In that day, the most horrible thing had happened to me. I
was in the same room with not so close friend. We had met several time through
friend of mine but we haven’t spoken anything except where were are from what we
study and shit. I don’t remember any of it. I don’t even remember his name. Of
course I can not ask again after encountering many times. Now, his name was “
man “ or “dude” or “guy”. He hasn’t got a name anymore.
I was in my friend’s kitchen with that nameless bastard and
there was no escape from it. I opened up the subject:
- - Hej man ! how is going ?
- - Wow K. ! I am fine. How are you ?
Everything was going in a shit way. I had lost my credit
card. I did got no cash and no food in my fridge. Beside, I had not no
residence permit and my rent haven’t been paid yet. When I returned from
laboratory, I realized that the landlord was in my home because he always
locked my door after he left. Such a nice guy. And I was together with that
fucking guy in the same room. I replied the guy like every other people:
- - I am fine too.
I felt like in primary school learning English for the first
time. He asked:
- - What are you doing here ?
- - I am waiting for F. He said he will come any
minute.
I used past tense. I was improving my English. I asked this
time:
- - Why are
you here man ?
- - I wait for him as well. He said to me the same.
Silence. I knew this silence would arrive. After a while the
guy took out his smart phone, and started to write something. I didn’t have any. My phone got only
calculator and snake game. The silence was growing. I looked at his cell phone
tried to read what he was writing. I always do this in the bus in the parties.
I accepted many years ago the fact that I am a pychopath. Thanks God ! he was
writing something in Italian. I asked
with my fucked up Turkish accent:
- - Che cazzo stai scrivendo ? “ what the fuck are you writing?”
- - Wow man ! you speak Italian !
He replied me in fucking English and took away all my
entusiasm to speak in Italian. But F. wasn’t around. I could not stand the
tension of silence between to people. I needed to fire the conversation:
- - I learned it in Genova from Sicilian people.
There wasn’t any fucking people around who speaks English.
- - Haha we Italians don’t speak English much.
- - Which city are you from ?
- - Bla.bla.
- - I never fucking heard of it.
- - It is up north. Really small city. But I studied
in Torino. You should visit Torino. It is very beautiful city.
- - Yes. I really want to visit someday.
That’s it. Silence again. It was spreading all over the
kitchen. I heard water drops dripping. That made the silence even more
unbearable. I expected the guy to continue the subject.Before I always tried to fire the conversation. For a
while we watched the kitchen. I looked at water tab. It was still leaking. He
returned his smart phone. I looked at its screen. He was just scrolling down
the facebook page. He was bored, I was bored and water was still dripping. Why
fucking F. hadn’t arrive yet ? I should escape from this chinese turture. I
took a cigarette from my pocket and went outside. But I knew he was in agony as
well. He followed me with cigarette package in his hand.
I lighted his cigarette. We weren’t talking again. The
turture leaked outside as well. Many subject to speak came up to my mind. But I
was waiting the guy to speak. Motherfucker had to open up a subject. I became
angry. F. still wasn’t around. He finally spoke:
- - The weather is getting cold.
He opened up the most fucked up conversation. Yes. It was
November. Of course It would get cold.
- - Yeah. It is cold man. It will be colder. I warn
you.
- - I guess so.
Silence outside. The turture continued. Additionaly it was
fucking cold. I wanted to return to kitchen but I didn’t want to waste my
cigarette. The silence.
Right away, I checked the fucking water tab. I couldn’t able
to close. The guy came and said he tried before but couldn’t manage to close. We
sit in the couch. He started to check his facebook again. I took out my phone
again. I tried to call F. but I realized I didn’t have any credit like always.
I asked the guy to call F. He said he couldn’t reach him. Everything was going
wrong. He looked at me. I looked at him as well. I thought he was going to say
something. I waited. He didn’t start to speak. We ,two man,were like two lovers
looking into eachother’s eyes. I was afraid a kiss would break the silence ! I
realized that why I didn’t have a girlfriend so much. I never stopped talking
and let the silence turn into romance. The silence was growing. I opened my cell phone and started to play snake game.
I always hated that game. Water was dripping. We had to talk otherwise I was going crazy.
There was three subject two man always could speak. I did got no clue about
cars and I couldn’t speak about blonde swedish girls with this guy. I don’t
even like blonde beside I didn’t want to look like a pervert guy. The last one
left. Even though I hate to speak on this subject with strangers, I did got no
choice: I asked him. Since I didn’t speak for a while, my voice sounded like
fart:
- - Which team do you support man ?
- - What ?
- - Which football team do you support in Italy ?
- - Ha, I never followed football much but I have a
sympathy on Juventus.
Fuck ! The guy wasn’t a fun of football. Now, How the fuck could
I talk about Zidane, Del piero, Nedved or even Platini !? I felt like I abased
myself. I became angry. Angry against this fucking guy. Angry against F. Angry
against this fucking water tab ! Angry against this fucking silence ! I had
enough this bullshit ! I jumped on this fucking guy and cought from his coller,
shaked him:
- - Why the fuck you don’t speak ?!! why ?!!
- - What ?!
- - Why you
don’t open a damn subject !!?? don’t you disturb from this fucking silence !
- - You are crazy !!! you didn’t even stop talking
all the time !
- - You are
lying son of a bitch !!! That’s enough I am gonna kick your motherfucking ass
!!!
- - No ! wait ! I... I am... I am your imagination
!!!!
I punched the guy in the face, my hand hurt. My head was
pulsating. I was about to cry:
- - What the fuck are you talking about ?!
The guy was trying to cover his face:
- - You ....! you are always doing this ! when you
are alone and get bored, you start to create a conversation with one of your
friend about your thoughts, your theories about life or with a girl that you
never opened up your feelings. You create some kind of fake reality for yourself
! Of course we don’t speak much. How can
you know another person’s thoughts ! You
even speak with yourself you crazy fuck !!!
- - At least, I know those people, they answer me,
ask me some interesting questions !
- - No ! they are the question, you ask yourself all
the time. You somehow get relieved..
A brain masturbation !!
- - Why the hell do I speak with you then ?! I don’t even
know you ! it is fucking turture !!
- - I don’t know ! how the fuck can I know that !!!?
F. didn't even call you. There is no
meeting !!
He started to cry. I left the kitcken and had a smoke
outside. Then I returned to my room. F. was there. I talked with him about my new story, he gave me some good perspective. Later I slept after reading a book in my
bed . I saw really wierd dream. I didn’t remember in the morning.
Istanbul, March 2015