Project Rebirth

【Year: 2016】

I was the only child in the orphanage who didn’t have any friends. Most of my time I would just stay by myself in my room. My parents both died at a very young age. My Mother died while giving birth to me.

Then Father took care of me for two years. But then He died in a car accident. My Grandparents then had to legally take me in but didn’t want me. So they left me this Orphanage. I was 3 years old at the time. The caretakers at the Orphanage raised me for a long time.

Most kids at the Orphanage had someone to talk to. But when it came to me everyone avoided me. I don’t know what it was that made me unlikeable even tho I was just like the others. 

On my 8th Birthday, a new kid moved in my dorm. He was rejected by his parents. He I had to share the same bed room because I had a bunk bed and a lot of empty room. One of the caretakers introduced me to him and said that from that day we would be sharing the same room.

"This is your new roommate. From now on you two will share this room together. Be nice to each other, OK?"

Before I could even say a thing, He offered his hand to me and asked me...

"Will you be my friend?"

I was quite surprised by the request. With a big smile on my face I said...

"Yes!"

After the answer i just stood there grabing his hand. Didn’t know what to say after. He asked me again,

"My name is Mike. What's your name?"

Realising that i had to answer again. I replied him with a big smile on my face.

"My name is Kevin!"

I was so happy at the moment that I couldn’t say another word. I just stood there. Mike then said,

"Nice to meet you kevin. Let's be best friends forever. We will be together until the very end."

I replied with,

"No-one will be able to separate us!"

That the day I made a friend who became my one and only family.

After that me a Mike were the most ambitions and the most mischievous kids in the whole Orphanage. We would stay together for all the time. We did everything together.

Our preschool life was in the Orphanage. We were both in the same class and sat right next to each other.

We were the top students in our class. Mike being first and me being second. Nobody was able to take our spots. Besides ourself. In first grede I was first. Then in second grede Mike got the first position. This went on for a while only in seventh and eighth grede mike was able to stay in first position. Then it kept happening again. 

We both stayed in the same class for all of high school and also graduated at the same time together. We both got in to collage at the same time together in the same class again. We were the unbeatable duo that the whole class feared. 

At the time we didn’t have any girlfriends or other friends so we would hang out by ourselfs. We were there for each other. If one got in to trouble then the both of us would try to fix it.

Once mike had to take a week off because he was sick. And then i was the one who took care of him at the time. The same happened to me and mike took care of me for a week.

Our bond was unbreakable. 

Nobody was able to bully us and we also helped the ones who were getting bulled. We were the top of our class just like before.

We both applied for the same Uni and were accepted at the same time. Tho this time we were in different divisions.

Now that we had different classes at different times, we didn’t get much time together. My classes finished before Mike's and when Mike's classes finished, I was already working on my assignments.

Our sleep times were also different. Many times Mike had to work over time to finish his assignments. Where i had a lot less work to deal with.

But even after so many differences we both finished our education at the same time. 

After graduation, we both rented an apartment and lived together. We were both single at the time so there wasn’t any problem. The only problems we had were from the landlord. Besides that, most of our time was fine.

Mike started looking for all types of office jobs with a high payment. At the time mike wasn’t accepted anywhere. But I on the other hand started working on my freelancing work. Which worked very well. I was getting a lot of work and we both lived from my income. Mike wasn’t happy with that at all so he wanted to get a job as fastest possible.

After a lot of failed attempts, finally he was accepted. The work environment was nice. The staff were very chill. Work load wasn’t that much and the pay was decent.

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A few years since we settled down, both Mike and I are now thinking about our future. We were discussing about what to do for our family. 

At the moment Mike had a fellow coworker that he is interested in.

But for me, I'm over here all day just staying indoors and working on my commissions. And sometimes going out for a drink or two with mike. Or meeting up with some friends from my workspace who I've meet online. I didn’t have anybody like "that".

Most of my friends are boys so no female interactions. I have become a introverted workaholic. 

