“Hoi! Bun are you coming?!” Rez shouted at me.
I got up from the bench and ran to Rez.
“Sorry I was just in my thoughts”
“It's okay. You will probably be wondering about my move?”
“Yes. I will miss you”
“I will miss you too”
Rez stopped and hugged me. I started to cry.
“Please don't go. I don't want to lose you”
“I would do anything to stay but it is not possible. Im sorry”
We held on to each other for a while. I wouldn’t have wanted to let go but the air started to cool. We had to go home. Neither of us said anything. It was a really sad moment. I should have said something but for some reason I couldn’t say anything. Then I realized it was too late. We were at a crossroads. This would be the moment when we should have said goodbye. But neither said anything. Rez just turned aroundand smiled. We both waved our hands. I started crying again.
On the way home, I tried to get myself to stop crying but it was pointless. I didn’t get my thoughts out of all this. I started to feel dizzy. I took the snow off the ground and threw it in my face. It helped a little. I was just continuing my way home and then I noticed some black figure in front of me. It had no eyes or mouth. It seemed a bit likea ghost. But I knew it wasn’t a ghost. It felt too real. It didn’t take long for the black figure to go the other way. What was that? I'm going crazy. The good thing was that my home was no longer far away.
When I got home then of course there was no one there. My parents were always gone. My father was partying with his co-workers and my mother is still at work. This was just normal for me. I went to the kitchen and took some beer from there. It was my father but I wasn’t interested in it. I just hoped it would make me feel even a little better. I went to my room. There was quite a mess. I opened the beer and started drinking. The beer tasted awful. I went to lie on the bed. I didn’t even know what to expect from the future. I guess it doesn't matter. Nothing matters anymore. I closed my eyes. I just saw Rez smiling in front of me. When I opened my eyes I heard the man's voice "I finally found you”
I got up from the bed and looked around. Who said that? I went out of the room. Would my parents have already been home? I walked through every room and nobody was home. So I imagined everything. I'm going crazy. I need fresh air. I opened the front door and took a deep breath.
“What is this?” I said confused.
There was only a road ahead of me. All the houses, trees and even the sky were gone. There was just black around me. I took a few steps forward until I felt someone behind me. I turned around. It was Rez. He had the same smile I saw him the last time. But something was wrong. He was not breathing. His gaze just followed my every move. I was scared so I kept walking. What is going on here? I looked behind at me again. Rez hadn't moved at all. Even though we already had quite a lot of distance he still just stared at me. I was just continuing to walk until I noticed Rez started running towards me. I stardet to run away as fast as I could. Rez approached really quickly. Then the road ended. There was nothing in front of me. This road took me nowhere. Rez just came closer and closer. I closed my eyes and hoped that everything would return to normal again.
“Hello mom”
“Did you steal your father's beer from the fridge?”
“Yes, you know Rez is moving away so...”
“Is that why you stole it?”
“I'm sorry”
“Don't apologize to me. Apologize to your father when he comes home”
“Of course”
“Good. Sit down the food is ready”
As I sat down my mother put a dinner plate in front of me. The food was chicken nuggets. I put chicken nugget in my mouth. It was really good. Then suddenly from the living room Televiso opened by itself. I went to the living room to see if the TV was broken. There was only a big number four on the TV screen. I pressed all the buttons on the remote control but nothing happened. What does that number four means? Then I heard my mother screaming in the kitchen. I ran to the kitchen.
“What's wrong?!”
My mother turned to me. She had slit her stomach open with a knife. All the organs flowed to the floor. I started shaking. Why he did that? I ran to her. She hugged me.
“I love you” My mother said.
She closed her eyes and died. I held her as hard as I could. Why is this happening to me? I closed my eyes and started crying.
I opened my eyes and i was in my own room again. Was it a dream again? I got up from the bed and slapped myself. I think that I am now a fully woken up. Then I noticed what time it was. Oh no. I'm late for school. I took my school backpack and ran out.
There were three good friends waiting for me outside. Their names are Jo, Kuro and Ohad. I went to them.
“We are in a hurry. What took you so long?” Ohad said.
“Sorry. I slept too long” I answered.
We went for a walk towards school.
“How are you and Rez?” Kuro asked.
“He's moving out pretty soon.” I answered.
“Oh. I'm sorry, I did not know”
“It's okay”
“We will help you in every way if you just need help” Jo said.
“Thank you” I answered and smiled.
It didn’t take long for us to get to school. The school bells rang as soon as we got to the yard. We ran to class. Jo and Kuro were not in the same class as me. They were a year higher.
The lesson took a really long time. I almost fell asleep. I looked out the window and saw in the yard some young man in a black suit staring at me. Who's that? I asked theteacher for permission to go to the bathroom. When I left the class I ran out quickly. When I got out that man was gone. Is there a stalker after me? I was just going back in until the teacher fell from above. He fell head first and was about two feet away from me. I looked up and noticed that all the school windows were open. What is this? Then all the students and teachers started jumping out the windows. More and more bodies came in front of me. I vomited and fainted.
I opened my eyes and i was in my room again. This was starting to get old. I got up from the bed and went in front of the mirror. I noticed that there was number four in my right eye. So this is still a dream. I don’t know if I ever want to leave this room again.
“Food is ready!” My mother shouted from the kitchen.
“I'll be right there!” I shouted back at her.
Here we go again. What will happen this time. I opened the room door. Suddenly I found myself walking on clouds. There was only white around me. Well this is new.
What is this place? I looked around until I noticed that a huge door had appeared in front of me. I pushed the door open. Behind the door was a man of enormous size. He was sitting on some kind of throne. Next to him stood the same man I saw from the school window. There were three women on his other side. The big man started talking to me.
“Welcome. My name is Jizo. I am a god”
“You’ve been wondering why something horrible happens all the time and then you just wake up. The truth is, you don’t really wake up to anything. You just move into a new world. To the world you create yourself. You will surely remember the moment you walked out and wondered why it is so black everywhere? It was your failed creation. You failed to create the world because your feelings were mixed up. That boy Rez. You think he is your childhood friend. But the truth is, he doesn’t even exist. None of the people you saw exist. You created them all. All this time you have just created the world over and over again.”
The big door closed behind me.

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