Gurimoa Shōnen

Prologue

It was a typical November morning for Henry. He woke up at 5:00 am, followed his usual morning routine, and waited for his friend Sugi to arrive so they could walk to school together.

As usual, Sugi showed up at Henry's doorstep at 6:49 am. "Sup," Sugi said, saluting Henry with one finger. "You ready?"

"Yeah," Henry replied, putting on his jacket. "Have you watched Darling in the Franxx yet?"

"Nah, but I've heard of it. Was that what you were just watching?" Sugi asked.

"Yeah, I started today. It's good, so you should watch it," Henry said as they began their walk to school.

"I'll think about it," Sugi said, ducking under a low-hanging branch. As they approached the school, Sugi had an idea. "Wanna make a bet?" he said slyly.

"Depends on what it is," Henry replied.

"If I beat you in a race to school, you have to give me your honeybun," Sugi said, already starting to run.

"Bet!" Henry shouted, running after him.

The two friends raced to the school, neck, and neck the entire way. When they finally arrived, Sugi panted, "Lemme get my honeybun."

"Okay, okay," Henry said, reaching into his backpack. "Oh, wait. I forgot it."

"Alright, just give it to me tomorrow," Sugi said, walking into the cafeteria.

Henry followed him and sat down in the almost empty room. As more and more students arrived, Henry watched anime and greeted his friends Gaia and Kamui when they entered the cafeteria. When it was time for class, Henry couldn't shake the feeling that he wanted more out of life, like the adventures he saw in the anime he watched.

As he sits in class, he continues to think about this reality he wished could be real. Then he glances at the window and notices that it's windy outside.

"I swear I hate Maryland weather. It's already cold as hell and I gotta walk back in this weather?"

Suddenly the wind gets stronger causing a tree to fall, startling him.

"What's going on? Are we experiencing a thunderstorm? It can't be, this feels much worse than a thunderstorm"

He then glances up toward the sky and sees that the moon is still up. He doesn't think much about this until he checks his watch, and the time is 11:40 am. He takes another look at the sky and realizes that the moon is getting closer.

"No way, it can't be," Henry thinks to himself

"This isn't a dream; the moon is actually falling towards us"

His classmates then noticed the strong wind as well and when they also look outside, they see the ever-approaching moon and start panicking.

"The moon is going to crash into earth," Henry thought, as the impact of the collision killed every living thing on the planet. "Damn..." were his final thoughts before the world went dark.