*MC Pov*
You know, at one point in my life I wonder if I made the right decisions. Sometimes I regret things, but other times I'm happy with my choice. However, I feel like something is missing, or rather like there's something extra. I'm not sure, but I've had this feeling for a long time, I think since I was a kid.
Right now, I'm an adult who works as an accountant, haha yes, an accountant. I think it wasn't the best career choice, or choosing to work at the company I'm at. To be honest, I feel like they exploit me at work, but they pay me for overtime, which is good. Not many people get that benefit.
Ugh, I'm tired boss. I feel like I'm getting older, and I'm only 32. How I'd love to come home and have my dear and beautiful wife greet me at the house along with my beautiful daughter. That would be a wonderful dream, but I guess it's not possible anymore. It's good to have an imagination.
*Tink*
*Tink*
[Route 32 about to depart]
Ah, that's my train home. Wait, was it a train or a subway? I'm not sure. I call it the subway, but many call it a train; maybe it's the local culture. Well, I hope I find a seat because I really am tired. I just got off from working overtime and I get paid tomorrow. I have a good boss who does pay his employees, but he makes them work overtime. And here I am, a fool for taking the job.
I get on the train—or I mean the subway—and luckily, I find a seat. Let me sit down before someone else takes it. Oh, it's nice to be able to sit for a moment. I start looking out the window at the whole city. It will take me about 22 minutes to get home, to my beautiful and empty home.
*Sigh*
It's been several years since I regretted my decision. That decision could have changed my life, but I let it pass, and now I lament it a bit. But what can be done? What happened is in the past. Ha, I still remember the conversation with my friend a few years ago.
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*Flashback*
"But are you sure about this decision, Takumi?"
"Yes, I'm sure of this, Alex."
"Well, but dude, are you really going to leave just like that without even telling her how you feel?"
"Alex, I've made a decision."
"Man, you are so stubborn."
"I get that a lot, but what can you do?"
Several years later
"Hey Alex, how are you?"
"I'm good, and how have you been? How was your experience studying abroad?"
"All good, I've got everything sorted out and I have plans for the future."
"Yeah."
"What's wrong, Alex?"
"Well, you see, you remember the girl you liked? Well, it turns out she's getting married. And since I knew you liked her a lot and all, but then you went abroad, so..."
"It's okay, my friend, what happened has happened and it's in the past."
*End of the Flashback*
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*Sigh*
Now that I've thought about it clearly and considering my current situation, I wouldn't have made the decision to go abroad. Although I started well with my job, everything went downhill as problem after problem started to emerge, several disgruntled and rather unpleasant colleagues ruined my life. The worst part of all was losing the love of my life.
Although I've gotten over the fact that she has a happy family now, I still regret not having confessed my feelings. This all seems like a typical romance and sad manga, haha...
I'm going to take a short nap as I head home. I close my eyes and try to fall asleep, but with all the noise in the subway, I can't manage to drift off, so I try to listen to what people are talking about.
I hear some ladies talking about how their children are doing, some gentlemen talking about yesterday's soccer match—I don't remember the teams but they said it was quite exciting. I hear several young people discussing various topics; some are talking about the excessive amount of homework they have, others about music. I barely catch a conversation about their relationships, and some guys talking about anime and manga.
It's joyful to be young. When you reach adulthood, you want to go back in time and be young again. You don't have to worry about many things, no need to pay the debts that appear in your life, nor worry about your job. Being young is fun and great.
As I listen to the young people talk, it seems they are angry. I wonder what made them so upset. Although I'm not close or too far, I barely make out what they say. I understand that their anger is because a character from a manga died, what was his name? Gogo, no Yoyo, hmm, no it was Gojo, Gojo what???
Ah yes, Gojo Satoru... hmm, that name sounds familiar. Where have I heard it?... Oh right, a coworker mentioned that name and even gave an explanation about the manga, which was Jujutsu Kaisen if I'm not mistaken. I guess the manga must be really good to have him excited, though sometimes I see him sad, maybe because something happened in the manga and he didn't like it much.
When my coworker mentioned it, I got curious and started watching it. At first, it was a bit confusing, but little by little, I began to understand a bit about how it works but didn't manage to read the entire manga. I think I stopped at chapter 52, I'm not so sure. Although I wanted to continue reading, I got sidetracked with another manga, Black Clover. I liked how the manga is, but the same thing happened as with Jujutsu Kaisen; I didn't have time to read it, I was too focused on my work.
Now that I think about it, I should take my vacation to catch up on both mangas and see how the story unfolds. Slowly, I begin to feel sleepy, maybe because I'm tired and was thinking about so many things, I start to ignore the noise outside and soon, sleep overtakes me.
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I think it was a few minutes but I'm not sure, I hope it was a few minutes because if it was hours I might have to take another subway to take me home, but before I think about that I open my eyes and I still see blurry, I rub my eyes to wake up but I'm still a little sleepy but I manage to catch what is happening around me.
