A slice of life

It was around three, and It was raining cats and dogs outside when Jesse and his brothers Dylan and Aaron had arrived from school. They were all wet, although Jesse had an umbrella. Maybe he acted as if he didn't have one, so he could get wet and catch a cold. He really did hate school.

Then just like any other day they ran towards the kitchen and ate any snack that came in their way. It would be a miracle if they left any.

It was at seven on that same day when May realized that Jesse had been very silent on that day. She asked him what was wrong, but Jesse just smiled and said "nothing, mom" in an exhausted tone. Although Jesse was a chatterbox he didn't like to open up about his problems and fears to others. The truth was that Jesse had been beaten up at school for no reason on that day by tony who was in the same grade as he was on. Jesse was younger and smaller compared to others in his classroom.

Jesse was an ambivert, he was shy around people and once he got used to them, he became very active around them. Once he gets close to people he is very nice to them, he didn't like to hurt others feelings. He had characteristics of an INFJ. Whenever something sad happens to him, he would smile and brush it off just like any kid his age.

Jesse had very strict parents. He wasn't allowed to go out much as his parents were very protective. He wasn't even allowed to date a girl until he was like above twenty. His mother May was a kind woman, but she was a bit toxic. As for his father Alan he was a bit too strict. They were strict only because they loved their children.

Jesse was a bit too afraid of his father. He didn't open up about his problems or requirements. At the beginning it was not a problem as he was just twelve years old but as he grew Jesse's life gradually turned into hell.

As time went by Jesse started changing. It all started when he couldn't open up about his feelings to the girl he liked at school named Amane.

Jesse became more introverted, and he became a deep thinker. He didn't like to talk to most people including his parent's. He was just fourteen, but I'm sure he was more mature than most adults. Furthermore, he was already a genius and topped the class from a very young age. He was too shy to open up to this girl he liked, and he wanted her to come to him. As that never happened it made him feel like he wasn't enough for her. Jesse wasn't a normal person, he started to change himself.

At the same time he had to face a new pandemic. Due to the pandemic schools, factories, and many other sites were closed. Jesse thought of this as an opportunity to make himself better.

Jesse himself knew he was not ordinary. But he didn't like to boast or make himself the main character, so he kept silent. He had big dreams. Sometimes he had childish dreams like taking over the world and ruling it by himself.

Before the pandemic started Jesse had already changed himself a bit. He had learned Jiu Jitsu through YouTube with the purpose of fighting back when someone tried to bully him again like Tony did. And Jesse didn't look the same either. He had grown taller than his classmates, although he was younger than most of them. His looks had gone above average, and he had started to get a lot of attention from the girls. But he never cared about any other girl except Amane.

Jesse was that popular quite guy who got famous for no reason. He didn't have any friends at the beginning neither did he try to make friends after he gained popularity. He preferred to be alone and avoid attention.

Right after the pandemic started he did great but as time went on he started loosing hope and motivation. Jesse had depression from a long time, he'd usually cry when he's alone and brush it off. He actually started to like crying. Jesse didn't know why he was crying himself. But after some time life hit different, no matter how much he tried, he couldn't cry. He'd just sit in a quiet place and think for hours. There was no explanation for what he thought, he just thought negative. And days went on like this.

Around a year past by and Jesse had just turned 16. Jesse was walking from back to home from school asking himself "why me? ". It was almost six and the sun was in front of him. Those days school had lasted longer in order to catchup on the syllabus. Dylan had run away and was nowhere to be seen. Jesse mostly talked to Dylan, Aaron was that typical annoying little brother. Jesse always ignored his little brother anyways. Dylan usually acts as the intermediary between Jesse and his parents now that he's gone Jesse felt like he was from another planet.

Finally, he had reached home. He was just around twenty meters away from his house walking past the big old mansion. Jesse looked in the direction of the old mansion and had a flashback. He remembered playing soccer with Dylan and the ball had gone past the fence of the old abandoned mansion. They had gone in to the property by breaking the rusty old gate's. When Alan saw them in there he rushed in and carried them both out of there. Alan had told them that the place was haunted. Jesse slipped out of the flashback and smirked. Jesse thought to himself "dad", "he always holds me back". Although Jesse was a genius he never understood how much his parent's loved him and why they did the things they did.

He reached the gate and right when he was about to open it...