Chapter 2: Awakening
I was sure that May 3 had already passed. A deja vu? What a strange situation I was in.
-Onii-chan, are you all right?
Coming out of my trance by the voice of my little sister, I realized that probably all the previous events were only a great dream, after all that was the only plausible explanation for what was happening, after eating we left and we headed toward school, halfway before separating, I told Chinami.
-Did you know that the human skeleton is made up of at least 206 bones?
-What's that, Onii-chan?
-I just had a dream and thought maybe that information would be useful.
Arriving at school I take my place, I dedicate to observe through the window trying not to think about what happened, however as the day progressed the “déjà vu” became more frequent and things began to become weird, because everything was happening exactly as they had happened in that "dream".
My head was getting more and more confused and filled with thoughts, I just don’t understand what was happening, I really had no idea what was going on, the situation was too bizarre so I took my things and left the classroom, once in the street I decided to sit down In a nearby park and buy some water, after resting trying to forget the matter I went home, just when I was opening the door a cheerful Chinami met me at the entrance.
-Welcome home Onii-chan
Dressed in black pants and a white sweater with red skulls on it, Chinami ran to hug me.
-Let's go Onii-chan leave your things and let's go out
The moment she hugged me, I took her by the shoulders and asked.
-Chinami
-Yes, Onii-chan?
-How was school today?
-Excellent Onii-chan the teacher congratulate me for answering the question of how many bones the human body has
Releasing her I went to my room.
-Onii-chan, what's wrong, are you okay?
-Chinami, I'm going to rest in my room
-So what's going to happen with going to buy a present for Mom?
-I'm sorry Chinami today I don’t feel well
Saying that I lay down under the blankets, I began to question my health because I believed that I was experiencing some kind of nervous collapse, the so-called deja vu occur when a person is under great stress, dehydrated or lacking sleep even though I rarely got worried, I drank enough liquids and doubted that it was due to lack of sleep, even so I decided that the wisest thing was to rest as much as I could.
Trying not to move or think about anything for the rest of the night I went to sleep, however my rest was interrupted by the arrival of my parents
-Mom, Dad Onii-chan is sick he has been in his bed all the time since he arrived from school
-But what's so strange? You know that your brother is pretty lazy
-Your father is right after all that child has the energy of a rock
Although I know that I am not the most active person in the world, at least I would appreciate it if they don’t talk about their son like that, although I don’t really care.
That night was the first time I slept alone in a long time.
With the arrival of the morning a new day came, after checking the date on my phone I could see that was the 4th of May.
Apparently everything was normal, when I noticed the time on my phone I realized that it was too late and the school was about to end, knowing that there was nothing else I could do, I decided to stay still for a second, while watching the sunset, I come to think that all that déjà vu thing was just a bad experience that only happened to me once.
As time passed my eyes began to feel heavy and my conscience began to fade, letting myself be carried away by the stupor I closed my eyes and the world was filled with darkness.
Rriinngg, Rriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinngg!
With the sound of the alarm began another boring day, the same routine.
Rriinngg, Rriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinngg!
The alarm kept ringing but I just did not feel like shutting down.
* Click *
Just then the alarm went off, but it was not me who pushed the button.
-Mmmm, Onii-chan, you could turn off the alarm at least once.
When I opened my eyes the person who said these words was none other than my little sister.
When did Chinami enter my bed? I don’t remember that she had even entered my room, getting up from my bed, I went to the living room, turned on the television and the news showed the date May 3.
Again the same date appeared, I couldn’t understand what was happening, and I just know that I don’t dream it nor was it deja vu.
Chinami and I went to school, into my classroom the events happened exactly as they had done before.
After a while I left school and went back to my room, I started to think about the situation where I was but I had no idea how this could happen, no maybe I had an idea how this was happening I just couldn’t believe it, after all who could believe in something as ridiculous as time travel.
However, there was the proof in front of my eyes, things kept repeating themselves over and over again.
When Chinami arrived, tried to take me to buy a gift for our mother, however I don’t move a bit, I don’t have the energy enough to leave, Chinami was enraged, and I can hear the door whipping.
The rest of the night pass with tranquility, except when Chinami accused me with my parents, sleep takes over me, when I open my eyes I realize that it was too late to go to school.
Chinami is responsible for waking me up and if it was not for her I wouldn’t even go to school, but due to the fact that she was upset this time she don’t wake me, I guess she did it so I get punished, although it's not that I really care.
I stay in my bed for a while longer, when the afternoon comes a great tiredness takes over me and I decide that it the best is to sleep a little more.
Rriinngg, Rriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinngg!
With the sound of the alarm began another boring day, the same routine.
Rriinngg, Rriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinngg!
The alarm kept ringing but I just did not feel like shutting down.
* Click *
Just then the alarm went off, but it was not me who pushed the button.
-Mmmm, Onii-chan, you could turn off the alarm at least once.
When I opened my eyes the person who said these words was none other than my little sister.
