Daddy Long – Legs - Chapter 1

There is a boy who standing under the hard pouring rain. This boy has been standing with face looking up the sky, closed eyes. Noone knows how long he has been standing. Both of his hands are clenching hard and slowly loosened.

Is he crying? No one knows.

The boy slowly looks down and opens his eyes. He raises his hand and sees his right hand is shaking. He smirks.

‘It’s likely,’ he thought,’I stood here for god-knows how long…’

And he will be scolded for sure, by his grandma.

He chuckles and turns around, ready to leave the spot. He’s glad that no-one is around, or there will be whispers around him, saying he’s a freak or such.

He is going to enter his car when he notices a shadow. The shadow is crouching down and the body is shaking.

No, he isn’t afraid of ghosts. He already faced something scarier than ghosts.

Their distances really not that far, maybe only 10feet length or so. He looks at the shadow and contemplating whether he should check it or not, since he is not a busybody.

“Hey!” He shouted. He chose to shout since it’s raining hard and he’s afraid the shadow won’t hear it.

He decides to walk towards the shadow. When he’s already two feet apart, he realizes it’s a kid. Maybe around 8 or 10 years old.

He wants to mock himself. He’s also standing in the rain for long time. Why should he suggest the kid when himself also stay in the rain?

The kid’s head slowly raising and turns around. The body is shaking hard, lips are apart and seems stuttering.

He walks and touches the kid’s shoulder, but the kid’s eyes widened and before the boy can reacts, the kid falls.

TBC