Mike suddenly striked a conversation...

"Ok, we have no new plans for the next week but, the week after that we will go on a long ride."

"But we don't have a car or anything right now. Are you planing to buy one?"

"Ohh, You'll see when the time comes."

After that Mike went out for some work and I started working again.

The day finally came, it was just like any other day. But suddenly Mike came in my room and told me to close my eyes and go outside. 

I knew that this man was hiding something from me for a long time. So I put on a blindfold and told him to take me out. 

When we both went out Mike asked me to guess what the surprise is.

I knew that his payment is not much but recently he was spending a lot less then usual. So I took a guess and said...

"A small family car? But we don't even have a space for that."

"That completely wrong. Take your blinds off."

And then I saw it. It was a recent base model bike which was on a sale. I have heard good things about it.

Mike said,

"Now that you have been staring at it for a while, how about we go for a test drive?"

"Got a licence?"

"No silly. I haven’t even road it yet. You are the one with the licence. You are going to drive while I'll be the one the back. Enjoying some fresh air."

"Well i haven’t fully mastered the ways of a biker but. Why not give it a shot. Shall we?"

We both hoped on the bike. Mike only got one helmet so he gave it to me.

"But what're you gonna wear?"

"You're the one driving so only you need it. I'm gonna be fine."

With this we started the ride. We were going pretty nicely and had no issues so far. While going on the Freeway mike had the idea of going much faster then the speed limit. 

"Yo Kev! It's time. To go faster! We can go much faster in here."

"I don't think that's a good idea. I still don't trust my driving skills so, No."

"Oh come one... Just once. Only a min, then we can head back home."

"Well then just a min, OK?"

After that I ramp up the speed. We were going over the speed limit but this is still manageable.

"Bro... Go faster. More power."

"That's dangerous. I'm not doing it."

"Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please????"

"Ok, ok relax. Stop whining in my ear so much."

After that I went in full speed in a sec. Which was the beginning of the biggest mistake of my life. 

We were over taking everyone one by one. 

What I didn’t see was that a large truck that was right in front of us and it suddenly stoped in the middle of the road. I tried my best to stop the bike but with the speed we were going it was impossible.

I tried hitting the breaks as heard as possible but it didn’t work. So as a last resort I tried starring away from the truck but ended up hitting the back side of it. 

From that hit we both went flying in the air and dropping not that far away from the truck. Our bike was in shambles and we both were very injured from it. Most of my body was fine cus of the helmet but my legs were completely broken.

And for mike he was severely injured in the head and was laying on the road unconscious. His skull split open and was losing blood in a high rate.

I somehow didn’t get knocked out so i was able to see the chaos. My body wasn’t in the condition to move but I still managed to crawl towards mike and tried waking him but only then saw what had happened. I screamed for help and some of the bystanders called medical help for us.

We were both taken to the local hospital and given primary care. I took care of the expenses and got both of us admitted. I was still fully awake and awere of the situation we got in to because of me being reckless. Only if I had not listened to his stupidity, this would have never happend. 

Mike on the other hand had severe head injury, spinal cord injury, dislocate one of his arm and broke ankle from the fall. And now he's in a coma from the shock.

I had enough savings on my account for the both of us. So the medical fees were not that big of a problem. 

The doctor said that I would have to stay in bed for atleast ten whole months for those legs to heal properly. But in Mike's case they don't know how long it will take for him to wake up.

I wasn’t worried for me but for Mike. That night I cried like I loser for putting my friend in this situation. Even tho he was the one who told me to go faster, I was the one driving and my carelessness is the reason for our current state.

Next day I asked the staff to install a phone for our two rooms. Which wasn’t a problem for them. With that I used it to talk to mike from time to time. Any moment i got i used it to talk with mike. I would ask for his forgiveness here and there hoping that my voice would get him to wake up. 

