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I Can Rewind Ten Seconds At A Time

Time waits for no one. This a phrase that most of us have been hearing since our childhood but who would have guessed that an exception to this rule would also exist? In a world, where humans are fighting a battle of attrition against extraterrestrials, Andrey, a 17-year-old boy with not much to show for himself except his above-average grades gains a supernatural ability related to time. How would he use it? What will he encounter in his long and arduous journey? Stay tuned for the answers.

John_Titor234432 · Fantasy
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34 Chs

Meeting

After removing his essentials from his bag Andrey went to freshen up in the bathroom.

"It's the size of a bedroom…" Andrey muttered as his eyes observed how vast the interior of the bathroom was. His hands went over everything that he felt foreign to him and his bathing session transformed into a playing session.

Half an hour later, Andrey was finally finished with his bathing session.

"Ahh…that felt great," He wiped off the remaining water droplets from his hair with a towel and observed himself on the full-length mirror attached just outside the shower room.

The working out had paid off as his muscles looked more-tight but it was clear that more work needed to be done. Still, Andrey was quite proud of this achievement and flexed his muscles in front of the mirror until he was fully satisfied.

A couple minutes later Andrey walked out of the bathroom fully dressed in his casuals. He wasn't exhausted enough to rest so his eyes went towards the large television screen that was placed right in front of the bed.

There were some movies which he wanted to watch but he had been delaying them because of his hectic schedule earlier, now that he was finally given some free time Andrey wanted to finish as much as he could.

"Let's start with that one," With a movie in mind Andrey laid on the bed and started playing it on the television.

The bed was comfier than he had thought it to be and before even half an hour had passed Andrey had fallen asleep.

A few hours later Andrey was roused from his deep sleep by the knock on his door.

"Coming," Andrey replied after hearing another knock on the door. He made his drowsy-self stand and made his way towards the door.

"Get ready, we'll be going out for dinner," Instructor Zack who was standing on the other side of the door replied.

"Oh…Alright," Andrey said as he went to wash his face and not long after he was waiting in the drawing room for Instructor Zack.

A couple minutes later Instructor Zack arrived. He was wearing a casual blue suit matching it with similar coloured trousers.

"How do I look?" Andrey asked Zack since he felt that compared to him his clothes were a little lacking.

"You look fine for dinner," Zack replied after his eyes had scrutinized Andrey's clothes. He was wearing a checkered shirt and a pair of jeans.

"You sure? Because compared to your outfit mine does seem lacking…" Andrey voiced out.

"Don't mind me. I'm just fond of suits and it's what most people my age dress. Since you're still young you can wear whatever, you want as long as it's not repulsive," Zack explained as the two walked out of the villa.

"Are we going to meet someone?" Andrey asked as he sat in the car.

"We indeed are. I wanted to discuss some things with my colleague and considering that one of your future classmates will also be attending I thought it would be a good idea to invite you as well," Zack said while putting on his seat belts before revving the engine for a couple of seconds.

Andrey could feel the vibrations all over his body which roused his excitement meter by a level. Without further ado, Zack put the car on the gear and they were now headed towards the restaurant where they were supposed to meet Zack's colleague and Andrey's future classmate.

Andrey looked outside the window towards the ceiling and was taken in by surprise, "Are they really stars?"

He couldn't help but ask as dots of white lights were twinkling up above them when they were clearly underground.

"Nope, they're just lights placed in a well-coordinated manner in the ceiling of this place. It usually gets on after six in the evening. It was initially just for decorative purposes but now most of us use it as an indicator for the arrival of night." Zack explained with his eyes still on the front.

"I see," Andrey said as he went back to looking at the twinkling sky and taking in all the new surroundings.

Ten minutes later they had arrived at their destination.

Andrey looked towards the restaurant as he got out of the car. The outside of the restaurant was well-decorated with several spots to sit outside and enjoy a wonderful time with friends and family. The warm lighting had a calming effect on one's nerves.

The two soon made their way towards the air-conditioned part of the restaurant. As the cold breeze of air kissed his face Andrey looked towards his surroundings.

 It had been a long time since he had come to a restaurant because neither he nor his father were very outdoor individuals. He admired the paintings on the wall and the orange lamps hanging from the ceiling of the place as Zack talked with the receptionist.

"Let's go," Zack's voice sounded out and Andrey reverted his gaze from the items around him and followed after him.

It was still early since the restaurant was not fully packed yet. The two of them were guided towards the said table by a waiter who soon left after pointing it to them. On the table, two people were sitting.

One was a gorgeous-looking woman with long black hair. Her hairs were styled in a curve cut which gave full justice to her beautiful face. The other was a woman with white hair. Her face was not visible to them since her back was facing them.

"Alice," Zack voiced out and the black-haired woman's attention was immediately drawn towards him as a smile immediately formed on her face.

"You're finally here," she stood up from her seat and shook hands with Zack.

 Now that he was standing close to this woman Andrey's jaws slackened and his eyes couldn't help but be widened. Her beauty was truly breathtaking. Each part of her face looked as if it was sculpted to fit the very definition of the word exquisite.

The lady was obviously used to being stared at by everyone like this so she didn't take such proactive actions from Andrey to heart and instead looked towards him with a smile and said, "You must be Andrey, right?"

"A-ah yes, Nice to meet you," Andrey replied as he wished her.

"Nice to meet you too Andrey, let me introduce someone to you," Alice said as eyes moved towards her right.

"This is Jasmine, She's the same as you. Say hi to him Jasmine," Alice said while gesturing to Jasmine to greet Andrey back.