“You sure you don’t wanna go? It’s a friday night!” Was a phrase that represented Aaron’s brother well. He wanted to get him out to a club with his friends but Aaron firmly rejected his offers until he finaly gave up.
“How are you going to get a girlfriend then?”
His brother shut the door as he left and Aaron was all alone. He stayed like this playing videogames until 1 am sitting there on an old couch in front of the tv, not even changing positions once.
Music started playing outside. It was like that type of techno you would hear at Zana and the employees are mean and stare at you for some reason.
Aaron went up to the window to close it. When he checked, it was already closed. It was so loud that it could be heard all around the apartment. He sighed as he went to the kitchen.
After grabbing a glass of water, he looked at the window. The music was coming from his neighbors’ house. The song playing reminded him of the times he forcefully went to the club with his brother. It was full of people shouting and music was blasting and a lot of fumes everywere, he remebered how he felt cold as the people were looking at him, how he wanted to make a hole on the floor and go into it and never go out, the music changed into a very loud ringing sound.
Oh… The music has stopped.
That was Aaron’s last thought as he collapsed forward into the kitchen floor, shattering his glass of water.
Aaron felt like the room was spinning, and the tingling on the right side of his body made him unable to go back up. He was having a stroke. He probably would have survived it, had he been with his brother and took him to the hospital. But he was out, and no neighbors would check on him since they are also partying,
He could tell the music was still playing for everybody else, only he is hearing the ringing. Everyone was out having fun while he was dying with no one to help him.
It was like drawning in water at the beach. With everyone playing, and shouting, and dancing and laughing while the salty water enters your lungs and drags you down. All of it on a friday night.
***
Aaron snapped his head up as he opened his eyes, panting. He was sitting on an office chair.
“What? What is this?” He looked at his sorroundings confused. It was an office cubicle. There were tons of papers sticked to its walls which had symbols he could not comprehend.
After scanning the room, he noticed there was a girl right in front of him sitting on a desk typing on an old model white pc. She was absolutely beautiful. She was tall with long red hair that glowed, black round glasses that highlighted her olive skin and wearing a regular office outfit that contrasted with the rest of her stunning look.
Her long legs covered in black transparent thighs extended under her desk, rubbing her feet together as her black heels rested on the side.
“Okay” The girl said said under her breath “At least is the last one of the daaaayy” She yawned and strecthed her body, lifting her big breasts before hunching back again “So you died, right? Hehe, obviously.” she adjusted her glasses “I can see it right here on my computer. You had a stroke in your kitchen after playing videogames, wow.”
She looked as if she was holding back laughter then rapidly started typing on her keyboard “Aaron, I know you have a looot of questions like ‘Why am i ‘ere’ ‘how this shit happen’ This is like the anteroom to the afterlife, I am here… to tell you where you’re going after your interesting death, I have to look through all your deeds in life in this spreadsheet, at least you had a very short one. So at 21 you dead? Just the time where you start fucking more, poor thing” She shook her head and cupped it under her hand,
the girl raised her eyebrows and chin “well looks like you had a decent run morally wise, that means you can select three” she put three finger up “Three options of afterlives. You either go to the void, normal heaven or you can be... transmigrated…” A phone resting on her desk rings and its screen turns on, she checks it but leaves it quickly on the desk “…to another world.”
“So another world.Hmm I wouldn’t really like to go to heaven, but these worlds may be dangerous.”
“Oh no” she waved her hand “We have a lot of worlds available. I guess you would like a world that is safe, with better food options so you don’t get a stroke and die a virgin again.”
“The computer knows that?!”
She nodded “So would you like it?”
“I guess so…” Aaron was feeling embarrassed. To be in front of such a gorgeous woman and then finding out she knows that you are just a virgin and also died in a friday night locked up in your home.
“Nothing to be ashamed of, Aaron. To be honest if I was in earth with you I would have given you a shot. You seem cute.”
“Really?”
“No.” She then returned to her keyboard “So that safe world… I know that it exists, I only have to find it inside this spreadsheet for the link. Grrr, where is it? By the way I can configure your body so you can be like, whatever you want, you want to be I don’t know talller? More muscular?” She tilted her head as she asked.
Immediately aaron started thinking that it was a good idea actually. Having a strong start as a very handsome guy in a different world looked like the best option. Even if he wasn’t outgoing if you are attractive enough it can all be forgiven!
“Well then...” said aaron “I will need blue eyes… no, green eyes” aaron was listing all the features he wanted as the girl opened a drawer in her desk, picking up a notepad and writing like a waiter. But suddenly another beautiful woman peeked into the cublice. She had long, straight green hair and white skin
“Hey! Wanna go for some drinks? Elena is inviting the entire office. She’s paying, I wanna get drunk, this friday was so boring!”
“S- Sure! But…” She hesitantly looked at Aaron then at the green haired woman, who shrugged “Just put whatever. C’mon she’s waiting oustide” she goes away and the red haired woman throws the notepad and starts desperately clicking and typing on the computer.
“Aaaand there!… have a nice life. Sorryyy, I just put whatever world, body and such. Aaannd, the system gives you two awakenings. Ilisa wait for meeee!” the girl said as she put on her heels and she blew Aaron three kisses before running out of the cubicle. Her heels clicking as she got away.
Suddenly reality started to wrap around him in a cold void that compressed his body the size of a marble until he disspapreaded completely. “Aaaaaagh!”