I'll be happy as a monster

Chap 0 : Prologue

*tang tang*

The sound of rattling steel stair echoed.

In the darkness of the night illuminated by the soft light of the moon, I forced myself to climb the stair toward my house on second floor. In these whole apartment, the only tenant was me. Inserting the key and opening the door, I'm assaulted by stuffy smell like the smell of dirty wet cloth along with damp warm air.

at least it's better than the freezing cold air outside, thinking that I went inside. I rid the snow on my coat and head then threw my bag and coat to the old sofa, I went to bathroom and washed my face.

I saw my own face reflected by the mirror. A dull face with messy long hair, long fringe covered the right side of my face. I used my hand to set aside the fringe, hidden behind the fringe was burn marks that covered my right half of face.

"Damn, it really is hard to look at." I said that as I let down my fringe again. I went to the kitchen and took out a can of beer from the fridge. I sat on the sofa and drank the beer. The cold beer travelled from my throat to my stomach, leaving good taste in it's trail. One can was not enough so I grabbed another one.

First was one can, then it became two, three, four, and the number kept increasing. I stopped for a moment at my eighth cans, maybe because of the alcohol I began to reminisced.

Abandoned at the orphanage as a three years old child with burn marks.
Looking at the other child being adopted while I alone remained.
The struggle I did after leaving the orphanage.

My mood worsen the more I recalled my past, so I stopped and finished my eight can of beer. I went to grab another beer, but it was the last can. Driven by my desire for beer, I wore my coat and went outside to buy more beer. In the dark night snow fall from the sky slowly. Shoving my hands to my pocket, I walked down the stairs.

But because of the snow, I slipped.
Loosing my footing, I rolled down the stairs and hit my head.

Ah, I haven't had enough of drinking. That was all I could think of.
I lied on the cold floor but I could feel warm blood was leaking out of my head. My eyesight darkened, I wonder if this was how dying feels like. I closed my eyes for eternity.

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"...... I."

Hm?

"....... Oi."

.... is someone calling me?

"Oi, wake up. I know you can hear me."

I opened my eyes, and a shadow in the shape of a person with no facial features other than mouth was the first thing I saw.

"What the hell!?" I screamed and tried to run away but I couldn't feel my legs. I couldn't feel my arms and body either. I looked downward and saw nothing but white ground. Eh? Why can't I see my body? Am I floating? While I was confused, the shadow grinned.

"If you're looking for your body, just give up. You left your body when you died."

Eh, I died? Oh yeah, I remember falling from the stair and hit my head pretty bad. Then is this heaven? I looked around, the place was huge without anything. Both the sky and ground was white stretching with no end. In this whole space there was only me and the shadow.