After said amout of time went by, it was time for me to try walking again. The wait was over and my reunion with mike was here. One of the nurse helped me walk but i wanted to do this by myself. I slowly took one step at a time and the door was just in front of me. I could here the heart rate monitor beeps going on but as soon as i put my foot in the room the beeping stoped and went flat.

I didn’t realise what just happened and kept walking forward but the nurse heard that and immediately went past me and started checking mike. She quickly called the doctor and some workers to take him. One of the nurse took me to my room and told me to wait here. I heard and saw what happened there but my mind didn’t want to accept that something bad has happened to mike. 

After sometime our doctor came in my room.

"We are unfortunat to infrom that your brother has passed away. You will have to stay here for a few more days to fully recover. We would like you to take responsibility of you brother's passing."

After hearing that my whole body started to shaking and I almost had a panic attack. 

I took a deep breath and asked...

 "Can I see Mike for one last time?"

"You may take your time."

I wanted to see Mike right away but my legs felt numb. One of the nurses helped me to go see him. He was still in his bed just like the way I saw him a moment ago. But the room was filled with pin drop silence. I let go the nurse and slowly aproched him. There he was, no movement what so ever. 

I droped on my knees on the ground so hard that I was like needles on my skin. But at the moment I didn’t feel a thing. I grabed mike's hand and said...

"You motherfucking piece of shit. What happened to the promise that you made?"

"You said you were in this together. You said we will stay together till the end. Then WHY?"

"WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME LIKE THIS..."

As I said that tears rolled down my eyes and fell on mikes hand. The pain of losing the friend who was my only family in the whole world was greater then any pain one could imagine. I started crying pretty badly at the time so the nurse took me back to my room. 

That day I spent the entire time crying in my bed, refusing food, didn’t talk the anyone. Just crying and silence.

After a few days I was able to walk without any help. Even tho I wasn’t in the best mental state, I quickly got out of the hospital and arranged a small funeral for mike. Because it was only me who attended. Even tho he had friends in his office, none of could come because of their own issues. After the funeral was over i waited for the helpes of the cemetery to leave.

There i was, in front of the grave of my best friend. At the moment I didn’t even say anything. I was just standing there in silence.

After a while i was about to head back to my apartment when i said to myself in a low tone...

"See you soon Mike..."

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It's been a month since mike's death. I've been by myself for this entire time. This home was filled with the voices of me and Mike but now, It's just silence. I try to get back in my work but the thought of Mike's death was haunting me all the time. I got sluggish and inattentive to the point where I had stopped taking care of myself. I just wanted to forget about all of this and be normal again. 

I stoped making my own breakfast and only ate junk food. Didn’t want to go out and always stay indoors and work. And because of that I got sick pretty badly. I got a check up at the local hospital and they told me to take care of myself. But that just ment that if this would keep going, my freedom will come sooner.

With that in mind I stoped everything else and only worked in the commissions. I did all-nighters for quite sometimes, that made my body so weak that even walking out to the kitchen for a glass of water would feel like absolute hell.

After two weeks my body was at It's limit. My bones became visible through my skin. There was no muscle left in me. I didn’t want to keep going in this life anymore. So with the little remaining strength in me I got to the roof of our apartment and stood on the railings. Took a deep breath and said to myself...

"I'm coming back brother..."

While that I felt a tug from the back like if someone was trying to pull me back but ignoring that I let myself go and fell from 13 storys to the ground. While falling I realised that if mike found out about this then he would kill me by him self. The impact from the fall completely broke my skull and and killed me on the spot.

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That's what we thought at the moment but...

I suddenly opened my eyes to the surprise to see that I was in a completely different place from before. 

I saw a women holding me and a man by her side smiling in pure joy. That was the moment i realised that i was reborn in a different world. At the time I didn’t have any memory of my previous life and what juat happened to me. I was just a regular child. 

But what i didn’t knew that just a room away mike was also reborn in a different family. 

We were both reincarnated in a parallel world which was around 500+ years in the future. Tho this world is pretty different in comparison to the world we were in. 

This was just the beginning of you new life...