The Encounter

"Awwn man"

I said as the power went out

"the hell? a power outage?, how'd that happen?" I said moving to my window to check if it's a whole street thing only to realize that it's just our building.

bemused I was.

"well that's surprising and I was almost beating my high score, tch, this sucks" I moved to where my phone was plugged and got it just at that moment my mom opens my door

"Yahiko, are you alright?" she asked pointing the light's beam into my room and then my face before quickly redirecting it somewhere else

"yeah, mom I'm good" I said getting off from my bed walking towards her

"do you know what happened?" I said

"I think it's the circuit breaker again, you know that this building is old" mom explained

" oh, so why don't we get it fixed then? " I said watching her face as she takes in the state of my room which was unusually clean.

she must be shocked, I smiled at the thought

"you know we don't have money for that, enough with the talk take this flashlight and go check what went wrong down in the basement" she said pushing the flashlight into my hands and then ushering me downstairs

"okay okay ma, I will" I said walking down the stairs then turn to the room behind the stairs, opening it, a small room completely swallowed by the darkness was seen.

hearing a shuddered breathing from behind me I turn to see my mom peering over my shoulders

"scared" I smirked causing her to smack my head

"hurry up" she said walking away with another flashlight she must have been holding.

I Snickered at her retreating figure

"moms" I said to myself as I descended down the support stairs into the small room.

while walking for a few moments the flashlight began to flicker, it did that four times before turning off, quickly the darkness swallowed me, I hit the flashlight twice but it seemed to be really dead.

"well that's really awful" I said to myself quietly then started trying to find my way in the darkness.

The darkness had this sort of eerie feeling around it that made me a bit uncomfortable, but the funniest thing was that I actually liked it, loved the uncomfortable feeling and the way the darkness seemed to swirl around me.

over time I step over fallen objects and almost fell but I had good stamina so I was able to keep my balance.

finally what felt like hours but only a few seconds had past I got to the end of the room, my fingers brushing over the switch on the circuit breaker, just before turning it on I had this really serious premonition that someone was watching me, quickly I turned on the switch as the light swarm over the basement I turned to see if I'd meet any eyes but met nothing

"mom?" I called out

"yes honey, anything wrong?" her response was heard from upstairs

" no nothing, is the power back? " I said

"yes, thank you dear"

"k sure" I sigh with relief concluding that I was just overreacting, just as I took a step to leave the darkness came and I was once again surrounded by it.

at first thought I thought it was the power again and was about to turn to the circuit breaker but when I felt the chill on my spine and as something cold and unfeeling brushed against my face and shoulder I realized that it wasn't the doing of the faulty power supply of the building.

In the midst of the darkness I saw something that would forever engrave itself in my mind a pair of eyes looking back at me, it shown with such thickness that it's blackened state was even darker than the darkness around.

'ting ting ting ting'

I gasp heavily as my alarm clock drags me out of my deep slumber, slowly but groggily I turned it off as I took a moment to gather my thoughts

"haah" I sigh as the memory of two years ago brings itself into my dream

" the first encounter" I called it.

yawning I drag myself from my bed as I walk into the bathroom to prepare myself for school today and I must inform you, I wasn't enthusiastic about it.

almost fifteen minutes after I was finished and had already made my way downstairs where mom was getting breakfast ready, I had on my school uniform which comprises of a black blazer with a white T shirt and a neck tie and for shoes I had on a black sneakers.

"morning ma" I said greeting my mom

"good morning Yahiko" she smiled at me briefly turning her back away so she could look at me then back to the stove

"did you sleep well?" she said

"yeah, it was a really good sleep"

" that's good"

" what's for breakfast? "

" how does bacon and egg sound? "

" thanks Mom" I said as she places the plate of food in front of me

" now don't dilly-dally with your food okay? hurry so you can make it to school early today"

"mmh" I hum as I eat my food, finishing what was on my plate quickly, taking my plate to the sink, rinsing it out then placing it to dry on the counter next to the sink, a bad habit of mine, mom saw what I did but made no comments as she ushers me to the door, giving me my umbrella and keys, finally I exit the house noticing first the birds in the sky as I make the short trek to the train station.

