One morning , I woke up hearing the murmuring of my mother which I was sure that it was because of me . As I never wake up early and was always late for my school . Like always , I sat for my breakfast which was nothing but a packet of parla g biscuit and a whole glass of milk . Don't be mistaken, I was only 14 years of old . After finishing my so called break fast , I came to realise that I had not finished any of my homeworks . All thanks to my friends who came to play without doing their work . What can a 14 year kid do when he sees his friends playing?
After I came home , I was busy eating my dinner and watching shows in television. And now in the morning , I'm realizing my faults but cannot undo anything . Everybody knows how teachers treat with their students in Asian schools . So , I decided to pretend as if I had headache .I literally tried my best to reflect that I was suffering . But I had started to feel that mamu has not even developed the feeling that her son was sick . How could she believe after seeing two packets of parla g biscuit and a whole glass of milk going straight through my mouth ?
But my baba told me to have a one day rest at home . He knew I was pretending but he could not deny my unnecessary immature decision. The irony is he even insisted Mamu to write a sick leave for my class teacher .But what I think now is I'd made a great mistake by not going to school that day . If I had gone to school , nothing would have been happened to me . Do you know why ?
After the decision to remain at home , i felt happy yet sad cause i had nothing to do beside laying in my bed . It was really boring to lay down , do nothing but to pretend that i was ill.
I could feel the silence in my room following the tik-tik sound coming from my wall clock. I came to know that I've been staring towards that clock for 47 min straight . And I was amazed seeing myself passing time doing nothing but staring . It was 11:15 am when I heard someone opening the main door . As soon as she entered, she shouted my mamu's name . I immediately recognised that voice because it was fucking loud and my aunt only talks like that . She came from kathmandu to meet us . Theres nothing to worry about but the question that arises is why ? She never thinks us as family untill she needs some money .I could hear them murmuring and laughing . I'm sure mamu was laughing forcefully, to ensure postiveness by laughing on aunts lame joke . I heard them talking about me . I imagined that Mamu was telling her about my illness and I didn't went to school because of that . So , I decided to act as if I was asleep . Then , dont know why but I felt like their steps were approaching towards my room but it was all part of my imagination. They didn't came . For a while I felt like stupid to make up things which are not happening in real . Maybe it was because of the pressure going on my mind due to faking of having headache .
I started imagining different things happening in my life , wondering how things are going with me recently .It lasted some moment of time till I felt asleep.
I remember darkness around my room . Nobody knows they are in dreams untill something unwanting happens. In my dream , it was dark but I knew it was my room . I could not find it as a dream but I was dreaming . I hear nothing but the silence . All of sudden , I could see a creature which was dark more than the darkness inside my room . It was trying to come inside through the window . I was so fucking frightened, that I woke up . It was just a dream .
Fuck who dreams that nightmare kind of thing in just seconds after falling asleep ? My eyes went towards the clock and I found that it was already 12:17 PM .But when I tried to wake up , my body felt like it was frozen as if it was in paralysis mode. I could see everything but why couldn't I move ? I couldn't even speak . Believe me I tried to shout and call my mother but my vocals didn't came out from my mouth. I was desperate and moreover frightened . It lasted for minutes . I felt like I was free from the hands that were grabbing my body so hard that i was having difficulty while breathing . I knew about sleep paralysis but I'm sure it was not that . If it was a sleep paralysis, there would not be any bruises around my body and especially on my neck .
After that , I started crying because i was frightened to death and i felt presence of somebody around me . I screamed and called my Mamu. After she heard me , she immediately came in my room . She broke down and started to panic seeing me in that condition. I literally shouted that someone had been in my room and it was trying to kill me . My Mamu could see that through my bruises . But the main thing to notice was my aunt . She was cool as fuck , reacting as if it nothing has happened.
I really felt sick , weak and hurt now for real. I even puked all what I've eaten .that black shadow was wandering in my mind making me more vulnerable. After the situation had cooled down , mamu insisted me to go hospital for checkup but I denied . Cause I knew I was not sick ,and I had just FAKED being ill. But I told her to wait for today , if anything happens we will go tomorrow. She pretended as if she was okay with my decision but I could tell seeing her eyes that she was more frightened than I was. Maybe that incident was just a sign , to remain prepared for the things that'll come soon .
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Call from a dead
Non-FictionI've been going through the worst experiences of life since few years ago . The thing is that it haunts me every night . Even though that incident happened to be occurred years back (in the cold winter of 2016) . Words that used to wander in my mind...