Count the Stars

"Dei… Your legs are just shivering so bad".

With a fearful expression, I just looked around the place and held June's shoulder so tight. "I am not afraid of this place and also my legs are not shivering. I am a brave person and I can beat any kind of ghost even with my left hand. See I can fight them".

After saying some great lines to June which is basically from some movies, even though she never believed me even gave me that normal look towards me.

And the couple walking in front of us annoyed me more because it was none other than my friend Jay with his girlfriend. I know he is talented at getting girls but still, I can't be quiet about it.

"June can't we call them?" With a puppy look I just asked her but her reply was, "Brian how many times am I going to tell you? You envy everything, which is not a good thing. Just be a nice man, if you are then sure one day you meet your soulmate".

When she said it, my mind just started to imagine how things would go if I have a girlfriend. I walk with her, hold hands and be together, watching movies and kissing her lips and so on…. My imagination just got so high but it all stopped with one knock on my head.

"June, why did you hit me again?"

"You idiot, just don't stand in the middle of the way. People need to walk and everyone is looking at us".

Then June and I started to walk around the way on the mountain, in there we just sees a few couples before and behind us and getting on some distance the lights are getting so dimmer and the moonlight was also blocked by clouds. Which made many people fear and some of them just turned around halfway. I was too scared at that time but June just walking so casually while I just holding her shoulder tightly and walking behind.

"Mosquito just talks to me… Please I can't hold my heart, it will get out of my body soon by fear".

And she just smiled at it and said, "I knew you were afraid of these things and also as promised I won't tell you about it to your friends and I won't take photos of you. In return, you need to finish this brave test and you need to give a treat with sweets and so many chocolates".

Yeah, this is the promise I made with her so I won't lose to my friends but Mosquito just took advantage of it. She will become a great politician if anyone asks about her future. She is a cunning and brave girl who stands against anyone. That's the thing I like about her and also it will help me in the future if I get into any trouble.

And everything went so nice and good, even though I was scared, June just being there and walking in front of me without any fear on her face. She admired me for her brave but at the same time it's so lame and the people have masked themselves as a ghost and tried to scare us even though June just stood there without any reaction, she was a brave girl but also stupid because I don't want to praise her more, she just a stupid girl who have brave heart, now I am fine with this thought.

While June and I were walking slowly and enjoying our time, Jay and her girlfriend were just talking about something so serious that even after some point they forgot about being outside and shouting at each other in a loud voice. Even though being so far away, I am still able to hear their conversation somewhat clearly. After knowing that they were in a fight, which made me happy, little more than fear on this mountain.

After some minutes we started to walk on a path that was so dark and the roads were so harsh. I thought we went the wrong route and said to her but June just said that she knows what she does and asked me to keep quiet, then without saying anything I just held her shoulder and walked with her quietly.

I just look around to verify whether we are going on the right route but with every step I take my mind just shouting at me, to get back. "Huh… Mosquito I feel something bad about it, can't we just get back. I think it is not the right route?" While I was talking to her, suddenly the place I stepped on felt hollow and I fell from there.

I tried to hold June but then I don't why but my hand just let her off and I just fell from there. I don't know why but my mind thought dragging her down would be a bad thing and I just let her. While I was watching, she just shouted my name twice and searched around to get me. In the dark even she can't able see where I have fallen, and to get some help, she ran into some distance but in confusion, she just went into a deep part of the mountain than getting back on people working on this brave test event.

"Help us… Somebody, please help my friend"

June is just shouting into the forest in the mind of getting help from the people at the festival but unfortunately, she is in the wrong place. The route she took is being banned because more people witnessed some deaths but in truth, that place was used as a gathering for the people who were involved in smuggling and killing people for money these people were known as bandits. Without knowing anything she just gets near to that place and going to meet the bad people soon, while I'm just lying on the ground and counting the stars in the sky.

And luckily I started to hear some noise coming in my direction and surprisingly it was Jay and her girlfriend and also the most surprising part is that they did not even finish the conversation about something they were fighting.

"I can't tell whether this meeting is good or bad but at least help me to get up from here, I think my leg is just stuck on these two rocks."

After they both moved the rock with some help and saved me. Soon I asked them about June but... "Did you guys meet June?" the reaction they made was answered clearly that June had gone someplace and the feeling I had in my heart started to rise so hard like it was just telling me that she was in some kind of trouble.

"Where the hell are you being now, you stupid Mosquito?"

While I was thinking about her, the thing I wanted least to happen is becoming reality. The bandits with a boss just caught her and tied her to the tree.

"Please leave me, I need to find my friend. He fell on the way?"

While June is worried about me and asking them to leave her, they have no idea about freeing her, even some of them planning to hurt her. These bandits look even at a child as a product to get money and they are just monsters being on human skin.