/POP Sana/
While on the way to his home, he was in deep thought. The sun started sinking into the deep beyond of the world, like it was showing a bad omen that darkness would come into his life and completely swallow him. But for Sana, darkness was his favorite thing. Like he would become stronger in the night, after all he was a creature that belonged to the night. He started to miss his old times while lying on the bed reading novels, watching YouTube, learning languages by immersion, commenting on Reddit,.. He would definitely continue to do his favorite things when he came back to his new home. With a determined face he continued on his way, these scenes of Japan made him remember some bad old memories when a young girl had been bullied every day. She just kept going on her way, even though her clothes were ragged and smelly. Every day, every time, she just walked on the same road because the road didn't have anyone notice her case. But she never gave up, never let the torments of people make her give up on her life. The way he was going right now had very few people. He couldn't even see anyone while there were a lot of high-voltage pylons. The sky started becoming dark like the bad mood of the girl.
[ I can't believe I'm still walking on the same type of road as that girl, I really wanted to feel going home alone like this. In Vietnam everywhere is just full of people, but in this place it's so peaceful, no stress to think about what people think about me. I'm so lucky somehow right? I miss that novel, Ino Lifo yes he is the author who wrote it, in that hard time I really wanted to give up on my life but his short story had motivated me to learn Japanese and continue living. Maybe this is the chance I had been given by the God of this world? I never believed I would have an afterlife like this but how did I come to this world like the same world I'm living in my previous life?.. ]
His face frowned while looking into the distance. His hands gripped his backpack straps tightly.
[ I was just a lazy guy in my past life... tomorrow I'll find a job and learn more skills for my future... What is the right job for me? Maybe something related to coffee, or something else... My future? I'm still not sure. But why do I need to worry about it, earning money is enough, that's the good thing. Who cares about fantasy jobs?.. ]
He looked at the train tracks. It seemed more spacious than Vietnam. In Vietnam the train tracks were very near residential areas, and there were some people wearing light blue clothes to maintain them. But in this place it looked like it had its own area. More dangerous than usual.
[ I never went to a train station before, maybe I'll try it to feel like a Japanese guy, I had seen it many times in Da Nang, but it's safer than this ]
He talked to himself with a happy face. "Maybe I can become a good digital artist if I try. I want to draw beautiful things in this life, but I don't like the idea of selling my creativity just to chase money."
Sana shook his head. "No, every job is great, making money to live is enough. I know I play a game when I already know this is an unfair game. I became a loser before I had even been born into this world. But people still keep living, there's no such fantasy like young people like me keep fantasizing about. To live a normal life and do the normal things I like is the best option now. Why do I need to care what people think about me, I can go back to Vietnam in just half a day, I can easily be... Now I..."
Sana still wasn't sure about Vietnam, there were too many bad memories from his childhood. He was still confused about it and then his eyes caught Alice walking on the road with her head lowered, not looking where she was going. His heart froze for a moment, he shook his head with a smirk. "There's no way I can be like a main character in an isekai novel. Luckily I know Japanese so I don't have any problems living in this life."
But Sana's face became dark. His heart beat very fast, his whole body trembled with fear. Alice didn't notice she was on the train tracks, even with the loud warning sound alerting her about it. She was still lost in her thoughts. The train was coming very fast. If she didn't do anything, she would die.
[ Dammit… this stupid girl. ]
Sana didn't have time to think, he hurried and pushed her away. Alice was shocked by his action, but then a bad feeling came over him. The train nearly crashed into him instead. His body was flung into the distance like a toy. He lost consciousness from the pain. His body hit the ground hard. He couldn't hear anything, only warmth and cold crossing through his entire body at the same time. His eyes couldn't see anything, only a red world. His mind couldn't think about anything else..
...
Alice is just a normal girl, but for some reason her childhood friend keeps chasing after her love. Her childhood friend makes her suffer so much, because of the way he acts so creepy and possessive in some way. She chose to believe in her instincts about it. She knows her hero will come to save her someday, she just keeps waiting for him to come right? Everything since the first time she was born into this world felt like a curse. Why can't she live like another girl? Why is her life just like a true nightmare? No light, no hope, just darkness always waiting to end her life. She had been so lonely for such a long time in her childhood. Even with that, she never fell into her fake childhood friend's trap. Alice was still lost in her deep thoughts... but these days for some reason she could feel her hero had been coming somehow, yes he will come soon right?
Suddenly, a boy from her school rushed in and pushed her away. She was shocked by his action… but after that, the nightmare happened. She was terrified and didn't know what to do next. Her body trembled with fear. For the first time in her life, she saw so much blood like that.
She slowly moved toward the boy who had risked his life for her.
He breathed heavily, she couldn't see his face clearly. In a scared voice, "Are you okay?"
She tried to move his body with her trembling hands, they had been stained with his blood. "..."
She froze, her mind unable to understand what was going on...
And then more people noticed it.
After talking to the police, Alice met his mother and sister, but they didn't look very sad.
Alice bowed her head "..." to show her apology for what had happened to Sana. She was extremely scared about Sana's condition.
On the other hand, Xejo spoke in an emotionless voice. "No, it's nothing to worry about. This is his own choice."
Alice was shocked by the way his mother treated him. Her life had been saved by him, should she just leave and pretend like nothing really happened? But this was the first time someone had been so kind to her like that. If she were a beautiful girl she would be careful about this. But in her case now, that boy had just saved her by his own will...
The doctor came and said, "He broke some bones, but luckily his head was not affected."
Alice froze, she couldn't believe what she just heard. She looked scared while thinking about how to repay what he had done for her. Broken bones might affect his life after this. But the good thing was he was still alive. So no need to care about him right? If he had never saved her, she could have been freed from this life...
Alice quickly went to Sana's hospital bed and checked on him with her heavy heart along the way. When she saw his condition, she was shocked and cried.
"I'm sorry… sorry…"
She collapsed near his bed, not daring to look at his face. For the first time she felt guilty in this way. She really wanted to escape from her guilt, like if she just pretended nothing had happened to her, maybe her life would be better if this event had never happened. Maybe at that time she should have died...
Her eyes became dark while she stood up, trying hard to force herself to look at Sana's injured face. She had been hurting for so long. So this time she would change her life forever. She didn't want to become a heartless person who would leave this sin to her hero like this.
" I ruined his life... even his future, he can't even go to study in this case,.. hu hu hu "
...
Sana had woken up, but he refused to open his eyes again. He could feel his body hurting while the soft feeling of the bed touched his back as he lay there.
[ My mind is getting dark… Did I die again? But I never died before. It's just a sweet dream right? Maybe I can wake up and meet my annoying mother again right? I wish I never came to Japan. After all Vietnam is still the best for me. I miss the times when I walked around and old people talked about their powerlessness with the government, how the citizens had been suffering so much, but they still accepted it and continued living a normal life. I can feel my body hurting badly, but the fact I came to this new world hurts even more. I don't want to open my eyes again, I'm so scared to continue living in that world again. I want to go back to my old place, even if it can't really be called my home in some way. But why is my life always like shit, I hate this life forever... ]
But he could feel someone near him. For some reason, something inside his soul forced him to open his eyes, and then when Sana opened them, he saw Alice sitting on a chair near his bed, but she had fallen asleep.
He couldn't move his body. A sad expression appeared on his face.
[ Why am I so unlucky… even when I try to change my life. Is she the Alice I know, or maybe my fate had been born to be with her in some way? ]