THE HAUNTED HEART : FULL MOON

Chapter 8

"Hey! Don't you know how to put on a shirt?!"

They are currently at a luxury store, Jett and Austin suggested that they'll pick and buy the clothes for Kiernan instead of Kai. Frankly speaking, they just wanted to style him because of his nice build, perfect height, and his striking visual.

Wilder and Austin also took the chance and was choosing some clothes they liked, since Jett will pay for all of it.

"Aren't you going to pick your own clothes? I'll buy it for you"

Jett sat at the couch as he asked Kai who was also sitting there, waiting for them to finish up. He just wanted to go home and rest.

"No need, you always buys me things even if I didn't asked for it, I might become dependent on you"

Jett chuckled at Kai's remark. Jett have always liked Kai because he doesn't ask for anything unlike some friend he made before, who kept borrowing some money from him just because he was rich, but Kai's different, he's always the type to be so self-reliant, It was another thing that worries them the most.

Thinking about all of those things made Jett smile with a bittersweet expression. He knew that Kai was hiding something again, and that he didn't want to share his burden with them.

"Then be dependent on me, I can't wait to take care of you, hahahaha"

He laughed and smiled as he made a joke to make Kai laugh, and it was worth it since he did. They were interrupted when Austin suddenly called out for Kai.

"Kai! Can you help me out here? You're the only one he listens to! Seriously, he's such a drama queen.. so rude.. hmph!"

Austin Smith, who was in charge of picking out clothes for Kiernan got annoyed at him, because of his stubbornness, and called out for Kai. He's been giving Kiernan a lot of clothes to wear, and they both had enough of each other since Austin has been making Kiernan change for a while now that Kiernan has been staying in the fitting room since they came in, and the result was that he got aggravated and refused to wear it...

In conclusion, they got annoyed at each other, and Austin couldn't take it anymore. Additionally, Wilder didn't do anything, because he was having fun watching them getting irritated at each other, and he felt a sense of deja vu.

Kai walked towards the fitting room as Austin gave him the clothes that Kiernan has yet to change into. He opened the curtain enough for him to slip in.

He flinched when Kiernan was standing in front of him, with his usual expressionless face.

"W-what is it?"

Kai stuttered as he felt overwhelmed by his constant stares. He didn't know where to look at since Kiernan was once again, half naked. He suddenly noticed a pile of clothes on a round and small table behind him.

"You should try on these clothes already, I don't want to deal with Austin's --"

"They cannot see it, do they?"

Kai froze when Kiernan interrupted his sentence with an off-putting question. He was about to take the clothes from the table, but instead, he faced Kiernan, although,his gaze was not focused at him, and clenched his fist. He exhaled deeply before he could reply.

"...So what if they can't?"

Kai has been denying the fact that he was the only one who could see those dark veins that has been spreading on Kiernan's body that obviously started from his heart. He didn't want to admit it....

Even before they came out of the cabin, he's been persuading his self that maybe he's just lost his mind because of sleep deprivation, and because of a sudden traumatic experience he had at the abandoned church... However, he was struck by Kiernan's question that led him to face the reality...

The fact that he wasn't losing his mind, everything he saw, what he witnessed and what he felt were all true.... And the fact that the man in front of him was not an ordinary human who was crazy. The fact that even things he can't see, and unknown creature that he has yet to find out we're all..... Real.

"Answer me properly this time. Who... are you?"

Kiernan has asked another question. Kai knew that what Kiernan meant was not his name, but his identity... But even if he did, he doesn't know the answer to that question, because he himself has also been asking the same question since the day he was born.

Kai gritted his teeth, he couldn't bear Kiernan's constant questions that made him unsettled.  He couldn't bear all of the burden that he's been denying anymore. He wanted to walk out.

"Think however you want, I'm not obliged to answer that... You can change your own clothes, so I'm going out.."

Kai was about to get out of the fitting room when Kiernan suddenly grabbed his hand and jolted him in, he then pinned Kai to the wall full of mirrors. A loud thud was heard from outside. Kai's friends turned their heads simultaneously towards the fitting room.

"Ugh... That hurts.. what are you doing?!"

Kai finally met Kiernan's eyes as he shouted at him because he was suddenly pushed. He flinched when he saw Kiernan's eyes had no hint of life in it. He was scared for a moment.

"Do not ever dare to avoid my questions again just because I listen to you... I can easily kill you and your friends outside. As soon as you got me out of that forsaken place, you would have just left me when I was on the verge of death..."

Kiernan grinned at Kai as he blatantly threatened him, He then pointed his hand at Kai and smirked. 

"It will be your fault if they die at the hands of the person you helped.. you are surprisingly gullible"

There was an air of melancholy surrounding Kai upon hearing Kiernan's words... As he processed everything he said, he turned pale as he suddenly realized that Kiernan was actually a murderer.

"You... at the church... were those actually... corpses?!"

To Be Continued