Chapter 3

• Ae Ri's POV
• Immediately I got home after school, I went straight to my room and locked myself up.
• Since when did I start reading people's mind? Although, it makes me know what is going through the mind of people around me and it saved me from poison today but still, a normal human being can't just suddenly start reading minds. It just doesn't makes sense to me.
• I sat on the floor just behind the door as I broke down in tears.
• "Mom, dad! I wish you were here. I miss you and I feel really lonely. No one in this world cares about me, can you please come back" I said to myself as more tears ran down my cheeks then I noticed something
• As my tears dropped, they turned into pearls. I gasped in shock as I stared at the pearls on the floor. What the hell is happening to me?
• It's not enough that I can read minds, my tears now turn to pearls? I think I'm cursed!
• I stared at my room as fear engulfed me. Is someone playing a prank on me? What if a ghost is in this same room with me?
• I shuddered at the thought and more tears streamed out of my eyes. I hugged myself tightly until I heard a sound in my room.
• I searched everywhere but I didn't see who or what made the sound so I opened the door and ran out of the gates.
• I ran to nowhere in particular. The guards tried running after me but they couldn't catch up with my pace.
• It was not until after about three minutes that I realized my tears were turning to pearls on the road. I quickly wiped my face and find a quiet and hidden place to sit.
• I didn't notice someone was behind me until I heard a voice.
• "Who are you and what are you doing here?" the voice asked
• It was the voice of a male and somehow sounded familiar. I slowly turned back to look at the person and discovered it was the new student in my class.
• What's his name again? I think it's Ye Jun or Ye Jin. His eyes widened in shock when he discovered I was the one.
• "W... What are you doing here?" he stuttered getting scared
• "Are you going to suck my blood?" he asked again and that was when I became utterly confused
• "What are you talking about?" I asked wiping my face clean
• "I know you're a vampire so quit the act" he finally said boldly after mustering enough courage
• "A vampire? Do vampires exist?"
• "I also thought they didn't exist but you proved me wrong?"
• "How did I prove you wrong? Did my nails get longer or my teeth grew longer? Did you see me drink blood?" I asked angrily
• "I... I... How do you explain what happened today then? You were able to read my minds and only vampires do that?" he said and I became scared
• Only vampires read minds? Does that mean I'm a vampire? No!!!
• "Why are you shaking your head?" he asked snapping me out of my thoughts
• "I'm not a vampire. If you don't have anything to say, can you please leave me alone?"
• "Fine then, you're not a vampire. What are you then?"
• "Will you just shut up already?" I screamed at him with a tear rolling down my cheek
• "Just leave, please" I whispered with my eyes closed
• "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you sad" he apologised
• I slowly opened my eyes and cleaned my tears. I shouldn't be crying before him, he will see me as a weak girl.
• "It's okay, I'm leaving now" I said standing up
• "So soon?" he asked standing too
• "Yeah. I just remember I have some things to do at home, maybe some other time. Bye!" I concluded and left before he could say a word
• I walked slowly until I got home. The maids and guards stared at me strangely but I cared less.
• I ignored them and went to my room locking myself up again. Where am I supposed to eat now? I don't know if they'll try to poison me again.
• I hugged myself and slept in my bed. Although I was really scared, I don't have a choice. I can't possibly ask a maid to come and sleep with me.
• I woke up very early the next morning, took my bath and dressed for school. The maids arrived minutes later to see me fully dressed and they were shocked.
• "I wonder where those pearls came from" one of the maids said in her mind
• They must have seen some pearls on the floor, it probably fell when I was running yesterday.
• I pushed the thoughts behind me and went to my car. The driver drove me to school and I went to class.
• The first person I met was Ye Jun. How come he's in school already? It's still very early.
• My stomach rumbled and I remembered I haven't eaten breakfast and I skipped dinner yesterday too.
• I walked quietly to my seat and dropped my bag. I took out some money and wanted going to the cafeteria when Ye Jun spoke up.
• "Are you going to act like you didn't see me?" he asked coming close to me and I gulped nervously
• I don't know why but ever since I discovered strange things about me, I've been scared of almost everything.
• "Good morning" he said when I wasn't responding
• "Morning" I said when I was a bit calm
• "Why did you ignore me?" he asked again
• "I didn't ignore you. I'm hungry so I want to get something to eat" I lied staring at my feet
• "Why do I have a feeling you're lying? Anyway, let's go together" he offered and I snapped my head to him
• "Thanks, but I'll prefer going alone" I blurted
• "We're friends right? Friends walk together and do things together" he said making me scoff
• "Friends? Who told you we're friends?"
• "Aren't we friends? We spoke to each other yesterday"
• "That doesn't mean we're friends, we only spoke to each other. Excuse me" I said and walked away
• After getting what I needed, I headed back to class. Ye Jun was still seated there but I ignored him and ate my snacks.
• Ye Jun's POV
• I watched Ae Ri as she munched on the snacks slowly. I've always thought of her as an arrogant girl but yesterday made me think otherwise.
• She was crying as she sat in that place not knowing I was there and immediately I said a word, she quickly wiped her tears.
• Seeing her looking so vulnerable made me want to hold her and assure her things will be fine but I held myself back. Who knows what she will do?
• I kept staring at her as she ate the snacks. How come I'm just noticing how beautiful she is?
• "Can you just get rid of those thoughts please? My ears are full" she said and I became embarrassed
• I totally forgot she could read minds. Why can't she stop listening to my thoughts? I'm sure there must be a way to stop it.
• "Yeah, I guess so. I just wish I knew how to stop it, there's no joy in listening to people's thoughts. It's just so annoying" she said now looking at me
• "So you mean you can't control it?" I asked and she nodded her head gently
• "Wow! Are you human or a supernatural being?" I asked and I could notice the discomfort on her face when I asked the question
• "What's wrong?" I asked her
• She stared at me like she was contemplating if and should tell me or not before taking her eyes down and then she kept quiet.
• "It's fine if you don't want to talk about it" I said calmly and left the class
• TBC..........
• ©️ Tricia