Why Don't You Smile?

Kokoro came out as a sad boy, he never smiled as a baby, never smiled as a child. He would always get that same question asked “Why don’t you smile?” By many people, he would always shrug. By 14 he was in middle school, he always wore black or white clothing, always had his headphones on his head or around his neck, had a few freckles on his cheeks and nose and bright blue eyes. He always looked down at the school floors. People called him “Frownie Brownie” he never liked being called that but he tried to ignore it his best. One day Kokoro was at his desk. His desk is by the window, he looked out the window and stared off wishing for the day to be over, all a sudden Kokoro saw a mysterious tall guy outside in a suit and tie with no face. Kokoro froze and stared at the mysterious tall guy then he kind of waved at him curious but the mysterious tall guy in the suit and tie never waved back. Soon after that, a boy named Drake who was a year older than Kokoro threw a piece of paper at him. Kokoro flinched a little and looked at the piece of paper. Drake couldn’t help but laugh. Kokoro looked at Drake after, then quickly looked back at the window to see if the mysterious tall guy was still there but he wasn’t. Kokoro looked confused but also looked kind of scared at the same time, he shook his head a little then picked up the paper and opened it, inside the paper it said “frownie brownie should eat more brownies so you can frownie forever!” Kokoro crumbled up the paper making a fist, angrily but said nothing. Drake asked “What’s wrong frownie brownie?” Kokoro looked at Drake but once he looked at him everything was spinning and he turned pale and blood dripped from his nose. Drake watched him and asked “Yo, you okay? You ain’t looking so well frownie”. Kokoro had passed out. 1 hour passed by and Kokoro woke up, his parents were in the nurses office and were by the bed. The Mom and Dad were worried for him, asking if he is okay but all Kokoro could hear were echoes and all he saw was blurriness. He remembered seeing something but at the same time he doesn’t, which was the tall guy known as Slenderman. The nurse walked in and looked at him and she said “Oh he’s awake!” The parents asked if he’s going to be okay. The nurse replied with “Yes he should be fine. Maybe give him sugary drinks and something to eat but nothing to heavy on the stomach just to start off simple” The parents nodded their heads listening. A few minutes later, Kokoro got packed up to leave school early then got in the car with his parents. He sat in the back seat and stared out the window trying to remember what he had saw but couldn’t and every time he tried to remember, it would hurt his head. The Dad would look at Kokoro from the rear mirror to check on him but Kokoro was leaned against the side and was looking out the car window as it was sprinkling rain a little, he slowly closed his eyes and took a nap in the car.
A few years later he was 16 in 10th grade aka sophomore year. Nothing much changed about him. He has scene cut black hair with white tips at the end of his hair and he of course was still known as “Frownie Brownie” it was around October 16th and papers about the Halloween school party were filled everywhere, on wall to wall in the hallways. Kokoro ripped one off the wall and read it, it said “On October 30th, 2010 at 7:00-9:30 pm there will be a Halloween party, you can dress as whoever but nothing inappropriate. Fake blood is allowed, face paint is allowed but no fake weapons or masks. Must use school ID card to get in and don’t forget Happy Halloween!” Kokoro nodded his head and folded the paper putting it in the pocket of his hoodie and continued to walk to class. Drake saw Kokoro, he is 6’0 tall, and has blond hair with blue eyes wearing a jersey and some shorts. He tripped Kokoro and said “Sup Frownie” Kokoro looked at Drake angrily. Drake chuckled while chewing on a piece of gum then nodded his head walking off. Kokoro brushed off a little while watching Drake then he paused and had a plan for the Halloween school party since he knows Drake will be there since Drake is popular in school. A few weeks pass by and it’s October 30th the night of the Halloween school party. Kokoro got a black and white clown outfit with cotton balls on it that go down the chest area, he put on the costume and looked at himself in the mirror and said “Perfect”. Kokoro didn’t want to arrive too early so he waited at home until the time would strike 8:30 pm since the party ends at 9:30. Kokoro listened to music in his room, his room was not too small but not too big. He has a bed next to his window, his bedding is black and he has a few posters hung up on his walls, the ceiling is made out of wood, walls made out of wood and floor made out of wood but he has a black rug in the middle of his room. He also has a mini trash can next to his door. He was laying in his bed looking up at the ceiling listening to music waiting for time to go by. Finally it was time, he snuck out of his house since his parents don’t know about his plans. It took him 15 minutes to get to school, it was 8:44 pm. He got in the building and rushed to the bathroom and pulled out huge clown scissors from in his costume, he looked up at the mirror and saw Slendermans reflection. He jumped a little and backed away then shook his head and walked forward a little questioning if he should slash his cheeks opened. He saw Slenderman nod his head a little. Kokoro looked closely then after he looked closely he heard high pitch, loud, static noises and covered his ears, closing his eyes then he looked at the mirror and Slenderman was gone and the horrific noise had stopped. He quickly picked up the huge clown scissors and slashed one of his cheeks opened leaving the other cheek frowning, he had black and white face paint on so while he slashed his cheek, he teared up in pain and the black makeup dripped down his cheeks, staining his cheeks. He said in his mind “It’s no longer frownie brownie, it’s crying while smiling!” After, he pulled out thick black string from one of the pockets on his clown costume and he sewed up his cheek, blood was dripping everywhere like crazy, he would laugh here and there. Drake arrived in the bathroom and froze in fear seeing Kokoros face. Kokoros make up was smeared everywhere and blood dripping from his cheek and he laughed insanely and said “Welcome to the twisted freak show!” He grabbed the large clown scissors and chopped Drakes head in half. Drake barely screamed and his head fell off. Kokoro laughed and picked up the head casually then walked out of the bathroom while carrying Drakes head around. Kokoro walked to the room where all the students were throwing the Halloween party at. It was dark with slow flashing lights and everyone in their costumes, jamming to music. A girl noticed he was holding a fresh bloody head and screamed then shouted out “He’s holding a head!!!” A few people near heard her and looked at him, then everyone started freaking out. It was like a domino effect, one by one everyone started freaking out then ran out of the room. The DJ turned off the music confused then saw Kokoro standing still in the crowd of running people and saw him holding a head then after the DJ ran out with the students. Kokoro stood their laughing then shouted as loud as he could “I’M SMILING WHILE CRYING! ISN’T THIS WHAT Y’ALL WANTED!? IS FOR ME TO SMILE?” He was laughing while crying, loosing so much of his sanity. A few minutes pass by, he set the head down on a table then sat down at the table in the dark room with flashing lights by a few balloons. There was snacks, fruit punch and more food at the table. He had his large scissors next to him. 2 police came in and flashed a light at him, he popped the balloons next to him and looked at them and said “Welcome to my twisted freak show!” He got up and quickly slashed their heads off with the pair of large clown scissors and laughed insanely like a clown. After, he scooped up some of the blood from the scissors and licked the blood off then he left from the back of the school building and was never seen again.