Unlucky (1)

What would you do if you're suddenly thrown into a situation that you don't want but have no choice but to respond to?

A what if scenario.

Let's say that you're suddenly force to confess to your crush for various reasons.

How would you react if you're in that scenario and how will you confess? After thinking for some time You'll probably say something like "I like you please go out with me" while closing your eyes and clenching your fist just hoping for your crush to respond positively to your typical confession.

If you're a cool guy you'll probably just say "I like you want to go out with me?"

Well that's the confession that I imagine a cool guy would say If they were to ever confess their love, it's probably wrong since I don't even know what a "cool guy" is.

Enough of that, the point is that when ask with a what if scenario a person will think of different approach to different scenarios, what will you do if your crush ask you for a date in your dreams etc .

A lot of us probably ask ourselves like that in our mind, we're probably doing it everyday as well, like "what do I say if my conversation partner says that or this, how I'm I going to respond?", "How is he/she going to respond if I tell him this piece of information" Or "what if something bad happens to father?he hasn't come back for hours, Does it really take a long time to buy milk?" something along those lines.

But when a what if scenario suddenly happens, what will you do? Sounds like a what if scenario as well but I'm currently in it right now, it's not even a fun one like confessing to someone but an absurd one as well.

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When I open my eyes I was in the sky, looking around for a bit all I can see is clouds that are bigger than me but aren't passing through me as if there was something preventing it making it go the other way.

The floor that I'm on is just a clear reflection of me and the clouds around as if it was a mirror.

"what is happening" talking out loud I put my hand on my chin and think.

If I'm really in the sky then me not falling and having difficulty breathing is already impossible

Furthermore if I'm at the floor of some kind of tall building then it shouldn't be this big and wide as this floor probably extends as far as my eye can see.

"This is impossible right? Yeah this is impossible, probably a dream of some kind" I convinced myself and then quickly pinched my chick as hard as possible much to my dismay however I could feel pain.

"This is impossible"

But since it's technically happening right now means that it's possible.

"Haa" I sighed and then closed my eyes

Just how did I get here? Did I die or something? Am I in heaven now? Countless questions rose in my head and sadness quickly overwhelmed me.

Ahh am I really dead? I Still haven't finished school yet and still haven't helped my mother and father with their financial situation, and I still have to attend my sister's school event too, My birthday is also coming up, I still haven't read the novel that my friends zealously spoil and recommended just so I can get into their culture, just why did I have to die today of all days? My death should at least not be close to my birthday so that at least they won't experience much more pain thinking that my birthday is coming up and just dying without experiencing it.

Just imagining my families and friends expressions and reactions if I really died pains my heart.

I thought of this while I tried to recall my memories and the events that led me here.

Right, apart from the test that we had taken. It was quite a normal day when I was called out by my friends before I head home from school.

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The sun was setting, watching the sun disappear was a youth with a smile on his face while his right hand is holding a pieces of paper put together on the side of the road

Ahead of him was the pedestrian crossing and not so far from it a traffic light can be seen displaying a red color.

The youth happily hummed as he took a look at the papers in his hands written on it was a number 86/100, He then hummed again as cars and the smell of smoke coming out of them quickly passed by in front of the youth.

"Aiden!!"

"Oiii Aiden!Are you already heading home?!"

"How did you do in your exam Aidenn!"

As the familiar voice entered his ears the youth quickly turned around to find the source of the voices that called him.

It was his 4 friends coming out of the school gate not so far from him.

"Yeah! Are you guys also heading homee?! I did well in the exam!" He shouted as they were a bit far away for his voice to reach.

"Ehh didn't you tell us that you didn't study?!" One of his friends said with a betrayed look on his face.

"No!! We're heading to a store! Your birthday is coming up so is there anything you want as a gift?!"

"Hah Idiots" He sighed as he massaged his temples with his free left hand

Though despite saying that he still has a smile on his face.

"Get whatever you want and just surprise me with it!" He shouted back.

"Haha if you say so!! Don't be angry if you get one that you don't like, ok!"

"By the way, the novel that we recommend makes sure to read it okayy! You'll have a great time if you read it!"

"Yeah I'll read it once I get back home! See you after the break!" He replied and wave back, he then proceeded to walk at the pedestrian crossing since The traffic light now displayed a green signal

"Yeahh See you!"

"Be safe!"

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Arriving at his house he hurriedly went inside.

"Mother, I'm home!" He announce while taking of his shoes

"Oh welcome home Aiden, your sister is already sleeping so don't talk too loud, she's attending a school event tomorrow so be sure to sleep early today too so you can accompany her,ok?"

"Yes mother" he replied as he puts down his backpack.

While making his way to their living room he heard the sound of water running,and without hesitation he quickly ran into their kitchen.

