Time

It is a shiny summer day. Atsuo is lying on his bed and watching a fan hanging on the ceiling. The ceiling is barren and looks like a desert. His room also gives the same impression because there is a cactus plant in his room window with a little white color flower. A thick layer of dust on the books and unironed clothes lying on the floor with other items.

When children disobey their parents' orders. They punish them by any means necessary. Today the sun is behaving like a frustrated parent and showering its angerness on earth in the form of sweltering heat.

Due to the sweltering heat outside, the room inside is also burning and gives the same feeling of a desert. According to Wikipedia….

“A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.”

He is half asleep; Last night he couldn't sleep properly. He doesn’t know whether it was due to heat or his thoughts. Even now he having the same thoughts. The thoughts hurt him a lot and He feels pain in his chest whenever he thinks about them. But the same thoughts come again and again and he asks the same questions again and again....

“I need something! I don't know what I'm looking for, any food, memory or person? Every day when I went to sleep I felt empty. I need something but I am not able to figure out how and from where I can get the thing that my heart requires to fill the emptiness.”

Due to laying in bed for the long time, he feels like someone is roasting him in the sand. He tries through his legs and arms many times, but the sand got hotter than before. Over time, his body changes color, becoming dark and darker, just as his heart burns daily for something he seeks.

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He is waiting for someone, who can help him and bring him out from the sand pot. He is screaming one thing again and again...

“Somebody, please help me. I am here!”

After some time he back in reality. Today is the last day of summer vacation and school starts next Monday. He got up from the bed and made his way to the window.

He is at home waiting for dusk as the sun is scorching outside the window. Even though heat is on the top he can see some amount of wind dancing over the leaf of the trees, birds are taking shelter from trees and playing from one tree to another and some of them are drinking water and playing in water feeders but still, his heart is full of sadness and finding something that can cheer him up!

Day after day, evening after evening, and night after night passing and he is burning himself. he knows one day he will turns down in the ashes. But don’t know when that day will come. In the end, depressingly asks himself..

“Is anyone in the world exist who can help me?

If I think back to my childhood, there was a time when I never had this kind of emotion. The entire summer was spent playing with friends, eating ice cream and watermelon, and watching fireworks in the town. I can't remember the names or faces of the friends I used to play with. The only thing I can recall is having a joyful heart.

If I ever felt lonely and empty as a child, I don't recall it.”

After waiting for some time, he got impatient and started grumbling and finally screaming in anger…

“Why is the evening taking so long today?”

he has to wait a little longer for the evening. After some time, Atsuo decided to watch anime until the evening. By the way, Atsuo loves watching anime shows, the reason is anime girls, Atsuo thinks anime girls are cute and caring. Don't think he's a pervert!

He grabs some snacks from the fridge and goes back to his room to watch the anime until evening.