Chapter 41: Moving On (4)
He hesitated. “I can’t tell you...”
I arched my eyebrows and approached him. Unlike before, he flinched when I got closer. Seeing his reaction, I had a suspicion that the story behind his wedding was much more complicated than being forced to marry by his family.
But, whatever the story was, he had made it clear that he couldn’t tell , that I shouldn’t know about it.
Too bad, telling that I shouldn’t know about it only made more curious. I peered into his eyes, trying to figure out what was happening. I could see his eyes filled with anxiety and guilt. I could understand the guilt, but the anxiety? Where did it co from?
“Is there sothing you haven’t told ?” I asked, refusing to budge from where I was standing.
“No.” He shook his head in hurry. “It’s getting dark. You should go ho.” He said and without waiting for my response, he turned around and walked away in a haste, as if he was afraid I would pressure him to answer my questions.
Well, I was about to do that, so...
.....
But now that my target has gone, it’s best for to go ho.
The sky was beautiful at that ti; it was grey with the streak of red and orange. The sun was setting and the wind turned even colder. Fastened my pace, I walked towards my dormitory. I was pretty sure Tom was waiting for .
After exchanging greetings with my dorm mates, I quickly ran towards my room. I needed to tell Tom about what happened today, especially about Senior Rizal. He wouldn’t be happy that I t him again -and I had been hiding the fact that Senior Rizal had always tried to talk to -but I still thought that he needed to know.
“Don’t co in!” A shout was heard as soon as I opened my door. My step was halted, my eyes scanned the pitch black room.
“Tom?” I called out for him, half-whispering.
“Stop right there, Jane!” He shouted again, his voice filled with urgency.
“What’s wrong?” I asked anxiously.
Then, an eerie laugh was heard, a familiar one, the one that I always heard from horror movie. My eyes widened in shock and my body turned rigid. I had goosebumps all over my body. Sothing inside my mind told to run, but my feet were glued to the floor.
“T-Tom?” I called again, this ti my voice was shaking my fear.
“It’s okay, Jane. I’ll take care of it. Just stay there.” Tom’s voice was heard again, soothing my frightened heart.
“Are you sure you can take down?” That strange high-pitched sound was heard, challenging Tom.
“Why can’t I?”
“Oh, this is aweso!” The scary laugh was heard again and I thought I almost fainted from fear. I closed my eyes in fear. “She is a cutie. I’ve been wondering about her since the first ti I saw her with that boy.”
My ears twitched when I heard that. Which boy? Senior Rizal?
“Don’t worry, I co in peace. I don’t an harm to her.” The high-pitched voice changed suddenly, a soft and lodious voice was heard instead. It was nice hearing her voice.
“H-how would I know you tell the truth?” I stamred.
“I ca to inform you sothing about the boy.” She said calmly, and with her new and beautiful voice, I couldn’t help but trust her.
“You can open your eyes, cutie. I promise I won’t bite.” She chuckled and I heard her voice got nearer to .
“Don’t co too close to her! We will see about that after we hear what you want to say!” If I guessed right, Tom must be standing in front of now.
“How rude! I have never appeared in this beautiful form in front of just anyone! Are you questioning my integrity as a Kuntilanak[1]?” She protested in annoyance.
I opened my eyes slightly, took a peek to the situation in front of . Standing right in front of was Tom’s transparent body. Through his body, I could see another translucent body was floating not far from .
The body belonged to a fair woman in white clothes. Her long and dark hair covered her back and what surprised was the smoothness of the hair. The image of this female ghost in my mind was long, dark, and ssy hair, covering her hideous face. So of them even had a hole on their back, showing their spine and bloody insides. Their white clothes had soil stained and looked strangely frightening.
But, the woman in front of was far from hideous. Instead, her complexion was so fair it made a bit envious.
She wasn’t boasting when she said ‘beautiful form’ just now.
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