Words Bleed

I was cursed by my step mother because I used to complain my dad about the way she treated me and they would end up arguing with each other. My dad was a rich business and after my mother's death he was lonely and upset all the time.But one day he walked in with this woman and told me that she's my step mother. I tried accepting her even after the way she treated me and physically abused me. I had bruises all over my back.But one day, she burned my feet with a hot iron rod when we had an argument. I told dad about it and since then she's been threatening me for my life.

One day when I got home from school I saw her getting layed with some other guy when dad was at work. I told daddy about it and they got separated. But before she left she cursed me that if I ever utter a word to anybody they'd bleed to death. She cursed me with all the hatred she had in her heart against me.

My dad got drunk every night. He started facing heavy loss in his business and eventually he lost everything and his business went down.He'd try talking to me everyday but I never uttered a word. One day he got so frustrated that he told that if I don't talk to him now then I should never talk to him. I felt so upset and I told,"why are you doing this dad!".As soon as he heard those words, his nose and ears bled.I shut my mouth immediately.“Dad, you're bleeding..”,I told him.The more I spoke,the more it got worse for him.

He told me that I should stay quiet and never speak a word to anybody.

He made a fake medical report that said that I had an accident and damaged my vocal cords.And I was named as "MUTE" in my school because I wasn't allowed to speak at all. I was made fun and bullied for being quiet all the fucking time.

Sometimes I wished that I could just yell and hurt everyone but I was helpless.

We had one more new transfer student and her name was Celina. She had this dark long black hair,brown eyes which were not completely visible through her specs but I bet they were beautiful and an average height. She was very beautiful. Unlike me, she became a centre of attraction in the classroom. Everyone one wanted to be her friend and hangout with her. She kept getting love letters from the seniors.

I used to sit in the last bench close to the window. Looking at trees and the birds and wished that I would just disappear. I wished that if I was bird I could fly up high in the sky and spread my wings under the sunlight and enjoy the breeze and live a happy birdie life.

“Hey, shooo shoo, Hey! Could you lend me your book?”,Celina asked me.

I was surprised to see her asking me for my book.I handed over my book to her, she thanked me and I nodded my head. “Saying you're welcome wouldn't kill you”,she said and she looked around.

In the interval she came to return my book to me but the other girls were like, “why did you borrow a book from him? He's a weirdo. Mr. Mute”, and they all laughed at me.

I picked up my stuff and left the classroom. I skipped the remaining classes and went out to look for a good spot to sit peacefully. There was a mountain few miles away from my school so I went over there and found a comfortable spot under a tree. I was so frustrated that I punched the tree and ended up hurting my knuckles.That fucking hurt like hell.I wrapped my handkerchief around my knuckles to stop the bleeding and layed down under the tree.

I saw a bird that was fallen on the ground. It looked like it was attacked. It had a minor wound on its right wing. I picked it up and said,“Hey poor birdie, let's get you treated.” It's head cut off and fell on the ground.I wasn't surprised because I knew the consequences when I spoke anything. I just couldn't stop crying. I was so tired of my existence. I just wanted to perish. I was cursed for life. I didn't even have the guts to kill myself because I was worried that nobody would take care of dad if I did that.

I buried the bird and went home. I was late for home and I knew dad would be very angry at me for that. I knocked on the door and he opened it with a furious look on his face. He didn't shout at me much but I was grounded for a week.

I stood in front of the mirror and stared at myself for few minutes. Tears rolling down my eyes. I looked at myself and said,“Hey".My nose bled. Then again I said, “hey there” and I got a cut on my shoulder. I realised that the more words I use the more it gets affective.

Next day at school as usual I wasn't paying attention in the class and kept looking out of the window. A piece of paper fell on my desk. I picked it up and opened it and it read,“sorry... I didn't knew you couldn't speak and I was so mean to you yesterday.” I looked around and saw Celina waving at me with a sorry expression. I smiled at her and looked around. Another piece of paper fell on my desk, I opened it and it read, “I meant it".I looked at her again and gave her a thumbs-up.

