Introvspect

Chapter 20 (A Distorted Passion)

Clyde lost his motive to continue through with his education fairly.

It was like he focused on needing to chase Raphael nowadays to try to figure out what his relationship was with Jasie.

He could not comprehend why he had to be so obsessed. What he felt from her was solely magnetic.

He decided to alter the memories of all his classmates and teachers that he had been present during classes which would take place every dismissal time. That included him receiving automatic exceptional scores whenever they supposedly had graded activities. Also, if he were to receive any awards, they would just appear stacked at his room if he assumedly already came back from school.

School requirements that he needed to pass would just be received by his teachers just out of nowhere. Throughout the day, they would not have to worry about him. It would seem like repeating that first time when he was absent but it would proceed like a loop.

His previous conceived screenplay made the purpose of the school to be useless so it had been a reckless choice to drag others along with him. He despised being the reason of stealing their future beloved memories away from them.

The students had to learn concepts the traditional way and the teachers had to prove themselves that they could contribute for a better generation.

Initially, he planned to be on his own and he just gave himself that opportunity regardless with his parents still being there for him.

Clyde faced several consequences actually. That one holiday splendor gave him sudden urges to study excessively leading him to experience sleepless nights for a whole week. Being invisible made him literally invisible to people around him, even to his own parents.

They were giving him the silent treatment for no particular reason. He had to endure being treated rudely in countless ways of blatantly being ignored. They simultaneously occurred which made it to be his worst week ever.

His power seemed like a poison of karma for interfering with his fate but it was already his addiction. He thought that he had to use it or lose it. It was only either of the two for him.

The advice he so disregarded must have been related to this. He started abusing his bestowed freedom which was deemed gratuitous.

Clyde had chosen to disguise as his counterpart, pretending to be him, copying what he wore and owned to enter his school.

Every time Raphael passed through the entrance, the guard’s memory will be restarted to seem like he just got there. Once Clyde had already entered, he would coexist with Raphael.

People who came across him would forget seeing him shortly. This had been going for about five years now.

There were times when he was just extremely forgetful or having that constant feeling of déjà vu. Forgetting those important dates concerning his family was disastrous.

He even overlooked his own birthday and if this continued, he might have to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease much earlier. But he knew that it was just temporary.

His main repercussion was gaining Raphael’s memories from each single day. He eventually knew his learnings, his home address, his family, his hobbies, and so on. It was such a pity that her mother died from cancer leaving his father to be a widower.

Clyde was elated that he still had both of his parents. He could not imagine losing either one of them. His life would never be the same.

Another thing, he was actually neighbors with Jasie but she still did not know that. She was so cooped up in her own home and Raphael was frustrated because of that.