It is Jan's birthday today and his friends came to celebrate with him at a park near the forest. He invited five friends that are "close" with him and also told them to bring sling bag for snacks.
The first to come is Adam, who is the active one.Second is Lucy, the happy-go-lucky girl of the group, Third is Mike, the food lover. Fourth is Penelope, the smartest/feminist of the group, and then there's Bob. he's the hipster.
They gather themselves inside when Adam told Jan he had an idea.
"What is it?" Jan said.
"Let's play hide and seek. Everyone agrees?" Adam said.
All of them shook their heads (except Bob, because he thought it was too mainstream) and followed Adam and Jan, leading them to the forest.
While adventuring through the trees, they stopped for a while to choose which is the "it".
They all placed their hands (yes, even Bob) but Penelope asked,
"Can I place my hands above yours?"
"Sure thing." Jan answered.
The "it" person was Bob.
"Aww," Penelope said, frowning.
"it's ok. Next time we play it'll be you." Adam replied.
Lucy and Jan stayed silent while Mike is already eating his chips that came from his bag.
Although he didn't want to play, Bob wanted to be the "it".
"I'm good with this, guys. This one ain't mainstream." Bob added. He then turned around, counted up to a 100 slow, and grabbed a Frap on his sling bag.
Everyone was gone except for Bob. He sat down at the same tree, hearing the sound of bird chirping and cars driving fast.
So, he decided to search for them.
"Hey,guys!" Bob yelled.
Nothing came.
"Helooo!" Bob yelled again.
While walking, Bob plugged his headset unto his ears and started playing Tame Impala.
"Being tired is too mainstream, people." Bob quoted.
and then, the weird happened.
the bodies of Penelope and Lucy were face down, filled with blood all over.
"Oh. My. God." Bob was totally terrified.
"Those Vans are sooo mainstream." Bob saw the shoes of the girls and never paid attention to their blood-stained clothes. He's more drawn to music he's playing on his headset.
"Ok, keep it up girls!" Bob never even knew that they're dead.
And so, Bob returned back to the tree only to find out....
"Hey, bob. I'm here!" Adam said, with blood on his clothes .
"Nice outfit," Bob said.
"What? Don't you know what's going on?" Adam replied while walking very slowly to him and as if he is going to lose his sanity.
Bob took off his headset and said, "No."
"I just saw Mike die." Adam said.
"Well I just saw the girls lying on the ground with your matching outfit. It's becoming to be mainstream ughh." Bob replied as if he didn't give shit.
"WHYYY?? WHYY??" Adam bends his knees, crying that same word a lot of times while Bob placed his headset back on.
Bob then turned the volume up, and saw Adam lying down with a bullet below his right shoulder.
"Ok, goodnight." Bob said with a smile and without any care and sat down.
Bob soon realize that he forgot something that is very dangerous not only to himself but to everyone.
"Damn, I forgot to give Jan the invitation." Bob said.
"He told me yesterday that he would mean so much if i would give him the invitation ." Bob added.
"Hhmph. What's so important about it?" Bob asked himself and got the invitation from the bag.
It says : Invitation for Jan's 21st Birthday! To all those invited, be extra prepared. The forest beside the venue is famously haunted for deaths. Thank You!
"I'm so outta here." Bob said as he stood up and saw Jan, completely filled with blood and a pistol on his right hand and a knife on his left hand.
"F me, right?" Bob said.
"Hellyeah." Jan said, with a smile and a shot to his own face.
Bob desperately trying to think positive, ran away from the scene to get from fresh air.
"I really need to get out of here, ASAP!" Bob said.
So Bob kept on running and running and running until he noticed that the road repeats itself.
"O'ly Shit!" Bob, in fear bends his knees and cried....
...until someone shot him at the back of his head.
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Hide and Seek
Short StoryJust wanted to make a horror/comedy story to experiment something i had never done.