I had heard, not once, not twice but many more times than needed, the infamous slogan "Life is a too short, so rather than sacrificing the present for the future, cherish the present."
I used to laugh at this slogan and especially these people who folllowed through in my mind thinking that is such a dumb way to go about things.
But sadly, it hadn't occured to me at that time, that these words would one day come to bite me back in the future.
I had many choices on my journey as I navigated life, I kept prefering the harder choices over the rest, atleast that's what I believed.
I wonder if I knew, the things which would taken place in the future, would I have gone a different route and made entirely different sets of choices.
There will always remain this tiny shred of doubt even when I am supposed to be stable, in a free state of mind.
Well, no point in worrying about what's done and have already became a thing of the past.
If I got a second chance then I would definitely make for the lingering regrets that I have.
I really hope that the next time, I would be able to take things a little easier and give myself the well deserved reward.
While drowning in self regret, a distinct voice resounded clearly in my head with a bright flash of light which soon seized my vision.
~~Granted~~
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"Seto Yuichi"
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"Seto Yuichi"
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"SETO YUICHI"
I was suddenly jolted by an unidentifiable loud voice which instantly managed to drag my attention back to my surroundings.
As I looked up to search the source of this rude voice, my wandering eyes landed on my homeroom teacher.
Who stood there, hands on the podium where lied some stacks of sheets, releasing a dangerous aura while glaring right at me.
I jumped right off my seat, immediately realising my mistake and rushed forward to receive my answer sheets.
I humbly received these unfamiliar results for which I still am not certain that I was there to attend this event.
As I was returning back to my seat after receiving the result, I caught my friend snickering in the back, though not like I could do anything about it.
The teacher didn't seem to mind much and continued distributing the answer sheets like normal, as expected from a proper adult.
Well anyways, the excuse for my lack of attention would have to be the incident that occured in the morning.
As I was rudely disturbed from my deep slumber by an evil creature, infamously known as an alarm clock... I promise I am not a kid, trust me.
Anyways as I was monologuing, when I woke up and tredged my way towards the mirror to take a look at my glamourous self, I noticed something strange.
I, ***** *****, who had a physique which could be said to be the something that humans could only dream of ever achieving.
A body that could made any guy click their toungue out of envy and a body that made the opposite sex openly lust after me... it's true, well mostly.
Anyways as I was saying, when I tried to take a peek at myself, I didn't find my usual captivating self but instead found myself facing a nerd.
And with that image came many other images along with a crushing pain in my head, the pain of seeing something ugly... moving on.
It felt like I was watching a documentary of someone else's life who for some reason... or obvious reasons was similar to the nerd in the mirror.
I observed him growing up, playing around with friends, enjoying some merry time with his family, navigating through life and then eventually meeting an unavoidable ending.
Or not, well actually the contents are a little on the heavier side of the emotion spectrum that I would prefer to avoid reminiscing about for now.
Anyways, the conclusion that I reached upon contemplating for a long time was that, that I had regressed in age or more accurately that I have undergone a supernatural phenomena.
I, who was supposed to be in my late thirties, found myself in a kid's body, who was still in high school going through puberty.
Truthfully speaking, I am glad that I actually didn't regress in my original life as I really, and when I say really, I do mean it in literal terms that I really didn't wanna go back to my teenage years.
My life was in a single word, a mess, that would be the best way to describe it, nothing more or nothing less.
Regardless, the fact is that I, ***** *****, is now back to being a kid but considering the surroundings and environment, the world isn't the same as the one I was familiar to.
But, on the positive side, this world isn't something I am totally unfamiliar to, after all I did receive the memories of the actual world though not in a very friendly way, but that wasn't a pressing matter currently.
Also, ever since I received the memories, there was a strange thought in the back of my head that I have seen some people, in my original world or more accurately are a part of my memory.
It all become clear after seeing them in person, after all how could I not remember, I recorganised a couple of 'characters' from the most famous game in my original world.
The 'characters' belong to the first 4-D game released in the romance category which englulfed the whole world like a storm.
And for the better or worse, this game had a rom-com setting and something created by a close friend of mine and I still remember being a part of it.
I had personaly contributed towards one of the characters which was featured on the cover page, though mainly towards the appearance aspect but I did add some depth to it as well.
Since I had seen the cover, there is no way that I wouldn't recorganise them even after seeing them in person, afterall my memory is pretty sharp if I say so myself.
So it turned out, that I became one of the side characters in this game which is a rom-com, and revolves around a highschooler.
And thanks to that, it's the first time that I regret not indulging myself in the gaming world but instead being too occupied with other stuff.
Afterall, even if I know that it's a game world and I am a side character, that's where my knowledge about this world ends, disclaimer, not including the memories of the body which I am currently possessing.
But since I have chanced upon a game world, like any sane person, I am gonna do my darn best to fulfill my biggest desire, that is to enjoy my highschool life and lead a life without any regrets this time.