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Chapter 9 - Midnight Hunger

lui wakes up from sleeping on the floor

Huh, that was a dream? No, that actually happened to me back in high school.

lies on the floor again

Back then I seemed so different, I wonder if I made any mistake along the way.I should stop thinking about the past.

sees a name tag

Hmm, the tag of that box, why is it still here? sees the other side

gets shocked

What is this?! How can his name be here? Why is DoctorVader's name here?!

Maybe I am just getting myself too high. pinches himself Even if the name appears here it doesn't mean the package was his to begin with. sees the name tag more closely Umm, but to be so exact? He even has the numbers on the back the same, 2683, as DoctorVader. I am getting really weird things happening around me, why is it so?

rushes to his room

I would like to know DoctorVader's address, but I don't know anything about the inside of the package neither what happened with it. If I could ask DragYourBox company, though they wouldn't reveal personal information of customers to people.

sees outside the window

Ah, the night is so beautiful, no humans out, no noises, just pure silence and the big moon shining.

leaves window open

Asking mom or dad wouldn't help either, they probably are too tired from work. But just in case I will leave them a note so they can see it in the morning.

writes note

Who was the box sent to by mistake?

Well maybe I am just thinking about the whole thing a lot. Why can't I just ask DoctorVader directly?

turns on computer

So what to say to him? Hmm... tell him I got your box? No, he will know who I am then. Hmmm... you got a box ordered to you. Why do I sound like I am a mafia boss? sighs

sends message

I just wanna know him I think, or rather why his box was sent to me. Um, the garden is gone now, I can't even do anything about it anymore, they seem to be making the second floor quite fast. Damn you neighbor for taking off my privacy time.

stomach growls

Are you kidding with me?! It's 3 am, I won't eat just because you want food, wait until tomorrow!

tries to sleep

stomach growls

turns to the other side

stomach growls

Uhh, I am tired from myself. It's scary to move in the night at home, but I feel assured when I know my parents are sleeping here just in case. I really can't survive alone, I am even scared of the darkness of my house.

goes to kitchen

Huh? sees no food on table

I forgot mom always prepares my food in the morning for me before going to work.

stomach growls

But what can I do now? Cook by myself? I don't even know how to cook! Wake mom up? No, she may be tired from her job. Think brain, think.

stomach growls

Not you!

opens fridge

Hmm... eggs, yogurt, milk, banana, cheese, eew meat.

closes fridge

I shouldn't have seen meat, I feel disgusted now. But I should eat something that is easy and fast, but we don't keep any junk food since mom is against it and wants us to eat only clean. That's good I think, but for now I am against the idea. Umm...

The easiest thing... um huh, we don't even have bread. Well drinking yogurt only, will that even keep me full? I guess it's the eggs, but I must hurry to get them from the fridge.

stops breathing and opens the fridge and takes two eggs

breathes heavily

Air really is good.

So now how to cook those two in the first place? Boil them? They would probably take too much time. Fry maybe, it may be fast and all but... sees the gas stove Yeah I am kinda scared of that. I know that she will burn the hell out of me the moment I open it.

stomach growls

Let's just give it a try.

takes egg

Um how do I crack this? With a spoon of course maybe.

egg cracks in half

Why didn't it open?

tries to open with hand

Ewww my hands got covered in egg, it feels disgusting. Why is it even so slimy?

quickly washes hands

Well it looks weird. Why is there a white part on it? Could it be that this could become a chicken?

tries to vomit but holds it

It seems cooking isn't for me either.

goes near gas stove

Okay here we go.

opens gas stove

hssss hssss hssss sound of the gas stove

tries to turn on the flame but can't

Why is this button so hard to press? Hmm the gas smells like sugary, I like it.

pushes the button of the flame first then turns on the gas stove

Okay now we made it. Oh though the hardest part gotta be frying the egg with the oil that can splatter all around and burn me.

grabs the pan

Then let's just throw some olive oil and the weird egg in it, done. Now let's put the glass lid on top so the oil doesn't get anywhere near me.

puts the pan on the gas stove

Now I guess I should just wait.

goes really far away from the gas stove from the fear of oil getting on him

Hmm thinking about it it's been long since I ever cooked for myself. I am not even able of surviving out there and I want a job, I am a fool. Hmm I am tired, it's 3 am and I am cooking here, well better said waiting to eat.

Are people out there awake now or sleeping? Are they doing their jobs, in school, having conversations? The world really is big. At the same moment many are doing different things out there, but I wonder if it really matters in the end. We are just matters of time. No matter what we do, what we try, what we scheme, what we can pull off, somehow always time comes to get everyone to stop, just like we were given time I guess.

Sometimes I can't even describe how I feel, but I know I don't feel alright.

sighs

I wonder where I belong.

looks up at the ceiling

burnt egg smell

It seems it's done.

smoke starts to get off from the cover

Hghghuhu!!! What happened with this, it seems it overcooked?

gets the pan and sits to eat

Well food is food, no waste.

takes a bite using the fork

Hmm I can't even tell its taste.

finishes up the burnt egg

Well the dishes... hmm, sorry mom I know I made a mess but I really wanna sleep now.

leaves the dishes unwashed and goes to bedroom

Um second floor, I hate you and even you neighbor.

falls asleep before even going to the bed

5 am

new message from DoctorVader

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