A breezy night carrying the calming sound of wind that was passing by a bridge seemingly abandoned
One person leaning forward on the bridge's rails let out a sigh, staring at the river of the likes of a black abyss only betrayed by the white pure reflection of the moon
Letting out a slow exhale with eyes staring at a phone's screen dim enough to barely discern the texts that it displayed
Lifting a hand to put the cigarette between lips to be able to type back as a slow inhale pushed the smoke down
"Heyyyy, me and colton tried to look for you everywhere, where were you?"
The contents of the message couldn't help but prompt a chuckle
"I'd rather not be a third wheel, thanks"
"Oh shut up you, did you get your grades back?"
"Yeah, passable"
Seeing the other person typing to let the sender take another puff of their cigarette, only stopping at the notification's sharp sound
"Yay! I'm so glad we both did!"
A smile gently appeared, only to fade away as quickly as it came
"So what are you taking as a course? did you decide yet?"
"Anything is fine by me tbh"
Another puff of the half done cigarette
"What? that's kinda dumb though, you need to do something you enjoy "
The fingers that were typing so fast immediately stopped, unknowing of what letters to press to reply with, until a slight pain slowly starting surfacing from within
"I can't even get myself out of bed everyday and you're telling me to enjoy a college course that won't even get a job with today's job market?"
Staring at the screen for a couple of dead seconds, the delete button was held and a sigh was let out
"Yeah, you're right, i'll think about it"
Immediately locking the phone after that with the eyes drifting away into the flowing river below the bridge
Lifting a hand to rest an elbow on the rails, the same brown eyes narrowed to be lost into the moon's reflection, a gentle chest pain cutting that daydreaming carried by the overthinking that passed through, acting as a catalyst for emotions that only added to the heartache
Regret for paths not taken
Self loathing for dying ambition and childish dreams
Misanthropy for a misunderstanding world that had no place to fit in
Pent up feelings that made the invitation to join the river tempting as the staring eyes were enamored of it, flicking the cigarette away followed by the enamored eyes that watched it free fall into the water
All problems could be fixed with just a small push...
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Squinting eyes seemingly attacked by a ray of light the likes of divine entities assaulted our protagonist, and with a grunt those same eyes opened to let in the sun's blessing of vision and the curse of being temporarily blinded by its might
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The Adrift Oath
FantasyDrowsed, tired and exhausted from the troubles of mundane life and exasperating routines, our main character mysteriously disappears from this plane of existence to only appear in another, a second shot at a life filled with mysteries and adventures...