It's a usual weekend night for me and my friends at an internet cafe just a few steps outside my house. Since it's a Saturday night, it only means one thing! All-nighter gaming! For five days, we are just regular students trying hard to at least get a passing grade in school, but once it becomes Saturday, we schoolboys become nocturnal monsters that doesn't believe in sleep. Tonight, I, Vincent, also known as the one-who-never-talks-back-to-his-mother-because-he-is-afraid-of-his-mother's-death-slap, becomes xNivzx, the trashtalker and nightmare of noobs.
What we are currently playing is Attack of the Ancients or AotA for short. A game wherein two teams composed of five players per team engage in a battle to destroy each other's monuments. If your monument gets destroyed first, then you lose.
Without any form of exaggerations, this game is the only reason why I try my best at school since I'd be forbidden to play it anymore if I receive even one failing grade. I, Vincent dela Cruz, do solemnly swear that AotA is my religion. Together with my four other friends who also pledged their faith to AotA, we spend the whole night trashing up noobs and scrubs and tell them who are their bosses.
As I was shouting some commands to my friends, I suddenly felt a slight aching in my chest halfway during a match. I never had history of heart problems and even though I look like someone who will die if a strong gust of wind hits me, I rarely get sick. I kept playing and after finishing the match, I went to the bathroom. A sharp pain suddenly hits me. It was so painful and I got nervous because I never experienced this kind of pain before.
The failed confession to my crush during elementary can be considered an ant's bite compared to this. I'm literally dying to see her one last time. Before I knew it, I collapsed in a smelly bathroom full of piss from strangers that don't know how to flush.
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When I woke up, I was already staring at a white ceiling. I guess I was saved. I looked around and still it was white. Everything is white. Is this heaven? How did I even reach heaven when my soul is already corrupted to the extreme? I guess I really died huh?
I just hope that my mom ain't beating my dead body right now. I was never a good son to her yet she did her best as a single mom for me. When I remember all the stupid things I had done till now, tears started to roll on my cheeks.
"I'm sorry mom.."
Tears and snot got mixed and I just cried and cried till I got tired of it. If my friends saw me like this, I'm sure they'll laugh at me because I'm literally the forever alone meme right now. After a few more minutes of sobbing, I cleaned my face and started to explore the place. That was a weird unexpected rhyme.
This place really is all white. I kept walking yet it's still all white. I tried calling out for God or someone else but only my voice kept replying to me. If I say 'I love you' I'm sure it will it reply 'I love you but only as a friend'.
Somehow, painful memories of my childhood crush resurfaced.
"I love you!"
I tried doing it anyway but the result was still echo. At least what was expected didn't happen.
[-mon...you]
Huh? I suddenly hear a sound. It was as soft as a whisper but still it's something! I finally hear something else besides my stupid voice. Suddenly, my whole body is floating in the air. Light surrounded me as I frantically find my balance. I looked at my hands and it was slowly disintegrating. I screamed and shout and let it all out but then everything went black.