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In a bright corner of a dark room, illuminated by a bright screen, there sat Julius, a chronic procrastinator, racing against time to hand in his overdue assignments in on time.

Clicks and clacks resounding from his keyboard, yet the goal seemed too far and the time, so close. In an act of Desperation, Julius stopped and opened a new tab where he typed in a famous site where you get answers from an AI.

One might say that what he was about to do was academic dishonesty, but he didn't care. At this point, this singular assignment was all he needed to pass the class, and seeing as how he wouldn't be able to finish the assignment by himself anyway, he employed the help of someone/ something that could do it for him.

As the last minute of the last hour was going by, Julius finally hands in the assignment with an anxious click of a mouse.

*sigh*

With an exhausted sigh, he shut his laptop down and retired to bed. He shut his eyes and waited for the night to pass...But, to his dismay, loud and passionate moaning kept his sleep at bay.

He tried to block out the sound with music but he forgot charge his earphones, so they died not long after. The neighbors upstairs took a pause for a few minutes, which gave him some relief, but as soon as his head hit the pillow again, the noise started again.

Fed up, he decided to go out for a stroll. It was currently past midnight so there wasn't much going on around except a few cars pasing by and a handful of people walking around.

*growl~*

feeling hungry, Julius heads out to the nearest 7/11 as that's the only thing open at this time. In the store, as he was about to go pay for his stuff, he hears some yelling at the count. Curios, he peeks his head to investigate and sees two men fighting over something. He was about to take a recording when suddenly...

*BANG!*

Blood. Lots of blood gushed out of a gaping hole made by a stray bullet in Julius'es right lung. In shock, he clutched his chest, before proceeding to collapse to the ground, squirming and gasping for air.

Sharp pain occurred whenever he tried to breathe, so he tried to breathe slower but that only worsened it as it got harder and harder to breathe. His consciousness was slipping as the time ticked by and he started to feel cold. His hand dropped to the ground due to the weakness as if his body started to weigh more.

Sirens sounded from outside, which gave him hope of surviving his fatal ordeal. He turned his eyes towards the entrance, when suddenly...

"CRASH!"

an ambulance smashed into the store destroying the glass doors and windows and ran him over and sealed his fate.