The Invisible Man (the black anonymous)

“Stop it Charley.” I strived to hold her closely.
I can feel immense pain flowing in her. She’s resisting but I just couldn’t let her go.
“Stop loving him. Why can’t you just stop loving him?”
“You’re asking for too much Dan. You’re asking me not to breathe.”
“Let me go.” She insisted.
“He’ll hurt you again…and again. My God Charley, there are people around you who are willing to love and care for you more than he will.”
“He’ll hurt me, yes, again and yet again. But the pain couldn’t just buy the happiness I feel whenever I’m around him. Okay, what if you’re right? What if I never see anyone the way I see Drake? But I don’t care Dan. I don’t care because I love him!”
“I’m sorry Dan. But you and Drake are just two different people in my life.”
She rubbed her eyes, smiled at me and said…
“This should be goodbye Dan.”
She turned and took a step away from me.
“Wait.” I said.
“I wish you can look at me the way you look at Drake. But I know you never will. You never even did. To you, I’ll forever be invisible, just an invisible man.”
“Damn it. Do you even feel I exist? You don’t see me at all. You really don’t Charley.”
She walked away and disappeared from my sight.
I gazed at the sky.
“Good Lord, am I really an invisible man?”
I felt tears cascading on my face.
“Yes, you’re just an invisible man, you loser.” I thought to myself.
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“Buddy, wake up?”
“What are you doing Dan? She’s approaching. Come on you idiot!”
I heard Mike’s voice and eventually recognized I was dreaming in broad hours of daylight.
“Carry yourself well.” He determinedly uttered.
“Hey, is this yours?”
I stopped after hearing such a familiar and popular voice, turned and saw Charley beautifully smiling at me. I searched for words and eventually said…
“Ah..whaat?”
God, I’m really such a big time loser.
“You dropped your confidence.” She smiled.
“I uhmm.. not so fond of chatting to people you know.” I defended.
“Yeah. I can see that." She drew near me. She’s so close that I can even feel her breath.
“It’s obvious. You’re trembling.”
“What’s your name?”
“Dan..Daa--.” You jerk! You are Daniel! Is your name so hard to say?
“Okay. I get it. Bye Dan.”
“My name is.. my name is Daniel.”
At last, I finally said it but when I finished gathering my courage and lifted my face, she was no longer there.
“Loser.” I said to myself in appalling dismay.

It’s been like forever that I’ve known Charley.
I am always a fan of her I guess. She is always a goddess. Everyone in the world would agree that she is so perfect. She has the charm that enchants and the wit that endures. She’s Athena and Aphrodite, the goddesses combined. And everyone in the world loves her but most especially, I love her. The problem is, she doesn’t even know who I am. And she doesn’t even care.
Didn’t I tell you that I have introduced myself to her for like thousand times already? But she always forgets those people that are not so important on the face of the earth. In the sea of her friends, I am really just nothing. So even if she notices me everyday, I am still a vapor to her. I am still invisible to her. It’s like what they say “good as dead”.
Charley, she can only see Drake, the one she loves, really loves. I can tell he is actually blessed. Charley looks at him as if he is the only man she’s gonna love. And she enjoys every minute with him. Many people say they are a perfect match- the goddess with a god.
I imagined myself in Drake’s place. How lucky I would have been and how happy I would have been if I was her man. Definitely, I would be the greatest man who ever lived on earth.
I was about to paint a smile on my face when my eyes caught Drake holding someone else’s hand. Worse, drake held the girl close to him and stole a kiss.
“What the…you can’t do this to her Drake.
You can’t hurt Charley this way.”

“Looks like you and Charley are off already.” I commented while advancing my steps to face Drake.
“Who are you?”
“Damn you Drake.”
I punched him and buried my wrist on his face.


To be continued…