Zero (1)
"Shut up bitch!" he shouted.
"Please son, listen to me." The woman desperately pleaded to her son. "Please spend today with us."
'How could they understand him?' he thought.
Kellogg was a 20 year old NEET. He had no almost no friends, struggled in communicating with others and also had no source of income.A few months ago, a portal to another world opened and a cat girl named Luna, entered this world. Weebs all around the world went crazy and started to worship her.One of them was Kellogg.
She became immensely popular and visited different places to hold conventions. Kellogg had spent a lot of money to get his hands on a pass to the convention.
Although it was the cheapest one, to him it was beyond a golden ticket.
"Please son. Don't you know what day it is today?" his mother said as her eyes were about to give way tears.
It was the fourth anniversary of his older brother's passing. But it coincided with the date on the ticket.
"I spent a fortune on this pass I can't uses these ever again." he barked right back.
"But your brot-"
"He's already dead. Why should waste a day for the dead? It's not like he's coming back."
Slap!
His father who had been sitting quiet for the entire time rose up and slapped him.
"No! No!", said mother as she tried to pull his father back.
"GET OUT!" screamed his father. "AND DON'T COME BACK!"
Kellogg left in a rage and nearly broke the door on his way out.
As soon as he left, his father started gasping for breath. His mother was already crying when she looked for the inhaler.
'How did he turn out like this?' they thought as they felt like they lost both of their children.
***
Kellogg got excited as he boarded the train. He could finally see her in person. This excitement made him forget about the episode at his home.
The train was packed full with others like him who also went to the convention. He didn't try to make eye contact with them, since he was only an alpha in front of his parents.
Outside he was so sensitive that he would even cry. He kept fantasising about meeting her in person as the train started to move.
After an hour the train reached the destination. Thousands had arrived to with the same intention. He quickly ran forward to beat the crowd.
Crash! He crashed into a lady. "Listen up punk!" she said as she lifted him by his collar. "Who the fuck do you think you are?"
His mouth twitched but no words came out. He was now terrified. The woman was very strong and looked like she was a soldier.
"I can't hear you" she shouted, a small crowd formed around them.
This was bad. He was already bad in talking to others, now strangers were surrounding them, recording him shivering.
"Yuri let him go." someone said. The woman let him fall down.
If she had held him a bit longer, he would have shit his pants.
They were all laughing, he was broken inside. He wanted to stop existing. But his determination to see her gave him strength to get up and walk. The hoodie zipped up to hide his face.
"I will see her. I will see her." he chanted to forget what happened right now and move forward.
***
Half an hour had passed. He was now running towards the venue.
"I have to make it. I can't make her wait." he kept telling himself.
But his body was slowing him down. His underbelly could be seen hanging out of his cheap grey hoodie. This was the result of four years without his brother. His brother would force him to work out with him everyday. But after his passing, Kellogg grew rounder and arrogant. Leeching off his parents and indulging in bad habits.
His breathing became very heavy when he finally reached the venue.
"I guess I'm first." he said as there were no one around. He quickly made his way to the entrance and took out his phone to show his pass. But there was no one there. An elderly security guard was walking by saw him.
"Son!" he called out "What are you doing here?"
"I-I c-came for the convention." he stuttered a reply.
"Didn't you hear? It got cancelled an hour ago."
His reply had shook him to the core.
'NO' he screamed in his mind. He refused to accept this. 'It's a lie he's just trying to trick me into leaving since I came first.'
{Due to certain circumstances Luna will not be attending any conventions today}
The notification pushed a stake through his heart. Kellogg now emotionally shattered ran to the exit. He felt hate towards everyone in the world. His mother, father even his dead brother. He hated all of them because they are the reason he suffered this much. These dark thoughts clouded his mind as he made his way to the station.
Never did he expect what was going to happen.
***