In the interval she came to me and asked me if I wanted to join her for lunch. I just walked away from her. I knew that was rude but I didn't wanted her to hangout with me so that others would start hating her too. After school she came to me and asked me if I wanted to walk home with her but I denied and walked away. On my way home she kept following me. I pulled out a book and a pen from my bag and wrote down what I wanted to ask her and handed it to her. It read,“Why are you following me?”. She closed the book and looked at me and said,“I'm not following you. I live few blocks away”. She handed me my book and we kept walking. “Do you live around here too?”,she asked me while she ran and walked next to me. “I live Two blocks away”,I wrote it in my book and handed over to her. “Ohh nice!”,she said that with a warm smile on her face. On our way we met two of our classmates.“Hey Celina! Are you walking home with that weirdo?”,they said it while laughing out loud.I snatched my book from her hands and ran away from there.

Next day at school……

I walked inside my classroom and Celina waved at me but I ignored her. I sat on my desk but I felt something weird. I tried to stand up but I couldn't. It was glue.I was glued to my desk. My classmates pranked me with a glue. I put all the force to free myself from the glue but it was stuck. I tried harder to free myself and ended up with a hole in my pant. Everyone took pics and kept laughing at me. I looked at Celina and she had her mouth covered with both her hands with pity in her eyes. I grabbed my bag and ran away. Yes, like an idiot I always kept running away from such situations.

I went to the mountain which I visited last time. I threw my bag on the floor and yelled, “Why don't y'all just die!!!!”. The tree right in front of me was cut into half and it fell down on the ground and the birds which were on the tree fell dead with their heads and wings cut off. I covered my mouth in terror and fell on my knees.

I wiped my tears and turned around to pick up my bag and saw Celina. She was startled. I stood frozen. We looked at each other for few seconds straight without blinking.

“So you can speak.. Oh boy”,she told me as she walked towards me. I took and step back. “Okay okay, calm down. I'm here to give you this track pant I borrowed from the school gym.You can't run around with that huge hole right”,she chuckled .I pulled the book and pen from my bag and wrote down what I had to say and gave it to her.It read“Put it on the ground and move back”. She nodded and put the pant on the ground and stepped back. I picked up the pant and went to find a place to change. I changed and got back to where we were standing before. She was still there waiting for me. “Nice! Do you feel better?”,she asked looking at me. I nodded in yes. “Umm.. So what was that earlier?”,she asked. I wrote down in my book and showed her. It said, “It's a long story and Please don't tell anybody about what just happened”. “If it's a long story then why don't we exchange numbers. You can text me the whole thing”,she said with that warm smile again. Man… how could I ever deny that smile. We exchanged numbers and headed back home.I explained her the whole thing on the texts.We became good friends but our friendship was a secret between us. We pretended to be strangers at school but we spent our time together on the mountain.

Until one day our picture of hanging out together went viral. Someone followed us to the mountains and snapped our picture. I got threats from the guys and people thought we were dating each other. Celina was made fun and she barely had any friends left. I decided not to talk to her anymore. I stopped going to the mountain and I went home early from school to avoid her.I totally ghosted Celina for her own good.And finally it was summer vacations.I would be at peace in my room all day long playing games and watching anime. I did miss Celina but whatever I did was for her own good.

I heard a door bell and then daddy called me, “Adrian you have a visitor”. I rushed down and saw Celina. “Hey Adrian”,she greeted me. I waved at her.Then we walked to my room. “Why are you here and how did you find my address?”,I wrote it down in the book and showed it to her. “Well, I found the address from the school office. And I'm here because you've been avoiding me.And you even blocked me in your contact.Like what the hell is wrong with you!”,she was on a verge to cry. “I did it for your own good. I didn't wanted people to treat you the way they treated me. So I had to end our friendship”,I wrote it down and showed her. “Wow.. You just decided that on your own without my concern. You didn't even bother asking me once? What if I didn't wanted that? What if I didn't care what people thought of us? But no... You came up with a conclusion on your own Huh.. ”,she said it as tears kept rolling down her eyes. “I'm sorry...”,I wrote it down and showed her. “You think sorry will fix what you've done? Put yourself in my shoe and imagine how would it feel if I had done this to you. Stop pushing people away who really care about you. I had a friend in my previous school just like you but she couldn't walk properly due to some disability . We were best friends.She was dealing with the same shit that you deal with in the school. But she never told me anything about it and one day they drove her so fucking crazy that she ended up taking her life. I was shattered into pieces. Imagine how helpless I felt when I was questioned by her parents that if I knew the reason behind her death. I had to transfer school and town because I couldn't live with the guilt in my heart.I pretend to be alright and fake a smile all the time but when I was with you I never faked anything about me.I was myself .I miss her every single day and when I saw you, I thought that you and her are almost the same.I thought that I had a chance to make things right and get over my guilt by helping you but you.... You shut me off completely . You shut me off like I meant nothing to you, like our friendship was all for nothing .You kept pushing me away and built a wall against me. Please Adrian stop it now... There's no harm in seeking help when you need it. I'll never abandon you no matter what. We'll fight all the odds. I promise you that someday I'll break this curse too. Trust me and lend me your hand please... It's alright to be different.Let me help you Adrian.Please……”. I hugged her tight and patted her head. It was the first time that someone really wanted me.We made a promise that no matter what we'd deal with every situation together. We had dinner at my place and I walked her home.

