Torture room

[CLASS 8 C]

"TIMES UP, STOP YOUR PEN!", Ms. May

shouted, before she begin to collect the papers and left the class in chaos.

"YAWN....What a test it was"

"All you did was sleeping and peeking others sheets".

"Ha-ha as if it could make a difference, he's done for it".

"I only know four".

"Atleast you did some right,here I only got one, I'm doomed! my parents gonna cut my allowance"

"It's the fourth one I'm saying dumb"

"crying...crying better let's sink together..sob."

Meanwhile,in the corner four boys are still seated staring at their classmates.

"Did she just say, she got all 10, what she eat in her breakfast, bread or a book,Nerd!" Ben scoffed.

"No wonder she didn't grow big,big head" Terry added.

Just then a guy name kaven approaches Ben.

"How much you got" he asked.

All the others three turns their head towards him.

"Uh- it was good", ben nonchalantly said, escaping his eyes.

"As expected from highly someone like you,

Heard your grade went down in the past

but I guess you finally got hold of yourself'', kaven incredulously look at him.

Just then kaven felt eyes on him from his sides.he looks toward the source, Auron, Terry and Garam were giving him feary look,getting eerie feeling, he patted Ben's shoulder and retracted himself from there, leaving the trio still shooting glares at him.

As soon as kaven left, Auron scoffed.

"Is he your eomma or appa can't he concern about himself."

Ben sighed heavily,before his face expression exploded.

"I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THE TEST".

"There-there we got you covered", Terry said Flipping his hair.

"Eh-he", a cheeky smile suddenly make its way to ben's lips.

Terry wierded out

"I can't guarantee the marks though." He said.

"But I can guarantee them on you" ben innocently smile.

He continued,"You could have informed me earlier but No, you wanted to play that damn Videos games with me." He said gritting his teeth.

"I told you I don't want to sit beside him", Terry bursted to Auron"

"Just be there till test session he-he" Auron laughed being happy for not being the one.

****

After school was over, students rush outside of the gate breathing the air Freedom.

"Ice cream parlor?, Auron asked.

"Yes! Terry chirped,"Which flavour" auron asked.

"Vanilla.."

"Strawberry", terry and ben hyped they look towards Garam looking for his choice ,but after not getting any words

"...?...Garam?" they called, who was gazing at the door side.

"what are you looking at", Auron asked looking at the same direction.

"Uh-nothing .... Where are we going" Garam turns his head to his friends.

"Ice cream parlor, which flavour?"

"Mint"

"Then it's done,, all on Auron", terry announced leaving Auron in raze.

"Yaah! it's been getting out of hand lately,

Do you have some Venegetta against ME,first chocolate now my wallet."

"Yeah ..free ice cream! ,let's go", they chimmed while dragging Auron ignoring his wax.

"I'm not paying it", Auron huffed.

"You will" they bicker.

Meanwhile Garam again look at the bushes thinking deeply, somehow he wanted to see him again, he reminded him of someone.

"His legs may be still hurts" he close his eyes, a picture runs in it, he was grabbing kids leg and there it has red marks.

"Garam", ben circle his arm around his shoulder as he called him.

He shook his head,and joined with his friends.

*****

"Who gave you that" his mother ask sternly

"Eomma I.." ijueng stutter

"From where you sneaked in?, what if something happened to you?,

Who did you meet? She bombarded.

"But nothing happens eomma" he said.

"They were good to me, they didn't do anything to me"

"Don't talk back" she shouted.

"You didn't know this world, you don't need to know them" she scream in madness giving Shiver to the boy.

A lone tear fall from his eyes.

"I just wanted to go outside why I have to live in this room all the time?" Ijueng said with glint eyes.

"why I have to live in negligence as if I don't exist?"

"Did I do anything wrong that I have to hide?"

She didn't said anything for seconds then she sighed heavily.

