I FAKE MY DEATH

I FAKE MY DEATH - Short Story 1

I am a popular vlogger. Ever since I was a child I loved to record my daily activities for fun using my cellphone. I love taking random videos everyday then I used to post it online until I became a popular public figure. Maybe the netizens love my video contents the reason why I gained many followers and reactors for a short period of time.

My friends initiated me to become a vlogger because of my popularity. At first I declined their idea about me being a vlogger because I have a job and a hectic schedule. But I changed my mind and accept their idea when I realized that being a vlogger could not affect my job and it will provide me an extra income. I also accepted their idea because our family needed a huge amount of money that time for the brain surgery of my brother.

      Being a vlogger is a blessing in disguise for me because I gained more self confidence and my family is now living a comfortable life because of my success. Today I am preparing my self for another vlog that I am going to do requested by one of my avid fan, Kalixx. I know him personally because he was my high school classmate. I used to admire him because of his charming smile, perfect jaw line, pointed nose, kissable lips and gray eyes which always make me uncomfortable everytime it meet mine’s. But I am not ready to handle relationships and commitments yet so I decided to forget my feelings for him. I am slightly nervous because this is my first time to accept a request from my fan and no one else knows that I am going to do this request even my family and friends except from me and Kalixx.

      I am in my condo right now preparing my things because doing it in my family's house makes my vlog a failure. Usually my friends always help me to set my things for my vlog but since this vlog is a secret I excluded them to make this vlog a success. I splash fake bloods in my bath tubs using a red paint. Upon seeing it I slowly feel the chills of my body because it looks like a real blood. My lips also started to tremble because I imagined some scenes of horror movies I watched with my friends. But hearing the pleading voice of Kalixx in my head I threw the creepy images in my head and continue to prepare my things again because there’s no point of turning back beside this is my birthday gift to him for his birthday tomorrow.

      I started to fix my face making it paler from its normal state. I also draw a fake slit on my neck and added a fake blood on it using a red paint to make people believe that someones murder me. It is easy for me to do this kind of set up since I am a professional when it comes on doing my own make up and it is also inclined on my real job. I also write the words HELP ME! above the bath tub using a red paint and put a knife cover with red paint beside it to make it more dramatic. I also left my hair untied after wearing a long white dress, also a part of the set. Then I set up my camera, the one I am using everytime I make  vlogs.

I call Kalixx after preparing the set and minutes later he arrive in my condo. He was shock upon seeing me and my set up. He can't even utter a single word. I wave my fingers infront of his face so he can recover from his gruesomeness. “Wow!, you did a great job! I didn't expect that you can manage to do the set up I requested to you.” He said while doing an inspection on my set up. “Well, it’s not a big deal”. I said while following him. I let him inspect the set up I made and I can see clearly that he was amazed and satisfied by it.

     “Let’s not waste our time, I have a job after this.” I said after remembering my job later. “Okay, where’s your camera?” said by Kalixx after he finished the inspection. “Behind you”, I said while pointing my index finger behind him where the camera is properly set up. “Okay, let’s begin”. Kalixx said while fixing the lenses of the camera. I move towards the bath tub letting myself envelop with the cold water mixed with fake blood on it. Kalixx took different shots. He is a professional photographer so I am not worried about the results of the shots.

We actually did a great job. Every pictures looks real and anyone who can see it will believe that I am actually dead. I let Kalixx post my pictures online using his dummy account on facebook. That's the last step of his request to me, post my pictures and make people believe that I died without them knowing that it’s fake and a prank. Minutes later, my phone vibrated, I received texts from my family and friends. Instead of reading it I close my phone after turning it into silent mode. Kalixx congratulate me in advance because my pictures become the most trending topic online.

    Kalixx and I clean the mess in my condominium and he decided to visit his best friend who happened to be my brother. I also fix myself before closing my condominium. He insist to let me ride on his car even I also have one. So I ride on his black Mercedes-Benz and decided to get my car tomorrow. We laughed a lot during our travel way back home because we imagine the reaction of our friends and my family about my fake death.

    Upon our arrival, I feel like something is wrong. I wait for Kalixx to park his car on our garage and we walk together. I saw my friends, relatives, and my family infront of our house. They didn't notice us because they are crying non stop and seems like they are grieving for someone who left them forever. I hide my chuckle afraid that I might disturb their dramas for me. Maybe they truely believe my fake death.

I saw my brother walking towards us while stopping his tears from falling using his handkerchief. I wave to him but it seems like he doesn't notice me. He approach Kalixx and talk to him. I heard their conversation. “Ka-lixx a..re you also h..ere to check the sit-uation of my si..ster?” said by my brother while crying. “No, I am here to visit you, actually your sister is with me” Kalixx replied. My brother cry louder and his shoulders is started to shake. His lips is also trembling. “Do yo..u see my sister? Please te...ll he-r I lo-ve her and I al-ready mi...ss her.” said by my brother while crying louder.

Wait, I don't understand my brother, can't he see me right now? I started to feel nervous and my body is trembling right now for no apparent reason. I don’t know what’s happening. I tried to shout in front of my brother but he doesn’t hear me and the other people around us while Kalixx is the only one covering his ears from my loud voice.

   “Is there a problem Kalixx? Why are you covering your ears?” my brother asked him. “Your sister just shouted right now, didn’t you hear it?” Kalixx answered. Upon hearing their conversation , it confuses me a lot. I badly want to cry because I don’t know what’s happening. I leave my brother and Kalixx alone and decided to go in my comfort room inside of my room because I want to take a bath to ease my anxiety .

Why does our house is full of police? Why does my room is cover with yellow lines and it says ‘do not cross'. I ignore it and walk slowly towards my comfort room. Upon seeing the situation of my comfort room, my knees started to feel weak and I can’t no longer feel my heartbeat and the responses of my senses. Cover with blood, asking for help lies a carbon copy of my body on the bath tub lifeless. She has also a slit on his neck like the fake slit I did on my neck a while ago for my  prank.

The scenario looks familiar, and I realize that it's the same set up I made. I heard Kalixx calling my name, he was crying while walking towards me.”Debbie, I’m sorry. Please forgive me. This things might not happened if I didn’t ask you to do my request.” Then it hits me. Kalixx can see and talk to ghost. That's the reason why he can see and talk to me. Why did this happen to me? All I want is to make people happy but why did this happen? I can’t imagine myself being totally dead. My family needs me. I didn't get the chance to say how much I love them. I can't even join the plans of my friends in the future.

I badly want to cry but my tears is not cooperating with me. It seems like my body and senses doesn’t want to cooperate with me anymore. It pains me lot knowing that I fake my death but I truly died on the process of doing it. But how? How did I die?  

AN: Again, sorry for the grammatical errors. Alam kong di gaanong maganda yung story, pasensiya na. Kayo na ang bahalang mag isip kung ano talaga ang nangyari kay Debbie, haha. Btw, Wala na itong Chapter 2. Open ended lang talaga eto😁