" The Mysterious Number Overhead " ... it's been a week since I had a small accident and also a week since when I started seeing mysterious numbers on their heads I awoke a confusing power ... I could see a number over everyone's head It was so weird ! The number differed . And it changed at every moment . What did it mean ? Their deposit ? The lies they had told ? The days they left ? Or the number of people they lost .. ? then later I came to know that it's the number of times they had smiled that day? Like when I realised that, I couldn't believe that and I didn't know what I can even do with that! Because isn't it common to laugh everyday? For atleast once a day? So I just ignored these numbers for a long time and never cared to look at those numbers and moved on. But one day, I saw my classmate rushing to a supermarket. There I saw him buy something and he looked so nervous. So, I just saw his number and it was in the number "0" When I was in my deep thoughts on how he wouldn't have laughed even for once a day, he rushed out of the shop. And yeah! he always wear a mask so I never saw his face and so my other classmates. I don't know, but I got curious on him and followed him. I know it's bad to stalk, but I felt bad and he kinda looked nervous. So, I followed him for few minutes and he went to the nearby park which was abandoned due to it's lack of maintenance. I got nervous seeing him going there because it's too suspicious. I called one of my friends and asked him to come to that park. When I ended the call and looked for him, I didn't find him. So I went in searching for him and I saw him under a monkey bar which was rusted. He was covering his face with his hands and the thing he brought from the shop was all over the ground. I guessed he got scared when he saw me coming towards him. I went near him and called his name "Lucas?" He shivered but he didn't answer me. I went near him and touched his shoulder but he got afraid and slithered. I was concerned for him and so, I sat near him and patted his head saying "Don't worry, I won't tell about you to anyone. So, can you tell me what happened to you?" He stopped shivering but still he was hiding his face behind his big hands. I asked him to show his face and made him do it after so many attempts of persuading him. He slowly removed his hands from his face. He had a beautiful jawline and his lips was so sexy. He was crying and he said "Don't look at me! I know I'm ugly!" He shouted. I was dumbfounded and I was like what the actual phuck???? "You know what it meant to be ugly?" I asked him while I took the thing that he dropped on the ground. "Hey! Don't take it!" He snatched that thing from me but I already saw the name. "Hahaha 😂" I couldn't stop laughing and He pouted but it looked kinda cute. "Don't... Don't laugh!" He pouted. "Why are you eating those candies here?" I started laughing because I thought he was taking some drugs. But I got curious on why he is hiding this beautiful face under those mask ? and why he did not smiled even for once today? and why he is eating a chocolate here that too secretly! While my head was Asking me so much questions, I remembered something! His voice and face looked similar! And I remembered who it was! I got shocked "wait!!! Are you that famous singer??? The one who is very secretive??? Your voice looks similar and so your lips!!" His reaction proved that I'm right too, because he got shocked and nervous at the same time. I noticed that, so I promised that I won't tell that too anyone. He then said thank you and tried leaving after wearing back his mask. But still one question remained unanswered. Why his number of smile "0"? So I grabbed his hand to ask about it. He turned towards me and looked at me with his cold eyes. "Why are you sad? " When I asked that question, he started crying again and hugged me. I didn't ask anything because I guessed that he had none who asked that. He cried for an hour telling all his stories to me. And I realised, he is just like me. Even though I had good parents, I still lacked someone called friend, who will listen to me always. He just needed someone to be his friend and so me. So, we promised to be friends. Is there anyone better than someone who is lonely to understand others? Because they would have got hurt many times to decide to be lonely than staying with others... (p.s: I'm lazy to edit so don't mind the errors)
