Chapter 4 : Eyes are the window to the soul

They ended up staying up all night watching the movies . Up to the fifth film. It was fun . His heart felt warm , he couldn't describe the joy he felt. It was moments like these that made him feel normal. Like he actually meant something. The innocence of a child still lived inside of him .

Ever since that day he had returned from the hospital seven years ago , he had felt hopeless. Sometimes he wished he had died that day . Than maybe his mom wouldn't feel uncomfortable looking at him .

His mom was so close to him , but sometimes he felt like the distance between them crossed galaxies . No matter how much he tried. He wouldn't ever be as close to his mom as other children were with their parents .

Even though he was dissatisfied , he couldn't find it within himself to blame his mother . She was just human. It's human nature to be afraid of what's different and unknown. His eyes were an anomaly . The lovely hazel eyes she gave birth to morphed into something completely alien .

And the scar on his forehead symbolized how she had failed to protect him from that bastard. He was a walking reminder of her mistakes as a parent .

Today was Saturday morning and he had nothing to do . So he decided to waste time by going to the library . The library opened at 10:00 a.m. and closed at 6:00 p.m. . He took his back pack with him and left the house at around 11:00 a.m. , He walked for about forty minutes before he reached the library .

It was common routine for him , since he had no friends . He would browse the young adult section or graphic novel section for something good to read . Judas loved to read books . When he wasn't reading books he was on the computer listening to music or searching for knowledge on interesting topics .

Right now he was searching for a mystery novel . A long one to pass the time . His one tracked browsing stopped when he gazed at an interesting cover illustration . The title of the book that caught his attention was "Anesthesia" by Lewis Vedril . The cover art featured a young woman with blond hair in a hospital bed . That by itself wasn't anything memorable . What caught his attention was that her body was covered by butterflies . And a red butterfly rested on her left eye. The left eye was gray , while her right eye was blue .

To say he was intrigued was an understatement . He took the book and sat at a table. He put his back pack on the floor next to the chair .He read the summarry on the back of the book and felt like he chose a good book to read . He began to lose himself inside the book . Whenever he read a book he would tune out the outside world . He would become so entranced in the book he was reading at the time . That he could literally see what was happening in vivid detail. As if he was watching a movie . He didn't just read a book , he experienced it .

He didn't even notice that someone was shaking his shoulder . The shaking continued until he finally turned around and faced his assailant . It was a face he was familiar with .

" What are you doing here ? , Are you stalking me or something ? " said Quincy with a look of contempt in his eyes .

" I didn't know you owned the library . Your fun to mess with and all , but believe it or not i actually like being at the library . It's peaceful." said Judas . " And you might as well sit down if your talking to me now . "

Judas gestured towards the chair across from him . Quincy reluctantly sat down in the chair . He had his back pack with him .

" What was that ? " asked Quincy impatiently .

" What was What ? " Queried Judas with a grin .

" I thought you were having a seizure . You were completely dead to the world . " said Quincy .

" I was Reading a Book. " Said Judas .

Quicy gave him a deadpan stare . His forehead pulsing in frustration .

" I know that . I could see the cover of the book . You just sat there ... frozen . Like a statue or something . " said Quincy .

" Don't tell me you were worried about little old me . " said Judas Cheekily .

" Who would be worried about a jackass like you ? !!! " Quincy asked Indignantly.

" Apparently you ." Judas shot back.

Quincy shook in indignation . The veins in his forehead pulsing . Judas could imagine the steam coming out of his ears. Before Quincy could come up with a retort , The librarian's assistant approached them.

A teenaged girl around the same age as them . She had a nametag that said " Melanie " in bright pink . She had what appeared to be soft honey brown skin. With long curly brown hair . And honey brown eyes. She wore khaki pants and a plain buttoned up black t- shirt. She wore sandals.

" We're playing Super Smash Bros on the Wii . Y'all want to join in . " said Melanie welcomingly . Her voice sounding as soft as silk .

Judas shot Quincy an inquisitive glance , before opening his mouth .

" So , you want to smash ." Judas said with a cocky smirk.

Next thing they know they were huddled up next to five other teenagers. There were four Wii controllers. They were watching a boy with short hair wearing an ACDC t-shirt , being schooled by a tall girl with frizzy hair wearing a princess peach t-shirt. While a goth girl with blue and black highlights in her hair was locked in a death match , with a shaggy haired boy wearing a Sponge bob T-shirt .

A three round system was set up . Once the four players were done playing three rounds they passed their controller to the next person. Quincy and Judas watched the game closely as they waited their turn things were getting intense .

" Stop Running away and die like a man . " growled the goth as Donkey Kong ran away from Bayonetta .

" It's a good thing that i'm still a boy. " Said the shaggy haired Spongebob wearin t-shirt boy .

Meanwhile the princess peach girl who mained Samus Aran was decimating ACDC boy who mained Kirby . She kept blasting him with her cannon.

Two hours had passed exactly like that . Which ended up with Princess Peach girl beating all of them . The next four played in a more calm manner . Until it was finally their turn to play .

Judas chose Mario while Quincy chose princess peach. Melanie chose link while the Pokemon t-shirt wearing boy with long black hair chose zelda .

Quincy kept aiming for Judas kicking him off the stage . Judas tried to retaliate but was quickly taken out of the game. The last two rounds followed the pattern of the first . The winner was melanie in first place . Quincy in second place . Pokemon boy in third place . And Judas in last place .

" You really need to practice. That was embarassing to watch ." Said Melanie adding salt to the wound .

" I'm a little rusty ." Judas admitted

" A liitle ." Quincy scoffed .

" You suck at this game more than i do . And that's saying something. " said Pokemon boy .

Judas got his back pack and was ready to leave when he felt someone's prescence behind him . It was Quincy .

" You need to be more alert " said Quincy following Judas .

" And why is that ? " Judas asked seriously .

They passed by a pole that a had missing person's picture nailed to it. It was a female student of their school.

" Because of that . The Soul taker kidnaps individuals with beautiful and unique eyes. And i don't know anyone with eyes more unique than yours . " said Quincy .