When I reach town I begin looking in the shop windows, I have no money but I need a distraction. I enter a cafe and sit down at a table, pulling out my phone and earbuds. Maybe music can take me away from this.
It's true, I am scared of this. No- I am scared of him. This boy, I will have a connection to him. The only person I have ever had a connection with was my brother. Now look at him! He is scarred forever! His visions sent him reeling, and when I was born he was so happy.At least that is what he says.
When I had visions he faded with them. He still showed emotion, but he was dying inside.
No, it is resurfacing again. My memory of it. We were playing a game of chess, and he was winning again. I was mid-move when I blanked out. I was surrounded in visions of the future. What I saw was horrifying, my parents dying. When I woke from the trance and cried on my brother's shoulder he rejected me.
A week later my parents died. He blamed me for it. Ever since he has been blank, in time he accepted me.
I must have been crying while I was lost in memories for someone sat beside me and asked if I was okay. When I looked up it was the same boy from my visions. I forced myself to relax. Over time I figured out how my brother hides his emotions so well.
The boy asks me again, his voice soft. I stare into his gray eyes for a moment. I look away and pause my music.
"Yeah.. Just uh... Sad song?" He smiles and sits down beside me. We talk for awhile, sharing our favorite songs.
