June 04 ****

 12 AM 

 " Ma ? " A seven - year - old boy shouted as seemed frightened as he peered at the stairs . 

 

At twelve o'clock in the morning the boy was woken by the strange noise he heard on the first floor of their house.

He just plan to ignore it but something pushes him to go and find out what is that noise, thinking that maybe the noise was made by his mother.

" Ma ? " He called his mother again , but at the second time he still did not get a response from his supposed Mother.

One step . Second step . 

He counts every step down, as his way to fight his fear, he cling so firmly at the railing of their stairs, trying to hide the trembling of his hand not because of the coldness but because of fear. 

Third step . Fourth step . 

Every step he took down from the stairs at the same time his knees tremble in fear, even if he tried to stop the trembling, he could not hide the fear he felt . 

Fear that he may have mistaken at the thought of his mother is the one making noise on the first floor.

He immediately erase that thought and continue to walk " Don't scare yourself " he whispered with annoyance and also his way to encourage his self. 

*BANG *BANG *BANG *

But before he took a one step he heard another three consecutive strange sounds that caused him to stop, his breathing became heavier, his palm and even his face were sweating , and the hair from his nape stand up slowly without any reasons, then because of this unexplainable feelings he remember the conversation of his classmates that he interrupt because of his arrogance.

" How can you know that there's a ghost " a girl's wearing two ponytail asked filled of curiosity  

" Maybe when you suddenly felt coldness even if it's not cold " another girl answered then shrugged as of she's not sure of her answer 

" You're not sure ?" The girl wearing two ponytail said again in disappointment, she almost surrender about it when someone suddenly interrupted their conversation

 " You'll only to know if there's a ghost when you're suddenly felt terrified and suddenly you felt that the hair from your nape stand for no reason" said by the boy while nodding confident of his answer. 

Every people has their own way to show their fear, some go by crying , some go by shouting , others seem to pretend that they saw nothing just to protect themselves and others are stunned and not knowing what to do.

How do people describe fear?

There are different individuals with different description of fear and most common is that fear alerts people to the presence of danger or the threat of harm, whether that danger is physical or psychological, in other word fear is way to warned our self from danger.

" That's not true " shouted by the boy sitting at the teacher's table from the front , the they laughed at the same time as if the topic that his classmates was a ridiculed and need to be laugh.

*PIT-A-PAT**PIT-A-PAT* 

The boy came back to reality when he heard another noise, it looked like sound of a wet footsteps.

He felt even colder, as his knees began to tremble, while remembering everything they had talked about with one of his classmates, then his eyes also began to water out of fear.

Once again he remembered what his classmates told him . 

" You'll only believe when you've experienced it ?".

" Yes . Didn't they say " To see is to believe " Jake said arrogantly then smirk  

" Jake . If you were to experience something like that, What would be your reaction? ". His male classmate asked he had been talking to two female classmates before, but because Jake suddenly interrupt him he then asked this question at Jake.

Jake is known as an arrogant and spoiled brat maybe because he comes from a rich family in their area, so they won't be surprised if he made many enemies because of his bad behavior.

 " Laugh what else ? " He answered jokingly and everyone laughed again .

 

" You're wrong ." Everyone stopped laughing then Jake give his classmates a death glare as if he wants to murder the man in front of him, no one dares to answer him especially if he's not talking to them, but this boy apparently is not afraid of him, but instead of shouting at him he just gave him glares and continue to listen.

" Because by the time you see them . You can never run away from them , they will never let you go until they get what they want ".

He looked at the bottom of their stairs but he only saw darkness, then he examined the surrounding's while listening to different noises, the ticking of the clock and even some strange sounds outside their house, he's breath almost heightened when he heard another footsteps, then he saw a man's silhouette at the darkness, like a head or figure with all detail blacked out in shadow leaving only the outline that is clearly defined.

Jake was stunned as if he was glued on his current position, he then heard his heart beating so loud, his tears dripping out of his eyes, he clench his trembling hand while looking at the silhouette inside the darkness that slowly walking near him, he want to shout but because of the fear he can't shout for help, he almost collapse when he saw the bluish color of the man's feet.

Jake then realize that he needs to run, without a second thought he begun to run upstairs, but because of his trembling knees he almost struggle to step his foot, 

One, two, three, four, five, six, last step, there's only last step and he will be fine, he will be safe that's what he thought.

He thought that once he's far from the staircase he can go to his parents room and shout for help, but when he can breath in relief he felt a force pulling him down, as if the whole scene was in slow motion when he was pulled down by that strange force...

He only felt that he's slowly rolling down in the staircase, even his vision gradually dimmed as he felt the heaviness to breath...

"Ma... Ahhh... Ahhh" he tried to shout but because of heaviness to breath and the impact of his injury in his head, he can anly shout in a coarse voice, trying to call his Mom, trying to call help but because he realizes that he can't shout he then began to tears and sob in desperation.

~ Jaaaaake ~ 

The boy's eyes widened when he saw a large man in front of him , his horrible face that seemed to be soaked in water because it's skin that slowly peeling off from his wet face even to his naked body. 

 

Then he hear a loud scratching sound of metal from their stairs, its loud that even the people outside can hear it.

When he saw the cause of the strange noise he heard , his eyes gradually closed and his body fell while the creature that caused the noise was looking at him while smiling in a strange and scary way.

