Late night visitor

It is pitch black outside, completely dark. I could not see anything. I guess they were right when they said it is the darkest before dawn because it is like 4 am right now and absolutely nothing is visible. Or maybe my eyes were numb. I couldn’t feel them anymore only that weird feeling. You know the one where they have been open for too long and they just feel physically dry. That’s what my eyes felt like. I was used to staying up this late at night now. I mean what good was there to do in the morning? It was just the same thing with some bright light in your way always.

The dark just felt more comfortable so I embraced it. I put myself into the dark always. I’d eat dinner before others eat breakfast. I took up a job with a night shift, so I did not have to stay awake during the day. I woke up at around 6 pm. Completely nocturnal. I felt like batman. I did not have superpowers, I stayed awake all night, I liked slow dark music, but batman was pretty jacked compared to me. I think that was the only difference. I loved staying like this through the night. I remember one of my uncles told me that it would be terrible for me to live like this because it ruins the natural system and maintenance of the human body.

I didn’t care though because I was living every gamer teenager's dream. Wake up at night, work a little lame job that just pays high because I work nights and then come home to my brilliant PlayStation. Made you a bit jealous right? Well, I wouldn’t be surprised if you were. Everything was all great and I could not remember a time before I started living nights. Until one night. An instance, a moment of fear. A noise I hadn’t heard before. A presence I felt when I was alone. Something other than me was in my house these nights. I don’t know what it was, but it is what led me to today.

It was 2:30 am last Wednesday, I was eating cereal because I never really learned to cook, and my pizza delivery money was finished. I went into the kitchen to open the fridge and get the milk carton. Then suddenly I felt something behind me. Something towering over me. Something big, something that would realise If I turned back. I could feel the deep breaths on my back. I stayed still and didn’t move an inch. I felt like a statue. I thought that this would make whoever was there think I was dead or not there anymore. There wasn’t any logic just in movies and games they always show that paranormal activities cant see you when you are still. I was just hoping that would help me now.

I stood there for about 2 minutes and my fridge decided that this was the best time to make the noise. It just starts going “TEE, tee TEE” I realise it's doing so because I have had it open for so long. It was probably running out of cool air or there was some sort of wastage. As the noise continued IT felt as if the thing behind me was getting restless as well. So, I decided to put my batman skills to a test. I’ll tell you this in advance it was not a good idea. So, I pretended to slide to the left closing the fridge door and I just curled up in a ball in the corner of the fridge. Yes very Batman of me I know.

As I opened my eyes to look towards the fridge, there was no one there. I called out “Is anyone there?!” My mouth felt weird. My lips had to tear a piece of dead skin before they could open. This felt odd until I realised this was the first thing I had said out loud in a week. Staying up all night limited the number of people I would meet. I felt myself go into this thought spiral as to what if this night shift wasn’t my best Idea and at that moment I saw it. The creature that has been in my house. It was right Infront of me. A tall, hairy, long-toothed beast. Like some sort of evolved wolf just breathing heavy and warm right in Infront of me.

The creature did not seem angry nor did the creature try to kill me. It just stood there doing absolutely nothing. I raised my right hand, and the wolf raised its left. IT felt as if it was mirroring my movements. I walked towards it, and it walked towards me. I looked up at it and it looked down at me. As I stopped, it stopped. I think I was dreaming, or it was a nightmare. But something about this felt unreal and disconnected. The timing the creature had of my movements was way too accurate. My confusion grew and so did my concern. I blinked multiple times, but the wolf creature was still there. I completely ignored it and went back to my room. The wolf followed me there.

I could not differentiate whether this was real or all in my head. I got up and tried to run but I tripped on my chair. I hit my head falling. I was knocked out cold. When My eyes opened I looked at the clock and it said 4 am, I thought oh alright I wasn’t out for too long, but I realised it was the next. These nights alone gave me no control over how I was living. My thoughts would become my friends since I never spoke to anyone. My eyes would make things up to fill the same things I see every day. Slowly the night shift had shifted me out of reality.