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story credit:Nicholas Leonard
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Narration by myself(The Keeper)
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00:00Time heals all wounds, or does it?
00:04Tonight, on The Keeper, we will read Paramorpathy, a horror story by Nicholas Leonard.
00:12I went through a disfiguring transformation the day that I found out she was cheating on me.
00:18I was 23 years old.
00:20We had been in a relationship for almost three years,
00:23having lived together in New York for a year and seven months during that time.
00:28I got home early from work one day and walked straight into it.
00:33The scene where nudity becomes nakedness.
00:36What once was beautiful becomes grotesque and perverted.
00:40All grace is lost in that one bad dream moment.
00:44I started stepping back while she stammered and while she just stood there.
00:49I hurried out of the apartment, rushed back down onto the boulevard,
00:53and started trying to salvage myself out there.
00:55Perhaps this is when my whole entire soul became eclipsed by whatever I was morphing into.
01:02Struggling to take in a worthwhile breath,
01:05I tried my best not to knock over into any other pedestrians
01:08before seeking the only solace I thought I'd find,
01:11which was the entrance to the subway level.
01:14See, I had to move so fast to outrun the tremor,
01:18the trembling, the earthquake seizing control of my body.
01:21Down below, I became a monster.
01:25Why is it that the victim of a crime suffers more than the perpetrator?
01:29That the cheater suffers so much less than the faithful one?
01:33Because I loved so much, and loved so deeply and honestly.
01:39I suffered this morose metamorphosis.
01:41I was so heartbroken that my body could do no other thing but change.
01:46I know just what change took place and what the finished product was
01:51because I was able to behold myself in the cell
01:53when police officers came down to get me,
01:57for I had been quite the disturbance down below.
02:00My nose lifted up and assumed a piggish countenance.
02:04My teeth shifted and rearranged within my gums.
02:08My hair thinned and hairline receded.
02:11My forehead swelled forwards ever so slightly.
02:15My eyes became bordered and black
02:18as the blood beneath my skin changed to terry colors
02:21in response to the injury of my heart.
02:24I howled as my cheekbones cracked up a couple of degrees.
02:29I was squirming on the subway platform, crying.
02:32I became hideous, and for the time,
02:36I was the ugliest man on earth.
02:38By the time I calmed down and came into the jail cell,
02:42I didn't give a damn about how deformed I had become.
02:45Life was a loveless thing now,
02:47and looks had no purpose for me.
02:50My disfigurement fit my feelings.
02:52During my brief stint in the cell,
02:55a drunkard sobered up upon seeing me
02:57and started banging on the bars,
03:00demanding to be let out.
03:01The cops did so,
03:03constraining him outside instead of in the cell.
03:06And then a purse snatcher and a red hoodie
03:09was brought to the cell,
03:11who panicked when he saw me
03:12sitting on the mattress bench within.
03:15Finding some humanity within themselves,
03:17the cops allowed the criminal to be constrained outside as well.
03:21This caused an upset with their chief,
03:23who calmed upon coming into the room
03:25and seeing my face.
03:27He understood,
03:29nodded,
03:30and didn't say anything more.
03:32I was only released when my drug test came back negative.
03:36I passed a psychological screening,
03:38which was a little too easy to pass,
03:41and was let back out into the city.
03:43I wanted her to see how I had deformed,
03:46but all that was left in our apartment was a note.
03:49We argued over text.
03:51I had half a mind to send her a selfie,
03:54but I couldn't bring myself to do it.
03:56I packed my stuff and left,
03:59telling her to keep the apartment
04:00and to invite as many men over as she wanted.
04:04Doctors could not explain it.
04:06I was referred from specialist to specialist.
04:09Latex fingers on my face.
04:12I thought it would be the final human touch I ever felt.
04:16A cold, sterile, and routine ritual.
04:19They would feel my thyroid,
04:21take my blood pressure,
04:23ask me embarrassing questions,
04:25which had embarrassing answers.
04:27I had nightmares about my ex.
04:29I breathed through my mouth
04:32all throughout these examinations
04:34because of how disarranged my teeth had become.
