The Yellow Shirt

Cinema 4 at exactly 9 pm, a random horrifying movie plays on the screen. Mostly the theater is vacant at this hour , with only a few audience at times.

Yet no one could pin out whether they were alone or not. For there have been rumors about a guy wearing a yellow shirt, watching at the backseat, his eyes were not completely focused at the show but instead, at the person near him. 

You can visit this theatre sitting anywhere you like,  eating whatever you like or bringing anyone you like, even if you plan to watch a movie alone. Cause no matter how many people you bring, there will always be one extra person.

Though beware! Not only his eyes follows your direction but also his head. It may turn left, right, up and down BUT it can also turn round and round. So prepare your heart for some scare if you are planning to enter this specific Cinema nightmare.

Can you stand something peculiar like that? Or are you willing to run when you can't?

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You can call me by the name Elliana Macatigbac or Elli for short. Some people recognize me as "The Psychotic girl next door" why? Because obviously I'm addicted to horrifying stuffs, like movies, games or scary vlogs. Somehow people thinks of me as an outsider or a weird one out of the many. They might be right, I might not get long well with others. Yet changed one thing about myself, even if I never leave my house that much I still start a conversation with people. Since I am by far a self proclaimed youtuber. Most of my videos consist of all the hidden mysteries in the world, whether it's an urban legend, short stories or mysterious rumors.

That is why this rumor about the man with a yellow shirt? I'll be the first one to capture him on camera!

Well never give importance to the fear of sacrificing myself in front of a ghost. I'm not scared nor do I fear death, I don't have anything to lose. In life I will always be alone, without a family to go home to. So I better live my life inspiring others, not to be scared of ghost since we're all turning into one someday.

Motto of the day! Share your experience for bravery or a precious memory!

"Hey Elli are you really going to watch at Cinema 4?"

"Yes definitely, how are we supposed to reveal the ghost being real if not experiencing the actual thing ourselves!" 

"But I'm scared! C-can I skip this one?" 

"Kane you have me! I am brave enough to protect you on the spot!" 

I forgot to introduce you guys to my friend Kane. She is in fact my video assistant, responsible for retouching my makeup or to make me look decent enough in front of the camera, plus! She share half of my youtube salary. The amount might be small but she did helped me a lot...

Except for now.

"Alright. Alright. Stop making that puppy eyes! Just wait for me outside or if you heard a scream coming from inside, make sure to call for some help!" 

"Yes ma'am!" Kane sent me a hand salute indicating respect and sarcasm at the same time. Though I'm not sure which should I focus on.

My bag was left next to Kane, it was too heavy for this kind of situation. Imagine encountering a harmful ghost yet your bag is too heavy, how can you fudging move fast?! A while ago I told you guys that I was brave enough to face death but to be honest living as a youtuber made me want to inspire others, although I don't know what inspires them. Is it bravery? Or is it the fact that, I am proud of whatever kind of person I am, even with this weird hobbies of mine! So it's not the right time to die, so I'll make sure to survive.

"Ok here I go" pushing the huge red door open  

The atmosphere is quiet, the place is dark and none of the seats were taken. As if it was abandoned for a while. 

I started choosing where to sit and picked the specific spot on the back where people thinks the ghost resides.

"Finally! Found ya!" relaxation consumed my body upon plopping down the comfy red chair. I set up the hidden cameras in front of me, for evidences.

Coldness never affected me yet at this exact moment, It is indeed cold, my body was shivering. Tucking my hands inside my pockets before the horror movie finally starts. 

Everything is normal, nothing's happening but after half an hour I felt a weight moving the chair next to me.

I can't seem to look at the chairs direction since I felt like the person occupying it, is staring at me.

"May I ask your name?" It talked! I swear his voice sounded soothing and husky at the same time. I don't want to act rude so I finally looked into his gaze, expecting the certain ghost with the yellow shirt.

The rumors..

It failed to impress me..

It's a lie.

He is not a ghost. Let me describe him for you.

His hair were jet black like a normal human being has, wonderful redish lips, his skin is as white as milk and his eyes were black yet there is something different about his gaze. Like another world were trapped in his orbs, it was so deep yet attractive, almost manipulative as you notice them. He's dangerously handsome, like a mixture of a handsome anime character and a Korean kpop member. Yet the most eye catchy thing about him is that yellow shirt of his. But I'm not here to flirt or fall in love. I am here to reveal an unsolved mystery.

"Again. What is your name?" He asked again. The seriousness in his voice and his eyes, captivated me yet it also woke me up from my daydream.

"It's. Elli.. Elliana Macatigbac" 

"Okay Elliana. Whatever happens in here. Remember not to be frightened."

Is he kidding me? He probably said those things because he is a ghost who needed companions. Even if he really is one. This girl will never be frightened! But my actions got a hold of me, I automatically laugh without a reason or purpose at all.