At first I thought I was woken up by a man or woman to move me a little so they could sit up but nobody touched my shoulder to make me move, what really moved me was an earthquake I saw how people were scared and covered their heads, some started to scream.
I was still drowsy but I was beginning to react, I looked outside the glass of the subway and saw how the trees were moving from one side to another, the street lights were moving as well as the light cables, but not only that several people began to run away from the buildings, now that I saw what was happening I was no longer drowsy.
I looked again at the subway cabin and it was moving quite strong, I grabbed my seat with my right hand while with my left hand I covered my head, I did not know what to do and with the fear of something happening you can not move, the subway was stopped and there was nothing I could do but pray that something bad did not happen.
Fear, terror, anguish, several feelings at the same time came to me, I began to think what could happen to me in this earthquake, I began to wish from the bottom of my heart that all this would be over soon and that no one would be hurt, time passed and the strong earthquake began to be less and less.
I think it lasted seconds, I am not sure but I think it was 1 minute, I hope so after I felt that no one was moving me I looked out the window and I could see some buildings destroyed, some people in the rubble trying to get something or someone out of there, I turned my look to the subway booth and I only saw several people scared.
I started to breathe to calm my heart that was beating pretty fast because of the earthquake, after a few breaths I was better the people in the subway started talking to see how to get out of here while others were trying to call 911 to ask for help but it seems that there was no signal, but while we were all devising a plan to get out the time of peace we had was over, soon the ground shook again but a little bit stronger.
We all shook in the train cabin, those who were standing hit the seats and fell, others hit other people or hit the subway window as it happened to me, the pain was strong but I did not pay attention to it, because I was afraid of this shaking.
We were all desperate and anxious for all this to end but while this was going on a little girl who was screaming and crying saw through the window and screamed loud enough to get the attention of a few people and they turned to where the girl was looking, but when they saw what was outside they became more frightened and their faces turned pale.
I was holding on to my seat trying to stay still but soon I saw a big shadow that began to cover me, by instinct I turned to the right and what I saw surprised me so much that my pupils shrank and my body weakened instantly, I don't know if it is because my life is about to end or because of the adrenaline that goes through my body but I could perceive everything in slow motion.
What was in front of me was a truck, yes as you heard a truck was in front of me about to collide with the subway cab, you wonder why there is a truck here if there is no parking lot for it to fall and collide with the cab, but if you see it that way it would be more normal.
Imagine a subway in front of a big parking lot, an earthquake happens and where the parking lot was, the walls that stopped the cars break and as the building is moving, it is obvious that the car is going to fly out, but there is nothing like that here, the building in front of me I think they are apartments so I should not see a truck.
But everything here is unpredictable and I did not question the origin of the truck, I only knew that the truck was going to hit the subway cabin and most likely it would derail and fall to the ground causing everyone here to get hurt and possibly we would all end up dead, seeing the situation that was about to happen I lowered my head accepting my fate, little by little the truck was coming ready to hit the cab.
And the last thing I saw was a panel of Gojo Satoru with a pretty terrible wound, he was cut in half, his legs were still standing but from his obligo up he was on the ground with blood in his mouth, when I saw how Gojo Satoru was now I understand why those guys were angry but I also got the desire to see how is the complete history of jujutsu kaisen and black clover, now I understand when they say that when you are about to die you see your life pass in front of your eyes and the greatest desire arises, too bad that now I can not.
*Pumb*
*Crash*
An intense pain ran through my body I could not process what just happened but my body was telling me that something hit me with great force and it was an intense pain but it only lasted a second because soon everything went dark, I was still conscious but I did not feel anything anymore.
Soon I opened my eyes to see the roof of the subway cabin, well more like the floor of the subway cabin, if the truck crashed and hit the subway cabin now I was lying on the roof of the subway, I wanted to move, I wanted to scream but nothing happened, I did not feel my body but I felt a strong pain all over my body from the tip of my feet to the scalp of my head.
There was no area of my body where it did not hurt, I felt that my breathing became agitated and it hurt with every breath I took, it was a strong pain but soon I began to feel a sensation of tiredness this sensation is stronger compared to the tiredness when you leave work late.
This sensation was something comfortable that made me feel sleepy and soon the pain that I had in my body began to disappear this could mean something good because I no longer have to endure that intense pain as if they were sticking needles all over my body but I knew it was something bad and that soon I was going to die.
But I didn't feel fear but rather I felt calm, maybe because I was tired before and now I felt the need to sleep and this way I would be better, but that doesn't matter anymore I couldn't move, talk, hear so why worry I know that the paramedics will be late because of the earthquake and before they arrive I would be dead so to save time I close my eyes and let that feeling of tiredness, calm and sleep invade me completely.
And so my dear friends I died
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That's what I expected but it didn't happen
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[It was not your time yet]