04:37How useless was my upturned pig nose.
04:40They could not believe I was 23 years old.
04:43They tried in vain to mask their pity
04:45with the professionalism they had learned in medical school,
04:49but it didn't work.
04:50When the people that are supposed to help you
04:53look at you so hopelessly,
04:54it makes you realize
04:56you will stay that way forever.
04:58It was the most hideous year of my life,
05:01but I somehow moved on,
05:03and my face somehow found its way
05:06gradually back to how it was before.
05:09The reversal took months,
05:11and I didn't even notice it was happening
05:12until probably after a couple of weeks
05:15from when it started to change back.
05:17It wasn't medicine,
05:19but time,
05:19which set my facial features back into place.
05:22It was with frightful relief
05:24that I got up some nights
05:25to go to the bathroom
05:26where I happened to see myself in the mirror
05:29and see I was becoming me again,
05:31becoming normal again,
05:34becoming handsome again.
05:35How panicked I became
05:37when I thought it was a dream
05:38until the coffee met me in the morning.
05:40My hairline dropped back down.
05:42My hair faded from silver
05:44and back to its former solar color,
05:46and it became full again.
05:49It was even as fluffy after showers
05:51like it used to be.
05:52My nose,
05:53for a moment,
05:55only looked broken upwards
05:56before crawling back down.
05:58The detail
05:59that took the longest to vanish
06:00were the black borders of my eyes.
06:03Yes,
06:04they dimmed to gray,
06:05but they remained the longest.
06:07The eyes
06:08are the windows to the soul.
06:10She texted me once
06:11to check on me
06:12while I was halfway back to handsome,
06:14and I responded cordially,
06:16but indifferently.
06:18I didn't ask for any updates
06:20on her life
06:20as she had asked me.
06:22I didn't even tell her
06:23I had moved
06:24to a secluded area of Vermont.
06:26I just said
06:27that I was fine.
06:28I wasn't surprised
06:30by her lack of apology.
06:32We never texted again,
06:33thank God.
06:34I started picking myself up.
06:36I got a job as a manager
06:38at a little ice cream shop
06:40during the summer.
06:41I could tell the parents
06:42were wary of me
06:43because of my sleepy look,
06:44but I maintained
06:45a harmless disposition.
06:47And,
06:48by the end of the summer,
06:49some of the single moms
06:50even started looking
06:51at me differently.
06:52It puzzled me
06:53until I remembered
06:54how I used to look before,
06:56how I was starting
06:57to look again.
06:58I was accustomed
06:59to catching the occasional eye
07:01before,
07:01but it was different now,
07:03for I had learned
07:03to live with people
07:04trying to hide their disgust.
07:06I felt undeserving
07:08of any kind of classroom style,
07:10glance,
07:10or grace.
07:11I didn't think
07:12I was completely handsome,
07:14but I guess
07:14I was handsome enough.
07:16When the ice cream shop
07:17closed for fall,
07:18I moved to Massachusetts
07:19for another job
07:20I had gotten.
07:21The year ended
07:22and I returned to normal.
07:24Everything returned
07:25to normal.
07:26I was myself again.
07:28I had a dentist appointment
07:29where the dentist thanked me
07:31for brushing my teeth.
07:32That's,
07:33that's it?
07:34I stammered
07:35from the dental chair.
07:36They nodded.
07:38Were my teeth
07:39normal again?
07:40Just keep flossing,
07:42they said.
07:43I was as happy
07:44as Ebenezer Scrooge
07:46on Christmas morning,
07:47but I was aware
07:48to try to mask it
07:49lest I seem
07:50maniacally enthusiastic.
07:52I thanked them
07:54and left,
07:55walking out of the dentist
07:56like a man
07:56who won a million bucks.
07:58I worked
07:59and worked.
08:00Life went by normally
08:02until life bloomed
08:03when I met Christina,
08:05a veterinarian
08:06in her late twenties.
08:07We were actually
08:09the same age,
08:10twenty-seven.
08:11She was cheerful.
08:12She was kind.
08:13Her biggest vice
08:14was Dunkin' Donuts coffee.
