Book Of Randomness [COMPLETED]

8th Random Page

I got a news last time that my eyesight is bad. My left eye is already blurry and the right is being affected. And this just came up in my mind because I cried when I knew because I'm afraid that my mom would prevent me from watching anime again...

I look through the window as I sat at the back of our van. My mom and dad are arguing in the front, still oblivious to the fact that I can here them through the headphones I am wearing.

"There! It's all your fault! I told you stop your child and what do you do?! You let her watch that crap!" My mom shouted to my dad like I wasn't even there. "Well, at least I let her be happy to whatever she wants!" My dad argued back as he pulled in our driveway.

Once he did. I grabbed all my things and got down the car. "I'll be in my room!" I shouted as I make my way towards my room. It's always like this. They're always like this. Nothing change. And nothing will change.

I sat at my computer table and opened my laptop. I went to my favorite anime site and started watching. I can still here them fight from outside but I just blocked them off with anime. It's all I have. It's what helped me from collapsing through all the years that I had enough of my parents.

Few more moments pass and my mom entered my room. "What did I tell you? Stop watching! You already have a damaged eye, don't make it worse!" She yelled at me and confiscated my laptop.

She exited the room and I started taking a bath.

"You'll kill your eyes if you don't stop doing that." My mom began. "Will you shut the f*** up and let the child eat in peace?!" My dad shouted. I don't want to hear the end of this fight so I just cleaned my plate and went to my room.

Time passed and I'm still reading fanfictions about my favorite anime. Soon I heard footsteps so I hurried and hid my phone. "I thought she's still awake" I heard my mom said and she left the room. Soon enough, I heard our car drive out the driveway.

I went to my parents' room and got my laptop. I went back to my room and continued watching. They said I should start socializing. Isn't being in an anime amino socializing? I can meet people who doesn't call me weird because I like anime. They understand me unlike my mom and dad so why spend my time with them if I can just talk to my friends in amino?

It was 5 in the morning and I'm still watching. I heard our car in the driveway so I hurried and pit everything back to normal and to sleep.

They usually wake me up at 7 but I was awoken by another fight at 6:30. There is no way I could sleep with all the noise so I decided to just read fanfictions until my mom asked me to take
a bath. It took them 2 hours for my mom to go to my room. "Take a bath and breakfast will be ready soon" she said and slammed my door. I got up took a bath but this time when I went out the bathroom something was different. Things get a little more blurry than they already are.

I just ignored it and went downstairs to eat. I wasn't even half my food when my mom and dad starting fighting again. And I spent the rest of my summer like that. Damaging my eyes.

(After 1 year)
"The doctor said your eyesight got worse in the past year. You are now blind! If only you listened!" My mom shouted.

My dad is currently in work so he wasn't with us. I collapsed a week ago and from then on I can't see a thing. Everything is just black. Nothing. All black. All I can see are images I remember about anime.

Regret? Did I ever feel that? No. I was actually quite happy that I finished the anime I'm watching before I completely lose sight. I was already expecting this. My parents are so caught up to their fight they didn't know.

"Now! You can't see a thing! How can you do stuff now?! I hope you regret what you did!"
My mom shouted while driving. "Mom, I was so happy." I began. I can tell; even if I'm completely blind, she was shocked by my respond. "I can never see the light again... but at least I can never forget them." I smiled and gulped, feeling my tears ready to burst.

"Those characters. I know, i know. How can I think of them even if I'm already like this. Mom, they gave me hope. Hope that like them, I will have a happy family." I paused as few tears roll down my cheeks.

"I was so sad mom. I was so sad that you fight everyday but when I watch anime, I forget every bad things that I have. I didn't care if I lose my eyesight. All thanks to anime I live happily. Oh, mom, i was so happy. When the characters are happy, I feel them. It's like there's a connection."

"You wouldn't understand. I got bullied in school. I told no one. Everyone thinks I'm weird, even you. But anime is the only line that keeps me from collapsing. If it wasn't there, I would have collapsed a long time ago. I'm sorry mom. I just couldn't handle the pain of you and dad fighting. I have to block it with something else." By this time I was crying and I felt our car stop.

"Sweetie-" my mom began but I cut her off. "I found something that blocked the pain mom. It was anime but sadly, it blocked my eyesight too." I gave her a weak smile and closed my eyes hoping that when I opened them.... i can watch again.