"That not all nice people are really your ally, some were just fooling around you to wait for your greatest down fall. Who knows maybe they were also planning on how to make all your plans backfired at you, be careful for whom you trust. Just a friendly reminder, Ciao! I gotta go, the effect of sleeping gas that they inhaled got expired."

"Wait!"

The person stops and turn around

"Who are you?!"

"It's for you to find out, Ciao!"

The person swiftly went out of my room.

I was left dumfounded when I saw the person's face upclose.

"No, It can't be! Am I just dreaming! Yes I'm dreaming that's right!" I said to myself while I was pacing back and fort in front of my bed.

I didn't know that one of the volunteers already went inside.

"Hey are you okay?" Asked by the volunteer.

I was in deep thought that I didn't notice the volunteer approached me. And it made me flinched because she suddenly speaks in front of me.

"Omo, I'm sorry. Did I scare you?"

"No, not really...it's just that you suddenly speak that's why I flinch a bit. Uh.. why are you here inside my quarters?"

"I was just checking if everybody's fine, you know someone break in inside the institution and whoever that is he or she is the reason why all the guards has been put to sleep."

"So it's real huh? I'm not dreaming at all." I whispered to my self.

"Excuse me, are you saying something?" She ask me.

I shook my head. "No, I didn't say anything." I reasoned out.

"So I guess your fine, I gotta go be sure to lock your room." She said before she went outside.

I leaned at the door and heave a deep sigh.