It’s currently 9 AM. I just woke up after yesterday’s “party” at my house. It’s the start of summer, and I have nothing to do at the moment.
My friend just messaged me, “yo, wanna go to [a friend]’s house?”
“Nah, I’ll pass.”
“It takes a few seconds from your house to his, you can literally fly.”
“Like hell I’d do it in public!”
You might be confused… I haven’t even introduced myself yet. My name is Diuturna Aeternitas, you can call me Aether. I’m 17 years old, and I just recently graduated high school. I’m what you call a “Soul” user. I basically have abilities that no other people have, and that is to control vectors. Y’know, like vectors of forces.
Anyhow, I’m not like a superhero or something. I just want to live a somewhat ordinary life. I don’t particularly want to show off my abilities to the public.
“You know I don’t want to show off in public, right? I don’t want to be interrogated by a thousand people asking how I do this and that,” I added.
“Alright then. Well, see ya sometime, I’m going to go offline.”
And there he goes.
[…]
I don’t live with my parents. Well, it’s not like they live somewhere far away. My parents divorced when I was 12, and I’m closer with my mom, so I went with her.
“Hi mom,” I tried to call my mom. I call my mom sometimes, for no particular reason.
…
No response.
“Mom?”
Still no response.
I sighed and ended the call. “That was weird, my mom answered the call but there was no one ‘answering’,” so I tried calling my little sister, as she lives with my mom.
She answered the call. “Solla? Hello? Is mom there?”
…
Still no response…
“God, this is troublesome. I’d hate to go back, it takes like 4 hours to get there,” I exclaimed.
“There’s no way I could—”
Then I heard 3 loud knocks from the front door.
I quickly went down the stairs from my room to the front door and opened it without any second thought.
“Happy birthday!”
It was… my mom and my sister. I didn’t realize today was my birthday. How could one forget their own birthday, you may ask. I simply don’t see it as important.
“Huh?”
“It’s your birthday, big bro,” said my sister.
“Wait, is it? I don’t keep track of time that well,” was a shi—bad excuse I could make on the spot.
“I know you don’t find birthdays interesting, but this is your birthday, at least you should care about your own,” said my mother. Maybe I should start caring about it…
“Why is your house so messy?” asked my sister.
“Yeah, yesterday my friends came over. I was too tired to clean it up. Don’t worry, it’ll be clean in just a few seconds.”
“’Just a few seconds?’ Are you going to use your abilities? Why use it on simple tasks?”
I always use my abilities for mundane tasks. I don’t want to play hero or something like that, so I only use it for my own benefit.
“Yeah, why?” Everything is flying around as I clean the entire house, and I threw it all to the trash bin. Done in just a few seconds.
“See, it’s easy and efficient.”
We talked and played around for the moment. Unknown to me, my mom also contacted my friends to come by. They barged in from the front door.
“Happy birthday!”
“Can’t you just get in like normal people?”
They all laughed it off. Well, what can I say, it’s the start of summer, might as well enjoy the moment.
Next Chapter: [Chapter 2]