Extra Story1 (Cyrus POV)
Category:
Urban
Author:
KassaWords:1248Update time:25/05/26 19:55:28
Today was hectic at work.
During a meeting, several people were arguing fiercely.
I wasn't paying attention to what they were arguing about.
Because my heart was pounding, each beat bringing panic and pain.
I didn't know what was happening to me.
When I picked up the water cup to drink, my hand trembled.
The cup shattered on the floor.
Hot water splashed onto my leg, causing a sharp pain.
For a moment, my mind went blank, as if someone had hit me hard in the chest.
I couldn't catch my breath.
The people around me stopped arguing and looked at me.
They asked what was wrong with me.
I didn't know what was wrong with me, only feeling like a piece of me had been cruelly torn away, leaving me dazed and numb.
The pain was numbing.
The meeting ended.
I hurried to the hospital.
I drove fast.
Something seemed to be urging me to hurry.
On the way, I passed a flower shop.
The shopkeeper handed me a bouquet with a smile.
The flowers smelled lovely.
I thought Abby would like them.
When I arrived at the hospital, I heard Abby's mother crying in the ward.
She was crying bitterly.
Her sorrow was profound, as if she had lost something precious.
The flowers fell to the ground, petals scattering.
I stood outside the door, unable to move, my limbs weak.
The chill from the wall penetrated deep into my bones.
I was only a wall away from her.
But I knew I would never see her again.
I descended the stairs in a daze.
I missed a step and tumbled down the stairs.
The sharp edges of the steps jabbed into my bones.
Again and again.
In the dim hallway,
I used my hands to push myself up from the floor.
It hurts.
It really hurt.
I covered my face and sobbed uncontrollably.
How much pain Abby must have felt when she fell down the stairs.
Yet I, I had said she deserved it.
I returned to the office.
I completed every task I could get my hands on.
Friends scolded me, saying I was working myself to death without rest.
But I couldn't help it.
Every time I stopped, my heart ached.
I sat in the living room.
Staring at my mother's photograph for a long time.
I remembered what Abby said.
She wanted to help take care of my mother.
Despite being sick and shaking, she still thought about taking care of others.
What a jerk I must have been to bully someone like her.
I drank a lot and remembered many things.
Remembering how in high school I threw a ball at her, and she greeted me with a smile.
I was furious back then.
I wondered why she could still smile after my father died.
So I lashed out in anger, saying hurtful things, how immature of me.
Recalling how I kicked over her desk.
Watching her not blame me and worry whether I'd get in trouble with the teacher.
I found her annoying, wondering why she wouldn't leave me alone.
Remembering how I left her alone on the mountain during a school trip because I found her annoying.
Later, she came back in a mess, carried by a younger student.
When she saw me, she simply placed the pendant I had accidentally left behind in my hand.
...
Thinking of how she was kind to me and smiled at me time and again.
And yet, I imposed sins that weren't hers onto her.
Repeatedly trampling on her kindness.
Until finally, she would never smile at me again.
Swords piercing my heart and being dragged out.
I curled up in pain.
It was excruciating.