Everybody Suffers.

We slept for quite a while, we woke up the next morning and the regular life went on for me the same.

I turned fifteen, nothing changed, my bruises and the ugly face of mine stayed as it was and I was severely bullied till now. Elementary school, and in currently my high school too, and there is nothing that I can really do to fight back, I mean I don't have the strength to do it, and lately I've started coughing a lot, and sometimes blood comes off it, me and dad thought it was just food poisoning, but those medicines didn't worked.

So we went to the doctors, to get it checked out. Turns out I have lung cancer, doctor informed my dad in secret that I am going to live four years or so, stage 2 cancer. But secrets don't stay all the time.

Sometimes I think why only me, if my mother hadn't done what she did to me that day maybe I had lived normally, with friends, had fun, even if I have not much time left. But now it just feels like I started hating on her more, but sometimes I feel like where she is and how she is, I am crazy. Two more years passed on, I turned 17, almost a year when I move out huh?

I don't know, these days I feel like I want to end this misery once and for all, how long I am going to get cooped up in dad's house. I don't go outside because if I do, people will look at me with those scary eyes, those eyes of disgust. Those looks... It scares me a lot. But when I look around, there are many people who are just like me who have it rough everyday--heck or even more than me. That... makes me to stop thinking about the idea of ending it. Who knows what comes after death, maybe there's nothing after death, it'll all go black. I don't even want to think about it, it's scary.

A couple of days passed, and I decided on to go to the grocery store by myself. Dad stopped me and asked me if I'd feel uncomfortable going out and If I'll be okay. The thing is, I have to face reality, people will judge me by looks, trust me they all do, but why should I bother, I may as well mind my own business and ignore everyone.

"Dad, you're the best dad anyone could ever have. I truly am glad that you're my father, thanks for always being there for me and supporting me." I said to dad with a very proud expression as I went out.

"Don't make me cry son, be safe, don't go too far off the city." He advised.

I then went out to buy some groceries, I wasn't going to go far off the city for my stuffs, there was a grocery store within a five-minute walk, I think. I reached the grocery store and bought some chocolate and an energy drink. As expected, everyone was looking at me like I'm a filth. I ignored them all.

"That'll be 10 dollars and 78 cents, kid." The cashier at the counter told me the price of my stuffs, with an attitude.

"Isn't it supposed to be 8 bucks and 50 cents? so, you're gonna charge me extra 2 bucks?" I explained the cashier.

But she goes on explaining it's for charity. She lied about it so she can keep those extra two bucks, I didn't make a fuss and gave the full amount then I started heading back home. It was seven in the evening; I was walking on the sidewalk when I saw a dog in the middle of the road, it was busy road there were cars going on in full speed. I took a deep breath and ran towards the dog to get it out of the road, but then I suddenly stopped when I saw the dog ran towards its owner which was a middle-aged lady on the other side of the sidewalk.

"What a creep, why was he running towards us." The lady said it with a look of disgust on her face.

I had stopped in the middle of the road and before I could run towards the sidewalk, I saw a car coming towards me at full speed--he wasn't even trying to slow down the car, and before I could do anything to save myself, I got hit by the car, I got in the ground and started bleeding very badly, the car driver didn't even cared to look behind or stop the car. Everybody on the street looked as I was dying, everybody clicked pics while I was on my last breath, but no one even cared to call the ambulance. Heck, the traffic didn't even stop.

My body was feeling like it was burning, but from inside I was feeling really cold, I was cursing and cursing to the people in my mind, I wanted to see dad one more time. I didn't want to die, but I was really dying, it was the last. But I was really glad I told my dad that he's the best. Ah yes, he is the only person I didn't hate but actually cherished.

As I reminisced my feelings and memories, everything started to go really dark, I had lost a lot of blood, I was going to die. At one point it all turned dark, I couldn't see anything, I couldn't feel anything. I guess I was right about how it is after death.

It wasn't that much long until suddenly everything turned white, there was light everywhere I see, I still couldn't feel anything. The lights stayed for a while until a big door appeared in a distance with two figures standing at each side. I didn't think anything, and I ran towards the door, they looked quite near, but I had to run a lot, and after running couple of minutes I arrived at the door, seeing it upon so close it was enormous in size, and the two men was looking like they were twins, they were wearing two piece white clothes with golden linings, their stomach was visible, they had white hair and beards, they had a reddish white skin tone, they were looking... very majestic.

As soon as I was going to open my mouth to say something, they both raised their hand and started pointing their finger at me, and then I started hearing voices in my head as they started speaking.

"You, how are you here? This place is where no mere men come. Explain yourself or be slain." Both of the figure's voice echoed in my head.

Again, as soon I was about to open my mouth to answer them, another voice echoed, a calm and deep voice, the voice was... somehow reassuring.

"It was I who let the kid in, I have my reasons and I hope you will understand, my fellow gatekeepers." The voice replied to the figures.

"We are sorry, sire. We do not wish to stop your doings. Forgive us." The figures both bends down and started apologizing to the voice.

"Let the kid inside the gate, he shall meet me yonder." The voice commanded the figures.

After the whole conversation between them the gate opened, and the figures pointed their finger to the other side of the road. I went ahead inside the gate, there was a sparkling road that looked like diamond, I don't know where the path leads to, there were no sight in the distance, but I still walked the path. Upon several minutes of walking, I see a big throne, at least as large as a giraffe. There was a figure sitting on the throne, which looked like they were emitting light, I couldn't really figure out how the figure looked, but he was giant.

"Hello, kid. Tough life huh? Sorry you died in such a way. I am Estera, a god. You must be confused, but save that all for another time, and listen to this. I will be reincarnating you, in another world. You would be born as a five-year-old. You will do what I say, because it will be for the betterment of you and the world. Now, goodbye. Sorry for rushing things." The mysterious figure explained all this in a calm manner.

"What the heck, I don't understand. What are you talking abou-?"

I asked the figure as I was completing my question everything started turning dark and I was falling over, for quite a while.