It felt so good to be wanted by someone. To be loved by someone. To be cared by someone. I could finally smile with all my heart.

She visited me everyday and we spent time gaming and watching anime. She was the best thing that had ever happened to me.

One day I got a call from Celina but when I picked it up it wasn't her voice. I was told to come to the mountain.When I went there I saw Luke,he was my super senior and he was madly in love with Celina but she kept rejecting him all the time.

Celina was slightly bleeding from her mouth. Luke had come with his friends,two girls and two guys.“So this is the dork you dumped me for”,he pointed at me. “He's my best friend and there's nothing between us”,she told him. I nodded in yes. “I heard you can't speak? Is that true?”,he asked me. I nodded in yes again. “Very well then”,he punched me in the stomach. I fell on the ground and spat blood. “Stopppppppp!!! ”, Celina screamed. One of the girls slapped her. Luke and the other two guys gathered around and kicked me while I was on the ground. “Stop.. Don't hurt him please.. ”,Celina begged. Luke stopped and told the others to stop as well. He walked towards Celina and grabbed her by her hair,“ Are you sure you guys ain't dating? The way you look concerned about him looks like you guys are a couple”.“No we're not dating you ass”,she replied to him.

Luke pushed her to the ground in anger when she called him an ass. I was all wounded and bleeding and I had no strength to get up. He told both the girls to hold her hands. She was the ground and he leaned over her. She screamed and called out for help. Luke tore her T-shirt and leaned forward and kissed her neck. Celina begged and cried to let her go but he didn't stop. He took of his T-shirt and layed on her. Celina kept screaming and begging for help. He went down on her and she was completely helpless.

“Let her gooooooo!!!!!”,I screamed way too loud. Trees around me were destroyed and cut into half.The screams impact was so loud that it almost destroyed all the things around us. Luke and his friends were shred into pieces.But the voices didn't stop. It wasn't me taking through my mouth but it was all coming out of my heart.All the pain and suffering and the things I never said were pouring out now. It was realising shockwaves which kept destroying the surroundings. I had totally lost control of myself. Celina stood up and kept walking towards me. The shockwaves coming out from my heart wounded her. Her little finger was cut off, her hair were almost cut off, she was wounded by the shockwaves on her legs and body but she kept walking towards me. When she reached close to me she hugged me tightly and said, “It's alright Adrian, calm down. I'm safe now. Thank you for saving me. Please,just calm down okay... Please... ”. And in a wink it all stopped and I fell unconscious in her arms.

One month later...

Luke and his friends were declared missing my the police department. Celina and I never spoke of that day. The curse was broken and I could talk without being afraid of it anymore. But few days later I was diagnosed for throat cancer. Life got so mean to me that when I could finally speak and live out a normal life but I ended up with cancer..

Well,I guess this is how it was destined to be. I spent my remaining days in the hospital. Dad and Celina made the most of every moment and kept me happy all the time. I could see the pain in their eyes but they pretended to be alright around me all the time. I was always afraid that I'd die alone with nobody by my side but I was no longer afraid of that. I had a loving father and my best friend who meant the world me.I owe Celina for breaking the curse and for accepting me the way I was.

she set my soul free by breaking the curse like she promised me.

I guess this is how it's gonna end for me but I'm glad it's not that bad either.I wanted to live a little longer and make way too amazing memories with her but that wasn't possible. But if I ever get second chance I'd wish to be born as her best friend again...

Written by : kounain