ANGEL OF DEATH

Be my friend

I dragged myself into the house.

"Oh welcome madam. may I ask you where were you? "My aunt asked with a frown.

"Don't even dare try to fool us, we already know that you left your work at 8 o'clock." My uncle growled.

I was so heartbroken already. I knew they had never loved me but still, I looked at them with the hope that maybe they would ask what was wrong, maybe they show some sympathy but they were looking at me with so much hate in their eyes. I wanted to scream, I wanted to cry out loud, I wanted to ask them why they hated me so much. I didn't know what to say and what to not, my legs were trembling, my heart was aching badly and even with glasses, I couldn't see anything properly.

Without uttering a word, I hauled myself to my room.

My aunt croaked from behind - "Where are you going? Come back here!"

But I didn't stop. I entered my empty room. My heart wanted someone's shoulder to cry on, someone to share my feelings with, someone who would tell me that they loved me, that they would care for me and always be with me, who would wipe my tears - but no one was there, no one.

I could still hear my aunt's voice. She was cursing at me, talking all bad about me. My jaw started waddling, and my eyes blurred with tears. I covered my mouth with both my hands and started running towards the rooftop entrance. I opened the door and stepped out onto the rooftop and saw that the sky was also crying with me. I lost all control of myself, I threw out all the pain. I felt my weak trembling legs start to wobble. My knees just gave up underneath me. I knelt and cried long and hard like a baby.

After crying a while, my legs started walking towards the rooftop coast. I could feel the cold air and the little sharp raindrops were pinching my face. I looked down and decided to end all my miseries at once.

I about to jump but I dragged back my feet. I was scared... It wasn't that easy to end your own life But then I realized - what am I scared about? For whom do I live? No one would cry for me. I looked up to the sky and heaved a deep sigh and got ready to jump.

Suddenly someone grabbed my hand and pulled me back. My face dashed into something strong. I realized I had smashed into someone's chest. I was sure he couldn't be my rotund uncle or my thin cousin. If it wasn't them, then who was he?

I lifted my face to see him and my eyes got wide.

"You? "I pushed him away from me.

"Are you ok? "he asked softly.

"That's not your concern. Why did you stop me?can't I die in peace at least? I shrieked.
"Let me die, please" I meowled.

"It's not your time to die! "He put pressure on his every word.

I looked at him blankly and cried - "I don't care when my time is, I just want to die! You don't understand."

"I do. I can see how much darkness and emptiness you have held inside yourself, I can feel." He said and suddenly hugged me, his soft embrace making my heartbeat fast.

I wondered and marveled about how we just met today but I now was feeling like he was the only one who understood me, who cared about me, whose hug was healing all my pain and wounds.

But Suddenly I realized -" How did he come here, how did he know that I was living here? Was he stalking me? He could be anything - a murderer or a robber."

I pulled myself far from him and asked courageously - "Who are you? And how did you know that I live here? Are you stalking me?"

He smiled very sweetly but I couldn't let my heart slip on his smile. "We met today, this morning. I helped you, remember? "he said.

"I remember everything, but how did you know I am living here? How do you know about me? " I queried.
"That means you are stalking me..." I continued.

"No, no you are getting me all wrong," he said, shaking his head. "I was just passing from the road when suddenly I saw you and you were about to jump from the rooftop. I came here to save you." He looked at me with large eyes.

I raised my eyebrow and said - "Are you, Superman?"

"Eh? "he asked, confused.

"How did you reach my rooftop? By flying like Superman or by jumping like Batman? " I asked dramatically.

"Haha..." He laughed and continued - "there was a ladder attached to your building. I climbed, and you know the rest."

I wrinkled my face to think and found he was right, there was a ladder attached to our building from where anyone could climb directly to the rooftop.

He smiled mischievously and said - "I think, There is no thank you in your dictionary?"

I chuckled a bit and said- "Thank you for this morning, but not for saving my life."

He looked at me straight like he was looking at my soul, there was something deep in his eyes - "Don't let the darkness of your pain steal your happiness. Always fight for your happiness and love your life. Life is precious. Don't disrespect it or waste it."

I smirked - "I don't have any happiness in my life to fight for."

I looked at my feet to hide my tears from him and continued - "I don't have family, I don't have friends, I don't have love. I don't have anyone." After a short pause, I continued again - "Would you like to be my friend? "
I smiled to myself and lifted my head to see his response but he was not there. I scanned the whole terrace with sharp eyes but he was not there, he was...GONE.