1 Place to Die

I don't know how far I've been walking. These legs are dying as if when I stopped it will stop forever. My sight are clouded as well. For sometimes it's feels like a dropplets of water has been touching my body. Is it raining today?

I don't know.

Walking, walking, walking, walking. That word keep ringing out inside my head. Did I even have a head, to begin with?

I don't know either. Did I?

I began hallucinating, and my past memories have been flashed inside my head. Is this what they called the dying reminisce?

Even though it's an unpleasant memory, it still popped up out of nowhere.

"Have you eaten yet?"

Those are? My parent's voice?

How bold of you asking that to me in this situation, even though you're just my past.

Of course, the answer is no.

"Is that so?"

"Then here, mom bought a snack for you. You can eat this while waiting....."

Haha,.....

"Be strong boy, you must endure this. We've got your back....."

What is that voice?

Ah, it seems I'm recalling when my parents died in an accident. Cruel indeed, they neglected their son in those worlds alone. Relative? Pfft, they're just talking nonsense. In the beginning, the word of relatives does not have that much weight in my life. They're just a bunch of people that share one of my bloodlines from either my parents, it's nothing special, to begin with.

Ah, it seems my legs have given up. It's shaking so hard and I can't feel it anymore.

*Splash

A sound of water splashing reached my ears. With my remaining energy, I pushed my body and faced the sky.

"Rainy...."

With my dried throat, I unconsciously said that.

My eyes slowly began to close. It's heavy and I'm sleepy, maybe it's time for me to be asleep now. It's okay to sleep now, right? I've been walking and I want my rewards now.

When I want to sleep peacefully, a young girl seems to walk over here and take a look at my face.

'Stop it, it's embarrassing to sleep if someone watched me....'

But, rather than watch. That girl talking to me.

"Are you alive?"

Her voice is so soft, it feels like a lullaby and I began losing my consciousness.

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"Orion~"

In her sleep, she has been calling my name. It seems, she's dreaming of something that included me. Even if I'm curious, I can't peek into her dream like a magician.

"Well, she's a witch though...."

Maybe it's been a week since that day. The day that I've begun to acquire my ultimate goal in this world, but,.... alas, this girl next to me didn't seem to let me achieve it. The moment when I thought that I died and opened my eyes, rather than an angel or demon, the foreign canopy greeted me instead.

She asked a few questions and in that question, she's asking my name, but. I can't recall my name. I know and am aware that this is a world that's different from my world. But, I can't recall my name. The one that my parents bestow me. My memories of this world seem fuzzy as well. How can I come to this world, how far that I walked, and the reason why I keep wandering.

In my confused state, she gave me a new name.

"Orion....."

The name that she gave to me. I don't know the reason why she gave me that name, but after living with her for a week it seems she just gave me a name on a whim.

When I was still deep in thought while staring at her sleeping face. Her body suddenly spoke and she make a moaning voice.

"Hnggh,.....hmm?"

She opened her eyes a little. And I greet her with a smile on my face.

"Good morning, Latina"

Caughtcing off guard, her face becomes red. She's blushing and covering her face with a pillow.

"Aaaaa,...i-if you're awake then wake me up instead of staring like that!"

"Hahaha, I'm sorry. But your sleeping face kinda makes me peaceful,"

"Uggh,..."

Well, this is my daily banter with her when woke up. At first, I'm confused about why she always ended up sleeping with me but as time passed I didn't bother to think anymore. It's lonely, her warmth soothing my heart.

"....is this the side effect of my past,...I wonder...." I'm mumbling.

"Hmm? Did you say something, Orion?"

"No, I'm not,"

"By the way Latina, why I ended sleeping with you again?"

"W-why I wonder,....? Ah! Because we only have one room!"

With a panicked face, she answered my question like that. It smells fishy but I accept her answer as if it's natural.

"Yes, yes, whatever,.....I'm gonna make us breakfast so I'm heading to the kitchen,"

I'm standing up, tidying the bed and my hair then going to the kitchen. When I reached the door and open it, Latina with her nightgown facing me and putting on a soft smile.

"Sure,....make a delicious one,"

Her smile's really fascinating. Even with her bed hair, that smile that she put on her face really suits her.

"Yea, yea, as you wish,"

On the top of the dining table, there's a soup with potatoes inside it. The thought of having a heavy meal at breakfast is indeed passing my mind but, when I calculated how our daily routine I just make a light breakfast instead by making soup with potatoes as the main source of our carbohydrates for this morning. With Latina sitting across my seat the peaceful breakfast began to start.

Latina seems happy, she's chewing her potatoes with a big smile on her face.

"You look happy, did something happen when I'm not noticing?"

Latina paused for a while, with wondering eyes she's answering me, "Maybe you can call it like that,..."

"Is that so? Good for you then,"

It's just a silly chat, even though I know how she's been living this past week but I think this kind of daily routine will be acceptable.

Deep inside my heart, I hope that this day will last forever.