An Other Worlders (3)

"Why...?"

"Why.... Why...?"

"Athan.....!"

As the voice calling a familiar yet weirdly unknown name became faint, I could feel someone grabbing me from behind.

It was pulling me further into the darkness.

I felt like I was drowning in a deep ocean; however, for some reason, I could still breath properly.

Help... I wanted to scream, yet no words came out from my mouth except for bubbles. The experience felt suffocating.

As the hand kept pulling me further away from the light, I felt my eyes becoming heavy.

Soon, I let the darkness consume my consciousness as the feeling of emptiness overtake me.

...

..

.

"....Ah!"

My eyes shut open as I immediately sat up from my bed, my hand extended forward.

What happened...? I thought, looking at my palm as I pant heavily. To calm down, I clutched on my chest and closed my eyes to take in some breath.

After snapping out of trance and recovering my stupor, I immediately turned my attention to scrutinize my surroundings.

"I..."

Noticing the action figures from the shelves in front of my bed, I managed to confirm that I was inside my room.

Was I imagining things? I wasn't sure. But one thing I was certain of, all of those that happened felt quite surreal... It was as if everything I saw from those dreams DID happen.

"What day is it today... Shit!"

I sat up and crawled forward my bed. Squinting my eyes, soon as I saw the calendar, I accidentally fell forward after forgetting that I was already at the edge.

"Ugh....!!?"

With no time for a break and let the pain go away, I promptly stood up. However, just when I was about to take step forward, I didn't notice that my right foot was stepping onto my blanket, which was wrapped around my left. Because of it, I fell flat on my face again.

Treak....

While I was in this position, one of the action figure from shelves fell on top of my head... I guess I'm quite unlucky today.

Rubbing my head and sitting crosslegged, I opened my right eye slightly to take a glance at the calendar on the wall.

'First Day of School!'

***

Moment later.

After I finished taking a bath and putting on my uniform, I left my room and closed the door.

"Who are you...? How did you get in here...?" As I was about to lock the door, I heard a familiar voice from behind me.

Ah, I forgot to put on my mask... By the time I realized this crucial mistake, it was already too late.

"You..." Chloe's eyes widened in realization, "You can see!!? Didn't the doctor mentioned that you're going to be blind forever!" Her loud shout echoed on the whole hallway. Thankfully, no one... I guess there's them.

Walking towards us from the distance, her father seems to have noticed the noise we were making... I really need a plan.

What should my excuse be? Can I even make one in this moment? Will that guy even believe me...? As I processed this thoughts, I snapped back to reality.

Without wasting another second, I covered Chloe's mouth using right hand and used my other to pull ourselves towards the window.

"Mmmph!!?" She could only let out muffled noises due to her mouth being covered as we both fell down. Since there were bushes below us, by the time my back hit the ground, the bushes managed to absorb most of the impact enough for me to endure in silent.

I guess the beans is out... I thought regretfully, opening my eyes slightly to glance at Chloe. I was currently embracing her tightly; I didn't let her go even when she tried to struggle free.

However, since my body is weak, I could only hold her in this position for a few seconds before she managed to escape. Thus, I clicked my tongue out of frustration.

"How annoying..."

Thankfully, her father didn't turn his attention to the window. If he did, he would have saw us in a weird position.

Thud-!

"Ack!"

With my back against the wall while Chloe was holding me up from the neck, she glared at me and tightened her grip on my neck.

I can't breath.... I wanted to say this out loud, however, I couldn't. My throat feels painful; as if it was about to crack if she were to add more strength to her grip even lightly.

....I'm sure I'll die.

Flustered, Chloe took in a deep breath and heaved out a heavy sigh. Her strength diminished as she slowly released me from her tight grip.

"Anyway, you got some explaining to do..." Her eyes focused on me as I fell on my butt. She was glaring at me, probably because of what I did earlier.

"...Are you going to report this to your father?" I couldn't help but ask.

With no signs of hesitation, she responded with a nod, "Yes, I will."

Guess I'm fucked.... I heaved out a sigh once again and shaked my head lightly.

With that, I began explaining what really happened in the past year.