I aroused in the middle of the night, drenched in sweat. My heart felt like it was about to explode. My breathing was ragged. My whole body trembles for some unknown reason. "What... did I have a nightmare just now? It's too fuzzy. I can't seem to recollect the details."
I endeavored to go back to slumber, but to no avail. I failed in doing so. Every time I shut my ocular perceivers, some images flash inside my mind. I can't seem to recollect the details of it. Whatever it was, it definitely averted me from slumbering.
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The sun determinately rose after hours had passed. The light from the sun cracks through the window, softly lighting the minuscule bedroom I was in.
" ugh... " I got up from bed feeling very tired and somnolent. Despite feeling like this, I mustered all my remaining vigor and energy to shower. I even virtually fell down on the way to the bathroom. Fortuitously, I got there without a scratch.
I put on my school uniform and went downstairs, all while being half aroused. Despite virtually falling down the stairs a couple of times, I made it through once again. I'm quite proud of myself for being able to do so.
"Seiko, come have your breakfast!" My uncle called me from the kitchen. I'm currently living with him in his two-story house. Well, you could remotely call it that, as the first floor is genuinely where his cafe is.
The cafe would conventionally run from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. My uncle will be the one working in the kitchen, while his other workers will be the one taking care of the guest.
I'm in charge of cleaning up the place. Infrequently, I'll take part in taking care of the guest as well if I ever need some extra pocket money, as my uncle will give me some for my strenuous exertion. Right now it's 6 a.m. There was only an hour and a half before the others came into the cafe.
"Heh, you look like you're about to pass out just from walking. I told you one of those movies would haunt your dreams one day." He stared at me with a smug face while spinning his giant Italian wooden spoon around juvenilely. I ignored the comment, as I was just too tired to react.
I sat at the kitchen table and orally consumed my breakfast. It was a simple egg over toast with a cup of my uncle's special made coffee to complement the rest of it. Despite it being so, it's better than enough for me, as the taste is great and it's additionally able to fill my stomach enough to commence my day.
"I'll be going now, uncle." "Alright then, make sure to not get into any accidents!" I verbalized goodbye to him and expeditiously ambulated to school. I arrived at school unscathed, surprisingly. The coffee that I had this morning authentically availed me not make imbecilic mistakes on the road. And so, my uncle once again saved me.
I sat down at my desk immediately after arriving at school. I looked over at the clock on top of the chalkboard. It's 7:15 a.m. There's so much time afore the others' advent. There were only a couple of students who had arrived this early in the morning. Without any second thought, I took a nap to retain some energy for the whole learning session.
"Where am I?" A single thought came to mind when I looked around my circumvention to find myself in an illimitable void. I cannot optically discern or move any of my limbs. But something tells me that it's still annexed to my body.
"Wait... Haven't I?"" Suddenly, millions of visions assaulted at me one after the other without giving me the chance to even properly process one of them. Profound dizziness assaulted my head, giving me a more arduous time processing the visions. With every ability I have, I endeavored to recollect the visions as much as I could.
As I was concentrating, a nebulous voice called out my name, gradually pulling me away from concentration. "No, just a little bit more; I can feel it!" I endeavored my hardest to identify the vision. The space and the flashing vision gradually crumbled as I gradually regaining control over my limbs.
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POV:???
'It's 8:10 already, and he's still sleeping. Fortunately, Mr. Akio hasn't arrived yet.' I visually examined the clock and then back to Seiko, who's still slumbering soundly. Let's just let him have his rest; he will require it.
"Someone is coming!" Shouted by one of the students who's in juxtaposition of the door.
'Oh well, it's time for you to rise and shine, your highness .' I stood up and walked towards the slumbering Seiko.
"Oioi, wake up!" I smacked his table a bit in an attempt to wake him up. I tried it the first time, and there was no response. Then I tried a bit harder, but nothing happened. "Okay, third time's the charm." I smacked his table marginally harder than last time causing the whole class to hear it and finally got a response.
