Why?

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Why?

By: Galaxy Unheard

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(Based on a true story)...it's just based on the true story, it's not what really happen, but close enough.

When you talk to a kid, there is always the question "Why?" in the conversation. No matter how random the questions are, they will keep asking and asking, non-stop.

I had my own experience with that kind of kid one time. She was my cousin's cousin, and I met her at a party of a relative.

It was around the spring season, March 14, 2021. My relative was celebrating his birthday with limited guests invited, and we happened to be some of those that were invited including the kid.

I was just in a corner peacefully digitally drawing the characters for the stories I write. Just then this kid approached me and asked: "What are you doing?"

Since the kid didn't bother even having a small hint of manners such as a small greeting, I ignored her and continued drawing. But then again, she sat beside me and looked at my phone where I was working.

"Why are you ignoring me?" she brazenly asked.

"You lack manners kid. Shoo!" I shooed her away but then she stubbornly got closer. Damn this kid.

"Why?"

"You're annoying." I said

"Why?"

"I don't know."

"Why?"

"..."

I hate kids.

Just then as she was about to ask again, everyone was called to eat and the moment she looked away, I made my glorious escape.

But of course that wasn't the end of it. After lunch, I resumed working on the digital painting I was doing. I thought my peaceful time would continue on then suddenly, two pigtails popped out of nowhere that almost gave me a heart attack.

"I'm back!" she sassily announced and I just gave her an annoyed face.

She then again sat beside me...leaned into my screen and touched the screen and with that small touch, a huge disaster happened.

So it went like this, the sketch layer and the line art layer got blended and she saved it and the work went all "go back to gallery"

THAT MEANS I CAN'T UNDO WHAT SHE HAS DONE AND I HAD TO REDRAW EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF THAT SKSGCLVYBI U TOI3OIH!

Ehem...so anyway, I went silent for a few second and slowly slid my gaze to the brat with murder intent. THAT WAS LITERALLY WORSE THAN HAVING TO DRAW ON THE SAME LAYER!

To those who are not digital artists that what is going on, just comment down if you don't get it, I shall provide explanation. So back to the flashback!

Since she is just a kid, she probably didn't sense my murder intent aura and she just innocently – more like arrogantly looked at me and said

"What?" she said shamelessly and even raised a brow. KONO GAKI---?!

But before I could even stab her with a stylus pen, my cousin arrived and took the kid.

"Hello ate; I see you and my cousin getting along! You even let her touch your screen, that's a rare phenomenon!" She commented meanwhile I looked at her with an are-you-fucking-kidding-me-look but she just laughed at me.

They then both sat beside me and continued watching me FIX THE MESS THAT LAKJKHKRC2Q MADE.

A few minutes passed and I have recovered the sketch and line art through REDRAWING EVERYTHING and it was time to put the base colour.

So before I put the base colour, I started with a grayish-purple-ish background colour to fill in the foreground for the clipping.

"Why are you coloring the girl pure blue?" she asked while I prepare for the clipping process. Damn it, here we go again with the why scenario

"For the clipping". I said to shut her up, but I thought wrong.

"What's that?"

"It's something that you wouldn't understand".

"Then explain it to me." She shamelessly commanded.

"Even if I did, you still wouldn't understand. Now shut up." I also COMMANDED back to her.

"Oh my, ate, bakit ka nakikipag away sa bata?" My cousin asked while petting the kid and I just gave her a wtf-look.

"tch."

A moment of silence enveloped us but the kid then again broke the silence with a question of—

"Why? Is it because you are bad at explaining? I knew it!" She proclaimed as if she just made a huge discovery

But did she just say that I'm bad at explaining?! Just so she knows, just a sentence from me a friend understood a whole equation with a confusing solution back in middle school (7th grade)!

"No. Just shut up."

"uhm...ate—"

"Why? Mom told me about freedom of speech so why would I shut up? You're so arrogant." She said as if she's not arrogant.

"ARROGANT—?!"

"OKAYYY!!! That's enough. Ate, you should've just explained it to her. Not get mad at her, she's just a kid after all." My mature cousin said to me and I just looked at her in disbelief.

"That's right. You were in the wrong. You should consider your age difference". My mum said who popped out of nowhere. "Since you're the older one, you should be understanding towards children. Of course she'll be asking for things, she is just a kid after all. Learn to be more considerate sometimes." She lectured me and I just felt betrayed.

"So it's my fault—!?" I was about to protest but I was cut off again.

"Enough. Yes, it's your fault. Now, apologise to her." Mum said to me but since I believed that I did nothing wrong, I creased my brows and stood up.

"No way! I'm going back home with grandma and the others. I don't even like parties." I said and left the scene.

When I got in the car, mum followed in because she had work to do back home so she went home earlier with us. I just sat there in silence and when we got back home, she spoke to me.

"You should really learn to be considerate towards children. Or better yet, you should have just stayed silence. "

As she said that last line, I got even more furious. But just like she said, I just stayed silent and calmly bowed and went to my room.

Damn, I'm tired. I dove to my bed and reached for pills from the side table and took a pill and drank water to wash it down. Just so you know those were migraine pills or pain relievers. I've been having migraine since we arrived at the party and that nonsense even happened so imagine the stress I went over.

Anyway, just as I was about to fall asleep, a notification popped to my phone and it sounded like a message to I check it first.

Collaborator with the story:

Hey! When are you sending the character's profiles? I need them by tomorrow!

"..."

FUCK— WHY?!

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