ethereal flux

" she doesn't love you anymore, why are you still trying? Giving up is the best option. For yo— "

A dream — a voice, Shyam a student at sripur high, 11th year, only two year away from graduation. He has this unnatural dieses called the ethereal flux which makes him see things others can't.

A living proof would be — " hey big brother, wake up it's morning already! It's your first day into a new class. You don't wanna be late do you!! " Ishita Shyam's little sister, who was a living proof of his diesses.

She had died around three years ago, yet from a year ago he started to see her. It was like she had reincarnated with the same body and mind. But for some reason or another, anyone except him were unable to see her.

Even his mother and father seemed distant, thinking he couldn't handle the the pain of losing his sister, they sent him in a new area, far away from home.

A place where he would probably forget his little sister and move on, but what they didn't know was she; Ishita was not an hallucination but a fake reality created by the so called " ethereal flux "

" It's so cold I don't wanna wake up " shyam muttered to himself, but soon set foot onto the freezing floor hoping to reach the shoes.

Somehow after wearing shoes he felt a little warmth in this cold journey, spring was yet to come and the winter would disappear soon.

Leaving only the shattered memories of the forgotten people behind, shyam quickly brew a cup of coffe and prepared to go for school.

8:48 am 3/01/2018

BUS STATION

his school was not far, but not close either. It would take almost an hour and a half to reach there barefoot. And that without resting for even a second, so bus seemed easier.

" Yoo, it's so cold I thought someone as lazy as you would naver come out of thier shell "

A recogniseable voice in the overwalmed crowed, it was one of shyam's only-friends: Karthik.

He had muscles and he was a pretty good vollyball player, he was in a vollyball club in the sirpur high, and for that he was popular among many girls. But he already had an girlfriend who in shyam's eyes was not a gf material whatsoever. Though the hate was not one-sided she herself hated him just as much.

She would pretty much try her best to say the must hurtful things sometimes just so that shyam leaves Karthik, but to break Shyam's shell is not a easy thing to do.

He had bared worse than what she does, or says. It's only natural he doesn't feel nothing to whatever she says. But it seems that it hurts her whenever he says something she doesn't like.

Taking the bus to school shyam notices a girl, she seemed so familiar to him, almost as if he had met her somewhere. As if he knew her notably well, but it was hard to recall any moment where he talked with her.

This bus is usually taken by students in an hour like this, and she was wearing the same school outfit as shyam.

" Yo, if you are done checking out bitches can we start getting off the bus now ? "

Karthik's voice brought shyam back to reality, he was so lost in recalling any moment where he had met that mestarius girl, he lost the sight of time and so they reached sripur bus stand in no time.

" Mabye i should look at pretty girls on the way here, time passes fast that way huh "

Shyam muttered to himself before setting foot into the school building for the first time in a year ( outdated joke noobie outdated joke )

While changing shoes he heard another known voice, his last friend Ananya Ghosh. Also 11th year, she's a science student.

She's the reason shyam got to know about something called the ethereal flux.

" Hey, you are surprisingly early considering your previous attandance timing " she said to shyam calmly putting down her heavy bag of study materials.

She was in the science club, infact she was the only one in the science club. " And what do you have there ? Ton of chocolate? You know valentine is still a far right? "

Shyam gave a fight-back, starting the morning with intense teasing for both side is what set them apart from anyone else, although anany already had feelings for Karthik and shyam too knew it. But Karthik didn't.

Soon the bell rang indicating the start of all classes.

" Let's start with introduction evryone " the teacher announced telling everyone to introduce themselves into the new environment.

" Hello, I am ancholi kartha nice to meet you "

" I am golap bormon, looking forward to be studying with you "

" Hell— "

And so the introduction started with one name to another, but shyam did not seem to care about any of them. Until he noticed that same girl from this morning.

" Did she introduced herself already? " Shyam wondered regretting the decision to not focus on the introduction, but the teacher seemed to leave no time for regret as it was now shyam's turn to introduce himself.

" Hello, I am shyam roy and that's all "

He stood said his name and sat down as if all of it was just a way of time waste " pretty straight forward, okay every bring out your books and open page number 3 "

The teacher shouted and the class began, seconds turend into minutes and minutes to hours and soon launch bell rang. Shyam thought mabye it was an opportunity for him to know that girl, but just as he was about stand up and start walking towards her, a group of girls and boys covered her like an celebrity.

All with a ton of questions, but the one that stole shyam's attantion was this one question " mis raitha what role are you playing in your next movie? "

— to be continued

Vol 1 - ethereal flux

Ch 1 - ethereal flux