In it he can see his mother in front of the sink washing the dishes with dark circles under her eyes.

"Haa mother I told you that I can wash it once I get home, You only need to rest comfortably on the bed mother"

"Ehh I quickly get bored if I don't do anything and besides your birthday is coming up so let me at least free you from washing the dishes and other chores for now" her mother replied back

"Mother, so what if my birthday Is coming up? You need to rest so that you won't collapse if we're to celebrate it, now let me take over. You can just lie down on the couch"

saying this his mother reluctantly left the sink and made her way to the couch while Aiden prepared to take over.

Before she could sit she suddenly spun around in his direction as if remembering something.

"Oh yeah, how was your exam today? Did it go well?" Hearing this aiden excitedly brought up the paper in his hands

"I scored an average of 86/100, mother!" He proudly presented his scores

"Heh as expected of my son" his mother said, her voice containing pride and happiness.

"I'll probably be able get a test for a scholarship at this rate" he added

His mother lowered her head as she heard his words

"I'm sorry Aiden, if only me And your father's financial situation isn't bad, then you can enjoy your youth more instead of only focusing on your studies" She said with a hint of sadness in her voice

Hearing this, Aiden hastily replied "mother, it's not your or father's fault, and besides I enjoy studying mother, so please don't worry about me" he reassured his mother.

Suddenly the sound of the door opening reached their ears and a voice which they are familiar with announced his arrival.

"I'm home!" Arriving at the living room was the father of the house.

The youth's father who was in his late thirties still looks quite young if it weren't for the black circles under his eyes just like his wife.

"Quiet dear, your daughter is sleeping" His mother reprimanded.

"Ow sorry" Father scratches his cheeks as he apologizes.

He then turned to the youth that was on the sink preparing to wash the dishes.

"Oh Aiden, your home, how was the exam?" His father ask

Hearing this the youth stopped preparing and took the exam paper that he laid near the sink.

"Oh yeah look at this-

The sound of their voices fill the house as they talked about Aiden's achievement and things that happened at father's workplace

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After eating dinner with his mother and father, and washing the dishes again and doing the other chores, Aiden proceeded to his room.

Arriving at his room he found his sister lying in bed with a blanket covering her while she hugs a teddy bear, he then brought a chair and place it near the bed

Observing his sister's cute peaceful sleeping face, while her chest moves up and down, he smiled.

He then brought his hand at the top of his sister's head stroking it slowly to not wake her up. Through his hand he could feel her sister's silky black hair, just like his except for the silky part.

"My sister's growing up huh, Will I still be able to do this a few years from now on?" he said in a low voice, with a mix of happiness and sadness.

Perhaps sensing him,her sisters head snuggle in his hand.

Seeing this, Aiden smiled more and just stroked her sister's head gently for a few more minutes before slowly removing his hands.

He then recalled something.

"Oh yeah I gotta check the novel that my friends recommended"

He took out his phone and searched for the title of the novel.

"Let's see what's the title again hmm oh it's Brightest swordsman"

typing the the title at the search bar and waiting for it to load he couldn't help but remember the spoilers that his friends told him smiling bitterly while doing so.

"Idiots if your going to recommend me something to read then at least don't spoil it"

As he found the page of the novel his eyes can't help but widen as his gaze lands on the cover and the illustrations below.

Even he who doesn't know much about art could tell that the drawings were good and was drawn with passion and dedication.

He couldn't help but look at the illustrations more and more.

There was however something that specially caught his eye. It was an illustration of a girl. She had a calm gaze on her face as her head was seated on top of her open palm while her other hand was on the table holding the handle of a tea cup.

She has a beautiful face, The most beautiful one if only comparing it to other illustrations in his opinion, She has white skin and Greyish white hair and golden eyes that seems to suck him in.

He couldn't think of anything else while looking at the picture so he just quietly stared at the picture more.

"Is this why my friends like to fantasize about a scenario of being thrown into their favorite novels?I don't know how but I kinda get the reason why"

Just as he was staring at it for almost five minutes

-Beep!

His phone's alarm went off but he quickly stopped it as he didn't want to disturb his sleeping sister.

seeing the time his mothers words earlier was brought to his mind.

"Hmm let's take a look at the tags and then go to sleep"

He scrolled down for a bit before finding the tags at the bottom of his phone's screen

Written on the tags section was:

[Action][Fantasy][Romance]

[Adventure][Academy][NTR]

[Show more]

His eyes paused on one word, it was a word he didn't know, because he focuses only on his studies he is not familiar with things related to novels,the first 5 tags are easy to understand but the last one is not.

"Should I search for its meaning? Oh there still a tag left"

But before he could tap the show more button a white light shot out of the phone completely filling his vision with nothing but white and so he was forced to close his eyes from the blinding light.