Seventeen Imagines III

#15 "Midnight Call" (one shot story)

Every 12am, I heard the telephone rings from the living room. "Kring! Kring!" It woke me up from my deepest sleep and made me wonder who's in the right mind who will call at this hour.

Me and my two siblings are on a vacation in grandma Gee's cabin. We aren't blood related with grandma but she's mom's friend since a long time ago.

"Chan! Chan! Wake up!" I gently rocked my little brother.

Chan woke up while grunting, "what?"

"I told you, the phone is ringing," I whispered just in case we wake up grandma Gee who's sleeping at the next room.

"Kring! Kring!" The phone rings. However...

"What are you saying? I don't hear any sounds," Chan sighed and shove back his face on the pillow.

We've been here for a week but weirdly, I was the only one who can hear the phone rings every midnight. Are they deaf or my hearing ability is just strong?

"Kring! Kring!"

No. There's no way they won't hear this.

Finally, I took the courage to get up and check the mystery behind the ringing phone. My heart was pounding when I dragged my feet on the way to the living room. When I got there, it was too dark.

"Kring! Kring!"

I am not a fan of horror movies. If there's a commercial about a horror film that will soon play in the cinema, I always covered my ears, closed my eyes or asked the one who's holding the remote to change the channel. I was really afraid of saving the image of a ghost in my mind then imagining it would appear inside the bathroom; standing behind me or sitting at the toilet bowl.

"C-Calm down (Y/n). It j-just a phone," I whispered to myself as I groped for the switch and turned the light on.

"Kring! Kring!"

The surrounding was really quiet. Maybe because we are at the country side, I could clearly hear the sounds coming from night insects and the pounding of my heart: 'Dug dug dug'

My hand held the telephone. Gulping twice in a row, I placed it on my ear. "H-Hello?"

Nothing. I hear nothing from the other line.

"Hello?" I repeated and I swear I'll put it down if there's no response again.

[Call 911! Call 911!]

The call ended with a long tuuuuuuuut.

What was that?

I tried to call the same number but it isn't available anymore. At first I thought it's an emergency, but I guess it could be a prank. Tsss. People nowadays.