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I\u2019ll never know what it is like to be the cool kid in school or having many friends or going wild at parties. Those things just seem foreign to me. I\u2019m more of the kid you see in the corner of the room. Creeping everyone out because I have never said a word. Just observing and keeping everything to myself. Same ol\u2019 Kai, always creeping people out. Radiohead literally wrote the song \u2018Creep\u2019 for me. Anyways, I am not a creep alright. Just a little weird. I mean, everybody is a little weird. Just look at Richard from class, he\u2019s probably even weirder than me. He is always staring at the girls in the class, thinking that no one is watching. But I am. Oh yes, I see right through you mister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You see, after comparing it with other people, I am not that weird after all. It\u2019s just that others put on a ‘mask’ that everyone sees as normal, whilst I stay true to myself. It comes easier for other people, not so for me. I have always had a bit of a hard time socializing with people. I think it stems from the feeling that I am better than everyone else. A little narcissistic, I know. But don\u2019t you mind, I\u2019m just playing, (or am I). I don\u2019t have any plans for after school. Maybe I\u2019ll just do the usual and walk Beth home. Beth is one of my closest friends in school. I mean if you ask her, she wouldn\u2019t say so. She has a lot of friends. But I like to think of myself as someone who understands her more than anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ah, the school bell has rung. I will walk Beth home as I always do. Following her from a distance, just far enough that she doesn\u2019t notice, but not too far so I can see her and hear her. What? No! That\u2019s not what a stalker does, I am one of her closest friends! She wants me to do this. Who else is going to keep her safe? Do you think I\u2019d let her walk home alone, knowing that there are predators and perverts around that can abuse her? It\u2019s not that safe anymore man. Life has taken a bad turn. People are evil, just look around and you would see it. Man, Beth is so pretty. Looking at her from a distance would make a man feel like he\u2019s looking at an angel. Imagine looking at her up close, my eyes would explode. Wait, what\u2019s this? Where are you going Beth, why aren\u2019t you going home? Home is the other way. Hmmm. I\u2019ll just follow you. See where you are going, just to be safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why are you going into that alley? Don\u2019t you know how dangerous that is? People could be hiding there, waiting for their chance to hurt you. I better follow you. Haha, silly Beth, always getting yourself into trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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two dark figures face off on dark alley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Oh no, Beth! There is a man behind you! I better do something!\u2019. Beth starts screaming, \u2018HELP HELP!\u2019 I scramble to try and help her, the man didn\u2019t seem too hard to tackle, so I tackled him and put him on the ground. We struggle for a while, but I manage to get free and kick him, he runs away after that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Thank you so much!” Beth exclaims. “Don\u2019t I know you from somewhere?” she asks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Yeah we go to school together, my name is Kai”, I reply. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Oh yeah, I know you! Thank you so much, I came here to meet a friend but this man tried to attack me”. She said while hyperventilating. “Do you live nearby?”, she asked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“No not really, I live closer to school”. Quick think of an excuse!<\/em> I told myself. After turning my brain a million times, I finally settled with a reason. “I was just going to a store nearby to buy some comics”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Oh how lucky, thank you so much Kai. Would you mind walking me home? I don\u2019t feel safe walking back right now”, she asked. Hearing that, I immediately utter an agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following her back home, I pretended like I didn\u2019t know where I was going. I\u2019ve been following her back home, secretly, for months now. To keep her safe I mean. Why else? She begins to tell me about her friend that she was supposed to meet there, about how they were supposed to have a photoshoot at the alley because it was too aesthetic not to. I begrudgingly agree with whatever she was saying. Who takes a photoshoot in an alley, in this place? It’s probably just a scam, I think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anyway, we make it to her house. She then invites me inside. I agree and enter because she said no one was at home, so she felt better if I came in and waited for a while. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her house has stayed the same since the last time I was here a few days ago. Around 4 am when everyone should be sleeping, Beth and I stayed awake talking. I knew her parents would not be at home today. Jim and Tammy had an appointment with a potential client, they were real estate agents. Her brother would also be away at a football tournament in another state. We sat in her living room, while she told me all about her life, which by the way, was greatly exaggerated. I already knew everything about her. Her favorite color, her skincare routine, the shampoo she uses. Okay, now I see that it looks like I am a stalker. But really, I\u2019m not. I am just enthusiastic about getting to know the person I like. For instance, I know that the real reason she went to that alley was to meet her friend, \u2018the dealer\u2019. To help her \u201cchase the dragon\u201d. If you get what I\u2019m saying. Enthusiasm.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have a lesson that I would someday teach to everyone. Do not invite people you just met, into your homes. Those should be the things that you always keep in mind. Even if they seem like the nicest person in the world, do not invite them inside. Because….. I have been lying to all of you. I am crazy about this girl. She drives me so crazy that I have to come into her room, while she\u2019s sleeping, and just stare at her beautiful face. Who could resist that beauty, seriously! I may seem like a stalker, but trust me, I\u2019m not. I just overdo things a little. Like if you bought Beth a flower, I\u2019d go plant a flower in her room without her knowing! Isn\u2019t that romantic! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can\u2019t control myself. So I don\u2019t think it\u2019s my fault when I pin you to the ground and caress your face because you are so pretty! I mean, you are the one who let me in, am I right? I am not at fault. I just can\u2019t control myself when I\u2019m with you Beth. I am in love with you!<\/em> I didn\u2019t do that, mind you. This is all just the thoughts I was having in my head. Because I knew that her parents would be home any minute now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The beginning of our love has started Beth. Soon, it will blossom into a love that everyone envies. I will finally have you, Beth. You will be all mine. Kai and Beth, a love that is impossible, yet happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The door then opens. \u2018Hi Mr. and Mrs. Biteme\u2019. I introduce myself to her parents. Beth then tells her parents about my heroic deeds, as I sit there, plotting my future plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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