It was such a beautiful scenery. The sun is setting while people around me are in love—patssionately kissing. While here I am, alone. I took a picture of the view then post it on my story, pinning where exactly my location is. Then I slid my phone back to my pocket and kept staring until the sun sunk into the ocean while the skies change its color from orange to pinkish. When I felt like I'm relax enough, I stood up and started walking back to my car.
I am so ready to go home until I recognize a shadow, too quick I didn't completely see the figure if it was a girl or a boy. So, I walked pass my car and followed the hollow figure. I only stopped when I received a reply from my story. An anonymous account saying, "Get ready to be killed." My eyebrows furrowed but I managed to ignore the message and blocked the sender. I've been receiving few death threats from different anonymous accounts yet I know it was just a prank being pulled by my friend.
I turned off my phone and when I looked back up, there was a girl in front of me. She was wearing a black oversized hoodie, tattered jeans and a pair of white sneakers. And she was looking back at me. So I took a few steps closer. She didn't hiss nor step back. She just stood there and waited. So I took another few steps, enough to fill the inches gap between us. And in a split second, she took both my arms, tiptoed a bit and kissed me on my lips as she spin to switch position with mine.
I was shock, I didn't know what to do. I tried kissing back but then she fell through my arms. So, instead, I asked her, "Why did you kiss me?"
***
Steven Aragon has been my ultimate crush for the last five months. I've been stalking him—I meant all his social media accounts—and admiring him from that far. I know all the basic informations about him, but I don't know what lies beyond those. All I know is I like him very much to the point that I respect his peace of mind.
But lately, I've been very worried of him. He posted a status about asking his friends to stop pranking him about death threats. His friend didn't admit nor take the issue seriously, that's why Steve did the same. However, I didn't. So, for the first time in five months, I literally stalk him.
First of, I standby on his accounts 24/7. I see every update, every story, and every status he makes. Until I saw a story of him, risking his life by putting his exact location. I took my favorite hoodie and sneakers right away, and drove to where he is. When I got there, I saw him sitting among those sweet couples while watching the sunset. I waited and observed him until a suspicious figure showed up, wearing all black and hiding his hand inside the pocket of his denim jacket. Just as Steve stood and walked back to his car, he followed. So I made a swift move, enough for him to notice. Good enough, Steve followed me.
Everything was okay, until Steve stopped. He checked his phone, I looked at his stalker as he's holding a phone too. I knew it was a total distraction to get him back to his car, so I walked right in front of him and stood there. When he's done checking, he looked back up and saw me. I froze. I couldn't move as he started walking closer to mine. Until he stopped, and I saw his killer standing behind him. I tried to relax and keep my composure. I waited as he fills the gap between us, then I kissed him.
I, then, took a smooth spin to switch position with him and then—and then I felt a knife stabbed behind me. My knees quickly weakened and I fell through his arms. The last thing I heard before everything went black was, "Why did you kiss me?"
***
She collapsed right on my arms. And once she fell to the ground, I saw someone behind her, running away with a knife filled with blood. I tried tapping and searching behind her where it bled. It was a little lower on her left shoulder. I panicked. I don't know what to do. All I managed to utter was, "Why did you do that?"
She plastered a faint smile and whispered, "I came here to confess. I-I like you."
It was only then that I recognized who she really was. She is my ultimate crush! So I kissed her lips and gently whispered to her ear as my tears started falling, "I like you too."