Beep Beep Beep ....
*Woosh~*
a hand swept by the clock.
*thud!*
"ugh! this damn clock! i was having such a good dream!"
Sitting in daze for a few more minutes Ethan got up as he went on to perform his morning duties. standing in front of the mirror in washroom he saw a guy who looks like 17-18 years old with dark purple hair and two pupils with different colors the right one is blue as the color of ocean and the left one is green as the color of deep forest. it's a condition called heterochromia where a person has two different color pupils. Although it doesn't cause any trouble but it does attract a lot of attention. and it was this look which made him the center of attention in his class from childhood.
Ethan lives with his mother and his sister, his full name is - Ethan Blake ,who is 18 years old, his mother is Martha and his sister is Emma ,who is also 2 years younger than him.
Ethan's father passed away 5 years ago but not by accident or such he was diagnosed with cancer and when it was caught it was already too late! it was a very hard time for ethan after his father passed away as though his father's saving was enough for the three to live a simple life for some time but it's not a permanent solution. his mother went on to find job and so he did also , doing part-time jobs here and there to earn as much as possible . now their situation is little stable as his mother found a job where the pay is considerably good and that's how their harsh days ended.
It was sunday, so Ethan was planning to spend all his time on bed , well it may sound lazy but it's not that he is going to laze around in bed all day. Ethan has a hobby or to be precise an obsession! all his spare time in his life he would spend on researching a single topic and that is Immortality!
yes! though it may sound funny or cringe to any outsider but it's not that humans never dreamt of achieving this, it's just that the repeated failure halted the progress but here he is, never giving up.
it was 5 years ago ,when his father's death suddenly hit him hard from inside. he doesn't know what came to him but he was not just feeling sadness of losing his father rather it was a mixture of pain of losing his father, at the same time unwillingness to end up the same and fear of death as if he could see that this will be him too someday and he realized that however strong weapons and accessories does human make their own body still remains fragile! that's when the idea of immortality hit him and from that day he began researching on this topic frantically!
he started amassing various knowledge and due to that his grades improved in class pushing him towards the top but his actual project brought no result. from the idea of biologically modifying body to various aspects he researched on and at last the topic of soul which is the only topic where he don't even know where to start? does it even exist? in the end he had to put aside the topic of soul for later and this madness has continued till now and will go on until he lives as he made up his mind.
"tch! still no progress! ". At this point his room has become garbage to say, as here and there lies pieces of paper written with formulas and ideas but be aware even if it is kept in this situation if someone touches it to clean off the room even if it is his mom or sister, all hell will break lose.
"Ethaaaaaaan! come down breakfast is ready", yelled his sister who don't even want to enter this garbage room. "-coming", replied ethan slowly while still thinking of his next steps.
'ugh, i guess i will stop for now. maybe i will relax for today as according to science "rest is needed also for the growth of the brain", maybe i will go to park, it has been long time i have gone there'. after finishing breakfast Ethan went to his room again to continue his research as he decided he will take rest for the whole evening.
the morning went by smoothly with ethan cooped up in his room then at evening he came out his room to go to park.
"Ethan, you are out. would you like some snacks to eat? ", a melodious voice came from his side. it was none other than his mother who is 40 years old but looked no more than 29-30 years old, she is a real beauty and that trait ethan also got from his mother , though his sister got his father's look which is average. "no mom, i will go out now, have some yourself and relax it's not everyday you get the chance to rest", Ethan replied smiling.
Martha smiled at his response. she is always worried about her son. although her daughter has grown like any normal girl his son on the other hand ..... how to say, it's normal with his interaction with others but when it come to his obsession he doesn't put anyone in his eyes... even if it is her, his own mom! it saddens her to think about it but also feels relieved that his son is not someone anyone can take advantage of. though she knows that her son places his dream and life over anything like relationship and emotion even if it is parents and child relationship, she is just happy that he always took care of her when the situation is hard and him being independent means he can survive in this harsh world without her.
How to say, maybe it's mother's love that prevented her to see that up till now he never been harsh on her because she never stood up against his path of dream. but, then again it's good that she never did so that till now they managed to live a peaceful life.
Ethan's frantic research and amassed knowledge has changed his character greatly. now his thinking became rational to the point where he's starting to become unable to see any meaning behind love and relationship of humans. if you ask him why he is good to his mother he may reply that it is like a symbiotic relationship where she took care of me until i can take care of myself so now it's my turn to return the favor nothing more. like a business transaction.
Martha smiled at him before telling him to be careful on the road. ethan saying "humm" in response left home. after walking for sometime he reached the park, there he went to sit on a bench staring at sky in daze as his thoughts drifted toward his research. ' shit! i am here to relax! hehe~ i really am an obsessive bastard when it comes to immortality i guess'. opening his phone he decided to watch anime. ' hmm~ now what to watch. let's go with naruto, although it would be rewatching it'. and then he started watching naruto in park until it was dinner time. 'wahh~ this sure make me greedy to think of all those super powers, if only i could have those, my research would progress leaps and bounds'. closing his phone he started walking back home.
the sky was clear as it was summer time , he walked for some time as he saw his home. increasing his pace as he felt hungry and suddenly a little far from his home.
*Boom*
thunder dropped from the sky on him out of nowhere in the middle of the road. the only thing he can think of before the thunder charred him to the point of being unrecognizable is - 'WHAT THE ACTUAL FU*K!' and 'if only i was immorta...' and then everything calmed down.
people went out of their houses everywhere as they approached the scene where they only found a charred corpse which only caused panic. among them also was martha and emma who were tensed upon seeing this scene and thinking why is not ethan home yet. later police came , took the corpse for identification with which came a news which broke martha from inside while emma burst into tears!
although martha knew his son never held much value in relationships but that's not the case for her and she also felt sorry for her son for never achieving his dream and emma knew his brother may not have taken the initiative to get closer to them at the later stages but initially he was loving son and brother all changed from the time of her father's death but he still did his duty as a brother and son as perfectly as possible. they both were saddened and their life from then on started becoming dull. they performed his funeral while martha put all ethan's research papers with him in coffin.
"if there is a chance you get to live once more i wish you can fulfill your dream that time. goodbye son, i will love you always and though you may not have fulfilled your dream i promise you that you will be alive in my heart until i live", martha said as she wiped her tears and returned to her seat. then emma also went to meet his brother last time as she could not hold on and cried one more time, loudly.
after that when all that needs to be done is done the funeral came to an end and ethan's body with his dreams was buried, ending the story of Ethan Blake in earth.
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meanwhile, in a white space stood ethan with an impossible to hide excitement in his eyes and a mixture of curiosity - "Interesting~ Now! where am i?! "