CHAPTER 1 : Wake up

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The sunshine falls gleaming on his face as it drizzles outside, after a night's heavy downpour. Wakes up with laboured breathing as sweat flows along his jawline.
"Huh?What was that?... A dream?", speaks to himself under the buzzing of the alarm flashing 7:45 am on his cell.
"What!! I am gonna be late."
Hopping into his uniform, shouts from the room-

"Maa, is food ready?"
Running into the hall..(thud)
"Hey!! Stop hitting me, will you??
-"Sorry"
-"Woah young man, watch where you are going, you could've dropped all of the  food, now sit down both of you, Dad's already left, you better hurry, don't you have a test today Richard? You take the cycle, I'll drop Rachel on my way", hurries the the 40 year working woman.
"Yeah, I don't have time to sit Maa. I better run." speaks the 18 year old with bread in his mouth.
"Ya serves you right, watching anime till 11. Rush now weeb!", laughs with evil grin the 12 year old sister.
"Shut up, miss insta!" teases while rushing out.
" Don't forget to take your umbrellas it might rain again."

Richard bashes through the door, sits on his bicycle and launches away.
Reaching just in time before the gate closes rushes to his class almost tripping over.
"Sit down Richard, here's your paper."
Starts writing...
Thinking and murmuring...
"Hmm easy one..
Wait, what was the..
Umm yeah.."
Staring at him, a guy with glasses shining over his eyes,
" You can atleast keep that to your mind, it's breaking my concentration"
Unnoticed and annoyed this poor boy, grumbles.

As the clock ticks the silence sets in, the paper wasn't that easy.
The sky becomes dark again, clouds reassemble and then strikes the thunder. It was loud, everyone was startled but Richard saw a flash of something else, something from his dream? He hears a voice calling him but not by his name 'Richard' but 'Emtoi', this lady seemed so familiar and a stranger whom he hasn't seen in his life at the same time.
"Em..toi!!Emtoi!!", She seems to be in trouble but he can't make out anything, everything is flashing and so distorted.
It was just for a jiff, he was confused, was he daydreaming?
Before he could start writing the last equation, the bell rang.
"Alright times up!! Everyone submit your copies"
Richard finishes off, hands them over and walks out with everyone else but alone.

Above on the wall behind him said "Physics".
In this crowd he was alone, though he had friends and was cool with everyone, he felt a strange alien-ness in this world. He loved the beauty of it, but the people were not much of any interest to him, he didn't care much.
"Would you come over to my house this evening, Richy? We could watch some anime together. Richy? Hey!?" Snaps his fingers that same guy with the glasses, with whom Richy hangs out sometimes.
"Ohh, no Freddie. I am not feeling it today."
Though the world around him wasn't so bad, but he only saw things differently, all he could see was crimes, hatred, jealousy.
He wasn't happy with it at the least.
The day started out all bright just like his life and was growing darker and darker by the afternoon. There was this mysterious melancholy surrounding him as if something bad was going to happen.
He goes home there weren't anymore classes, the wind was blowing softly.
Back into his bed he listens to music with his face buried in the pillow. Outside the storm was taking a violent form, the flash of thunder and the shadow of him sleeping all over his room. No less than a horror movie set. But our boy was busy listening to Slipknot but couldn't headbang cause his mind was stuck in that dream, he remembers before the flash, before the lady, in that dream, he was in this strange place, the moon so big, the air lightened up like the aurora, in that field of grass with wind blowing, with a girl, it was peaceful. It felt so real. But why does it matter anyway, it was just a dream, because he felt so connected to everything there than he was to everything here. He left that thought away for now. He was hungry, wait nobody's home?
Dials..
"Mom?"
"Ya, we are stuck in the supermarket it's flooding outside. We'll be shopping till it dries up..... Your dad will be back by 7. There's some cup noodles in the fridge. Make sure not to burn yourself up. And study."
"Cup noodles, huh? Let's go chopsticks then."

*Doorbell rings*
" Hey, how was work today?"
-"Nothing much, same old".
"They haven't reached yet?"
-" No, probably forgot that e

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⏰ Last updated: Oct 17, 2021 ⏰

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