Cockroaches

   I have a severe katsaridaphobia. Sounds fancy, right? Well, it's actually a phobia that I'm sure most people have. It's a fear of cockroaches. It's really hard to explain why I feared cockroaches so much. Their body shapes are just so bizarre and disgusting, not to mention the trail of bacteria they left whenever they walk. I hate them so much and I really want to kill all cockroaches in this planet. But apparently, cockroach is one of the most powerful insects in the world. They can survive nuclear apocalypse! So it's pretty much impossible to do some kind of cockroach genocide or something. Anyway, I have this traumatic experience that I will never forget. It's related with cockroaches, so prepare to be disgusted.

   It was 1 AM. I was asleep and still dreaming. But my dream was faded into black when I felt some kind of creature crawling on my body. I was half conscious at that time, so I thought it was just some kind of "hallucination". I swept those "crawling feelings" away. Strangely, it always came back. When that feeling came back in the third time, I opened my eyes and I was extremely shocked by what I saw.

Cockroach.

It crawled on my body.

   I immediately jumped from my bed and shivers in fear. It seems like I just saw some spooky ghost, even though in reality it's just a bug. I searched for Baygon in my room, but I can't find it anywhere. I panicked, the only weapon that I can use to attack those horrible creatures wasn't available on my eyesight. Meanwhile, the cockroach kept crawling on my bed. My breath was shortened. It felt like I was having a severe panic attack. And what makes it worse is that the cockroach was getting closer to me. I screamed in fear, it was an immediate reflex.

Then I saw the thing that I needed the most above my cupboard.

Baygon.

   I hurrily grab that bug-killing bottle and spray it on the cockroach. The cockroach responded by running so fast to every corner. I sprayed it again and again, almost to the point where I could be poisoned. But what did the cockroach do?

It flew.

   Flying cockroach was one of the most spookiest thing I have every witness. I was so desperate, I need someone's help to kill that bug, so I immediately opened my door and ran away and kept screaming loudly. Apparently, my brother was awake and asked why I screamed. I told him the story of the cockroach. I begged him to help me kill that cockroach. He sighed, went to my room and noticed how toxic the smell was. He asked why I used Baygon so much, and I only responded with shivers. When he saw the cockroach, he grabbed a broom and smashed the cockroach a few times until it died. "You could've done that, you know. The broom was on your room." he said. I thanked him a bunch of times until my brother was tired of hearing it.  He went to his room and I went to mine as well. I tried to calm down but I was still afraid that there would be another cockroach passing by, so I stayed awake until 3 AM. Apparently, there's none, so I fell asleep and thankfully, my dream didn't contain any cockroach.