Dark Cloak

School was almost over, and math class didn’t seem to ever end. Only thing keeping me awake was being able to look at Luisa’s head; admiring her pretty black hair.

At this point I was fighting just to stay awake, nothing could keep me up, not even Luisa’s head, so I laid my head down, thinking a little nap couldn’t hurt.

I seemed to have woken up to a dream. It looks to be a pretty cozy place with two massage chairs, gaming consoles and snacks on a table. Sitting on one of these chairs is a person in a black cloak.

“Come sit next to me, I need someone to play with”, they tell me. I decide why not, and join them. The chair felt amazing on my back, way better than those school desks. I pick up one of the controllers, and ask them “So what game we playing?”.

“It’s one of my fav’s, “Ouzel’s Super Fun Adventure ”!”

I’ve never heard of it , but I could hear the smile in their voice so I thought it had to be fun if this creepy looking person enjoys playing a game with a name like that.

“Oh, by the way, do you wanna be the character that flies or the one that goes invisible?”

“Hmmmm, I don’t know, why don’t you pick for me, since I haven’t played before.”

“Alrighty then, invisible it is!”

I’m jerked awake by my teacher who tells me,

“Cmon get outta here, the bell has already rung!”

“Oh my bad” I say before quickly running out discombobulated.

I’m still sleepy while going to my next class, still disappointed my dream was abruptly ended. Unsurprisingly the rest of the day goes by uneventful. 

School finally ends, and I go out to the busses. I see my friend Andy on my way to the bus. 

“You staying after school, today?”

“Yeah Ima stay for the weight room”

“Alright man, see ya tomorrow”

“See ya”

A quick conversation, with not much enthusiasm, but we been friends since middle school, so we’ve gotten used to not saying much to each other sometimes.

I get on the bus and take a seat by myself. I get to see Luisa getting on to a different bus, which only makes me think about what her everyday life is like.

Does she have a part time job?

Does she have to take care of any siblings?

When does she do her homework?

I wish I could talk to her and find out more about her, but why would she want to talk to me? I’m not the star of any school sports club. I’m mediocre at drawing. I read childish comics. I get alright grades. I have horrible social skills. My looks don’t stand out in any way.

I think about what the cloaked guy said to me. If I had a power like flying or invisibility I’d definitely catch her attention, and every cool protagonist has a way to activate their power, like a stance or a word like “BANKAI!”. If I had to chose a word to activate it, it’ll definitely have to be-

“BEDLUM!”

I laugh at my stupidity. I start to get rid of these silly thoughts as the bus starts to get close to my stop. The bus starts stopping and I get up to walk out, but before I get to the door, the bus starts up again and begins to move.

“Wait hold on, I haven’t got off yet” I tell the bus driver, but she doesn’t seem to show any reaction.

“Um, can I please get off?” Still no reaction whatsoever.

I turn around, and nobody on the bus seems to notice me standing up. I begin to question if this is all a prank or something.

“Hey can you tell her to stop” I ask this girl sitting at the front. I go to touch her shoulder to grab her attention, and my hand fazes through her body as if it’s a hologram in one of those sci-fi movies.

“Augh”, I pull my hand back, shaken up and confused.

I have no idea what to do, I begin to panic a little.

The bus starts to stop again, and since I was standing, I’m thrown to the floor viciously. It seems like it’s someone else’s stop. This boy gets up and starts walking towards the door, but I’m still down and I try to get back up, but he walks straight through me.

I’m shown again that I’m not dreaming, and that I’m simply not in the same reality as them.

I ignore what’s going on now, and take this time to get off the bus. I get off with him, but as guessed he doesn’t notice me.

The only thing I can do now is walk back home.