Hi , this my first time writing a story online . Its not that good since its my first but i just hope you enjoy it 😅

THE HOLE IN THE WALL

The new apartment looked great . It wasent that costly and it was furnished . I moved here so i can be closer to my college since before it was a long way before . I'm given room 205 . As soon as i enter , i leave my stuff on the couch and head straight to the bedroom . Im way too tired . After throwing myself onto the bed , i look around the room . Theres something uneasy about it . Its abit smaller than i thought . If i try to hang the photos here , it'd look stuffy .

Saying that i scaned the walls until something caught my eye . There seems to be a small hole on the wall adjacent to my bed . I get up and walk towards it . The hole is as wide as two fingers . I close one eye and peek through the hole . I guess this is room 204 . The room im looking into has its lights off so i cant see a thing . I get some tissues and stuff them in the hole . Its not nice to peek . After that , i go back to bed .

Upon waking , i get back to work by unpaking and organizing . While doing that i noticed that the tissue i had stuffed in the hole has fallen off . Even though i had told myself not to peek , curiosity got the better of me . The lights were still off and i couldn't see anything . I again stuff the hole with tissues . Just as i started to turn around , i saw the tissues fall on the ground from the corner of my eye . Whats going on ? I had stuffed it tightly this time . I close one eye and peek again . The lights are closed . What a pain . I kept staring at the darkness thinking someone will come in the room . This time i seal the hole with duct tape and wait for something to happen

The sudden sound of my phone ringing makes me flinch . I check and its my bestie Zerina . I had made plans with her

" sup Emma , you ready ? Im out side the apartment building "

" yup , be right there " i take one glance at the tape then grab my stuff and leave . I'll deal with it later .

When i get back home , im horrified to find another hole next to the already taped one . Angry and frustrated , i walk over to room 204 and ring the doorbell . Now i dont wanna disturb the other neighbours at this late hours so i dont bang on the door . No one answers . No ones home . Or maybe they ARE home and just ignoring me . Giving up , i walk back to my room and try to ignore the hole and get some sleep .

But...i cant...i dont know , i somehow feel creeped out and anxious . Its scary . I cant say it but it feels like there are eyes all around the room .

I feel like someones watching me...

I somehow end up sleeping and then in the morning , i move the dressing table infront of the holes blocking it completely. After that , nothing unusual happened . But the weird feeling only grew .

slowly...i began to realise that more holes on that wall started appearing . Whenever i close one , i later find another hole somewhere else. I peek into one and still see nothing , only darkness . Then...a thought crept into my mind and i kept staring into the hole . I told myself no , its just my imagination but that thought kept nagging me . Slowly i took the pin on top of the table and inserted into the hole . That feeling i felt in my fingers...

As if i was sticking the pin into a grape .

The realization made me tremble and fall backwards. All this time.....someone HAS been watching me... whats more creepy is that the pin is still stuck in that eye and theres no shout or anything . I get back up and run out of my room and start ringing the doorbell and banging the door

" hey! Come out! I know your in there! "

The sound of footsteps from staircase grabs my attention . I turn to see a little girl coming towards me .

"Hi , im from the ground floor . whats going on ? " she asks

" sorry i disturbed you , do you know who lives here ? "

She looks at the door and snickers " yeah"

" are they at home ? "

" i dont know " and then she turned around and went back where she came from . The man wasent coming out of his room .

I made up my mind to file a complaint about him in the morning . For now , i covered the whole wall with a big black sheet attached to the ceiling.When i went to bed , i felt abit relaxed . That feeling was gone but it still felt like somehow , from somewhere , someones watching me . After closing the lights i try to fall asleep .

Water...wet....my face...my eyes flutter open . My face is so wet as if i splashed water on it . Looking up , bringing my eyes to focus , i felt all colour drain from my face and a chill in my spine . I couldn't even pretend i was sleeping.

Theres a man looming over me with bloodshot red eyes . His mouth is open and drool is dripping out of it . I felt frozen in place . This man upon seeing me awake speaks in a raspy voice

" the holes are closed so i came here myself "

I jump out of the bed as quickly as i can and run towards the door . I get out and bang on my other neighbours door until she comes out .

" do you have any idea what time it is !? Whats wrong " she yells

" please help! That man from 204! Please! He came in my room! And...and he-" i burst into tears while the old lady sooths my back

" what are you talking about ? What man from 204 ? Theres no one there"

At this moment i look at her and feel as if my heart would stop .

" what...did you just say ? "

" that room has been vacant for a very long time . Ever since a man was murdered in that room no one stays there . You must have had a bad dream . You can spend the night here if you want "

I made up my mind to move away the first thing in the morning.