If being out of luck had a face, it definitely had to be mine.

I feel it's once rightly said by Dennis Wholey, "Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you just because you are vegetarian."

Just a year ago, I was at the top in management in a prestigious company and now I am a NEET amateur on my way to complete my first-year in this lifestyle.

I don't know where I went wrong. I was always honest in my work, never committed any fraud . Then why, this happened to me. Just why I was framed for some crime that I didn't even commit?!

Now I'm sick of this. I am sick of being good! I will do anything to get what I want, no matter what I've to do.

I want only one chance. Only one chance and I promise I'll snatch it.

Please save me, God!!

Immediately putting money on the counter, I got out of the grocery market taking the eggs I bought. Nowadays, I feel sick going out of my house. I don't know whether it is because I get a sense of embarrassment going out or is it because I've got accustomed to this lifestyle.

Anyways, I don't want to get accustomed to this way of living .

I really want to get a job as early as I can. If I live another month like this, I would become insane. I really can't seem to wrap my head around how one can live a NEET-lifestyle. How can one stay at home all day?

I am really bad at doing house chores and it's all due to my dear girlfriend Kaori that I was able to survive for the past months.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! God save me! Please!

Taking a deep sigh, I washed the drop of tears which were about to fall off my eyes. After that, I waited for the red light to become green. While I silently observed the road, a black BMW passed swiftly, followed by another BMW, followed by another one. But what caught my eye was the car which was going between these extravagant cars. It was the most beautiful car I've ever seen. With a vintage body, that one would only get seen in grand palaces, it looked like the lotus in mud.

Stolen novel; please report.

Considering my neighborhood is a really expensive place to live, even the current flat I live in costs half of my Kaori's income which is the only source of income for us right now. But even here I don't see such exquisite cars daily. Is this someone important?

Damn, that was such a nice car. I really wish to ride that car with Kaori. This would be so good for a romantic long ride. Although I doubt, Kaori would understand my love for cars. I think she would prefer the new model supercars like Lamborghini Urus, or Sian. But I even wonder about that also.

After the cars went, the traffic light became red and I passed the road alongside others who were waiting with me. My flat was very near from there and it took only three minutes from this grocery store. But even that distance felt too long for me. So, I ran to the pastry shop and went to the little alley next to it.

Maybe I had become accustomed to this life, before realizing it. Oh no- Please save this child of yours, god!

Rarely used, that extremely stingy alley which people avoid is often helpful to me in such cases of hurry. So, I slowly entered it making sure my shoulders don't touch the dirty sidewalls.

"Sorry sir but you can't go home right now. I need you!!"

Before I could realize he was referring to me, and before I could think or even turn, I heard loud stomping sounds as if someone was running wearing those damn office shoes. I don't think they are that comfortable for exercise, though! But suddenly, the sound grew loud and he wrapped my head in an opaque polythene bag, holding it tightly. He was strangling me down! Haunted by the devils of death, or the Shinigami, I moved my arms from everywhere to everywhere. As moments passed, it became difficult to breathe.

I was suffocating.

Is he trying to kill me?

-it seems so.

Why am I being attacked out of nowhere?

My lungs started to ache.

I tried tearing, clenching, and squeezing the polythene but it was too strong and durable.

I tried dragging my hands behind me trying to get his hand off me.

But it didn't work. Before I realized, tears started falling off my eyes.

I was scared. I didn't want to die, at least not like this.

Slowly, my consciousness faded, and I died.

At least that's what I thought that time.

I survived. For better or worse.

I didn't expect that this incident would start a new chapter in my life.

That's why I say, you never know how funny life can turn out, sometimes.