"S-sorry. But I promise you Mr. Yellow Shirt. I, Elliana Macatigbac will never be frightened" No matter how I see it. This guy or this ghost feels so warm, as if my heart tells me, I could get along well with him.

"Good now. See you later then" Mr. Yellow stood up from his seat. He's about to leave the theatre.

Is he leaving already? How about my great reveal?!

I grabbed a part of his shirt to stop him from walking away and to be honest I was surprised I can hold him. This time I was disappointed enough to believe the rumors were lies from the start.

"Excuse me?" He said staring at my hand.

"I'm not scared! I wanna learn more things about you. Have you heard the rumors about the man in a yellow shirt? It is quite popular. You're the cinema ghost haunting this place, right?" I asked with a hint of hope in my eyes. Hoping that he might be a ghost and not the living.

"Do you really believe that?"

"Yes. In fact. I wanted to be your friend. Please be my friend!" 

"You're so weird" he said with furrowed eyebrows, showing me how strange I was. Kinda making me feel embarrassed for my actions.

"I'm sorry. I just felt close with you. I felt like we could be friends"

"Still you're quite weird to ask a ghost for friendship"

A ghost! He admitted it! He is a ghost. My tears are falling from joy.

"But you aren't just any other ghost. You're the ghost I'm interested in"

Soon his head floated above his neck, probably to start scaring me but sadly, I don't feel anything besides amusement.

"Woah amazing! You really are a ghost!"

"Argh I don't have time for this. See you later then" With his annoyance his head went back to its original place.

"Wait! Is that a positive response or a negative one?" My fingers gripped on hos yellow shirt again.

"Are you seriously not scared of me?"

"Why would I be? Ghosts were humans too right?"

At this very moment Mr.Yellow Shirt is making a different expression, as if he was enlightened by what I said and curiosity got a hold of him. He finally lift his chin up, glancing at me before giving me a cool smirk.

"Don't worry then. We'll meet again soon. If you still remember glimpse of me" He was smirking . I swear he's still smirking.

It almost shook me to the core when I realize he's already gone and his disappearance is at the same time the movie ended.

Staying here is useless now right? I was hoping to ask Kane and hear some satsifying answer, if ever someone came in or left the door before or after me.

"I'm back Kane"

"So what happened?" She asked me while taking the cameras from my hands. 

"Well" I closed the door behind me first and walked a few steps away from the door when.

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Everything felt wrong for Elli, she's holding her bag already, she definitely just came out of the theatre yet she can't remember a single thing.

"Kane why are we going home? I told you we're supposed to figure out if the rumors about the yellow shirt ghost is real but why are we going home?"

"Elli are you kidding me?"

"What do you mean I'm kidding? Don't tell me you're too scared to enter the theatre"

"No! We just finished our task! Go ahead and check your camera!"

This time Elli really have a huge confusion in her head. Questions left unanswered of what happened, why can't she remember a single scenario, not even the movie she watched.

She replayed the last video in her camera, just to be welcomed by nothing but her reactions watching a movie. Except for the last clip.

It seems like she was talking to someone besides her yet no one was there, she even stood up running towards the exit and stopping in front of the door, talking again. This is the most interesting part, the camera shuts down by itself.

"Wah is that it?! I'm sure I charged this camera and it takes 6 hours for its battery to fully drain. How come it's not working now?!"

"Woah m-must be the theatre ghost!! Let's go home already! I'm scared!" Kane shivered at the thought before running her way down the escalator.

"Hey Kane wait!" Elli followed behind.

After returning to her home, Elli headed directly towards her bed without changing her outdoor clothes. It was all relaxing to have your body lay down after some stressful incident and without another tick of the clock, she fell asleep.

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"Where am I?" I asked after seeing a dark empty place around me, it is as if my eyes were closed but surprisingly I can see my cute hands quite clearly.

This must be one of my dreams.

"Woah this is a good place to meditate or do some experiments OR dance!" This is the best time to start dancing horribly like a crazy civilian with only a few days left to live, well it is fun to think that way sometimes.

"How do you twerk again?" I started practicing how to twerk in this pitch black place since no one is around to judge my every moves. I can even roleplay here as prince charming without cinderella or act as a dying cockroach which got hit by a heavy slipper.

"What the hell are you doing?" I was so focused on learning how to twerk when a guy interrupted me. Turning to face whoever is behind me, only to be greeted by a guy with a yellow shirt.

"GAH! Why are you here?!" No no this can't be. I hope he is not standing there all along! It's like I was twerking in front of him. Oh God this is too embarrassing! 

"Seems like you were having fun" He said smirking with that awfully handsome face of his. It's your bad timing's fault! How can you arrive at the worst time possible! 

"I-I'm not! Again why are you here?" Please do change the topic already! Plus I was curious enough about this ghost with a yellow shirt, that must be the reason why I dreamt about him. But still I always imagine the yellow shirt ghost with a slightly difigured face and a floating head but this guy in front of me, he's like a mixture of a kpopper and a handsome anime character. Wait.. Why are those words familiar? As if I already thought of that before.

