Path To Divinity

Arc 1 Chapter 2

Suddenly I was jolted awake, everything felt so hazy as if my senses were dulled by something, yet little by little I regained them all, first a little of my vision enough to see some light and colors, then my sense of touch, my sense of smell and my sense of taste. Then I regained some of my ability to hear. With my ability to hear slightly restored I could hear something.

A soft sounding voice, I couldn't make out what it was but I knew it was talking to me. Slowly my vision and hearing were becoming better and better, until I could see it. Eira, a girl with silver hair that had a hair clip with stars and dark brown eyes. As her face became clearer and clearer I could see she had a pout on her face. Suddenly with my hearing also restored I could hear she was calling for me.

"Geez did you fall asleep again? You really need to sleep more often you kno..." Suddenly her words drifted off as she looked at me with concern.

With a broken and coarse voice I began to reply. "I'm sorry, what happened? Is everything okay?".

Suddenly she pulls out a small handkerchief and begins to pat my face with it. "I should be asking you that, are you okay? You're crying."

Confused I begin to feel my face and suddenly feel tears running down my cheeks, what is weird is I am still crying, I just can't tell.

"Sorry, I didn't realize it, I don't even remember dreaming." I reply back to her while wiping my tears away. I lied, I remember bits and pieces, the boy who looked just like me, the intense loneliness and darkness that shrouded them, but I didn't want them to worry.

Suddenly Eira sighs and softly chops me on the head. "you really gotta take care of yourself you idiot." She sighs before looking at the clock.

I look around, noticing I'm in the nurses office and currently in bed. Eira must've been worried when I suddenly collapsed.

"Yeah yeah, I know. I take care of myself properly don't worry." I let out a dry chuckle which doesn't amuse Eira and begin to get up.

"Where are you going?" She asks with a suspicious gaze in her eyes.

"To the bathroom, what, did you want to follow me there or something?" I ask with a teasing expression.

"... Don't count on it. Just, be careful. Allright?" Eira stares at me with an unamused expression before sighing and dismissing me with a wave of her hand.

I laugh as I get out of bed and walk to the bathroom. Once I close the door behind me and begin walking to the hallway I clutch my chest tightly and wince in pain, when I look up I see a few students looking at me with concern so I smile and laugh before walking to the furthest bathroom that doesn't have many students.

'shit, c'mon, make it please. It's not to far. Just pretend to not be in pain for a while longer. You can do it.'

As I walk through the hallway steadily, slowly less and less students appear and the hallways become more and more empty signaling that I'm getting close.

'It hurts, it hurts so much. I feel like I'm going to be sick. I want to throw up, I need to throw up. It burns, it hurts, I feel like I'm breaking apart. Help... Please.'

After holding it together for what felt like an hour I finally make it to the bathroom that's deserted and look into the mirror.

As I look into the mirror I see myself in the reflection, my appearance became messy, I look sick, so sick that I could collapse.

'It hurts, it hurts so much. Make it stop, please make it stop, I can-'

Suddenly I opened the faucet and threw up. My body feels like it's on fire, as if every vein in my body screamed for help. I could feel every atom and molecule in my body burning with pain. I tried to scream, but I couldn't.