Chapitre 4: - Chp 003: Curiosity
Black's POV
I opened my eyes to find myself in total darkness. Where in the world am I? I walked around to hopefully find out if there was anything else here. I couldn't really see a thing, so I kinda just felt my way through the darkness. Suddenly, there was a familiar cool shade that was only a few meters away from me. I ran towards it, hoping to see who or what I thought it would be, but just as I was about to grab its arm, I was woken up by somebody calling out to me.
"Hey, Black." The voice said. I opened my eyes and saw White right in front of my face. "It's lunch time. Do you wanna eat together?" He asked.
I wiped my eyes and stretched. It was all just a dream. How disappointing. "Why don't you eat with the other students?" I replied.
"Well..." He fidgeted a bit. "No reason at all. I just wanna eat with you."
This boy. Why won't he just leave me alone? But I guess don't really hate it... I'm just scared it's gonna happen again, but I don't wanna be lonely...
"Fine. Do you know where the cafeteria is?" I asked.
His face lit up and he was suddenly filled with joy. "Yeah!" He exclaimed. "We're gonna run out of food if we don't hurry." He grabbed my arm and we both hurried towards the cafeteria.
Is this alright? It's okay for me to have a friend, right? Please... Don't let it happen again. I don't wanna be left alone...
"Why'd you decide to be in the arts department?" White asked as we walked. "I noticed you were a bit quiet, so I thought some ice breakers would be nice."
He must've noticed I've been spacing out. "My dad was a painter. I just wanted to follow in his footsteps." I replied. "What about you?"
"I just loved art ever since I was young. I was shocked when my parents agreed to enroll me in this school, but I guess it's good to know that they're supporting me."
I remember my dad when he first saw me paint. It was a shock to him since he never thought I would be interested in it since he thought that I was color blind. My mom tried to explain it over and over that I wasn't. It wasn't one of the best memories, but it was very memorable.
"Do you plan on making painting your career?" He asked.
"I haven't really thought about it that well. I love painting, but I don't know. I might be interested in other things as well. Do you have anything else in mind?"
"I've always been interested in the way a human mind works. It makes me so curious how one event can change a person's whole view of something. I guess if I don't succeed in being an artist, I'd probably learn about psychology."
"It's a good thing you have a back up plan." I look around to see the classrooms and notice that we're next to the music rooms. "I didn't know this school had a music department." I commented.
"It has a dance department too. If I'm correct, the studio is somewhere on the 5th floor." He replied.
I'd love to meet somebody in the music department, but I guess that's gonna be hard for me. It's not easy to find someone I could talk to.
"That's amazing. No wonder this school is so expensive."
We arrived at the cafeteria. It was full of grey figures. It was suffocating, just like earlier by the staircase.
"You go find us a seat. I'll buy some food." White offered. "Is there anything you want?"
"I guess probably a sandwich or anything similar to it." I replied.
He immediately headed off while I tried to find us some seats. The cafeteria was huge. There were loads of tables around. I spot a vacant one at the very corner and decided to sit there. It's boring to wait here. I should've just headed to our next class. There isn't even anything I could do with my phone since I don't have any games. I slouched down at the table and just tried to sleep.
"Hey, isn't that him?" A female voice asked.
"I think so. That's his bag, right?" Another answered.
"He looks like he's sleeping. Should we still sit with him?"
God, these girls are so noisy. I can't even sleep properly. Well, this cafeteria is already noisy, but these voices are too close to me. Who the hell were they talking about anyway?
"Hey, Black." I felt a light tap on my head. "Are you asleep again?"
I lifted my head up and saw White a little bit too close to my face. I backed away a bit to avoid the awkwardness. "I was trying to." I answered as I wiped my eyes.
"Oh, sorry." He apologized as he placed the food down the table. "I bought you a sandwich. I have no idea what's in there, but the nice lady said it was full of nutritious vegetables. Are you allergic to anything?" He asked as he handed me the sandwich.
I took it from his hand. "You should've asked me that before buying anything, but I have no allergies as far as I'm aware of." I peeled off the wrapper and started eating. The lady was right. It was indeed full of vegetables. I couldn't even taste any meat. I'm pretty sure this doesn't even have any in it.
"By the way, do you know those girls?" He asked as he pointed to a table of four girls sitting a bit near to us. I could recognize three of them since they were our classmates. I think one of them was called Lilac, but it was the first time I've seen the fourth one.
"Some of them are our classmates." I answered. "Why do you ask?"
"They were talking about you earlier before I came here. They were deciding to sit here with you or not, but then I sat down, so I guess they decided not to."
So they were talking about me... Why the hell? "I was kinda trying to sleep earlier so I had no idea what was happening."
"Understandable." He replied as he laughed.
We continued to eat and talk until lunch time was over. While eating, I glanced every now and then to the table of the four girls. I have no idea why, but I could feel there was something about them. Something about them just makes me feel curious. If only I could put my finger on it.
The day went on, and we didn't do anything special. Just like White said, it was just introductions. The teacher after lunch didn't even show up, but our last teacher did and she just made us introduce ourselves.
Finally, it was dismissal time. White and I decided to head down together. I didn't even notice how close we both got. We actually spent the whole day together. I guess I'm a bit happy that I decided to stick with him, but I'm still a bit anxious. I'm just hoping it won't happen to me again... I don't want White to lose his color, just like all of my past friends.
We parted ways as soon as we reached the school gate. His house was in the opposite direction of mine so we couldn't walk home together. I took my phone out of my pocket and plugged my earphones in it. I scrolled through my music to find something to listen to. I totally forgot I had music in this thing. I decided to play Faith Marie's song, Antidote. It's one of those songs that just makes me feel relaxed. I have a whole playlist of my relaxing songs, but I'm in the mood to listen to all of my songs right now.
I got home and immediately opened the door.
"I'm home!" I exclaimed as I walked inside. I headed upstairs to go to my room, but I was stopped by my Aunt Autumn calling me.
"Black, stop right there." She said. She was still wearing that sky blue apron from earlier this morning. I guess she was still cooking up dinner. "How was your first day?"
I didn't notice it at first, but I guess I must've smiled a bit since she looked happy when I replied. "It was great, Aunt Autumn." I said as I clenched the necklace she gave to me this morning.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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