Chapter 64 - Not You (1/2)

After the nightmare, I didn't dare to fall asleep. I busied my mind with thinking of anything I could think; including Tom's disappearance and the reason that dream occured.

All for one sole reason: to distract my mind from fear.

Fear was a form of weakness. But, in several cases, it could boost one's bravery when this person was in pinch.

In this case, when I was dealing with astral beings, fear couldn't be in my dictionary.

The more I feared them, the more they got stronger and more annoying. So, I couldn't --wouldn't-- show them my fear.

But, still, the horror screaming got me good enough not to let me sleep. As a result, there was a pair of shadow hanging under my eyes.

”What's wrong with you?!” Fani screamed in horror as soon as she saw me in the campus.

I smiled weakly at her and sat down on the nearest bench I could reach. I laid my head on the cold tile of the table and sighed.

It felt so good on my slightly warm skin.

”Let me see!” Fani pulled me up to get me sitting straight. Her hands cupped my face as she looked at it with a serious look in her eyes. ”What did you do to your baby skin?” She shrieked in disbelief and annoyance.

”I couldn't sleep.” I swatted off her hands and laid back on the cold tiles. Tom had not come back either, so I could not sleep.

”Why?” She laid her face beside me and stared right at me.

”Nightmare.” I sighed.

”Are you a kid?” She scoffed at me.

I was too tired to argue with her, so I kept my mouth shut and closed my eyes. My class would start in an hour or so and the weather was perfect to have a nap; with grey clouds hanging in the sky which were gradually getting thicker and cold wind blowing gently.

”Are you gonna sleep here? Seriously?” Fani asked again, but I was falling deeper into my sleep that I had no strength to reply.

I still remembered she grunted a 'fine' under her breath before I finally lost contact with the outer world.

This time, I didn't have any nightmares. My dream came in a fuzzy feeling and unclear. It was a normal dream, with frames skipping, and incoherent murmurs of people.