"Tell me first. Are you not currently scared?" 

Huh? Why is he asking me such question? 

"Why would I be?"

"That's strange. It should be up giving you tons of nightmares. I thought you fear the darkness, that's why you're standing in a middle of a dark space"

"What? Wait. Are you watching me a while ago?" 

"Yes. You dance awfully"

"OH GOD" I started sulking from a distance knowing that someone seen my dance for the first time, and it was horrible!

"You need to take responsibility Mr.Ghost! You need to be my friend from now on"

"And watch you twerk like that? No thanks" 

He's pissing me off. But seeing the ghost I'm looking for like a month is a big achievement, I can't let him slide whether I am dreaming or not. God please don't wake me up yet.

"Who would twerk in front of a person with an opposite gender?"

"You." He kept replying with that poker face of his, it makes me super angry.

"Argh! Can you please forget about that already! Anyways I'm dreaming right? Since I always wanna see the ghost with a yellow shirt. It's like a dream come true!"

"I see you're one of those horror fanatics. Anyway little girl you shouldn't be twerking or dancing in here. It is quite a dangerous place. To be honest I came here to wake you up but it turns out you were twerking" 

"Stop reminding me of that!"

"Don't you fear anything? Like bugs? Monsters or heights?"

"No. Not really" What's with him and his questions. Ah I get it! He must be those type of ghost which enjoys humans fear.

"Hmm. Weird. You're quite interesting" The yellow shirt ghost is about to walk away when I suddenly grabbed his shirt without thinking.

"Wait are you leaving? Please don't leave yet. Tell me your name first. I promise I won't tell anyone"

"Why do you want to know me so badly"

"To be honest, I don't really know but after hearing rumors about you, it feels so different among the others, like my heart is telling me something might change in life if I pursue you" 

"Most of the horror fanatics thinks that way about ghosts"

"No! You're different! Ghosts are cold but it feels so warm around you. It's the first time I feel like... I belong."

I was looking on the floor while talking to him but I can see his feet stepping closer towards my direction.

"Alright you can be my apprentice." He let out a deep sigh.

"Really?! Thank you!" Without thinking I wrapped my arms around his stomach, hugging him. Can't believe I am this reckless. I'm not a friend but an apprentice , still I feel happy at the fact.

"Your mission will start tomorrow" he removed my arms away from his body as he lean towards me.

"Wait! What are you doing?!" Is he going to kiss me?! My hands automatically crossed itself in front of my face, acting as a shield to prevent my first kiss being stolen.

"Hold still will you? Don't be a pain in the ass. You're my apprentice afterall" His hand is now gripping on my wrist, putting my arm down. Next thing I knew I was stunned after he kissed me. He friggin kissed my forehead! 

Soon my forehead started having a burning pain and my eyes were affected by it.

"Argh! It hurts! What did you do?!" 

"You'll see after you wake up" Why does he always look so bored?

"Wait the pain is gone now"

"Of course it is" He said while walking away.

"Wait are you leaving without telling me your name?"

"Its Lev" After telling me his name, he disappeared, soon all I could see is darkness, can't even see my own hand anymore and that's when I wake up.

"Argh my head" Room. I'm in my room but how come my forehead hurts a bit. Does that mean, what happened is real?! Wait what is this next to me. My hands is trying to figure out whatever it is beside me.

"Good morning my precious apprentice."

"Gaaah!! Y-you! Why are you in my room?! "

" My name is not YOU. From now on you should call me Master. By the way how shall I punish you? Since you did explored your hand around my face a while ago"

"Wha?! You.. I mean Master should explain everything first cause your dear apprentice is still confused."

"Where should I start then? What confused my precious idiotic apprentice?" He smirked mocking me for good.

"I apologize for my idiotic actions Master.  But can you first tell me why Master kissed my forehead?" Trying to be as respectful as ever while facing one of the popular ghost.

"Obviously if I didn't do that, you might not be able to see me"

"Huh why is that?"

"I'm a ghost who can only be seen 9-10pm at Cinema 4 but since you intrigue me. I'll have to kiss your forehead to activate your third eye"

"Meaning to say. I can now see all the ghosts?!"

"Yes, you have to thank me for it. You will have to work for me starting tomorrow. From tomorrow onwards you need to help me take people's fear. Sadly I thought I'll receive one huge fear today, turns out I found an assistant instead"

"Glad to be your apprentice, master" I swear this ghost is having fun bullying me while laying his back on air, floating around my messy room. I need to get used to seeing that.

But..

Somehow even if my soon to be task may be difficult for a human like me. I'm still thankful. Thank you Lord for giving me this opportunity, not only did it make me feel like it will change my life but I also felt like I found a new real friend.

"Woah look at these" Lev found my dresser filled with my under garments

"Gaaaaah! Stop looking at that!" 

Seriously Lord help me get used to this.

((To be continued))