All Chapters of Leaving The Lights On: Chapter 11 - Chapter 14

Seah's Point of ViewAfter finishing my duty, I immediately went home. Tired and hungry, walking home with my bag on my shoulder. I still had my things with me from school earlier because I went straight to work. The city lights are on and the street culture is alive. There are many vendors scattered on different sides of the road. The road is noisy and people who want to have fun are here. The whole place is so lively that even if I want to peek, my mind tells me to go home. "Seah!" "Seah!" I immediately turned to the person who called my name. A familiar face was weaving at me while running towards where I was. With a big smile on his face that Cedric dude was the one who's calling my name. "Good thing I'm still chasing you," he said quickly when he got close to where I was. "Come join us, my friends and I are having fun here!" he offered, which made me shake my head. "Ah! I'm going home," I said, as he put his arm around my shoulder. "Just a moment,"

I felt my heart skipped when suddenly she put her head on my shoulder. I felt warm in this cold summer breeze night. I can't even move bothered that her head might fall off my shoulder.Her eyes where close and I felt awkward for a bit. I don't know but I also bent down to remove its head from my shoulder. “Well, I wasn't expecting this,” I whispered but I heard her snore which made me smile. This is the first time I open up my problem to someone I've known for just a week. And this is the first time someone just slept before I could start, hahahahaha. It would be better if I didn't wake her up and maybe she had a rough day at work. She must be too tired. I'm sure it won't be much of a relief from work if we stayed like this for a minute.“You’re so strange,” I whispered again and looked up at the sky. I was shocked and my eyes widened when I saw a shooting star in the sky, so even though it was already dark, I closed my eyes and prayed. Opening them again made me smil