8 The Stranger Who Acts All-Mighty (1/2)

The dream-like place shattered as light shone through the infinite cracks in space of infinitisimal darkness.

A huge voice came out of the cracks accompanying the blindling lights.

”Boy, wake up…”, the voice was so soft yet so loud that it almost broke Rin's head.

He clutched his head in pain. The light's touch was getting to warm as it increased from the continual cracking of the dark space.

The warmth before was getting hotter and hotter and became uncomfortable for Rin until it became unbearable.

If it was not a dream, his skin would have already been charred off. A mental breakdown was nearing. He felt his bones was boiling that it will soon melt.

Nerves started to pump on his skin. He screamed but no sound could be heard. It is as if the space was a vacuum and unable to become a medium for such waves.

”I said wake up!!”, the soft voice from earlier yelled as if its patience was ending. At the same time, more cracks appeared simultaneously until it covered every darkness.

Rin was trapped in the light, that was he thought before the voice intensified and accompanied with the increased of light, unable to deal with the hellish pain, Rin's mind blackout.

…..

”Still not awake?”

”I thought I forced him quite enough.”

”Quite the resilience, I say.”

Inside of one of the many small rooms of the hospital, Rin slowly regained consciousness. The urge to puke was on the of his head. His mind was blank for some. But to protect himself, he subconsciously forgot what happened. That is how a brain works.

”Boy…”

The voice made him shivered and remember bits of his suffering. This voice accompanied his torture but he couldn't tell or remember what could it be.

”…are you still not awake?”, the voice was no longer making Rin's ear almost explode but rather, it was very soft and gentle.

Rin slowly opened his eyes that met the sudden brightness of the room. He squinted his eyes and looked at the origin of that voice and there he saw a gorgeous young man eating oranges nonchalantly.

Normally, Rin is scared of strangers because of his extreme awkwardness but now, he couldn't care any less. His mind was so tired that you could even say that he might be drunk or on high right now, not much thinking.

After biting off a piece of an orange, the man noticed Rin. He smiled back at him. This smile was very delicate and precious, it seemed like he was the most innocent man in the world. It made Rin's guard lower even more.

”I thought you need another round before you'll wake up but I guess it isn't needed after all.” The unknown man's tone was casual as he ate another piece of the fruit.

”Another round….??” Rin reacted with his weak voice ”Wait… who are you??”