08:16Sometimes she had
08:18scratches on her face
08:19and hands,
08:19but she never ended
08:20a shift without a smile,
08:22for she had helped
08:23whatever spastic cat
08:25that scratched her.
08:26She dealt
08:26with mean dogs,
08:28too,
08:28and even the occasional
08:30tarantula.
08:31But she found
08:32the human in me
08:32and I found
08:33the human in her,
08:34and this adamant Eve
08:36locket clicked
08:37within us.
08:38I thought she looked
08:39radiant
08:39in her dark blue scrubs.
08:41I found her smile
08:43so cloud-like
08:44as it was an airy thing,
08:46like those scattered
08:47giggles in the summer sky.
08:49She treated me
08:50like a good dog
08:51sometimes,
08:51which is how men
08:52want to be treated.
08:54She played with my hair
08:55in a way
08:56that relayed
08:57that she would never
08:57twirl or touch
08:58somebody else's hair again.
09:00She particularly
09:01liked my hair most
09:03once it dried
09:03after a shower.
09:05She called me
09:06her baby chicken
09:07because of how much
09:08it resembled
09:08the feathers of a chick.
09:10She even waited
09:11outside the bathroom
09:12one time
09:12to take pictures
09:13of me after I finished
09:14drying and combing
09:15my hair.
09:16I chased her
09:17throughout the house
09:18after the camera flash,
09:20hurrying after her laughter,
09:22chasing her around
09:22the kitchen table
09:23and eventually
09:24catching her.
09:25No, no!
09:26She laughed
09:28as I carried her off
09:29into the living room
09:30by her waist.
09:31I put her down
09:32on the couch
09:32and tickled her
09:33out of retribution.
09:34She thrashed
09:35and cackled.
09:36I relented only
09:38when she started
09:38sounding out of breath,
09:40my favorite sound
09:41in the world.
09:41In the end,
09:43she was the one
09:43who had won the war
09:44despite losing
09:45the tickle fight,
09:46for my hair
09:47was still yellow
09:48and fluffy
09:49and she got
09:50to look at it.
09:51It only seemed fitting
09:53to propose to the woman
09:54who made me able
09:55to love again
09:55and to be loved again.
09:57I had become
09:58so frightful
09:59that I'd never
10:00be able to be loved.
10:02Clearly,
10:02there had been
10:03something wrong
10:03with me
10:04for my ex
10:05to have sought
10:05something else
10:06in two dozen
10:07different men
10:08but here was Christina
10:10with fathomless
10:11reassurance
10:12in her brown eyes.
10:13One look from her
10:15was enough
10:15to make me feel safe
10:17and I felt safe.
10:18She said yes.
10:19She was ecstatic
10:21and I felt
10:22some happy tears
10:22on my shoulder
10:23as we hugged
10:24and she said
10:25Yes.
10:27Yes,
10:28I will marry you.
10:29I was loved.
10:31It was how
10:32she clung to me
10:33when sleep became her.
10:34It was in the way
10:35her eyes read my face
10:36in social settings.
10:38It was how
10:38she held my hand
10:39with both of her hands.
10:41It was how
10:42she introduced me
10:43to her friends
10:43and family
10:44and how I managed
10:45to make her friends
10:46laugh whenever
10:47they came over
10:48for cake
10:48and wine night
10:49on Fridays.
10:50We were a couple
10:52and we were in love.
10:53Love
10:54was a yellow thing
10:55from my hair
10:56to the streetlights
10:57outside
10:57to the lemon-flavored cakes
10:59Christina used to bake.
11:01I'd say the cakes
11:02we baked
11:03but she did most
11:04of the work
11:05while I stood around
11:06like a big dope.
11:07She got marshmallow
11:08peeps once
11:09one Easter
11:10and teased me
11:10with them
11:11but love was blue
11:13too
11:13like her scrubs.
11:15We had a deep
11:16dark blue
11:17at the beach
11:18on the weekends
11:18where we chased
11:19each other
11:20on the sand.
11:21Our bedsheets
11:22were blue.
