Chapter 1: What is happening?
In your average sized room, a boy was sleeping. The room, as average as it looked, suddenly had bits and pieces, waves of darkness appear out of nowhere. Along with this not so average occurance, the boy's facial expressions showed signs of an ongoing nightmare so bad that sweat was dripping off of his face. The boy seemed to be waking up, signalling the end of a terrible nightmare.
...
...What..?
Why is everything so dark?
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Silence.
...
What the..
Darkness gradually fades
"Hell..?"
Hmm...
So that darkness was also just a dream.. A part of a really weird and downright scary dream..
So much so that even after all that sleep I am still tired. I don't even have the power to shout or say anything right now...
Mental care is real. It's as they say. Happy brain happy li-
“hee!?”
"WHAT THE FU- wait."
Oh thank god, I can speak and shout.
Though..
What is that dark… what is that thing?
By color it was Black but it was more appropriate to call it 'Dark' in this case rather than black. It was travelling around in the room like how waves of air travel in open spaces. In a hurry, I gazed outside the window to see if this thing only existed in my room or outside too. And as expected, It was also roaming around outside. Since it was everywhere and people were going out and about in the neighborhood, I thought to alert some people about this new addition to the common world.
I probably should have noticed the unattentive gazes of the people to this newfound darkness (haha), However, keep in mind I just woke up and currrently, my head is a cluttered mess. All that I was doing was just basic human instinct in confusing situations. And so--
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"YO EVERYONE!!! WHAT IS THAT THING THERE??" I yelled through my window to my neighbourhood friends talking to each other about dumb things. the uncles talking about politics and the aunties talking about all kinds of recipes and dresses on sale this week. And it was at this moment that I knew, I f***ed up.
Everyone looked at me like I was the cringe and mentally incapable of understanding human sentences kid of the neighbourhood.
My friends though, they yelled back:
-"YOOO MARWAN! DID YOU FINALLY LIKE A GIRL??"
What?
-"DON'T LOOK AT US LIKE THAT YOU ARE THE CRINGE ONE HERE."
whatu da fu-
-"WHO YOU DAY DREAMING ABOUT?"
Nani the f-
"NO NO IT's NOTHING I WAS JUST DAYDREAMING ABOUT MY WAIFU!" I exclaimed in a hurry. After all, this was the first thing that came to my mind and was also more easy to explain tha-
Oh god-
Did I really just say I was day dreaming about my waifu in front of the whole neighbourhood?
-"DUDE... I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU." I know my friend, I know.. me too..
Seeing everyone's reactions except my friend's, I thought..
Maybe.. maybe I am the cringe and mentally incapable of understanding human words kid of the neighbourhood.
"Okay, okay, all trivialities aside, I should focus on the main thing." I muttered to myself in a teary voice.
"I WILL TALK TO Y'ALL ABOUT MY DREAM AFTER I AM FRESHENED UP AIGHT? BYEE" I told my friends.
-"AIGHT, WE ARE WAITING TO SEE WHAT YOU N-" my friend was about to say something forbidden and the other friends in the group knew it. The word he was about to say should not be said in front of our uncles and aunties.
One friend covered his mouth as if trying to make him faint with excessive inhaling of tetrachloroethane.
Two others took each of his hands and locked them behind his back.
The last one, to indicate the victory over the overspeaking friend, yelled,
-"OKAY BRO GO FRESHEN UP OR SOMETHING. BYE!"
I secretly gave a thumbs up. These guys could be counted on in situations like these.
Now.. back to the main point though..
My mind has cleared up and the more I look at it the more it resembles Dark Matter. Atleast, how I picture it in my head.
Maybe.. It is?
But what am I supposed to do?
What if no one can see this and only I can?
What if someone is secretly looking for people like me who can see this thing and plan to do something suspicious?
Huh.. I must be overthinking things...
What should I do...
What is it that I need...
What is it....
If there is 1 thing I need in this case, It would be..
Info.
But how do I go about finding info....?
Oh! I know,
I will just try to see if anyone outside notices these dark things. I am just gonna call it dark matter.
Of course, maybe I am the only one who can see this or the people who can see this care about themselves enough that they pretend not to notice.
Who knows.
But, lets try.
…
“moooOOOooom!”
Mother: “Yes?”
“I’m going to shop to buy some stuff.”
Mother: “Ok, make sure to spend wisely.”
“K.. Thanks!”
Ok, Step 1 successful.
But man, the scenery today was beautiful.
It was 9:00 AM. The Sky was Baby blue. The Sun had risen to the perfect position for you to truly say it from the heart, “This is Life.”
But there was a problem.
And that problem was..
Dark matter.
It was lurking around, hitting walls and other things.
Well I am here to find out about that.. so let’s get started with Step 2.
…
Hmm… Not this one, not him either…
not that one either…not him…
Stranger: “?”
For some reason the people I was looking at were looking at me with a questioning face.
Stranger 1: “That guy is weird… He keeps staring at people in their eyes!
Stranger 2: “I know right? Doesn’t he have any shame?”
What I didn’t know at the time was how rude I was being, staring at people I hadn’t even ever talked to. Only after I heard some passerby’s conversations did I notice what I was actually doing.
“oh…shit”
I need to find a way to observe people without getting noticed.. or looking weird.
Let’s go to the shop while we are at it.
…
“Hmm…”
“This one or this? oof… I can’t decide…”
Hmm? are you asking what I am doing?
Well I am buying food for myself to eat.
While also observing people.
You see, turns out coming to the shop was a great idea.
Now I have a good excuse as to my observing or staring.
How?
Do you somehow get some glances on people without noticing when doing your own stuff and everybody accepts it and moves on?
Yes.
I am using that tactic.
Soo… Back to the main point.
“What should I buy?…”
“Ok lets do a random song count and let it decide..”
"Tick-Tock, Thick-Bonk, Light-Gone, Ding-Dong.."
As I was mumbling whatever came to mind for my randomizing song..
“Oh this one th-“
I saw.
I saw someone noticing the dark matter and going around as if it was normal.
At a glance it would feel like he was just someone minding their own business.
But I was not only glancing.
I was observing.
Since I found someone who was similar to me and looked kind of experienced in what I was seeking answers for, I prepared myself.
And went to talk to the person in question.
—————– To Be Continued —————–