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Checking the date on my cell phone I observe that it was May 3, it happened again, that was problematic, this time I don’t even bother going to school after telling Chinami that I wouldn’t go to school I locked myself in my room and I stayed awake, After all it seemed that whenever I slept was when I returned to the past, so I remained awake with the eyes always looking towards the clock, always waiting for the moment when the clock returned in time.
At night I could hear as my parents and my little sister knocked on the door asking me to leave my room, I nonetheless just ignore them I don’t have time for that.
After a while, the knocking on the door stopped and I could continue to watch the clock in peace, at midnight the clock showed 12:00, while the date of my cell phone also changed, and now showed 4 May on that screen.
I tried to keep watching the clock, however, the fatigue was accumulating in my body because I had not slept or eaten all this time, so as the hours advanced I could feel the fatigue gathering inside me, so with the arrival of the afternoon a great tiredness invaded me, and I fell asleep.
Rriinngg, Rriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinngg!
With the sound of the alarm began another boring day, the same routine.
Rriinngg, Rriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinngg!
The alarm kept ringing but I just did not feel like shutting down.
* Click *
Just then the alarm went off, but it was not me who pushed the button.
-Mmmm, Onii-chan, you could turn off the alarm at least once.
When I opened my eyes the person who said these words was none other than my little sister.
I fell asleep by accident, slowly watching the time on my phone, I saw it was May 3, so the time kept coming back, I couldn’t figure out anything so I went back to do the same that last time, I stayed all the time watching The clock, the day changed to May 4, but due to fatigue I fell asleep again in the afternoon, so I don’t understand the reason why time was returning.
Awakening I went to the computer and started looking for information about time travel, however all I found was information from movies and science fiction books, I really don’t find anything useful.
My sister was calling me but I just ignore her, usually if I ignore Chinami in such obvious way she will remain annoyed for weeks, but since probably none of this will be remembered by anyone I can ignore it.
I spent hours looking for relevant information, but couldn’t find anything that would be of any use.
While I was looking for information I did not realize the time, Chinami had arrived a long time ago and as soon as my parents arrived Chinami ran to accuse me that I had not gone to school, although Chinami usually cover me when I do things like that, apparently She was very upset with me.
My father was about to turn off the computer to start scolding me, however when he saw what I was looking for, he told me.
-You're investigating loops or something?
Of course, why I don’t think of that before? That word that best described my situation.
"Loop"
A loop, in programming, is a statement that is made repeatedly to an isolated piece of code, until the assigned condition of that said loop is no longer fulfilled.
Of course, a loop will continue until a certain condition is carried out, perhaps this was not much but it was the most I had, so if this was some kind of loop I just had to find the conditions that originated said loop and change them, and that way I could continue with my normal life.
My father turned off the computer and sent me to my room to sleep, I obeyed and soon I prepared to rest.
The next morning my little sister started shaking me.
-Onii-chan get up it's time to go to school
-Chinami go on your own, Onii-chan is very tired
-But Onii-chan is always tired! Get up at once
Although Chinami kept shaking me I did not move a bit, I really did not feel like getting up.
-Onii-chan get up you cannot skip school two days in a row
-Don't worry about something as insignificant as that Chinami, after all this is the seventh or eighth day in a row that I do not go to school.
Or at least that's how I felt, since I had not even go to school since the loop started.
With tears in Chinami's eyes, she threw my pillow to my face while shouting "Onii-chan became a delinquent!"
When all the commotion end, I go back to sleep, in the afternoon I woke up from my dream, while I stretched checked the time of my watch, I could see that it was a little before the afternoon.
As my parents had said I was someone who don’t have much energy, however I realize that in the afternoon for some reason I feel too tired, so in order to avoid that, tried to rest as much as possible that way I would not sleep, that way maybe I could figure out something else behind this loop.
As time progressed, I kept track of the time shown on my watch, time for some reason seemed slower than usual, so continue for a while, but when the clock struck at 4:07, a wave of fatigue took hold Of my body and my consciousness faded.
Rriinngg, Rriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinngg!
With the sound of the alarm clock, it began another boring day, the same old routine.
Rriinngg, Rriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinngg!
The alarm clock kept ringing but I just did not feel like turning it off.
* Click *
Just then the alarm went off, but it was not me who pressed the button.
-mmmm, Onii-chan, you could not turn off the alarm once for a change
When I opened my eyes the person who said these words was none other than my little sister.
I reluctantly looked at my cell phone and saw the date May 3, maybe coincidence or maybe not but the moment when a great fatigue takes hold of my, I wake up in my bed exactly the same day.
The previous times was also around 4 pm that I fell asleep, so with that I can assume that the loop starts when awake in May 3 and restarted on May 4 at 4 pm.
While gathering all the information in my head my little sister was trying to get me up.
-Onii-chan wake up it's time to go to school
Well at least I had figured out how long the loop lasted, now I just had to figure out how to get out of it, but before that I had to do something more important.
-Chinami let me sleep 5 minutes more