Arc 1 - Origin - Part 2

The next day, she came again and this time she sat next to me on the floor.

“I told you to leave me alone!” I said to her.

She replied, “Well, this is free space and you are not using it.”

Well, she was not wrong. I guess maybe because we were from the same primary school, she probably wanted to become friend with someone she knew.

We both sat there saying nothing to one another for the next 30 minutes until the break was over.

The school day ended and I was on my way home when I found out that she is taking the same bus, as we live close by.

I muttered, “Please don’t talk to me.” I repeated this without making any noise and I am glad she did not talk.

I let out a big sigh of relief after the cramped journey on the bus was over. I got home and started watching and then, later on, went on to read something. Just my usual schedule.

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A few weeks have passed and I always go to the same bench where I read something for the whole of break and to my surprise, she comes there too.

I feel like shouting, “Just go somewhere else” but of course, I did not because anyone could sit anywhere they wanted. But I hate everyone.

Months have passed since then. We started talking. Well, more like she was asking and I was answering. At that time superhero films were becoming popular, so she would ask me about their status in comics, and I would answer it to her. Slowly we started becoming friends and I was no longer sad that someone was talking to me. Since then, we have been friends even after the school was over.

Over the years I found out that she was extremely smart, not because of an ability like photographic memory, but because she was studying very hard. Besides that, she was part of sports teams and played instruments too.

Years passed and the high school was over. I got straight A’s because of my photographic memories. I could have gone to any high ranking colleges but chose to go to a very bad one and choose a very easy topic just because I hated the idea of exams and the preparation for the exams. To my surprise, she also chose the same college. So, I confronted her about it.

“Why did you choose this college?” I said to her as soon as I saw her. “You could have gone anywhere.”

“And so could you,” she replied. We left the conversation there and moved on.

The life in college went on the same as it was in school. I would finish my assignments as soon as possible then move on to read or watch. Life was great.

During the holidays, I would carry out part-time jobs to help me have enough cash for comics and manga and other things I might need. In late 2017, I was a Christmas temporary at a restaurant. I can say this for sure, restaurant jobs are hard.

On the 1st of January 2018, I woke up only to find out that I was no longer a fat kid and actually had muscles too. I lost weight overnight and my facial features have changed too. It felt like I woke up in someone else’s body.

The biggest shock was that my intelligence has increased by a huge amount. I had photographic memories but this was different, I knew things I did not know existed.

The first thing I did before anyone else woke up was to find a way to look like the way I was before this change. So, I started collecting some household appliances, and after one hour I was able to create a holographic device that made me look like the way I was.

“Man, am I smart?” I muttered these words to myself.

I went to work as usual and during the work, I kept thinking about how this all happened and how am I so smart. I could not think of a single reason for what has happened.

“Well, life is long, so I will figure something out,” I said these words to myself and continued on with the rest of the day.