11:23It seemed
11:23those slow-motion
11:24moments happened
11:25at just perfect speed
11:27while seagulls rushed
11:28and streetlights
11:29froze in time.
11:30And so the moment came.
11:32I was proper
11:33and well-groomed
11:34in my suit
11:35with a white corsage.
11:36The bridesmaids
11:38had yellow dresses
11:39and groomsmen
11:40had yellow ties.
11:41I was nervous
11:42standing up there
11:44of course
11:44but I was so excited
11:45to see her emerge
11:46from the sea
11:47of white sunlight
11:48beyond the open
11:49church foyer.
11:51I knew she would
11:51look beautiful
11:52bashful
11:53and graceful
11:54coming down
11:55the aisle.
11:56Oh
11:57how the wooden
11:58colors of the pews
11:59almost match
12:00her brown eyes
12:00and hair.
12:01How the dress
12:02would be like
12:03a sheet of sunlight
12:04and moonlight
12:05on her body.
12:06My soul
12:07was incredibly full.
12:09The organ started.
12:10The sea of white
12:11sunlight beyond
12:12the foyer
12:13became disrupted
12:14by a silhouette.
12:15She moved
12:16in rhythm
12:16with the organ
12:17music.
12:18I took a deep
12:19breath.
12:20I was in love.
12:22Somebody
12:22loved me
12:23and I knew
12:24Christina loved me
12:25just as I loved her.
12:27To relieve myself
12:28of a sputter
12:29of nerves
12:30I looked
12:30into the crowded
12:31pews.
12:32My mother
12:33was stalwart
12:33and tried
12:34appearing patient
12:35but that was only
12:36because she was
12:37trying too hard
12:37not to cry.
12:39My father
12:39with his big glasses
12:41on
12:41beamed up at me
12:42with a smile
12:43so goofy
12:43that it almost
12:44activated an old
12:45middle school
12:45embarrassment
12:46within me.
12:47Christina's family
12:48as well as mine
12:49were turning
12:50in their seats
12:51to get a good
12:51look at the bride.
12:52How odd it must
12:53have been
12:54for her nieces
12:54and nephews
12:55to see their aunt
12:56dressed like a
12:57Disney princess.
12:58I saw my grandmother
13:00who was crying
13:01dabbing her eyes
13:02and then I saw
13:03my bride
13:04approaching
13:05a bouquet
13:06at her waist.
13:07She tilted
13:08her head
13:08so slightly
13:09that only I
13:10could have
13:10perceived the gesture
13:11carrying this
13:13with a happy
13:13pout
13:14and a knowing
13:14look.
13:15She looked
13:16beautiful.
13:17Her hair was
13:17back in a braided
13:18bun.
13:19The dress
13:20was strapless
13:21and seemed
13:22to only refrain
13:23from falling
13:23down her
13:24out of some
13:25kind of cosmic
13:25service to her
13:26body.
13:27I felt a smile
13:28twitch.
13:29I didn't mean
13:30to smile at all.
13:32How was the
13:32groom supposed
13:33to look?
13:34Oh, but I gave
13:35up and smiled.
13:36She neared.
13:37I felt it
13:38when I was trying
13:39to take a secretive
13:41deep breath.
13:41as her beauty
13:42made me breathless
13:43again.
13:44Uh, what was
13:45it?
13:46A panicky feeling?
13:47No.
13:48An instant
13:49paralytic?
13:50No.
13:51I gulped.
13:53She reached
13:53the altar
13:54and faced me.
13:55The organ
13:56stopped.
13:57Absolute silence.
13:58The priest
13:59let us share
14:00a moment of
14:01recognition
14:01via eye contact
14:02before he started
14:03speaking.
14:04But something
14:05was wrong.
14:06She looked
14:07so beautiful
14:07and happy
14:08looking at me.
14:09What was wrong?
14:10Fear flowed
14:11through me
14:12like black
14:13magma,
14:14instantly cooling
14:15and hardening
14:16in its wake,
14:17turning everything
14:18within me black,
14:19black,
14:20black.
14:21She was beautiful
14:23and smiling.
14:24She was the person
14:25which hummingbirds
14:26would slow down
14:27around.
