Reborn to be Royal

Chapter 1: Death

The city lights were shining brightly as my mid length, straight black hair swayed slightly in the cold wind, my grey eyes staring warmly at the scene in front of me.

[???] "you coming Kai?"

I couldn't help but smile as my friends call out from in front of me. How long has it been since I've done something like this? Going into the city and actually getting to enjoy myself a bit, hang out with friends I hadn't seen in ages. We'd just gone to see a movie and now we're headed to a nearby night club.

[Kai] "yeah, wait up!"

I ran a little and managed to catch up to them. A total of 4 other people. A short, long black haired, pale skinned girl, 20 years old, 7 months younger than me was Amy. Next to her, with his hand intertwining with hers was someone I'd only met recently but seemed like a good guy. He is about a year older than her with short brown hair, relatively tall, and a good build, his name's Caedan. Next to him was the girl that called out earlier, dyed auburn red hair that seemed to gently caress her shoulders as it seamlessly rested there, calm yet piercing blue eyes that contrasted the fiery colour of her hair. She is a little taller than Amy and is one month older than her. Her name is Sara, the girl I fell in love with the moment I first met her. Directing my gaze in the direction of the guy standing next to her, my mind was filled with disdainful thoughts. He's tall, well built, handsome, well mannered, kind, easy to talk to and his well groomed blonde hair and blue eyes gave him the perfect aryan look. He is the epitome of an ikemen. The guy has no flaws! If this were a novel he'd be the hero, the protagonist. Comparing him to me was like comparing a stone to a mountain. My black hair, grey eyes, pale, sun deprived skin that made me look ever so slightly ghostly or vampiric, I'm weak, admittedly lazy and half my life has been spent with doctors or in the hospital while the other half is spent lying in bed or sitting on the couch with a bucket in my hands feeling sorry for myself. In a story where that guy, Arthur, obviously named after the king, was a hero, I'd be the background character that dies without my face being seen. Simply put, I don't like that guy, I admit it, I'm jealous. He isn't just the perfect example of a human being, he's from a rich family too. How unfair could this be?!

[Amy] "you okay Kai? You look pale..."
[Kai] "no paler than you."
[Amy] "hey!"
[Kai] "*chuckles* sorry, I'm ok."
[Amy] "stop making fun of me.."
[Arthur] "*whispering to Sara* remind me why he's here again? He doesn't exactly have the best personality."
[Kai] *thoughts* "nice"
[Sara] "*whispering back* I'm not exactly fond of him either but he's supposed to be dead next week so I'm baring with it and you can do the same."

Eh? What... what's with that? Not fond? Baring with it? And the nonchalant way she brushed off my death... I couldn't help but let out a small "tch".

[Kai] "I need some fresh air."
[Amy] "what?"

I started walking away from the group of people.

[Sara] "where are you going?"
[Kai] "somewhere clear of your bullshit."
[Sara] "what? You're our friend! Don't be mean!"
[Kai] "Fuck off! I won't be around much longer anyway right? So what's the point in pretending."

I walked off down the street, turning towards an alley and walking through with a solemn, upset and angry look on my face.

[Arthur] "I guess he heard us.."
[Amy] "should we go after him?"
[Caedan] "I think he probably needs some space right now. Let's just head to the club."
[Amy] "I..."
[Sara] "*sigh* I'm gonna go look for him."
[Arthur] "then I'm coming with you."
[Sara] "you don't have to."
[Arthur] "you're my girlfriend. I'm not just gonna let you walk into a dark alley with that guy by yourself."
[Sara] "*blushing* th-thanks."

- 3rd person

Kai walked through the dark, trash filled alley with an angry look on his face and a pained feeling in his heart. Two of the people back there he had grown to care for more than family. They were people he would willingly throw himself in front of a speeding truck for, however, it was now obvious to him that they didn't even remotely feel the same way. In Kai's head, they thought of him as nothing more than a sickly hinderance. This thought caused Kai to throw his fist to the side, hitting the hard, brick wall of the building next to him.