When My Eyes Lied
Language: en

I was born with total colorblindness—achromatopsia. To me, the world has always been a monochrome film, a landscape of blacks, whites, and shades of gray. Yet, growing up, I never once wore a clashing outfit or picked the wrong colors. Because James, my childhood best friend, was my eyes. Every single morning, he would look over my clothes, sorting the pieces and telling me what shade I was wearing. Others at school used to tease me. "She's practically blind. How does she have the nerve to order our resident golden boy around?" But James always shut them down. "I like looking out for her,"…