"Just a little bit more..." Seiko finally responded. "The teacher is already here, damnit." The response I received ticked me off a bit, causing me to cuss under my breath.
After losing my patience, I took my insouciant face and my secret weapon out of my pocket. In my palm lies a weird looking device.
"Don't resent me for this Seiko; you brought it upon yourself." I hold onto the device menacingly while looking at him with an insouciant face.
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POV:MC
"Oioi, wake up!" I opened my eyes gradually as I aurally perceived a familiar voice calling out my name. I took a peek at him while my cheek was still stuck on the table. The tall person standing in front of me was one of my few friends.
The name of this guy right here is Akio. You can say that he's your typical edgy, popular student. The bastard is a hot-tempered lone wolf. Whenever people tried to get close to him, he immediately shut them off. I do not know how in the world I befriended him despite him being like that. It just happened one day.
While I was looking around, I noticed an unfamiliar face standing in front of the class. I immediately realised that she was one of the newer teachers at the institute. I went into panic mode and subconsciously stood up, bowing and asking for forgiveness nonstop.
The teacher replied with a giggle at the sight in front of her. She nodded and began introducing herself as the substitute teacher for today since Mr. Aiko was absent. I sighed in relief after getting that reply.
My eyes wandered around as this was transpiring. Akio caught my attention as he was putting away a weird looking device inside his pocket. After analysing it remotely, I realised what it was.
'Wait, why does he have that out in his palm?' I asked myself as I felt a sudden chill through my spine. It looks like I dodged an immensely colossal bullet this time.
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School ended, and I'm dead tired from all of the lecturing. Fortuitously, I didn't slumber through any of the lectures. That little nap I took this morning authentically availed me do so. I peregrinated home while prehending a cup of coffee that I bought from a coffee machine in my school.
"Wait, I think I've forgotten something. But what was it? " I took another sip of my coffee while crossing the road. While doing so, a truck came speeding towards me out of nowhere.
My eyes widened when I realised that I was about to get run over. Instinctively, I utilized all my vigor to jump out of the way. Fortuitously enough, my expeditious reflexes saved me once again.
"Oh my ass, you little prickling bastard!" I vituperated under my breath as I watched the truck perpetuate its way and vanish into the distance. Suddenly, another truck appeared from a distance, and it was moving more expeditious than the precedent truck.
"Why are there suddenly irresponsible truckers appearing out of nowhere?" I wasn't in as much of a panic as last time since I was already at the side of the road. I'm nowhere near danger; at least that was what I thought before I saw a kid in the middle of the road!
I instinctively sprint towards the kid, who's oblivious to the upcoming peril. I shouted at the kid to watch out for the speeding truck and get out of the way.
The kid instinctively turned around, his head now facing the speeding truck. Looking at the giant, speeding truck blocking his view of the road caused him to be frozen in place.
The truck was already 5 feet away from the kid. I cerebrated that maybe I wasn't fast enough to save the kid with my current speed. So, I did the obvious.
I incremented my haste even more afore jumping towards the kid and pushing him away from the speeding truck. Everything transpired in a span of less than 10 seconds.
Without even realizing it, I am now the one in front of the truck. 'Is this going to be my ending?' was what I thought at the time.
Suddenly, all the recollections of my life came flooding into my brain. Even the one that I had forgotten came in as well. The time felt like it was more gradual right afore the truck came crashing onto my body.
My body felt light for a moment, as if I were ascending to the welkin. Then, I felt a great impact on my back, causing me to expectorate out some blood from my mouth.
I felt that almost all of my bones were broken. The pain was surging through my whole body. I felt like screaming in pain, but I don't have the ability to do so anymore. All I could do at the time was stay still until it's over.
A few seconds later, my body became numb due to the exorbitant blood loss. My head felt light anon after that. Everything became mute, and it was one of the most peaceful moments I had in my life.
I looked back into my memories of the journey I had taken to arrive at this point. It was truly a great journey. I let out a simple smile afore losing consciousness.