Worlds Apart (Completed)

Chapter 34: Pretending to be Serious (Flash Back)

"Mama! I'm off for college! See you later!" I say with great enthusiasm. I don't know what happened to me or what has gotten into me but I just feel happy and I like this feeling, whatever this feeling is. I'm working fine with it. I reach college, whistling all the way from home.

"Good morning Narita." I greet her and she greets me back. I continue skipping, jumping and whistling through my way.

"Morning Sasha!"

"Morning Nate!"

"Morning Vaniya!"

"Morning Susana!"

"Morning brat-" I stop on my tracks, the shiny and sparkly aura leaving me. My breathing stops, it's getting dark in front of my eyes. I think I am going to die today...

"Someone's a lot chirpier today. Did something happen?" He asks, arching an eyebrow at me and I laugh. I laugh. And I not just laugh. I laugh a lot. Like literally, a lot.

He's giving me an awkward look but I'm still laughing rather confusedly this time.

'Hell! Stop it, you immature woman! Act normal!'

Well, I'm trying just give me some space you stupid subconscious!

"Wow. Something good might have happened? You're laughing since last five minutes and the bell is about to-"

rrrrrrrrrrrrrr....

"Ring," he smirks and I smile at him not baring-my-teeth-smile, not at all. Nu-uh. But smiling like a-

'STUPID WOMAN!' pokes my subconscious and I hit her back to silence.

But I'm still smiling, doing nothing but just looking at him with a confused smile now.

"Okay... I think my class is going to start now... I better go." He hesitates and points his finger in the direction of the corridor behind me.

"Ah, sure!" I say, eyeing in that direction. The corridor is empty now, I swing on my toes just like a kid while watching the corridor and my hands clasped together behind my back. He motions his head, signaling for me to move and when I don't move he heaves a sigh.

As my brain functions and makes me realize the situation I immediately move to my left while he does the same.

I'm blocking his way again.

I step to my right while he steps to his left at the same time again, blocking ways. Now he holds me by my shoulder and looks at me seriously.

"Whatever is happening to you, it is bad and I can see it. We need to make sure you are all fixed up before you leave for home, okay?" A look of concern crosses in his eyes and I just nod at his words. He lets go off my shoulder and moves to his left, leaving me standing there dumbfounded.

Am I sick?

'Yes! You have to pretend to be sick even if you are not now!' Hisses my subconscious at me.

Don't you come at me right now! I hiss back

"Hey, weirdo!" I turn back to his familiar voice. "You know you are the weirdest brother I never had." He smiles at me and surges away, leaving me dumbfounded with his words again.

I walk towards my class and find that the teacher is still not there. My eyes land on Sally and she waves at me and motions me to sit on the seat next to her that she always saves for me. My mind diverts to the thought if I should tell Sally about the things happened yesterday at the festival but she would probably conclude things to something more. Obviously, she is the one who has made me think all the weird possibilities between him and me, making it more complicated. I discard that idea and decide to tell her later but not any time soon.