Hank was a very simple little boy. He had simple little dreams and a simple little life. Hank was 13 years old when he encountered a very mysterious power. This is a story of how a weird and not-so-normal young kid trying to be normal.
The story began one day after Hank had finished his first Common Test of his secondary school. His friends all decided to eat lunch together after school at a near by mall. There were a total of five people there. Hank were close to his four friends ever since day one of school. However, within his circle of friends, he's the one that alway get to be joked at. Kind as he is, he obliged to all those jokes they had of him.
So there they were, having lunch at a BBQ restaurant, relieving their stress from the previous examination, laughing away. They were all laughing so hard that at one moment, Hank had tears in his eyes. He took off his spectacles, put them on the table and wiped the tears off. Hank's friends had encountered a chance to prank him, so one of them hid his specs and acted normal, as if nothing had happened. Realizing that his specs went missing, he panicked. He searched the table, under the table, in his bag and in his pockets but it was no where to be found. The rest were trying to hold their laughter.
Hank, panicked, stood up from his chair and then bent down to check below the table once again. He found a pair of spectacles just like his under his chair. He took it, wore it and said, "Nice job guys! Now my spec are dirty!".
Surprised, the guys just kept quiet, knowing that Hank took the wrong specs. Everyone was quiet about this and didn't tell Hank about it.
However, Hank had realised something. He knew the spectacles he wore definitely was his as the degree was perfect. But somehow, he could hear the voices of people, their thoughts, even when they're not moving their mouths. Hank had realised that he could hear people's thoughts every time he wore his specs.
With his new found 'power', he tried it on his family first. He found out that his brother had been thinking of his crush all day long, his mother had been thinking of doing house work even during her sleep and his father was thinking of work and watching TV all day long.
Hank wanted more. He wanted to know what people think of him. He tried it on his friends, asking them questions about him. But what he found out wasn't quite what he expected. They were not friendly to him, behind his back and even in front of him.
With this knowledge, he uses them to his advantage. Changing himself to fit in to other's view of him. He talked differently and acted normal from that day onwards. However, his friends were very suspicious of his new behaviour. They felt that Hank wasn't the same and they didn't find a liking to this 'new' Hank.
Hank was having headaches from hearing thoughts all day. He had stopped and took off his specs once in a while but had no reason to stop using it. However, Hank felt that he needed to fit in with his friends.
Hank was slowly wearing out. He felt tired of it and of course he was scared that people will start to be suspicious of this. Hank was feeling down. He did everything he could to please everyone but he wasn't pleased with himself. One day, his friends all confronted him and talked about his behaviour. They told him that he was becoming more of a jerk and not a friends. Hank left his friends without a reply. Mad, he went off by himself.
That night, Hank broke his spectacles and threw it away. He couldn't take it. He's rather be lied to then be told the worst truth. He felt that the worst enemy was he himself and that by trying to fit in, he ended up destroying himself. He gives up his 'power' because he wanted something that he already had in the first place. Friends.
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