Chapter 5, Strangers
“W-Who are you?”. My vision had gotten better but I think my eyes were decieving me. The man had no face. I rubbed my eyes, trying to get a better view of him, but every time I did he always had no face. “Do not be afraid child, this was just a test, but this is not the end”. I propped myself up against the wall and slowly but steadily, tried to stand up. “W-what do you mean not the end” / “Exactly what I said, just because I did one test doesn’t mean it’s the end… I meant the end of tests”.
I was scared. Why would someone test me, stalk me, watch me since the beginning of my time… just for fun. I stood up completely, leaving the room, I looked back. The man was staring at me, I couldn’t tell what emotions he was having, but I knew it wouldn’t be any good. While walking down the corridor, I could faintly hear people… talking? I could make out a few words. “Ev… s-stop…” / “Come on Mal, this is fun”. There were a few other… noises. I placed my ear against the door and listened in, but the door wasn’t fully closed. I fell forwards, face flat on the floor.
“What the fuck!” I yelled, looking at the two girls in the room. They were on the bed, both red as fuck. “I won’t ask…” I said scrambling out of the room, fully closing the door. ‘I have to get out of here… but how’ I thought. I looked around, Jeff’s door was open. I peeked inside to find the room empty. I walked in, trying my best to stay quiet, but I couldn’t help but notice the closet door wide open. I walk over, but fully regret that. “Shit! Sorry!” I backed away, trying not to look. Thanks to my bad luck I ran into him getting changed.
Walking backwards isn’t as easy as you think, I ended up backing into a wall. Jeff walked up to me, with a shirt on (thank god). He lifted my head up. “You know, you’re not as bad as I thought.” I shut my eyes, this was gonna be the end of me… right? WRONG! I felt something on my lips. My eyes shot open and… holy shit, I thought I was going to die. We were kissing! Bloody hell, that was quite a shock. I’m not ashamed to say I liked it, it felt… nice. His hand came up to my face, going through my hair. That went on for a bit, but in the end… it was nice. “Still sorry…” Whispered Jeff, keeping me pinned against the wall.
“Should I be?” I said, pushing my tail between us. He grabbed it and pulled me closer, and then… “Jeff you lazy fuck, you said you were gonna walk Smile!” I saw Jane in the doorway, she just stared at the situation she’d walked into. “Umm… I’ll leave you to it…” She walked of, muttering something around the words of ‘fuck my life’. Me and Jeff looked at each other… and laughed. “Well… I should get going… see you later Faith”. / “Yeah… bye”. He went off, calling Smile. I went to my room, smiling to myself. As I walked in I couldn’t help but notice a small note on my bed. I picked it up, it said ‘Hey Faith, sorry for running off like that, wanna meet up at town tomorrow. -Ace’. I looked around, there was no trace of him being here. I couldn’t stop the tears coming out.
The sun was shining over the wet, misty grass. I walked through the field, town was just ahead. I buried my ace into my scarf, it felt warm and fluffy against my freezing cold face. Walking through town made me feel happy, safe again. Walking through town, I could see Ace, his hair tied in a messy bun. He waved me over, his smile broadened. “Hey, there you are”. I said, running up to him. We walked around town, talking about life and other stuff. We turned down an alley way, I was getting a bit scared. Suddenly, Ace pinned me to a wall, and kissed me. I tried to push him away, I didn’t like this. He kept going, it felt rough and unstable, his hand found it’s way up my shirt, rubbing against my ribs. I moaned quietly, still trying to get free. I kept struggling, but he kept his grip. “Ace, stop… I don’t like this” I tried to catch my breath, but he pushed me to the ground.
Ace… w-what are you…” I was stopped, he just kept going and going. His kiss was like poison, I thought it would kill me. His hands went to work on my jeans, I screamed for help, but he covered my mouth. I could feel his cold hands on my legs, I bit back my words, struggling to escape his grip. I shut my eyes. Then I heard it,“Go to sleep!”