"You wouldn't listen, you leaved me no choice" she grabbed his hand. he winced, his marks which were still not fully healed yet again get rubbed by her hard grip.

she notice but keep her face expression straighten.

And drops him into a basement with no windows.

"Reflect on your actions while you are in it,

if you wanted to go back on your room don't go outside" She calmly says and with a loud thud she closed the door.

Then she wipes her eyes with the back of her hand wiping the tears off and slided down to the door and sat there keeping her head down to her knees.

****

It's already dark outside

Moon and Stars filled night were already up in the space, wrapping the earth in its beauty.

It's Beautiful reflection on the earth paints the surface silver,its air refreshing singing a beautiful sleeping lullaby but someone is still up.

Ijueng, laying on the ground in curled up state, keeping his knees closer to his chest, was breathing heavily.

'was he scared? No, we was not, he should not be'.

'it wasn't a once in a times incident,he was a regular here. whenever any other person visited or his father comes, he was always end up here.

Though he stays in his room but when it goes louder outside, his escape is this room.

Those thick walls feels like a protection to him just like womb, but it's so dark not even a single flicker of light was here.

Though he feels safe from the outbursts of outside.

But still it's a pitch black room always gives a whirl in his stomach.

This room reminded him those scary voices he always heard outside, he covers his ears not wanting to hear anything.

His heart beat was rising enormously that he hears them in his ears.

he wasn't suffocating...he was palpitating.

Those voices were ringing circles in his head he don't want to hear them, he put his fingers in his ears tightly cutting any sound to enter or anything.

Alas! but it couldn't be helped.

This room feels like a torture room

It plays safe for physical means but destroys his inner peace.

Whenever someone visited his heart wanted to run outside and escape away far from those voices but he always ended up here.

It still hard to stay a night here but somehow he gets through the night everytime.

He needed someone in this void, someone to calm him but ghost are not real he despises the fact.

They both share the same story: 'they don't exist,and neither does he.'

"Hey"

"Ijueng... Ijueng..."A voice calls him in silence.

He was still layed on the floor shutting his eyes and ears closely.

'Krrr krrr" he feels a brick moving he sits up.

"Who's there" ijueng ask nervously.

"It's me jina, pull this off"

He moves his hand on the wall finding a brick surging out of surface.

"You can do it ijueng" she cheers him up.

He grabs the small tip of the brick picking out and with force pulls it inside.

With that the moon light enter from the small entrance lighting the room walls.

He feels as if a gush of air just brush through his cheeks, he closely breath the air.

"gives me your hand"

"Why" he asked abruptly his breathing were still not normal.

"Just give" she persistently asked.

he placed his hand outside of the small hole feeling the chill air.

After sometime he started to breathe normally.

"Did she again tossed you here"

"I said her, I wanted to go outside" he tells her.

"And she throws you here"

"She was.... crying. I heard her sniffle.

she just doesn't want me to go outside.." he disappointmently responded.

"Just cuz she drop some tear you think she loves you? Run away ijueng!, world is much better place,much better than your home!

"I can't" he breathed air in and out before speaking. He continued.

"She's scared.. her eyes always feels sad to me whenever she raised her voice".

"when I don't pester her for going outside and behave, she always caress my cheek, but her sad eyes never changes".

"maybe i shouldn't have said those words she may become happy".

"Don't you have your own feelings to care for".

"I did and I'm regretting now, thing could have been different,i could have been sleeping with eomma but i infuriated her anger"

"You are foolish.."jina scoffed.

"How is the night outside" He changed the topic as he place his chin against the wall rack keeping his face in front of the hole with a hand outside.

He closed his eyes while she narrates him the outside beauty with her voice feeling like a lullaby to his ears he slept the night away.

On the other side, Her mother raised her head she was still sitted against the door, she looked at the clock it's past 3.

She slightly open the door,ijueng was sleeping against the wall rack she stares him intently.

"You didn't did anything wrong, I'm the one with sins"she slowly muttered, a lone tear escapes her eyes.