Once upon a time there was a young boy who lived in the deepest part of a forest. He lived with no one other than himself. His parents were nowhere to be found. He lived in a big house. People from the village outside the forest usually called it the cursed house. Somehow it was true. Whoever willing to live there would die eventually. Long, long story to tell it was just that boy who survived from the disaster 'cursed house' had done to his family.
He was only 15. No relatives could seen ever visited him. He was a loner. He ate by himself. He played by himself. He ever thought of going to town, but he never knew if he had a relative there. He was just a young boy after all. He never spoke to anybody. People who accidently bumped into him never heard of him speaking. And there was a strange rumour that whoever looked him in the eyes would disappear and never come back. It was ridicilous. Therefore, it was just a rumour. But could it be true?
Three years passed. That boy grew to be a good looking young man. He was tall and had firm posture. But he was still a loner. He never went outside the forest. No one ever knew the reason why. Strange. It was also strange that people kept missing from the forest every night of the 3rd day in the quarter week of the 31 day months. Firstly they thought it was just maybe people got lost because of the thick fog. They probably got lost or fell down from the cliff when were about to come back from hunting. But wasn't it just odd. So people started to believe the rumour about the boy's eyes. To avoid all those disasters that might happen, people from the village strictly forbidden to enter the forest every 31 day months.
There was this innocent girl who always had a big curiousity. She planned to prove what people had said about the boy. She told everyone in the village that she would go to the forest exactly in the 3rd day of quarter week in this month. People said she was mad and crazy. People said, "Fool girl trying to kill herself. It is 31 day month. She will disappear like anybody else!" She didn't care of what they said. She had nothing to loose. She had no parents. No relatives would waiting her back home if she probably coming back from the forest. No lover. She wanted to dare herself. And if she lost her life in there atleast she had done anything she wanted to do in life. So she went to the forest that day.
The sky was getting dark. And she could hear the wolves howling. She kept walking and walking. Then she stopped. She felt there was someone who followed her. But who. She looked back. There was no one. Then she started walking again. Suddenly one hand of a black shadow that had been following her since then grabbed her left shoulder and the other hand covered her mouth. She was so shocked that she couldn't do anything but to follow the black shadow. It turned out that it was the infamous boy who had been following her. She knew it was the boy.
It was too dark for the girl to look straight on the eyes of the boy's. She said, "I know who you are."
"No, you don't. You just know my story. Not me." said the boy. He looked away.
"I come here to prove something," said the girl.
"You don't have to prove anything. Just go home. Come back to your parents!" he ordered her.
"I don't have any parents left. No one will look for me. I'm by myself. And don't you think it is rude to not facing each other while having a conversation?" she touched his left shoulder. Trying to turn his body to face her. It was a waste of energy. He was too strong.
"I can't face you. You can't look at me. In the eyes," he murmured. The girl stopped trying. She pulled her hands close to her body.
"So, it is true?" she asked. Her voice was trembling. Though she was brave, meeting him would probably the same as meeting her death.
"Yes, I'm a demon," he answered shortly.
"But why... why didn't you just look me in the eyes? I'm just a weak girl. What are you waiting for?" she was confused.
"I can't."
"But why?"
"Because a part of me telling me not so. Because a part of me remember you. And if you look me in the eyes you can wake a demon who hide and sleep in there, June." he answered.
She was surprised by the way he called her. It was her childhood name. People usually called her Ms. Hudson. Only her family and probably her child's friends from her previous neighbourhood before living in the village called her that. "Where did you know my name?"
"Don't you remember me?" he said, still looking away.
She tried to remember his voice but of course it was such a waste. His childhood voice with his now would be different. She tried so hard to remember till she remembered this one person that had lingering memories inside of her head. "Jake? Is it you, Jake?"
"Yes, indeed. It is me," he smiled.
"What's wrong Jake? Why you become like this?" she asked.
"Long story June. Now you have to go back to your home!"
"No! Tell me. Please," she pleaded.
"I'm a demon. Done. Now you have to come back!" he snapped. He tried to run but he couldn't. He fell down to the ground and started to scream. He squeezed his head. He murmured something like 'you couldn't do this to me' and 'go away' and 'I refuse to be your slave anymore'. She was confused. She didn't know what to do. So she just cupped his face. and she said, "What happen to you, Jake? Please come back to me. Please...." She cried. Tears streaming down her face.
He still murmuring those words and shut his eyes thight. He knew if he opened his eyes the demon would eat her soul. He couldn't let that happen even if it meaned losing his life. He would do it.
If I believe in fairytales I would end this story with a miracle of love that could fix anything. Sadly, I don't. And the fact, fairytales doesn't happen in anywhere. So the story ends up with the boy lost his life and the girl cried over his dead body. She then searched for the truth. She believed that the boy never had a deal with the demon and then she found that it was true. It was the demon that took over a half of his body when he was badly wounded after the incident that had happened to his family. He was a dear friend to her. And she was a dear friend too to him. They had a promise to look for each other, to help each other and to protect each other when they were little. He had kept his promise. Though it was painful, she smiled knowing the fact that he did that to kept their promise. The End.
