Chapter 271 (1/2)

Here’s another of the short stories!

Considering that I was cruel last time and gave no warnings, I’ll be kind this time and say that this story I would cla.s.sify under the genres of Horror and Psychological.

This story is rather creepy, so if you don’t like that sort of thing, I suggest you pa.s.s on this one.

TL: Calamansi Ensj

Editor: Mandarin

12:00

Today seemed to be one of the colder winter days.

Everyday, I would go to the gym to stay in shape. To do that, though, I had to cross a road in front of my house. On that day, I was once again waiting for the lights to turn green before I crossed. In the darkness, I somehow found a faint patch of darkness on the other side of the road. As soon as the light changed, I ran towards that object. It was a black cat. It must have been hit by a car, as its limbs were twisted in all the wrong ways. Even so, it didn't seem to have bled much. I felt sorry for the black cat, so I carried it all the way to the other side. I then tried to open its eyes to see if it was alright. When I had separated the eyelids just enough to almost catch a glimpse of the eyeball, the cat opened its eyes and scratched at my face. ”Aaah!!!” I let out a sharp scream.

”Go away! Ahhh!”

12:00A.M. The clock was pointing at exactly 12.

'Phew… It was just a dream. A bad dream. Whew…' I let out a breath and looked into the mirror. Thankfully, I didn't see the scratch mark from the cat.

Since the nightmare had made me really thirsty, I gulped down the gla.s.s of water next to me as fast as I could. After drinking all that water, I needed to pee, so I walked into the bathroom and turned on the light switch. 'Eh? What's this?' The lights didn't turn on. I thought the light bulb had broken, so I decided to just turn on the living room light, instead, and do it. Fumbling my way across the living room, I turned on the switch, but the living room lights didn't turn on either. It was strange that the lights wouldn't turn on, so I tried to find the fuse box. 'Oh dear…' The circuit breaker was turned off.

I put my hands on the fuse box to turn the circuit breaker back on. Even though I tried my best to move it, the breaker just refused to budge. 'What the heck? Why's it doing this? Dark…!'

”Dark… so dark… turn on the lights, please…!!”

12:00A.M. The clock was pointing at exactly 12. I was short on breath.