The Beauty and the Idiot

Chapter XXXV

I wake up again, still sitting on a chair. Just this time, with no blanket covering me. I must've fell asleep while talking to my crush...

I check my phone and indeed, the app was still open. God, the headache is unbearable...

It feels like I went on an LSD trip during my sleep or something... Maybe I was on a party yesterday? No... There are no parties around, I used the time to get some achievements in Minecraft...

What happened?

I rub my head for a while, trying to figure out what I went through. Maybe just a fever dream. A... Really, really fucked up fever dream.

... I head towards my kitchen and prepare myself some breakfast. I don't know why, but I had a constant feeling of expecting someone to be here with me. But I live alone. There is no one else but me. I also look outside the window.

Yeah, same ol' green grass and blue sky. Why was I expecting something else?

After finishing my breakfast, I head over to the bathroom. Though... I stop right before it. I don't know why. For some reason, I'm afraid that a bunch of rubber ducks will come flowing out. However, after going through every logical reason of why there CAN'T be any rubber ducks, I finally managed to open the door.

Then I realise whatever I dreamt of couldn't be "just" a fever dream. It was more than that. How else am I supposed to understand all of this? I probably just need some fresh air... Everything around me has been putting a lot of pressure lately...

I brush my teeth, get dressed, and stop in front of my mirror.

Still me.

... That's what I would've said.

It feels like I changed. To someone better, I think...? I can't really tell. It's a faint feeling. Though, I quickly moved out of my flat afterwards. Dunno why, but I was expecting some sort of demon to jump out.

Crazy, right?

....

...... Moving on.....

I enjoy the fresh air once I'm outside. It's still pretty early, actually... It's like 7am or something, or even earlier. The only ones awake are the children heading to school with their buses and the adults having to work this early.

Even this early in the morning, the sun is still visible. We're slowly reaching summer after all...

...

Can someone tell me why I'm looking for... Like... Really tall people? I check the corners for a walking cakes or squirrels... I probably look like a lunatic for doing that. It's goddamn obvious at this point. Whatever I was dreaming, it clearly affected me. When I try to remember it, I only feel... Really weak emotions connected to the dream. I feel a lot of happiness and confusion, but also anger and sadness. The whole palette of emotions, in short.

While I continue to ponder around, a cat gets in front of me. It scares me, of course. After all, I really just... Don't like them. I just don't...

It's like the fear of spiders, you sometimes just have it.

Though, this time, I'm not as scared as the other times. I actually manage to go around the cat and not changing my direction completely...

.... Will I ever like cats? Eh, I doubt that, but thinking about it doesn't hurt...

Eventually I reached the end of my stroll. I've been walking aimlessly around town, thinking about... All of this.

But after an hour or so, I finally head back home. For the rest of the day, I don't know what to do. I keep on getting several achievements in Minecraft Hardcore, but eventually stop. I used the whole day to think.

I would've, my crush hasn't texted me.

When I opened the app again, I see my crush having added... A dad bot into the server...?

"Forgive me, I'm sorry."

"Hello, I'm sorry, I'm Dad!"

"Oh good lord..."

She then continued to use one of the commands and asked for a dad joke.

"What do you call cheese that isn't yours? Nacho Cheese."

Then continued with a picture of a dad dabbing.

"That's how I'm going to leave it for now. Have fuuun!"

"Hello, I'm going to leave it for now. Have fuuun, I'm Dad!"

It brought a smile to my face... Later on, we two talked for the day, continued to mess around with Dad bot and playing Minecraft together. I eventually forgot about my weird dream...