Dysthymia ; h.s

three

With widened eyes, I looked up to Liam, who stolidly looked at his wrists. Millions of thoughts raced into my mind, so many questions that I wanted to ask.

"Liam," I said whilst sighing. He finally looked up to me,  "I didn't knew you were depressed at the first place,"  he then gave me a puzzled look. "What I mean is that you have the brightest smile in the universe,"

He shook his head then giggled.
"The prettiest smiles, hides the deepest secrets." he said.

"I'm sorry to butt in to your life but," I swallowed the lump on my throat, "if you don't mind may I know the reason behind those scars?"

I waited for a few moments but not a single word escaped from his mouth.

"I'm sorry," I said holding his hand. I gave him a sympathetic look, he was just staring at his scars. The silence between us was deafening, this moment is getting awkward.

Liam's phone broke the silence as it rings, "Excuse me," he said and I just nodded in response.

Liam ran into the bathroom, and I waited for a few minutes, at least my phone has an Internet so I won't easily get bored. I logged in to Twitter to checkout what's happening.

There are so many trends like "#NationalILoveYouDay", "#AMAs1D", "#AlDubBattleForACause", and so on and so forth. I clicked on each topics until I saw Liam running towards our table.

He picked up his things, "Im sorry i have to go,"

I just nodded and smiled, "It was very nice meeting you Liam,"

"You too," he grinned, then he ran towards the exit door, until he was out of sight.

Now I am all alone sitting on this table. I stood up and went into the fountain, i was just staring at it. It's so beautiful, the way the water flows and goes down, the way the lights gave colours to the water. I put out a penny and wished, and threw it into the fountain. I know how cliché it sounds like but I missed the feeling when I was a kid, when I freely had the chance to play with my father.

"You know wishes will never come true," I heard a voice behind my back, it was a familiar one. I turned around to see who's talking and it was Dr. Ovart, Liam's psychiatrist as we all know.

I raised one of my eyebrows, "I wished my penny would get wet," I said and he laughed.

"Touché," he said wiping away his tears.

"So you know Liam right?" I said crossing my arms.

"Yes of course, he's one of my patients. Why?" he replied.

"I just wanted to know, uh, the reason for his cuts?"

"I'm sorry madam, but he said that I should keep it hidden."

"Oh" I said. What's behind Liam's scars? was that too bad? "By the way thank you for the time," i added.

"Liam, Liam, Liam." he said shaking his head.

"Excuse me," I then ran away.

-

"Mom I'm home!" I shouted as I closed the door. I went straight into my room and I was surprised to see my younger sister Camaria petting Hessy. They were so cute so I just watched them as they played.

"Kendall, he's so cute!!" Camaria says then giggled. "What's his name?" she added.

"He's Hessy," I replied.