The Paper Chit

The next day, the sky was clearer and brighter, it could have been considered a very bright and happy day by most, but not me.

I hardly slept the night before.

With the little energy I had in me, I got up, washed up, and left for my class.

(Man, I wish I could skip today, mainly because I didn't want to see that idiot's face again)

The pleasant weather didn't help lift my mood much either.

I entered college, made my way to the class, and sat down in my usual spot by the window. There was still time left before the class started.

I gazed at the clouds and the beautiful sky.

After a while, Skyler entered the classroom, along with many other students. He also looked rough.

"psycho bastard" I mumbled as he walked in.

He started to make his way up to the same row as mine.

Normally he sat as far away from me as possible, maybe it was because of what happened the first day we met or maybe he just didn't like me.

He proceeded to move closer and closer to my row. I tried to ignore the fact that he was headed toward me, I wanted to show him that his existence doesn't matter to me.

I looked out of the window trying to act like I didn't notice him coming my way.

Finally, when he reached my desk he stopped and slid a piece of paper towards me and then went about his pace.

Not even once did he look my way, as if he was trying to show the world that he doesn't know or care about me either.

He made his way to the last seat and sat there silently.

I took the little chit he gave me.

(what the hell is this?)

it said [Follow me once college is over. Act like you don't know me.]

(He wants me to...follow him? After yelling at me to leave him alone, he wants me to follow him?)

Simple words and to-the-point sentences… that little chit was just a tiny piece of paper with ink on it, but who would have thought how those sentences would change my life entirely.

(Should I go with him? Why would he want me to follow him out of the blue? Did he want to apologize to me? Or continue the fight?)

So many questions popped up in my head.

While I was processing all this, the professor entered the class and started his lecture.

We had some time on our hands after class, the girls asked me if I could accompany them to the cafeteria. I refused as I hardly had the appetite to eat a grape.

I stayed in my seat and started using my phone to pass some time. An article that caught my attention again:

[Killing Spree: Another case of the serial killer has been reported, a student of X university has been found dead on the riverside.

His body was found in a cylinder full of cement. Some high school students, who were skipping class the following day, found the cylinder near the river bank.

One of the girls, named Lia, noticed some hair strands sticking out of the cylinder and thought it must be from some dead animal.

Curious the high schoolers tried breaking the tube but A horrifying sight awaited them. As they broke the cement they, found the head of the boy from B.city badly injured and detached from the body.

The high schoolers ran in fear and called for help. When the help arrived, they found the rest of the body at the end of the cylinder.

The boy's arm was broken as usual and was found in a very disturbing position. The next panel would be disturbing for some viewers.]

(Oh my God. How brutal…. How can someone be this heartless? I can't believe it …this is so horrifying.)

Article: [police found the boy's ID card in his pocket and his face will be displayed in the next panel]

(Wait I know this face? …I've seen it somewhere before!)

In a hurry, I went to my recently deleted photos.

(There!!! It's the guy with that mole!!)

Thank God it hasn't been more than 24 hours or else the pic would have been permanently deleted by now.

I was shocked, disturbed, and weirded out.

(Was he the reason why Skyler was so angry? Or did Skyler… no ..no no it can't be, he was his boyfriend! or was he...? no no I'm just overthinking.)

I convinced myself that it had nothing to do with Skyler.

I convinced myself that it was just a coincidence and that Skyler was acting ruder the other day because he was upset

(Yeah, that's it.)

But I still wanted to know what was going on inside his head, this incident must have influenced Skyler too after all they were together.

I had a little pity for Skyler but the fact that he also scares me remained constant.

"Get a hold of yourself Alex you're getting all worked up for nothing." I kept telling this to myself.

I turned my phone off and put my phone in my pocket. I felt the chit that Skyler gave me in my pocket and took it out.

(Should I go with him today…?)

It scared me that he asked me to go with him and I was double-minded about whether I should go or not.

I thought about it for the rest of the lessons, I could not concentrate on what the professor taught so I didn't get to learn much.

But after being double-minded for the whole day I made up my mind.