14:28She was the person
14:29who had defeated
14:30all my fears
14:31my last relationship
14:32had instilled.
14:33She was my savior,
14:35my rescuer.
14:36and still
14:37my nose
14:37began to twitch
14:38as if desperate
14:39to smell heaven.
14:41My left eyelid
14:42twitched as well.
14:43I started stepping
14:44backwards from the altar
14:45and now
14:47whatever alarm
14:48that had been
14:49carbonating within me
14:50was poured out
14:51into her face.
14:52I continued
14:53stepping away,
14:54holding my hand
14:55to my face.
14:57She said my name,
14:59said it again
14:59but with more worry
15:01but I had to get away.
15:02I knew what was happening
15:04but I didn't know why.
15:05I rushed down the aisle
15:07covering my face.
15:08I ran through the foyer
15:10and out into the sunlight
15:11down the church steps.
15:13I sensed people
15:14from within
15:15were getting up
15:15to run after me.
15:16I could hear her
15:17calling out my name.
15:19God,
15:19she was probably
15:20picking up her dress
15:21and shimmying back
15:22down the aisle
15:23as fast as her wedding
15:24dress would allow.
15:25I ran through
15:26the parking lot.
15:28It was happening.
15:29A brunt,
15:30bruising sensation
15:31in my eyes.
15:32I felt my teeth
15:34pushing my gums
15:35as though it was
15:36chewed bubble gum
15:37instead of hard flesh.
15:39I winced with pain
15:40but I hurried out
15:41into the street.
15:42A car must have swerved
15:44but I wasn't looking.
15:46I was in pain
15:47and she
15:48was calling out to me.
15:50I looked over my shoulder
15:51and saw her
15:52leading the chase.
15:53All our friends
15:54and family
15:55behind her.
15:56My hair ripped
15:57to the back of my scalp.
15:58It was so sunny out.
16:00Everyone would see.
16:01She cried my name
16:03but I kept running.
16:04Did I growl
16:05or scream?
16:06God,
16:07how desperately
16:08in panic
16:09she called my name.
16:10I had no other choice
16:11but to ignore her
16:12and keep running.
16:14My nose lifted up,
16:16nostrils more open
16:17than ever.
16:18My cheeks sank in
16:20as my cheek bones
16:21lifted as well.
16:22I outran
16:23and lost my bride
16:24and family eventually,
16:26finding the cemetery
16:27a suitable place
16:28to hide
16:28in the meantime
16:29while I felt the lawn
16:31the way someone
16:32feels the floor
16:33for their glasses.
16:34As to why it happened again
16:36on what should have been
16:37the happiest day
16:38of my life,
16:39while my true love
16:40looked at me,
16:41I don't know why.
16:42I was over it.
16:43I was healed.
16:45I had regained
16:46my normal looks.
16:47Years had passed.
16:49I even found a love
16:50that was safer
16:51and more fulfilling
16:52than my one in New York,
16:53in a church of all places,
16:55on our wedding.
16:56I wonder if she saw.
16:59I hope she didn't see.
17:01As for when
17:02it'll get back to normal,
17:04I'm not sure,
17:05but I've cowered away
17:06from her for far too long.
17:07It's been months.
17:09She doesn't know why
17:10I ran away
17:11and I hope she doesn't.
17:13I'm too panicked
17:14to finish this.
17:15I want to text her,
17:17but I know
17:17she must hate me now.
17:19And besides,
17:20even if she did want
17:21to meet
17:22and talk things over,
17:23I still look like this.
17:25and I'll probably
17:27possess this unfortunate face
17:29for quite some time.
17:31I want to thank
17:33Whispering Scream
17:34for voicing Christina.
17:35I've put links
17:37to her channel
17:37in the description.
17:39She has some
17:40fantastic videos
17:41that I highly suggest
17:42you guys check out.
17:44I also want to thank
17:45Nicholas Leonard
17:46for supplying the story
17:48that we read tonight.
17:50On his channel,
17:51you can find
17:52even more of his stories
17:53narrated by a selection
17:54of different YouTubers.
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