 " I accept your invitation " He whispered to the child until he fainted. 

Because of the scratching sound everyone quickly went out of their respective rooms and at once went to the stairs where they heard the noise, then to their surprise they saw the boy in the bottom of the stairs , unconscious and swimming in it's own blood that came from it's head, they hurriedly took the child.

The Mother can't stop crying as the Father carried the child to their car to take their unconscious son to the hospital. 

Not knowing what happened and the cause of the accident , all they knew was that it was a terrifying scene.

June 11 ****

 8 AM

 

" Mr. Takahashi , can you explain this " the old professor said and look at the exchange student.

From the third row at the right side near the entrance a young Japanese man stand, every one look at him in awe, as if it was their first time to saw this young man or as if it's their first time to see a foreign person.

They looked at him from it's hair with long bangs almost covering its thick eyebrows, from it's narrow eyes, sharp nose, even to its thin but red lips and to his white and slender body, it looks like the body of a woman wearing a man's clothes.

They can't denied that even his a man they can see its femininity especially when it acts or speaks, If he was just a woman, they're sure almost all the men inside the campus will court him.

" Yes Sir " Takahashi replied smiling, then Takahashi kindly explained what the professor had asked him. 

After his explanation , everyone applauded and the old Professor gave a friendly smile, you can see the satisfaction on it's smile.

" Good job Mr. Takahashi , I know you won't disappoint me" Takahashi just nodded and returned to his seat . 

(1) " Sugoi Takahashi- Kun " said the man next to him, Takahashi smiled at him and said (2) " Arigatou " at the same time It seems that with his smile they saw a blinding light behind him,

They're just being exaggerated because of the beauty in front of them, everyone who will saw him smile will inevitably be fascinated by him , whether female or male.

" Class Dismissed " 

That's all they heard from their old Professor because Takahashi almost grabbed his fellow students their full attention, while Takahashi himself was just seriously looking at his notebook.

Some students stand up and leave the classroom some are powdering their faces and lipstick especially girls the thought of leaving the classroom in a haggard face is a big No... No... To them.

There's an unspoken rules for every student in the Philippines, especially girls before leaving their house they need to be presentable, that's why they used make-up some only use polbo (powder) then lipstick, as much as possible they avoid using make-up to prevent the damage that make-up can give from their skin...

While Filipino male students like to play outdoor sports and to pissed their female classmates, even if they're full of sweat they're going to run after the female student and tried to hug them...

"Arghh... I hate you (3) nakakainis" Takahashi's female student shouted in annoyance, she was ready to go out with her friends when one of her male classmates took her bag and raise it above his head, and because that male student was tall the lady just struggle to jump to get her bag.

Takahashi shake his head and sigh...

" Guys . Did you watch the news ? " a woman whispered to her friends.

Takahashi heard it just behind him. 

He has no intention to listen but something grab his attention, So he listened to the conversation of his friends .

" Yup... Poor boy , is that true ?"

" I don't know but according to the news he was rushed to the hospital with a heavy injury from it's head" replied by the first woman who spoke.

" That was Awful, it's to horrible especially to the family of the victim" replied the third woman while hugging herself like a horrified child.

" You know our country , when it comes to the supernatural occurrence, Philippines won't let it miss " replied the first woman again. 

" Yes and I'm sure the Philippines is leading the way in being the best (4) chismosa in the world " whispered by the man next to Takahashi causing everyone to laugh until they started to tease each other.

Takahashi frowned at his notebook as if analyzing what he had heard , wondering if it was a supernatural event .  

"Akira ... Do you still have a class?" The person next to him asked

"I have, and I can come home later at 8 pm" Akira answered quickly with half smile on his face, the person he was talking to nodded it's head saying that he understands but no intention to hide his disappointment, 

Everyone decide to bid Takahashi's goodbye as they walked away.

(5) "Kita kits next Wednesday" Akira replied.

He even saw that one of his friends laughing at the man next to him while saying that it was okay and there's still a next time, Takahashi just laughed and wave his hand.

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Akira Takahashi- a male Japanese college student he participated in a exchange student program, reason to learn English and mostly important is to see what his mother saw in the Philippines...

Family Background- Came from a family of Shaman in Japan, the most trusted family when it comes to fortune telling and supernatural circumstances.

(1) Sugoi- a Japanese language means amazing in English

(2) Arigatou- a Japanese language means means thank you in English

(3) nakakainis- is a Tagalog word means annoying in English

(4) Chismosa - a slang word for the person who like to make or listen to rumors, sometimes we call them "Marites" just like how "Karen" name for racist people.

(5) Kita kits - is a Filipino word or slang word that means let's meet, Filipino usually used it to their closed friend or siblings, or sometimes Filipino used this word if they have plan for another day to meet...

I hope you learned something especially Filipino language and their way to communicate.

We are close to the scene where our MC and ML will meet, stay tuned any way you can follow me at my Twitter @Shainamae_13 I don't usually post in my Twitter but because of this story, I'm starting to post anything about the story, especially BL or Danmei, ohh and if your a CP fan of Yizhan and know the Donghua MDZS, TGCF, Can Ci Pin let's be friends...

Thank you for reading and supporting this story and I'm sorry for my English grammar... I'll try my very best to write and translate this story...

Kita kits 🥰