There is this one house on the outskirts. Every time a person passes by, there is always a slapping noise that can be heard.

Sometimes, It's not just that. A woman who is screaming, a child who is groaning while sobbing, and a man with a deep voice always laughing.

The concerned villagers warned their kids to never even go there. Although they are worried and interested to know what's in the house or what is happening inside the dwelling, they never intended to bother the family who lives there.

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One day, a handful of children decided to play outside the village. While the kids are playing, they stumbled upon the called "House in the outskirts".

The kids are scared. Their parents always told them to never get close to the house. Telling them, that every time someone passes by, they will get cursed.

The adult villagers are making this story up to scare and discipline their kids.

The story has become more like folklore to them.

When they are about to head back, a creaking sound has been made. They all stopped and cautiously look where the sound has been made, and it's the gate of the house.

While the gate is opening, a creaking sound is getting more produced, the kids are shaking and having a bucket of cold sweat. Some even peed on their pants.

Finally, the gate opened.

The kids saw a silhouette of a small build person.

It's a young lad.

The lad who came out on the gate, and revealing his face, is attractive. Even the girls who are part of the group have been fascinated by his beauty.

Sadly, when the kids are looking closely, they saw marks that covered his body. Some are fresh, while some are scars that cannot be healed in the long run.

"Would you please kindly leave?" The boy implored with a creepy smile.

Just that one sentence and a smile made the other youngsters run fast as they can. However, there is one girl who stayed.

The boy glared at the girl furiously.

But the girl didn't care.

"I know you are lonely." The girl said.

"****Lonely****" That word hit him hard.

The boy yelled at the girl and shouted "Just leave!".

"No!" the girl replied.

The boy sighed... For the first time in his life, someone didn't listen to him. He knows that this girl is one of a kind and probably will change him, maybe the opportunity to change his life has befallen him. But, he didn't care. He had given up ever since the day he knew what his household is like.

"If you didn't leave now, I will cast a curse on you!" The boy said.

The girl backed off a bit, but...

"I'll leave! But... I'm gonna return!"The girl withdraws.

The young lad sighed once again...

After the gal left, the young lad felt like he lost a span of his lifetime. Even though it's not as stressful as dealing with the problems in his family, He found it harder to handle a girl instead of his kin.

He headed back to their home and prepared for the chaos that was about to come in.

" Welcome back, Pietro..." The boy said.

"Nice to be back, my younger brother," Pietro replied sarcastically.

~To be continued...

2 weeks hiatus... Sorry guys...

The author is currently learning the proper way to make a novel and a proper way to construct a sentence.

Although this novel has a lot of potentials, The author didn't want to waste the ideas of making this, and that's why he wanted to expand his knowledge according to this content.