Prologue (Part-2)
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I slowly opened my eyes to see the person at the door. Seeing his body structure, one can tell that he was a middle-aged person.
I guess he also lives in this apartment. Well, the apartment is too big and I don't know every person living here.
He was wearing formal attire, maybe coming from an office party or something.
Our eyes met and he slowly started coming towards me.
"Good evening Sir."
I greeted him. He looked pale and sad.If I say it bluntly, he was a fat man wearing a pair of glasses. He was like an extra character that we see in manga and animes. Also, they usually are a piece of s**t, if not, some dark aura always surrounds them and brings shitty luck to everyone around them.
"..."
He didn't greet me back.As he was coming closer, I was able to get a sniff of the light smell of alcohol which soon became heavy as he stood beside me looking in the sky.
"Are you ok, uncle?"
I thought of asking if something was bothering him. Well, I won't care even if something was bothering him because that's none of my business.I was doing this for the sake of formality because there was a possibility of him meeting my parents so I didn't want to ruin it by acting carelessly.Now that I had said everything, it's time to go back because this fat uncle made all the atmosphere awkward.
"Will you stand beside me for a minute, young kid?"
As I started moving back, he suddenly called out to me.Eh?Why should I?Not that I can say it out loud.I quietly stood beside him looking around the building.Again the atmosphere was awkward. I was moving my eyeballs in every direction to get rid of this crap aura tingling me.Suddenly, the fatty burst into tears.Tch, I just want to go away from here. But I just wasn't strong enough. I feel like a pushover.
"Uncle, please stop crying and tell me what happened?"
He looked at me and started mumbling while crying.
".....none.....f.......ness."
"Um, what did you just say?"
The fatty suddenly glared at me as if trying to threaten me. Then he grinned his teeth and started shouting at me.
"I am saying it's none of your business, you bastard."
Huh?
"Don't poke your nose where it doesn't belong."
The hell is he spouting? Did he lose his mind from excessive drinking?First, he tells me to stand with him, and now when I did something a normal person would do, he is f*****g shouting at me.My mind was already quite disturbed and now this fatty just made it worse.
The fatty looked at me.
"I am sorry for shouting at you like this when I was the one who made you stand with me."
Is he having some kind of mood swings or what? I don't what will happen to me if I stayed here anymore. I was done with all this bullshit. I just wanted to go back cause I had taken too much mental damage.
"I'll be going now."
I said so and started walking back.This time, he didn't call me back so I looked back one last time to see what was he trying to do.As I looked back I got shivers in my body as I saw him standing on the fence of a 30-floor building.
"What are you doing? It's dangerous."
I called him out running towards him.
"I guess I am not that strong enough."
He stopped and looked at me.
"Don't worry kid, I don't dare to do something like this."
And I got worried for nothing. He is just wasting more and more of my time.
"I had some problems dealing with, but I think it's not worth jumping from here."
Why are you telling me this?Just step down from the fence first, cause it's uncomfortable.
"Young kid, can you give me a hand cause I don't have a good balance?"
It's obvious that your balance meter is broken when you are carrying such a burden with you all the time.I started moving towards him.I gave him my hand so that he can jump down but...
"Errrghhhhh......Eeeeeegggghhhh."
I wasn't able to move his body at all.What does this fatty eat to become this rock-heavy?
"Wait let me help you."
Fatty said to me while putting all his weight over my hand to fall over my side.
"Yeah. Like this. Exert a little more force kid."
He should analyze the structure of his body before saying those words to someone.He started leaning my side or so was supposed to happen.
"Wait, uncle. Don't put pressure on my hand or we both will fall the other side."
His weight was already an obstacle and now instead of falling to my side, he started picking me up.
"Leave my hand uncle, or I will also fall."
His face started showing signs of anxiety and fear and instead of leaving my hand, he grabbed it more tightly.Fucking fatty.
"Have you lost your mind fatty? Leave my hand already".
The s**t was getting real. My mind went blank due to the fear and I released my hand with my full force.
"No, I don't want to die."
While saying those words, he used all his power to get something to lean on but there was nothing to hold.
"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh, somebody help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Luckily, his coat stuck on one of the steel rods that were being used for the construction of our apartment's name.
"Huff, huff. Looks like I am saved. Where are you, you miscreant?"
I looked at him from the fence. Looks like luck is on his side.
"Blame yourself. You were the one taking me with you when you were about to fall. Don't talk as if you are the victim here."
"Okay, I understand. Now just get me out from here."
"Wait let me call someone to help you."
"No don't go. What if I fall before you come back?"
Selfish bastard. Although, he has a point. But how will I save him? Now he is stuck in a more dangerous place than before.I have an idea.
"Hey, uncle. Now that you have something to hold on to, try to get up a little."
"But I don't have the energy to do it."
"Damn it. If you want to be saved, then do what I say or just stay there and die."
"Okay okay. I am trying."
Now it's my turn. I bent on the fence and crossed my legs between the poles of the fence. This way I won't fall, no matter how heavy he is. I lent my hand to him.
"Won't you fall again, kid?"
"Don't talk and just grab it."
He grabbed my hand and this time I was not the one getting pulled. He is slowly starting to come up.
"Great idea, kid."
Yup, he is almost there.Crack...crraaccckk."...""..."Damn it. Looks like the rod was not there due to the construction but it was bulging out because this whole fence is a cheap farce. Damn building, damn fatty, damn luck, damn everything.
While hoping for a miracle, that was not going to happen, we both started falling from the rooftop, and I fainted thinking about how right manga and animes can be.
To be continued...
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