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'New'

'Hmm?'

'You have face amnesia?'

I don't know what to say. This is a very private matter to me. I am not at all comfortable to share it with anyone, besides my family only a few people know about it. My two childhood friends, one school teacher and now Liam and his family are aware of this.

But how can I not tell him about it. We only met twice or thrice but he told me about his past already, my situation is not sadder than his. So I decided to tell him.

'Yeah'

'How serious is it?'

'Actually it's nothing.... I just don't remember faces that well'

'New...'

'I don't even think it's serious at all. You see I've managed to live so many years with it, just some minor problems occurres time to time.'

I tried to explain it rather vaguely.

The truth is far from it though. I constantly suffer mental break downs, I have to be extra conscious every time I meet new people, I have to face embarrassing situations when someone randomly talks to me and I get panicky, not knowing if I know them or not. I even write down descriptions of important people in my notebook, so I recognize them next time.

It takes at least 7 to 8 visits to remember someone properly and if the gap between those visits become longer then the chances get slimmer. Then I have to start from zero. 

How I wish to remember someone like a normal being.

But Tawan doesn't have to know that, I know he opened up to me and all but he is already suffering and I don't wanna be remembered as ' that face amnesia guy' if he remembers me at all.

'You are not telli.....'

'Squick squick sqiiiiich.....'

The peaceful atmosphere suddenly shattered with a sharp sound and the bushes in my left started to rustle.

I was so deep in the conversation that this rustle bustle scare the shit out of me. Without thinking I start to scream and straddled Tawan just to get away from whatever vicious animal That is trying to attack me from my left.

At that exact moment two squirrels got out from those bushes and they were fighting over a nut or something.

I heaved a euphoric sigh of relief.

Ohhh.....squirrels....

I was looking at those tiny figures when I Suddenly stopped breathing.

Where am I sitting!!....

I turn my head to see myself sitting on Tawan's lap who was staring at me with a shocked expression. The distance between our faces is mere inches, his eyes are brown and warm but right now they are projecting only shock.

Holy shit.....for the love of god....

'I... I...I... am so sorry..... I thought they were some kind of animals or something...' I hurriedly detached myself from his body.

Oh if he was a girl this situation might be pictured as romantic.....

Wait ! If he was a girl this situation would be pathetic because my position will be the same....

Straddling a girl from the fear of squirrels.... God...

' Nothing to fear, they are not animals, Squirrels are considered as rodents.' Tawan said with a straight face, but I can see his eyes are laughing.

'Stop talking' I said glaring at him.

That did it.

He started howling with laughter.

' Ohh .... New... You ... Made me laugh twice.... In one day..'

Oh fuck off

'I am not afraid of animals, it just...'

But Tawan wasn't listening to me he was just laughing with his eyes shut.

'TAWAN'

'I..t...stay'

'what?'

'It...s...t...ay'

'Stop laughing and speak properly, I don't understand you'

'It's Tay.... You can call me Tay.'