Being Popular

Click! I checked the photo again. After picking the best picture out of the thousands in my phone, I uploaded it onto my Instagram account. It was a photograph of me dressed in my home clothes. Instantly, the number of ‘likes’ for the post started increasing and comments poured in like a fast-flowing river.

“Wow! Your dress sense is cool!”

“Oh my gosh! He is so handsome!”

“I like his shirt!”

I looked down at my shirt, it was normal and green. What is so ‘cool’ about this shirt?

Shrugging at the comment, I slipped my phone back into my pocket and headed to the door.

Once outside, I was greeted by the warm rays of sunshine. The smell of freshly cut grass filled my nose when I took a deep breath. The constant cool breeze ruffled my hair as I made my way to the mart.

Suddenly, a gaggle of aunties surrounded me and blocked my way. Their wrinkled faces lit up as they ogled at me. Their mouths were agape while they ‘oohed’ and ‘aahed’.

“It’s him! Quin!”

“Oh my gosh, he is so handsome!”

“Is he real? I am not dreaming right?”

“Wow! He looks so fabulous!”

Although I felt harassed, I forced myself to smile. I tried to please them by agreeing to photographs together and signing autographs on their notebooks. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the crowd dispersed.

“Whew! I finally have peace,” I said as I walked into the mart. But little did I know things were about to get worse.

When I reached home, I got the shock of my life. Tents were scattered around my garden and people were huddling together in the cold. They screamed my name and watched me intently like hawks watching their prey.

Just then, my phone buzzed. Putting my phone to my ear, an unfamiliar voice spoke, “Hi,

I am an interviewer from ABC news. If you are free, we would like to have an interview with you. It would be--”

“It would be an honour for you if I could accept the interview, right? Well, I have heard that for the umpteenth time. Do you interviewers have anything more creative to say other than that?” I snapped.

Despite the silence on the other end, I continued to lash out.

“I am so sick of this fame and popularity! I quit!”

With that, I slammed down the phone.

From that day on, I refused invitations for dramas, variety shows and interviews. I also started wearing black or dark clothes, with a black cap on my head and a black mask across my face. I wore so much black every day that people started calling me the

“Shadow”. Soon people started to forget about “Quin the handsome guy” and I was no longer was surrounded by crazed female fans.

One year later, when I walked to the mart again, no mad aunties surrounded me, and I could do my grocery shopping peacefully. However, instead of feeling carefree and refreshed, I felt an emptiness deep down within me.

“Hmmm…” I muttered. “Maybe being popular is not so bad after all.”

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