It was on a cloudy Tuesday afternoon when I was in the school library with eight students. It was past the schooling session so it was pretty quiet. The nine of us were discussing about our drama club, but only half of them were actively discussing. The other four were reading, snacking and chatting.
Being an introvert, I paid attention to my surrounding. Since it looked like it was going to rain, the wind blew strongly. It even passed through the window panes, under the door gaps, producing somewhat eerie sound. Now, I know it's just the wind because I learned about it in Physics. But the sound of the wind was not the only thing I heard.
I heard a humming sound. It occasionally paused, perhaps to gasp for air before continuing to hum. I couldn't identify what song it was, probably some Malay song which I have no interest knowing the title.
I shifted my sight to one of the girls who was reading. I reckoned she hummed while reading. Since we exchanged looks and she smiled at me, I was sure it was her humming. So I let her hum while the discussion went on. The humming wasn't loud that it interrupted the discussion anyway, so..
It wasn't too long after that that a boy suddenly commented "it sounds scary." His friend replied "what is it?" I was positive that he was referring to the sound of the wind, so I explained to him about the work of Physics. Then I added on, "...but if you weren't talking about the wind, well I do hear a humming sound" and imitated that sound.
After a short moment of silence, he said,
"Let's pretend as if I didn't say anything."
Okay..?
So, the discussion went on, and we finally came to the end. We left the library and were all gathered at the school assembly ground, chatting and before calling it a day. Once again, one of them talked about the sound they heard.
Apparently, each of us did hear the humming sound, and each thought it came from one of us. The girl whom I thought made the sound claimed that she only reads when she reads and doesn't like doing anything else that will distract her from reading, so the sound wasn't hers.
Whose sound was it that we heard?
Being an introvert, I paid attention to my surrounding. Since it looked like it was going to rain, the wind blew strongly. It even passed through the window panes, under the door gaps, producing somewhat eerie sound. Now, I know it's just the wind because I learned about it in Physics. But the sound of the wind was not the only thing I heard.
I heard a humming sound. It occasionally paused, perhaps to gasp for air before continuing to hum. I couldn't identify what song it was, probably some Malay song which I have no interest knowing the title.
I shifted my sight to one of the girls who was reading. I reckoned she hummed while reading. Since we exchanged looks and she smiled at me, I was sure it was her humming. So I let her hum while the discussion went on. The humming wasn't loud that it interrupted the discussion anyway, so..
It wasn't too long after that that a boy suddenly commented "it sounds scary." His friend replied "what is it?" I was positive that he was referring to the sound of the wind, so I explained to him about the work of Physics. Then I added on, "...but if you weren't talking about the wind, well I do hear a humming sound" and imitated that sound.
After a short moment of silence, he said,
"Let's pretend as if I didn't say anything."
Okay..?
So, the discussion went on, and we finally came to the end. We left the library and were all gathered at the school assembly ground, chatting and before calling it a day. Once again, one of them talked about the sound they heard.
Apparently, each of us did hear the humming sound, and each thought it came from one of us. The girl whom I thought made the sound claimed that she only reads when she reads and doesn't like doing anything else that will distract her from reading, so the sound wasn't hers.
Whose sound was it that we heard?
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| -vivian- |
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