A Story of a Boy

"Let me tell you a story..."

The man inhaled a deep breath on his cigarette, then started to continue with his low voice.

"The story is set in 21th Century, late 21th century."

"There was a boy, a youngling. He had a decent family, sure, they had fights and rough times, they were poor, the city was crushing them beneath it's feet...But they were getting by, hardly but surely.

The boy was innocent, he had a pure heart, despite all the difficulties he had, he was ok...He loved his family more than anything, especially his mother, she was a wonderful woman, all he wanted was to protect her...

The other kid's in school hated the boy, because he was different, he was different than the rest. Everyone made fun of him, but he wouldn't mind, he had a world of his own. Despite his loneliness, he tried hard to get by. Every day was getting harder, the life was getting harder,the most important thing is, he was lonely.

He had no one to talk to, he had no one to explain his feelings about this world. So he waited, waited for a day to find his true friends, friends that will protect him, friends that will make him laugh...

That day never came. The boy succumbed into loneliness, he hated the world, but mostly, he hated way of this world. Full of hatred, full of destruction, full of bad intentions.

The boy lamented over many things, he wanted to change this world for his family, he wanted to make them feel better ,he wanted to protect them.

He couldn't do it alone, one day, he conjured a friend on his mind. A powerful creature named Orexis. In the boys mind, the Orexis was a powerful demon. Descended into this world to help the boy.

They became good friends. They would talk about the world, magic, and other stuff all night. Demon became his mentor, boy respected his knowledge and companionship. He was happy as long as his friend Orexis watched over him.

But in the outside, the world was unforgiving. Boys mind became weak, his body became fragile, he became sick.

Boy never had a brother, Orexis told him to call him brother.

Boy had a brother, he was happy, he was not alone.

His brother created a special place for the two of them, in the boys mind, he called that place "The White Room"

Together they collected many treasures in that room, many memories, many treasured memories.

Whenever the boy was sad, he would go into his bed and from there he would ascend into the White Room...

But the boy was growing up. He met a girl, a beautiful girl with yellow eyes. Whenever girl looked at the sun, her eyes would shine with beautiful yellow glamour. The boy fell in love, instantly...

His brother told him, "Love will hurt you little brother, i will never hurt you, please don't fall in love, stay in the White Room, we'll be ok, i will look after you, after all you are my only family...

The boy realized, Orexis was not real, he was just a imaginary friend, so boy locked the White Room, along Orexis.

But Orexis was real, and he lamented over loss of his brother, his only family...

Years passed, boy and the girl started to make plans about future. They loved each other, but love is not always enough, sometimes, it needs something else...

Girl started to get colder. Day after day, she distanced himself from the boy, cause boy was not ambitious about life, as long as he had her in his life, he believed everything would be ok.

One day, it was over, she was gone.

Boy was devastated, he wouldn't know what to do, he never felt so empty in his life, he lamented, again, cursed the world, cursed it's humans, cursed it's god.

He went into the White Room again, unlocked it, entered it.

There he found the corpse of his brother, died of deprivation, without the boy's friendship, he would never survive.

The boy held his brother, started to cry, the White Room became blood red. How could he would do such a thing? Why did he discarded his brother? He knew the reasons but he was afraid to admit.

Boy cut his wrists, he gave some of his blood and soul to his brother.

Orexis inhaled, he was alive again, he was saved.

Boy cried;

"I will never leave you again brother, after all, you are my only family, please, look after me again, tell me stories again, let's live again, together..."

With teary eyes, Orexis said;

"As long as you want my brother, i'm always here for you, i will be here for you till your body crumbles, and your soul's light diminishes, i'm your brother but don't leave me again, don't forsake your brother again..."

On that day, boy wowed to never leave his brother, they knew they needed each other.


Inside out, boy's loneliness became his only saviour, his symbol of life, his flag of freedom."


The man finished his story and lit another cigarette.

One of the listeners asked;

"What happened to the fate of the boy?"

Man smiled and said;

"He was never able to love, never bonded with another human being. In time, his hatred for the world turned on his family, on his friends, he slayed everyone who trusted him and he hated the world for it. So i'm telling you, life may be harsh, people may be bad, but you cannot exist without them, you'll just have to adapt, you'll just have to get used to it, you don't have to be alone, just get out and live..."

Listeners were dazzled, one of them asked the mysterious man's name and he said;

"We're just the storytellers..."

They never saw the man again, but one thing remained in their minds.

Man was alone, yet he referred himself as "We"...