1 Just Humor Me

"What just happened?"

This is the first thing Elan said as he woke up from his bed. He stand up and felt the heaviest headache in his whole existence.

"Elan! Wake up already! It is now 1pm!" said her mother while banging the door so loud that the neighbors from the next street will hear it.

"Yes, yes I'm going down. Geez mom what are you doing? I'm up already."

Elan staggered as he goes to his bathroom. As he arrived, he immediately grabbed the medicine for his headache at the cabinet near the mirror.

"Damn, I'm handsome." Elan said as he looked in the mirror and gulped the water from the faucet.

"Ahh, that's fresh. Wait, why did I drink tap water? Will I die from this?" Elan was confused as to why he drank the water from the faucet.

'Hmmm oh yeah the water in this world is very fresh that even canal water is drinkable.'

"WTF!?"

He then suddenly remembered why he is in this world.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" he shouted and suddenly cried. He reached his hair with his hands like he will rip his head bald.

"What am I gonna do? I want to go back to Earth." he sobbed and crawled into the bathtub, he made his body into a C-shape form like a shrimp.

'At least I am now in my comfort zone *sobs*.'

Suddenly his mother entered his bathroom and saw him being depressed in the bathtub.

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing" he answered.

"Just get up already, you haven't eaten your breakfast and lunch. I know you are hungry now."

'Haaa, mothers knows best.'

"Okay, I'll go now." Elan replied.

"Alright, I have to go because there are many things that I have to do in the company. Just take care of yourself, okay?"

"Yes mom."

His mother left his bedroom as he followed her and went down to the living room. His mother turn around and said, "I'll be back late in the evening or tomorrow if I will be very busy. Just take care of yourself."

"Okay, oh and can you give me some money? I'll go buy something."

His mom immediately wired the money into his bank account and left. Elan went to the dining area, sat down, and gobbled the food prepared on the table.

"This is delicious, what's the name of this dish?" as he picked the food through his fork.

He happily ate his very late brunch alone and remembered the things that transpired and how he came to this world.

- - - - -

Today is Elan's happiest day. Why? Because he will be discharged from the hospital. Together with his whole family at the hallway, they gathered with smiles, her mother even cried because he survived.

"We will have a party today! Thank God my son survived, I'm really happy!" she clasped her hands and left to settle the bills and expenses.

"Bro, what are you gonna do today?" his sister by his side said this to him.

"Hmmm I guess I will have to rest. I really miss my room you know hahahaha."

And just like that the two of them laughed with each other. Such a joyful event that no bad thing will happen later on.

"Oh right, I'll update my Twatter." he take the cellphone from his sister's hand and turned it on, and logged in.

"Wait, can you take me a picture of myself?"

"Okay."

He handed his phone to his sister. While facing the camera to him, he smiled and raised his hand to make a peace sign.

"Say cheese!"

*click*

"Here you go."

"Thanks."

He then typed the following: "I survived bitches! Fuck Covid! Hell yeah!" together with the picture taken earlier.

"What's with the caption? Can you just normally thank God or something?" his sister was amused by the choice of his words.

"Meh, who cares? Nobody will notice that anyways."

No, many people will notice this because there are many people who follows his account. Considering that he is handsome, of course this is just normal.

His mother arrived after paying and the three of them went out. They happily walked together and his mother suddenly said, "Elan! Next time, you should stay at home until there are vaccines of the virus? Understood!?"

"Yes ma. I'll just stay in my room and play games."

"That's good, at least you will be at home. I'll buy you the new PS5 next week so you will enjoy it a lot."

"Thanks a lot ma, I love you."

"Love you too, now we have to wait for a taxi."

Well, the reason he got infected because he always play his BMX outside with his friends even though the pandemic is still going on. As a result, he got it from his friend.

As they stood there in the waiting shed, Elan saw an incoming truck in their way. It is super fast like a cheetah chasing his prey. His eyes widened and jump into his sister and mother.

"Watch out!"

The two of them obviously don't know why Elan dived at them.

*crash*

...

"Huh?"

"What just happened?" his mother asked.

"Well, the truck was..." he looked around and saw the truck crashed at sidewalk.

"Phew." Elan was relieved. He then said, "I jumped at them for nothi..."

*thug*

...

Elan opened his eyes and breathed heavily while lying down in the road. The world paused, he can even see the object that killed him flying in the air while being stucked.

"Did I just die because of a freaking tire?"

He didn't know if he should laugh or cry in the moment. He struggled on how to process this information as it is very quick and fast that he didn't catch up.

"Talk about bad luck huh?"

Surprised, he stood up and looked back and saw an old man who is the source of the voice.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"I am he and he is me." the old man said as his white hair and beard fluttered through even though there is no wind.

"Did you just copy some line in the bible?"

The old man choked and said, "No." while not looking at him. He took a small fan and turned it on.

"Ahh, fresh air."

'What's with this eccentric old man?' Elan thought to himself.

"Do you want to get reborn?" the old man suddenly said.

He became shocked as the old man said the magical words.

'Am I gonna go to the other world like in those novels? AAAAAHHHH'

Well, of course he is excited. That is the dream of some people on earth, including the author *wink*.

But he became sad because he died of some silly reason in front of his mother and sister.

"What about my family? My father died 3 years ago and now I died. I don't know how will my mother feel about this."

When his father died, her mother broke down that she didn't eat enough for 1 whole month. Thankfully she woke up from the horror and convinced herself that she have to live and take care of herself for her children.

"You don't have to worry, I have already erased everything concerning you in this world. At least your mother don't have to suffer at the lost of her son. Cruel as it is for you that she will not remember you or she doesn't have any recollection of having you."

Elan was relieved as he heard what the old man said. He cried because he will miss Earth, his friends, his life, and his family.

After several minutes, he calmed down from crying and asked, "Why did you picked me?"

"Nothing in particular."

"Eh? What do you mean? You should have like requirements or anything, right?"

"Nothing really." the old man replied.

"Alright, then what should I do then? Do I have to save the world from the demon king? Or is the world dying that I have to do something about it?" and that he talked about his imagination and fantasies.

"Just do anything. Like literally, I just want you to humor me."

"What do you mean humor?"

"You decide, just live life at the next world. I don't really care on what you will do, just humor me."

Elan was confused on what the old man said.

"..."

The old man didn't follow on what he said so Elan replied to him, "Alright then, I will have to thank you for giving me this opportunity."

He bowed down to the old man and gave his thanks sincerely.

"Now I have to send you there. Just enjoy life young man."

He said this as he waved his hands while showing his bored face. Then he snapped this fingers and sent him to the other world.

"Now I have brand new show to produce hehehehe."

The old man laughed as he walked away into the thick clouds and disappeared.

- - - - - -

As Elan was eating in the dining area, a droplet of tears overflowed his eyes.

"Damn, I died as a virgin."