"Anne!"
"Hey Deppy! How are you?"
"I'm doing well! How about you?"
"I'm great, I'm great. So what's up, Deppy?"
"You know, the usual. Studying and school and having loads of fun! You?"
"Busy with typing a new story I'm going to publish."
"Anne?"
"Yeah?"
"Look at me, please,"
"Why?"
"I just want to see your eyes."
"Uhhh, why?"
"You're good at this."
"Good at what, exactly?"
"Pretending. Hiding."
"I don't know what you're saying."
"Can you take off your mask, just this once?"
"What?! What mask?!"
"It's obvious your wearing a mask."
"Are you seeing something unseen?"
"Yes, and I see the pain you hide beneath that invisible mask you put on."
"H-how..?"
"I do the same, too, you know?"
"Really..? You don't understand."
"Believe me, I do."
"Do you have proof?"
"Sure. Go see me in my room today. I hanged myself last night. I lost the battle between me and myself, and nobody knew."
YOU ARE READING
EPHEMERAL - Short Stories Collection #1
General FictionEPHEMERAL is my first short story collection written in a span of a year and a half. With stories that will truly change your emotions from time to time as you read them, may you also find the courage to accept that things change as well as emotions.
