Gore.

Chapter 15~ Inferno

I put my bag down and laid myself down on the grassy ground. I rested my hands in my stomach as I watch the sky. It's almost sunset. The soft breeze of the air is refreshing, the sweet sound of the birds chirping and the texture of the soft grass against my skin are making me feel home. I missed this. It's a euphoric feeling.

I would trade everything just to stay here in the woods. I'd rather stay here than attend for the Arts Festival tomorrow. I enjoy staying here than my own room.

The moment when Seb told me that I was talking to myself at the cafeteria is still bugging me. I know Lilith and Malum are real people. Everyone sees them, right? I know Sebastian's joke wasn't true, he's just messing up with me. But what if he's telling the truth? What if I am really getting crazy? What if I truly talk to myself?

"Urgh!" I groaned and covered my face. I hate myself. I'm so complicated that I couldn't even solve myself. For once, can someone please make my life normal? Just once, I just want to live a quiet life. Far from negative people and far from the voices in my head. I let out a huge breath and closed my eyes. Trying to escape my thoughts by sleeping.

"Are you okay?"

I frowned and slowly opened my eyes to see Chace above me. He's standing with a black camera in his hands and I blinked when he snapped a photo of me.

"Hey.." I said and sat up. "What are you doing here?"

Chace pouted as he sat up on the grass across me. He is wearing a black hoodie jacket and a black pants. "You forgot about your promise."

I frowned. But I suddenly realized that I promised him that I will teach him how to draw. And I think now is the time. I bit my lip. "Oh yeah."

Chace just shrugged, "It's fine if you're not in the mood. Maybe we'll just do it next time."

I touched his arm, "No, no it's fine. I want to draw now." I sighed looking down on the grass ground. "I just want to get rid of everything that's happening to me."

"Like what?" He asked.

I slowly shook my head, I can't tell him that there are voices in my head and the possibility that I see people that nobody else sees. He might feel weird if I told him everything. I might also lose him, he is a good friend.

"Just nothing. Forget it." I said and opened my bag where I brought out my sketchpad and drawing pencils.

I gasped when he made me look up to him. His warm fingers brushed against my chin. I stared at his eyes again and he said, "Tell me, what's bothering you?"

He is still frowning but I just shook my head again and chuckled. "I said it's nothing. Maybe next time I'll tell you. I'm just really not in the mood to talk about myself."

He gave up and brought down his hand from my chin. "Fine. So, can I borrow a pencil?"

I chuckled and gave him my newly sharped pencil and gave him my spare drawing pad. "So what do you want to draw?"

Chace stared at me and said, "You."

I frowned, "What?"

"I mean, um, you? What do you think?"

I just shrugged, "The nature? Flowers?"

Chace chuckled, his smile really suits him and that dimple in his cheek is making him irresistible. "Okay, flowers."

I agreed and I started to draw a sunflower, he also mimicked what I did and taught him the curves and shades that he should make. It was fun teaching him, it was really enjoying and making me forget my problems. Chace wasn't bad in drawing and he's actually listening to what I'm telling him. I think our drawing lesson lasted for hours and we just drew random stuff like a tree, a house, an eye and a lot of stick figures. He was also telling me jokes that would make me laugh so hard and roll on the ground. It felt like being with him feels so safe. Warm and yet felt so strange. I feel like he was made to make people feel happy and comfortable.