Chasing Night

The supposed to be an ordinary day turned into one of the most significant events that changed my life. My loving mother, that would always greet me with her kind and gentle smile is now nowhere to be found, and so is my caring and doting father. Everything… just everything. It all changed in a blink of an eye.

Our house, once defined as tidy, turned into a chaotic mess. It seemed like my mind couldn accept this sudden reality, but the brutal beating of my heart made me know how all of this was true. Every step I take makes my anxiety go far worse than before. Strangers are lying on the ground, unconscious, with blood coming out of their bodies. Who are they?

When I got inside my parents room, I froze at where I was standing. The weird sickening dry metallic scent got in my nose as my eyes landed upon the sight of that red sticky liquid all over the room.

Blood.

”W-What happened here? ”

As I roamed my vision, I saw the blood splattered all over the walls and on the floor. My father and mothers belongings are all gone. The only things left are the broken pieces of moms cabinet and her favorite lampshade, which are also broken on the ground. Its not the same room I once knew. It made me gulp as I started having difficulty breathing because of the strong scent of blood.

I can still remember how I used to giggle with both of my parents inside this room. The humongous bed is gone, and the white carpet near their bed is drenched with blood that itll make you think of red as its natural color. Everything turned blood red, and the scent nauseated me, but I couldn leave. No, I don want to leave.

Theres a specific place in the room where I saw a fresh pool of blood.

In the middle of that pool of blood, there he was standing, Night Fuentes. ”What are you doing here? ” He turned to me with those cold and unfriendly eyes still looking at the ground. ”Where are my mom and dad? ” His all-black suit is covered with blood, and so did the black gloves he removed and threw into the floor.

His shiny black shoes were also soaked with blood. I gulped as I gazed at Nights hair which was once known for its clean and neat look, but now its in a mess as he pushed it back with his bare hand.

Theres a trace of blood on his cheek, which he annoyingly wiped with a clean white handkerchief he pulled out of his pocket. I noticed how cold and emotionless his black eyes were as they landed on me. It made me swallow saliva again as I felt fear of the unknown. This is not the Night I know; this isn my prince charming. Thats when a thought came into my mind, a lingering memory of what I witnessed the other day. It makes my skin crawl realizing that what I saw could be true if I stop denying it, Night might have done the same thing he did to that unknown guy, but now my parents became his new victims.

I swallowed my fear. ”T-That. ” I pointed to the pool of blood where Night was standing at. ”Whose blood is that? ” He looked down and looked back at me with a nonchalant expression. Night didn answer and just stared at me. W-What does that mean? Why isn he answering?

”Is it… my parents blood? ”

Night nodded without saying a word causing me to gasp as I back away. Suddenly, I feel even more nauseous than before. Knowing that the pool of blood belonged to my parents made my stomach churn as thousands of scenarios ran inside my head nonstop. My breathing grew heavier, and I couldn look Night in the eye. ”D-Did you— ” I feel my body trembling as I stop myself from vomiting. ”—kill my parents? ” It might sound like an absurd question, but in this situation, how should I take this?

The anxiety caused me to continuously swallow saliva as I glanced at Night. What I asked him might be impossible before, but I already knew deep inside my heart that there was something wrong with Night. That all I know about him might be lies. Even though the way he looks at me with those cold eyes and not caring vibes is the same, he doesn feel the same anymore. Before, I only felt attraction despite his cold attitude towa