*RING RING*

As the phone keeps ringing, Zack on the other hand is too busy working in his computer. The time was 11pm, just an hour before midnight. The phone's vibration took Zack's attention as he look to his right side seeing his Boss is calling.

"DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IS IT NOW?!" his boss' loud voice banged through the phone.

"I'll get it to you before midnight, sir." He said.

Zack has been working for the company for almost 15 years now but he's still nowhere near in the position of a team leader. Being a work-too-hard employee, he knew that wasn't enough to get a promotion.

"I'm almost done sir, just checking a few things" He replied.

"IF I HAD KNOWN, I SHOULD'VE PUT YOU IN A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT!" Hearing Zack's lack of enthusiasm, the boss keeps shouting- belittling him even.

Zack didn't even need to try to ignore his boss' words as he is too tired to even listen. The boss hung-up the call leaving Zack dumbfounded, repeating the word 'department' in his mind.

Zack giggles 'If you're gonna be my boss in my next life, I'd rather killing myself' he thought.

Standing up, he turned off his computer and gather his things as well as the paper work he's gonna give to his boss before going home. He's the only one in the office- The company rather, aside from his boss who's waiting for him in the upper floor of the building.

Zack has a short black hair and barely open eyes, doesn't matter if he's tired or not, he always had an enormous eye bags. All of his colleagues thinks that he has a frail body, being 1.7 meters high (5'7). Despite having bad posture, He actually had a healthy physique under his suit. He is a smart man, graduating from a prestige university at a very young age, being accepted at one of the great company in the country.

While walking, Zack's imagination came arouse asking himself if he's gonna be a great father if he'd live a life with the woman he loves, doing things he like.

Before entering his boss' office, he sighed before inhaling deeply, holding his breath. As he enters the room, his boss' face shrunk while looking at him. He quickly gave the papers and slightly bow his head before leaving without a word. He knew his boss is mad but that doesn't matter. For him, that's an everyday occurrence and tomorrow will be another work problem.

He's walking in an busy alley going to ride a train way back home when he come across a smell so sweet, he can taste it 5 meters away. When he saw that the crowd was not giving any attention to the bakery, he thought he's just too hungry so he approached it. The bakery is quite good looking, it has an expensive vibe. As he got closer to the bakery, the constant smell of breads linger to his nose all the way to his chest like it was his first time experiencing the sense of smell.

"Maybe I should go visit my mom, I got too busy working. I even forgot my own birthday" he said to himself while smiling.

He bought a cake and decided to go to his mom's house to celebrate his birthday. Zack's mom looks younger than any other woman her age. His dad died while he was still a child leaving both of them behind. Living in a countryside, being a breadwinner mother doesn't help but Zack is smart enough to notice that.

He can't wait to spend his time to his mom, after all he can't visit often. While waiting for the train, Zack keeps yawning, even the people around him noticed that he's sleepy. All of the sudden, his ears seems to stopped working, It became quiet. Of all the people around him talking, eating, dancing, playing, only he can't hear. He looked around if any other people noticed that it became quiet before he confirms it.

'It's just me, I can't hear' he thought.

When suddenly, his eyes felt like a ton of kilograms, it's slowly dropping as if it's a coin on the ocean.

As his eyes were closing, he noticed the train was coming not far away from where he's standing. He can't build up a strength to muster his muscles according to his will, it seems he's out of balance. All of this is in slow motion while he's looking around, thinking about what's going on.

The people around him noticed that he's gonna fall off the rail of the train, they run towards him, they shout, none seems to wake him up. Zack's vision got blurry.

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"Breaking news, a man around in his late 30s, fall off the rail at the U-Bahn Station around 12:35 in the midnight at as..."

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[PLANETS: VRITJA, EMPHIL, TRINIAN..]

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"It's so dark, I can't see"