The Invisible Man 2 (the black anonymous)

“You bastard! Who are you?”, Drake, now furiously wiping out blood from his broken lips.
“Tell me. Is Charley not good enough for you?”
Drake immediately rose and gave me a smash on the back.
“Stop it Drake!”
I can hear her.
Charley runs to rescue me. I couldn’t believe she finally perceived that Drake can be mean and supercilious too.
“No you stop Charley. And tell that man, whoever he is, to get a life and shut his mouth. Damn weakling!”
Drake just left as if everything was my fault.
“That guy, he really thinks he’s someone.”
“I’m sorry. Drake doesn’t really wanna hurt you. You might have said something that offended him.”
“Yes, of course, that’s the way it always goes for you right? Drake’s never gonna do anything stupid for you. I get it Charley.”
“Yeah, I guess it will forever go that way. Hey, you look kinda familiar. Have we been acquainted or something?”
“No. No, we haven’t.” I couldn’t just look at her straight in the eyes and let her know that she means a lot, really a lot to me.
“You. You’re Dan, right?”
She lowered her head unhurriedly until the drops of her tears soaked the earth.
“You know it. You have always known it, haven’t you?”
Nodding, she leaned on the wall and sat beside me.
“There are some things you just have to accept even if it leaves you bleeding Dan. Drake and I, we’ve almost shared forever. And if you think it would be so foolish of me to hold on to him, then let me be a fool.”
“I know that.” I answered reluctantly.
“Really? How? I bet you even haven’t found your girl yet. Have you been in a relationship before?”
“Nah, not really. But I’ve already found her. It’s just that someone came even before she found me. I have found her the same time, the same moment, the same circumstance you found Drake. I found you Charley.”
“What do you mean?”
“…that I have always known you Charley. I have always known and loved you. And it hurts me so much that you only give a damn about him. I wish you could set your eyes on other people too, people like me, I guess, who has eternally adored you.”
“But I swear to God you don’t even know I exist. You, Charley, never cared to look at me the way you look at Drake.”
“You just can’t say that Dan.”
“I love Drake so much.”
“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.

The End.