Lethal Ways Not To Kill Yourself

Acquaintance 4: Elikai

Leni, you can come right now?"

"No, I know you tricked Kal to come to your place, I won't come."

I always wondered if I was an open book or what? Leni could always read through my plans. Maybe it was because she is really observant, it takes her a lot less time to understand the nature of the person than any average person. I still doubt its validity, had it been true, she wouldn't have left Kal when he needed her the most.

"Okay, now you know I tricked him, tell me how to fake illness." I laid on my bed, facing the white ceiling, as blank as my mind right now, regretting to lie to Kal. He is great at picking up lies, so who can give me better advice than the person who lied to him like a blink of an eye?

"Oh god, that'll be tough, can you get your mom's makeup?" Her words were punctuated with sighs and the strength she gathered to help me in this menace I called for. Even when she lied in front of Kal, she always feared being caught, the dread was crystal clear. At this point, I think it was Kal's fault to not see through her lies and stories when he could.

I leapt out of my bed and headed towards my parents' room. Earlene was still downstairs, making flyers for the Pets R Us rally they were about to commence right after the football match. Sometimes it scares me how much though she puts behind her initiative.

I sneaked into the room with my phone and pulled the drawer of my mother's dresser. There were a lot of items, I could only make out the contours and blush.

"Yup, what shall I do now?"

"Find a corrector."

"What? Why will I have a corrector in the makeup drawer-"

"Stupid, colour corrector, not the stationery one."

Had she been there, smack on my forehead was ensured. I rummaged through the junks and products, some even looked expired, until I found one stick.

"It says Bobbi Brown." I had placed the phone between the shoulder and my ears and hunted for the products with my hand.

"Alright, is it red in colour? I think your mother uses red."

It was indeed red, and looked scary, imagining that it was going on my face.

"Leni, I want to look ill, not pennywise."

"Elikai, right now, you look stupid, shut your hole and do as I say."

"Aye, aye captain."

She instructed me to apply it under my eyes and nose. The red shade was not meant to be matched, I assumed, but I don't know how my mother comes out and looks normal after applying this product. Leni asked me to smack some foundation shade on my lips and blend everything in.

I clicked a picture of mine and sent it to her. "You look like Jeffree Star." She didn't even try to hide her giggles when she said. "Yeah, that was the aim, remember?"

"Did you tell Earl that you're sick?" Leni always thought two steps ahead and I was forever grateful for that. Alex and I can't even think about things that happened a few seconds ago.

"Anyway, don't mention his past, don't ask about his dad and definitely," she paused, contemplating whether I should know this piece of advice or not," don't take my name."

"Then what shall I talk about?" I got out of the room after placing all the products neatly as they were. Mom didn't mind Earlene experimenting with her makeup but it will be rather fishy if she found out that I did it.

"I don't know, the weather?" I could hear Leni sipping her coffee right near my ear.

"Oh god, you're of no use."