A tale of human infallibility

Hubris

11 May 2020, 1.20 pm

"My dear officer, don't you think this is way too beautiful to be put behind iron bars?" Kim Seokjin stated while gesturing to his face, his eyes shining especially brown in the light of the sun creeping through a small window in the police station he momentarily was interrogated. The hand not being tied with a handcuff to the desk in front of him he used as a comb to brush a strand of purple hair behind his ear as he kept staring at the man he just spoke to, waiting for a response that soon came."I think I have to Mr. Kim. Being the mother of all sins is not exactly what I would call innocent, considering all the sorrow you brought to our planet."

"Wow I'm sitting right in front of you and you still call me the 'mother' of all sins while being completely aware that I'm a man", Jin claimed, knowing that the comment he just made would probably not help him in this particular situation, but he could not help to let his self declared charm play on the elder. After getting only judging silence from the police officer he decided to speak again. "I will tell you why I am the opposite of what you think of me. I will tell you the complete truth and the only thing I ask for in return is to not getting interrupted by you.", he looked up to wait for an answer but instead was confronted with silence. Relieved of being given permission to speak he picked up on his words.

"It is right, I am what you would call Pride or Hubris, but I sure ain't no sin. What you people think is that I am putting me before every human being, yeah even god himself, that I am going to take over the world and rule every living person because I value myself more than anything else. I can tell you that you are mistaken. I do not have, nor ever had, the intention to enslave the world and I sure never will. Pride is not the name I gave myself, but instead, one author decided it would suit me, without him really getting to know me. Humans have a horrible attitude of judging people, based on a subjective first impression of someone. It is right that I do love myself though. It's as easy as anything could be. I love myself, I love others as well. I mean come on, I'm married and my husband is the most beautiful creature to ever walk this earth, next to me of course. I love him as much as I love myself. I would do anything for him, even risk my own life and die, just to keep him safe. This kinda proofs that I am not as selfish as you guys think I am. I am not a sinner, nor the personification of sin. I am actually the opposite, a gift to humanity."

"Would you please have the intention to explain this further?"

"I was about to do that, but you decided to interrupt me. I'm quite disappointed in you. I expected more from an experienced officer like you.

Anyways, as I already stated, I am a gift, a pleasure to be around. Today's society looks like this: you have to be incredibly careful about not being put into a box by the people around you. This standard makes people extremely anxious. It is considered kind to care about others. I agree with this term. But on the other hand, you will be pictured as unpolite and absolutely selfish if you even give the slightest hint of putting yourself first. One time they preach to love and accept yourself, but when you start listening to them and to put their words into action, you will get outcast because all you do care about is yourself. In times like this, where everyone gets confronted with perfect portrayed models through the media, where all you are allowed to do is to praise others and are supposed to forget yourself, I consider important to challenge the ideals created by society. If we are honest here, we cannot rely on other people's kindness, but you sure can rely on yourself. I never claimed to stop caring about the people that surround you. This is as important as loving yourself. All I did say is that it is extremely important to help yourself, to love and appreciate your body, your strengths and feelings. It's honestly necessary to put yourself first sometimes. Don't you agree with me Mr. officer?"

After waiting patiently, Jin finally got a reaction. "You can go now. Please send in the next one. I don't care who it is."

The moment the officer untied him from the table, Jin swiped of the nonexisting dirt from his long, beige coat under which he put his favourite white turtleneck he got from his husband. It was a present, more like a compensation if he was being honest, for setting one of his many hoodies on fire. Thinking back, Jin was quite facilitated he was not put on fire instead. He was sure his skin would not be as easy to be replaced as his clothing was. He smiled at the thought, only then realizing he got lost in his memories what led him to snap out of his thoughts and come back to reality. He remembered what just happened and shook his head at this reminder.

Whilst heading to the door, he turned around one last time before opening it to leave and sighed at the police officer. "I really thought you would think about what I just told you. But you didn't seem to even try to understand what kind of message I just told you. I thought higher of you.", was the last thing he said before finally leaving the room, not once bothering with the thought of waiting for his reaction. He was sure he would not get any. Shaking his head a second time, he looked at the clock that decorated the otherwise empty wall. He did this to see how much of his valuable time he just wasted. Shaking his head for the third and last time for the officer to see, he closed the heavy door behind him.

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