December 31, 2024.
The people inside the bar started counting down, as the TV hanging on the wall shows the celebrational countdown for the coming new year.
5…
4…
3…
2…
1…
"Wooooooo! HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Everyone cheered and blew to their own mini trumpets and made noises. Outside, everyone could hear the firework sound echoing throughout the airwaves. As for the main character of this story, he, named Bryan Huber, just kept sitting despite the celebration happening around him, and kept drinking and ordering for some more.
"Hey man! Happy new year!" The bartender loudly said in front of him. Bryan, on the other hand, smiled back only and drank his glass empty.
"Thanks man! One more and I'm done." Bryan said.
"On the house, my man!" The bartender smiled and nodded as he poured one more drink to Bryan's glass.
"Cheers" Bryan put up his glass and gestured to the bartender.
"Cheers!" The bartender replied back with jolly.
Bryan looked around him as he savored the last drink he'd been drinking for the night and a thought came to his mind at that moment.
Though his life has been good to him, it was not something grandiose or should one say "rich". He was what you call a struggling musician. Yes, he was and still is, a struggling musician. Despite all the talent he had, it was like lady luck was not on his side. He happens to have opportunities before but somehow it did not go into something he wanted. He always fell into limbo in terms of luck and better opportunities.
Despite that, he fought through these hurdles and pursued his passion for music. And that is how he ended up in the bar, alone, surrounded by happiness and celebration. Time passed by, and his drink was nearly empty.
A dangerous thought added up, 'Damn, I wish I could go back in time and correct all the wrong things I made in my life.'
That was his heartfelt regretful thoughts he had at that moment. Bryan shook his head, 'Impossible' he thought again. He sighed about what he was thinking and shook his head again. He finished his drink and placed a tip down on the table and left the bar.
As he stepped outside, he looked at the dark evening sky, still full of fireworks. He shook his head again.
'Another year for me to survive alone, again.'
He walked back home and when the pedestrian light turned green, he started walking to the opposite side, however, when he looked to his left side, two white blinding lights came rushing at him. In just a split second, everything in his view went dark.
'Damn.'
'Damn…'
'God fucking damn it!!!'
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'What is going on…'
Bryan woke up from his slumber.
'I feel sluggish, jelly?'
'Ugh, I feel so sleepy….'
Bryan lost consciousness.
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9 months passed.
'Ugh what is going on?'
Bryan was woken up by something moving.
'These jelly feelings are moving… what is going on?'
'Ugh something just touched my head! Holy cow! Am I right that it is a hand that's grabbing my head???'
In a few more moments, a bright light pierced Bryan's eyes.
'What is going o-'
A loud cry raped his ears.
'Who is crying! Wait! My mouth is moving! My lungs are working! I'm the one who is crying! What the hell is going on!?'
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6 months passed.
'God damn, I think these past few months have been a torture, unable to see much, and unable to eat what I want to eat! I believe this is what they call reincarnation or rebirth right?'
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First year old.
'Ah, my parents are americans!? English! Hmm… they are… quite rich I must say.'
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3 months have passed since Bryan's first birthday.
"Say ma~ ma~" A woman who looked like in her 20s spoke slowly.
'Ah, this, I wonder, if all the babies in the world were as self conscious as I am, will they be cringing like I am right now?'
'Anyway, I better say "mama" so she could be happy at least, having heard her friends saying their kids are geniuses or something.'
"Come on James! Say… ma~ ma~" Bryan's new mother kept insisting.
'Oh shit, okay woman! Calm the fuck down! Chill mommy!'
'Okay, let's do this!'
"Ma.. Ma!" Bryan, now named James, said in a very cute baby way.
"Ah!" James' mother put both her hands on her mouth blocking it.
"Say it again my baby James! Say it again!"
'God damn woman, I just made you happy and you abused me for more!'
'Okay, since you've been envying your "friends", let me make you happy today'
James repeatedly said "Mama" to his mother until she cried out of happiness. However, he did not know that his father would abuse him that night too.
'God damn, this couple is sick in the head!'