The Tears

“I don't know where it came from, but this rumor has spread widely. Everyone thinks Melisa is a murderer, they call her..."

"Hey psycho girl, you're great too, aren't you? ugh... scary...!" said a group of girls who were passing near the three of them.

"Yeah, that's more or less what they call you." continued Kevin.

"Their problem is, Melisa is a victim, but why is she considered a murderer. Besides, it's good that the madman is dead. Why do people have to be bullied like this.”

"Never mind Heri, it's okay. I don't want to care.” said Melissa.

"It's delicious, how can that be, who can stand being made fun of like that." Heriet said angrily.

"Why are you getting so excited anyway? Just let them say what they want to say, if we do it they will get worse!" Kevin said.

"How could that be, Melisa could be depressed, who would want to be in Melisa's position at that time? he could die if no one helps. After all, they are still mocking, you disobedient...evil...people!"

"Disobedient?" Kevin asked confused.

"Yes...they are evil, disobedient people."

"What are you talking about?" Kevin asked, increasingly confused.

"If Melisa gets depressed again, she could get sick like that time, she might have to move back to New York and maybe never come back to Milford." said Heriet sadly. His eyes started to fill with tears.

“Heri, maybe Milford isn't right for me.” said Melisa as she walked away. It felt like the burden he had to accept was getting heavier day by day.

Melisa intends to meet Jack today, she wants to return the pen she got at that time, Jack's pen. Melisa saw Jack sitting on the grass, leaning his back against the trunk of a large, old tree. Melisa approached Jack, she didn't care if Jack would throw her out as usual.

"It seems like you never got over being kicked out?" Jack asked with a super cold face as the words came out of his mouth.

“No, because I love you. Besides, the whole school is making fun of me right now, so there's no place for me here but with you."

"What did they say?"

"They said I was a new psychopath, even though they didn't know what really happened. I'm very sure someone helped me at that time, because even though I almost fainted, I could see a little."

Jack looked at Melisa with his cold black eyes, his eyes were empty but somehow the content was much more than what people imagined about him.

"Why are you here?"

"Because even though your attitude is very cold, for some reason I feel like you are the most sincere and warm person I have ever met. It's just that not everyone realizes it.”

"Why do you love Me ?" Jack asked, Melisa was shocked and didn't expect those words to come out of Jack's stiff mouth. Even though Melisa actually hoped that Jack could reciprocate her feelings.

"I don't know, love doesn't need a reason and a person doesn't need to know why that feeling of love comes to him. "I really love you Jack... I love you, no matter if you say it or not, or no matter how much it hurts I love you, I will still say I love you Jack," said Melisa, her eyes looking at Jack intently when Jack also looked at her. But Melisa felt excruciating pain from inside her eye nerves, the pain was like burning

"O...oh my eyes hurt," he groaned, holding back the pain in his eyes.

"Go home!" Jack immediately stood up and walked away leaving Melisa, suddenly looking very rushed.

“Why do my eyes hurt like this? Even though it was fine earlier." Melisa rubbed her eyes, but it hurt so much that tears came out of her eyes. It was strange, what came out of his eyes was not water but blood.

“Blood…blood…no way, my eyes are bleeding. Help…. !” Melisa shouted, her body weakened and she fell unconscious.

*** 2

"Lisa, are you awake?" said someone while stroking his cheek gently.

Melisa started to flinch and move her body, she opened her eyes slowly. The pain he felt earlier disappeared without a trace, as if he had never felt that extreme pain.

"Where...where is this?" Melisa asked, looking ahead.

"This is in the school's UKS room," answered Heriet.

“UKS? Why am I?"

"Earlier you fainted near an old tree behind the school, luckily one of the tennis club kids saw you and immediately brought you here. What happened, Lis?"

Melisa tried to remember what had happened to her. At that time she was with Jack and their eyes met, suddenly..."

"Ouch, my eyes hurt... My eyes hurt!" he shouted hysterically while holding his eyes.

"Li...Lisa are you...are you okay?" Heriet panicked and tried to help.

"My eyes hurt, they hurt so much!" Melisa was in pain, something hatched and penetrated her fingers. Blood flowed from both eyes.

“Blood…blood?! My eyes are bleeding, Heri my eyes are bleeding.”

"Blood ? nothing, your eyes aren't bleeding.” Heriet was confused, he didn't see blood anywhere.

"Why don't you see, there's a lot of blood coming out of my eyes..." Melisa screamed, making Heriet scared.

Hearing the screams, a doctor and several students, including Kevin, came over to them.