Pangeku: A place to relive

Chapter 6.5

AFTER ALL

"I just want to say that..."

"Don't die..."

"You'll die with those graves"

*arrow flew*

*Kane woke up*

What the hell was that... Strange dream... Maybe I'm watching too much anime..

*Kane look at the clock*

Fuck, It's already 8 am, I am already late for school... well nothing I can do about it, I'll just go half day.

*After 3 hours, Kane reached the school*

"Look at that guy, I always see him enter at lunch time"

"I know, He looks like he does not want to study at all"

"I heard he was smart and can actually pass the exams without attending the class"

"But with that attitude, I doubt that he'll reach something..."

Yup, this is my everyday life, I'm used to talking with myself coz I hate talking with those kinds of people. To be fair they were right tho. I used to be an honor student, some of my classmates considered me as the smartest person they know. Analytical, logical, strong sense of justice, slightly self-centered, leader... basically a jack of all trades. Ever since I started college, everything just feels wrong... I can't even remember when it all went wrong.

*Kane enters the classroom*

The professor is discussing the final project and after some hours he said.

"The deadline of the final project is next week, after that you can all enjoy your semestral break, class dismiss"

hmmm sem-break... Now what am I going to do? Probably need a new daily routine.

"Yow Kane, we are heading to the billiard, want to come?"

"No" I said.

I immediately head out after turning down his offer. This 1 hour trip is very exhausting, kinda my fault for choosing a university far from my place, I couldn't afford to rent a house near the univ... Though what I like about this trip is that I have my own time with my playlist. Listening to music while on the road is one of the best things in this world, it's also an opportunity to kill time. I mean as if I have plans or something when I get back home.

After some time, I finally reached my home. I received a message from my mom, she said;

"Kane make sure to eat something, stop eating instant noodles and go buy some nutritious foods, I'll send your budget next week"

It's funny how everyone thinks that if a family member works abroad, we already have tons of money, little did they know that I have to skip some meals just to make ends meet. Good thing we have semestral break, I can do part time for the meantime.

*Kane changed his clothes and go straight to his bed*

*After 5 hours*

Wait it's 2 am, I was planning to take a 30 minute nap... I'm hungry, I'll just cook cup noodles...

*After eating, Kane spend his hours playing online games*

Daaaaaaaamn this feels good, 7 wins and 2 loses ain't bad. I'll reach higher elo soon. For now I'll sleep and look for summer jobs when I wake up.

*The next morning*

Fuck, it's already 12 noon, I doubt that I can find a job at this rate. Maybe my cousin knows a place.

*Kane message his cousin*

"Yow Kane, there's an opening at the town. It's a mango graham stall, the job is quite easy though the salary is not that good? Want to come?"

I guess that's better than lying down in my bed. Guess I'll tell him that I'm fine with it.

My cousin talked with the owner and afterwards the owner told me about the offer.

"Listen kid, this business is new, honestly I am still skeptical about this one that's why we cannot offer that much, the shift is 12 hours and the salary is below minimum wage, do you still want to do it?"

That was an unfair deal though I don't have that much of a choice, the owner seems nice, I do understand his situation, I will probably do the same if I was him. I guess I'll just do it. I spent the following days working at that stall.

This is exhausting, I can only eat once from 9am to 9pm, I couldn't afford buying snacks or anything because of my low salary. Am I doing the right thing here? All I wanted was to work for a while so that I can be efficient.