Esteban stared at the ground breathlessly. It had only been a few seconds, but he felt like he had run a full marathon. His body couldn't stop shaking and his breathing was ragged.
It was only a few seconds, only a few seconds, but ... Esteban felt that he had been reborn.
In those few seconds he realized that he was not afraid of death. The human being was used to fear the unknown, but death was no longer unknown to him.
He realized that although he did not fear death, he did fear death.
Do not!!
He wasn't exactly afraid of dying ... he was afraid of being a failure again even in his second life and dying without having done something with this second chance that had been given to him.
He discovered that although it was repeated many times that he was going to correct his old mistakes, he was only minimizing them and not fixing them.
He realized that he was a total idiot for not allowing himself to dream just for the sake of not being disappointed afterwards.
He was just afraid of failure.
He couldn't go on like this, he had to change anyway.
Esteban clenched his fist resolutely.
He would allow himself to dream, he would allow himself to fail, he would allow himself to cry in frustration.
From this day forward he will always live to the limit, without keeping something. Firmly following his wishes no matter how stupid they are.
He would never die with regrets again and the day he does it will be with a smile on his face.
Esteban smiled, he felt as if he had lifted a great weight from his shoulders. As if he could finally become free ... Be the same.
"Why did you save me?" A voice pulled him out of his thoughts.
Esteban raised his head to see the boy who had just saved his life. But he didn't know how to answer her.
"I do not know."
The boy clenched his teeth with irá, grabbed him by the neck and lifted him a few inches from his face. "What do you mean you don't know? !! You know how long I've been building up the courage to jump, just for you to just come and screw it up? !!"
Esteban grabbed the boy's arms as well and looked him straight in the eyes with challenge. "You have a lot of questions, right? What if I ask you some? For example. Why did you save me? Because it doesn't fit in my head that someone who wants to die saves my life. Or on the other hand. .. "Esteban grabbed him by the collar of his shirt as well. "What are you so afraid of? I can see the fear clearly in your eyes. I don't know what is behind your actions, but if you dare to face it with your head held high, you may discover that you are braver than you really are. you think. "
The boy did not know how to respond, he had never expected that reaction from Esteban.
Esteban on the other hand grabbed him by the shoulders and guided him to what he will walk beside him. "You're the first person I've ever saved. I won't let you do anything stupid on the way home."
The boy got carried away but he was still shaking. "Just tell me why?" He whispered trying not to cry.
"I really do not know." Esteban smiled. "My body just moved by itself. There was no rational thought in me at the time. Maybe it was fate, a higher force or what people call God acting for our meeting to take place. I only know that being there in front I would never allow you to die when I can save you, I don't want that on my conscience. "
After those words both of them fell in total silence, walking side by side. It may seem strange but Esteban did not feel at all uncomfortable with the silence, only in peace.
"I am Esteban Macht."
"Jeison."
"Nice to meet you Jeison." Esteban touched his chin. "Now where is your house?"
"Three blocks to the right." Jeison replied dryly. Esteban simply nodded and comined with him.
The streets of Delka City were very much like the unique states of his previous life. Organized, clean and large. Large houses with a large garden.
But the calm afternoon was interrupted by sudden screams.
"Help !! Ahhhhh help me !!"
Esteban shuddered for a moment. He looked around her and managed to see a woman in her 30s screaming at the top of her lungs from the window of her house on the second floor.
He hesitated for a second.
What should I do? Try to help the woman? Call the police or just do nothing?
But it was only a brief second. After that I don't doubt it anymore.
He promised himself to follow all his wishes no matter how stupid they may be.
And there is nothing I want more than to help that woman in this desperate time.
Another thing that he did not say is that he identified with the woman when he remembered that he had also yelled for her help and no one responded.
He knew firsthand the kind of desperation that this situation brings.
He ran like crazy and arrived in front of the lady's house.
"I 'm on my way!!" He yelled to let the lady know that help was on the way.
The woman looked at him with tears of happiness in her eyes. She opened the window and tossed him the house keys.
Esteban reacted quickly and grabbed them out of the air, quickly tried the keys and opened the door. Without wasting a second, he climbed to the second floor.
He looked around him trying to find the room where the woman was.
"BAMM !! A big bang sound guided him to a door in the center. He grabbed it hard and tried to open it, but was on the safe side. He tried the keys in his hand but none worked.
"Curse!!"
Esteban moved away from the door and began to kick it with the intention of knocking it down.
But the door wouldn't budge.
"Help !!!!! Ahhhhh"
Esteban gritted his teeth in frustration and anger, took a big push and ran like a madman for the door.
Crackkk !!
The door creaked, which made Esteban perk up and repeat his action. For the fifth time in a row the door was flung open.
"What the hell?!" Esteban froze without knowing how to react. Not in the wildest dreams of him had she imagined seeing what was inside that room.
The woman screaming for help was in the corner of the room guarding a girl behind her back.
And the attackers ... Well, the attackers were three giant insects.
Two ants and a cockroach the size of a human. In fact they were bigger than Esteban.
The woman looked pleadingly at Esteban. "Please help us."
Esteban took a large coat rack next to the door, ran with force adding impulse. "Arrggg !!" And he hit the cockroach.
But the cockroach didn't even move and the coat rack in his hand snapped in two. On the other hand, both of Esteban's hands were shaking and bleeding a little.
"You have to be kidding me. That you too, have superpowers?"