Now You See

A precious place disturbed

"Lei" 

He was really something to look at. He didn't seem to mind the stares of the girls and their whispers. He was tall and lanky in the most attractive way possible and the dark limp hair covering his eyes made him somewhat dark. 

Girl's were mesmerized by his mature nature, but I couldn't tear my gaze away from his eyes, the same vivid blue as mine. His eyes were differently shaped, almost like cat eyes, but there was no mistaking it. His eyes were the same rare color as mine. Sitting only a few centimeters away from me, I found myself unable to concentrate on the chicken scratch on the board.

I figured that he knew I was staring, and maybe he didn't mind it, because whenever our eyes locked, he would turn away and stare straight ahead.

 "Isn't he cool?" Merna swooned during the break. It'd become routine for the girls to gather at the back of the class and watch him stare out the window or talk with a few guys.

 "I'm going to talk to him, it isn't good for him to be alone so often" Emily said. She began approaching him, and with a flip of her hair, he'd agreed to let her sit with him. I watched a bit stunned myself that he'd agreed, but it wasn't a surprise that'd he'd fallen for her charm so fast.

The girls watched, and I participated also. She laughed, he chuckled a bit, which none of us had ever seen before. They talked some until Emily returned.

"What'd he say to you?'

"Nothing, he's actually pretty boring" she admitted. "I'll have to reject him if he ever asks me out" she giggled.

It wasn't mean for her to say so. That was just Emily. She was always true to her emotions, yet kind to everyone, and no one resented her for it.

I slid out of my desk while the others bombarded her with questions. I was still interested in Lei- at least his eyes. It was a guilty relief that Emily didn't have any feelings for him, because if that happened, Id't be troublesome to explain to her that I was taken by her boyfriend's eyes.

It was on impulse that I turned back to look at him, only to see him staring straight back at me. 

He didn't turn away, but stood his ground. As crazy as it sounded, my heart 

sped up until I found it stifling. His eyes were boring into me and I was watching him as well, but I felt like I was crumbling into pieces. 

I whipped my head away and stalked down the hall, not sure what had just occurred. I was also terrified that he might confront me about it, because there was the possibility I was making him uncomfortable.

Trudging up the dusty stone steps up to the roof was the best part of my day. The way the gray particles floated up as my footsteps shook their world and the way the light bent against my jacket was 'cool' I guess.

And as I climbed up those flat metal steps to see the empty sky, my heart  shook. Even though I was staring so intently up at the sky, the colors had disappeared. No trace of the crack or the light.

Now my heart-rate was flying off the charts.

No light. My light was gone.

That little bit of happiness in the sky that I could keep to myself had disappeared with no explanation. The cold was vanishing and although I was shivering the winds abandoned  me with hot, numb sadness coursing through my veins.

"-No..." I choked squeezing my eyes shut. As fat tears slithered down my cheeks my throbbing heart was shaking me, and rattling me and no matter how much I gasped for air, I couldn't fill my lungs.

'You see...?'

Like I was submerged underwater, but I heard. It was him. I didn't care if he saw me like this; on the verge of a mental breakdown, wet face, bloodshot eyes and chapped red lips.

He gripped my shoulders firmly and asked again

"Do you see?"

"N-no...I can't" I sobbed 

And then, he did something so completely unexpected that I was unnerved for a brief period of time.

He pulled me into his chest, one hand on my back- the other pushing my head against him.

And the salty tears streamed down again as my wails turned into soft hiccups and high-pitched croaks. 

He was warm, but it didn't feel terrible. It felt nice.

When he pushed me back gently I was frightened to think that he'd regret comforting me, but instead he grabbed my face and wiped away the tears with his thumbs.

"It's still there" he said 

I shook my head, wrestling out of his grip. But even as I looked back, I couldn't see it.

And when I felt his hands cover my eyes, I was ready to protest. But as soon as he lifted his hand, the light was back in view, like it had never left.

"You- you see the crack?" I asked dumbfounded.

"It's only natural to know where you home is" he said casually. 

Home.

That universe a thousand millennia of light years away, was definitely not my home, but the frenzy of questions running through my mind all screamed 

'yes'.

Author's Note

This chapter went by reeeeeeally fast. And I think it progressed too fast as well D:
I'll try harder next time. Please give me your advice.
Thanks for reading (e_e) and I'll be watching you...OK no, that was creep-ish.
~Bye Bye (T.T)