Name's Satoru Yahiko, I know the introduction is late but you can't really blame me.

I'm 17 years and currently a third year senior at Akashinji High school.

I'm a bit weird compared to others, you might be asking yourself how weird I may be, Its not being a peeping tom, or being extraordinarily bad at school, its not some disorder or even being an otaku, and most definitely is not 8th grade syndrome.

Rather it's the fact that i can see explicitly well in the dark.

At first I thought I just had good eye sight but over time I began to realise that the fact that I could see in the dark were far from normal, that's not the only thing tho and it all started after my first encounter.

finally I arrived at the train station, the usual bustle and hustle early Monday mornings was on the normal range, I saw a bit of business men waiting to get on the express, an elderly woman and a few college girls, there were other characters of course but I didn't have the time to look at everyone as I was now boarding the train and had no time to waste around.

I got into the train choosing a spot by the window I stood there plugging my headphones and was about picking a song for the ride when a caller ID popped up on my screen, that caller was no other than that devil herself, Rin Nanase the student council secretary.

I got to speak to her last year, not that I wanted to but because she approached me first.

It all started the day when I was on class duty.

I had solely taken care of my after school chores, my partner had ditched me last minute using friendship as an excuse to be absent. As usual i didn't complain as i did not really see anything with it.

soon after I had finished and was on my way to drop the cleaning materials I had used when i saw the secretary inside the storage room, apparently she was on class duty as well. I saw her and went in to drop off my items so i could get out of there as soon as possible, the room was poorly litted as always is, we exchanged pleasantries via a bow when she was leaving, I had also proceeded to drop off my items , when suddenly at the door a huge metal bucket that was dropped of on the shelf above the entrance door lost its balance and was coincidentally falling to hit the secretary. Naturally you'd think 'hey, so this is when he rushes to save her and be her prince in shining armor' well sorry to inform you but you've poorly judged my character, for sights like this are a whole fun to watch, I wonder how the look on her face would be upon collision, I snicker inwardly.

I stood still in silence as I watched the bucket gain distance on her head, just when it seemed like it'd fall and hit her she kicked it with such a high kick that i thought that she was a taekwondo veteran, I was also suprised to see the black garter and a peek of her black thong that she was wearing which completely caught me off guard, this caused me to drop my jaw while I marveled at the scene that was just before me.

She quickly turned around to look at me, I noticed that she had a slight blush on her cheek "Did you see anything?" she asked

clearing my throat for a bit I looked towards the side of the room

"I dont know what you're talking about"

What's she doing wearing something so erotic in school?!, I wonder if its for her boyfriend, I thought to myself.

Beknownst to me she didn't believe a single word I said and blitzed towards me holding me by my collar

"Do you really think I'd believe that?" she glared daggers at me while i tried to maintain an indifferent persona, I sighed, closed my eyes and said back to her

"what exactly did Rin san want me to say exactly? if I was honest Rin san would have labelled me a pervert on the spot but if I lied and pretended to not have seen anything who knows Rin san might have become magnanimous to let me off the hook"

I don't know if what i said was convincing enough but she suddenly began to loosen her grip on my collar , but like my bad luck, another bucket toppeled over, probably from the force in which the secretary had used to bash we against wall. While it was falling I instinctively grabbed the falling steel bucket while still maintaining my gaze on the secretary, her eyes widened as she looked at me, who was putting the steel bucket back where it fell from.

In her dazed state I then tried walking by her trying to avoid any questions she might have had, but she blocked me on the way

"what just happened and how did you do that?" she demanded

"It was nothing" I said

The look on her face obviously told me that she didn't believe me, I sighed

"I was a major in tea ceremony and calligraphy" which meant that I needed good observation skills which was obviously a lie, she stared at me for a longer period of time then spoke

"my name's Rin Nanase as you already know, what's yours?" she asked

" Satoru Yahiko, like you already know as well since we're in the same class" I smirked at her obnoxiousness which caused her to glare at me

to be continued