1 day I die

it's a normal day in Texas and a young lad of 17 is walking home with some groceries he bought with the money he earned from his job at the pool store he worked part time at.

He decides to take a short cut through a nearby alleyway to get home quicker and surprisingly nothing goes wrong and he is a block away from home but that's when everything went pear shaped...

"ooh I can't wait to surprise mum for her birthday this cake cost me a decent amount and it took me a while to save up" I say as I walk back home, I spot a homeless man with a scraggly white beard stop in front of him "Greetings sir I have a gift for you" I say as I reach into my backpack and pull out a tupperware of 3 pork chops I've been saving for later "here have it il come back for the tupperware tomorrow but you can have the contents" the man's eyes widen as he looks at the meat then back at me before saying "bless you young one you truly are a saint the heavens smile upon your actions"

I chuckle softly towards the religious homeless man before saying "oh it's nothing don't worry I'm just happy to make others feel better it gives me a joy and warm resonance throughout my body when I do so, naturally I'd do it when I can, anyways...I must go so have a good day sir." I walk away not noticing I'm being tailed by a totally suspicious man wearing a mask and a trenchcoat as I look at my watch and my eyes widen "holy shit it's late mum's going to be nervous that I'm not home and I can't disappoint her now!"

I rush home and enter the house while the man canvases the area around my home trying to be as natural as possible. I walk towards the counter and set up the cake and light the candles I received with the cake and call out "mom I'm home!" which causes a loud thud to sound from upstairs before a middle aged woman with hair a mix of silver and hazel stumbles down "son where were you? you are late" I notice her eyes seem puffy and bloodshot "happy birthday mom I got you a cake and a gift!" I step out from in front of the cake and an ornate box. the moment her eyes fall onto the box she starts crying and hugs me tightly before saying "son.... you didn't have to... why did you get me this?" to which I reply "nonsense why wouldn't I give the woman who took care of me all my life and was there to cheer me up when I fell into depression from the betrayals those two gals I dated. if anything I should have gotten you more but enough talk open the gift I'm sure you will love it" I say as I wrench myself from her grip and put the box in her hands.

she hesitantly opens it and her heart skips multiple beats, inside was a jade ring with gold accents and an emerald in the center of it "father and I planned to pool funds to give you this as a gift before the accident and after a few years I finally fulfilled his last wish" I say simmering from a somber yet joyous nostalgia at the memory of his smiling mustached face looking down at me with a thumb up. "I'm proud to do this for you anything just to make you happy" the two of us embrace before we head upstairs to sleep.

the next day as I'm heading out to go to work the same man runs up behind me and stabs me in the back with a machete causing me to collapse in pain in front of the homeless man's corner as he looks down at me with pitty and the screams of bystanders fade around me as the world slowly blacks out..

I wandered the cold dark void for what seemed like an eternity as I pondered my death... then suddenly light began to fill the void around me as I'm sat in front of the same 'homeless man' I died next to but instead of shabby clothes he is clad in a wide brimmed sombrero, tratge d'hereu, and two well polished white boots. I look at the man with my jaw practically on the cloud floors I'm suddenly stood at "you-you are..." before I shake my head to compose myself "sorry...I assume you are god am I correct?" to which he laughs heartily and nods "you are okay child no harm done besides... you are the most interesting soul I've ever dealt with" it is taking all my nerves to not freak out as he frowns and says to me "now I have good news and bad news... bad news is that I can't bring you back to your old world but the good news is that you can be brought back in another world with a system" he chuckles a bit "I always loved those stories you would read so might as well give you one.. what do you want it to be made for?" you pause for a moment to think of an answer before saying "I've always had a soft spot for guns despite being a peaceful guy who doesn't like to resort to violence unless provoked so maybe I can be a gun shop owner?" he chuckles looks at me with a warm smile "a gun shop system eh? that's the most original request I've ever heard so far, ok now for the fun part... what kind of world do you want to sell guns on?"

"il choose a fantasy world because that seems like an interesting place to have guns suddenly appear at" god nods and raises his hands as holy magic surrounds me and I pass out again....

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cliffhanger uwu~ don't worry I won't drop this story like the last one I promise.

ps... come up with a name for the mc in the comments I want this to be the reader's decision before I make another chapter