Memories

You Crazy

I was expecting to see the same black nothingness but was instead meet with a pair of black shades.

The boy in front of me had a purple mohawk and a piercing near his eyebrow.

I blinked a few times and scrunched my eye brows together. I know this boy. If only I could breath maybe I'd be able to actually think about it. I squeezed my eyes shut as my chest became tighter, begging for oxygen.

"Hey, Eiji? You okay?"

No! I'm clearly not fine!

I felt as his hand landed on my shoulder and it was as if the tremendous weight on my chest vanished. I sucked in a deep breath of fresh air and coughed.

The boy gently helped me into a sitting position and slightly patted my back in what I could only assume was comfort. Once my coughing fit was over I looked over at the boy and gave him a small smile, ignoring the fact that his hand was still on my back. Whatever he did, I was grateful for. I could finally breath.

"Thank you."

He grinned and with his other hand slapped my shoulder.

"Of course! I couldn't just leave my friend dieing on the floor there now could I?"

My small smile vanished. So he's a friend of mine. Great, I don't rember him at all. I sighed and looked down at my hands.

"I'm sorry for troubling you there. I have no idea what happened. It was like one second I was feeling great and the next I just...couldn't breath." I flinched at my statement. What I said literally sounded crazy.

He hummed in response and looked off into space as if thinking. After a couple seconds of complete silence I felt awkward. I slightly shifted on the floor, unsure of what to do next. His hand was still on my back. It was weird but at the same time felt oddly comforting. Just as I was about to speak out he beat me to it.

"Well first off, there's no need for sorrys. Was it your fault that you were literally suffocating? No. So no sweat okay? Second off, the reason why you couldn't breath was because you were getting to close to waking up."

I looked up from my hands and stared at him in confusion. Is this guy okay?

Alright I know I shouldn't be judging, especially after I literally just said that I couldn't breath one second and I could the next. But saying that I was close to waking up when I'm clearly awake, is a whole new level of weird.

"Uh... what do you mean I was getting close to, uh, waking up? Last time I checked I'm still awake right now." I awkwardly chuckled, trying to lighten up the uncomfortable mood.

He sighed and placed a hand on his forehead "It's" he paused for a second "hard to explain, but let's just say that this place isn't really...real."

"What?" This was getting weirder by the second.

"You, right now, aren't actually physically here."

I looked down at myself. Nope I'm definitely physically here but it looks like this guy isn't mentally here.

Is he messing with me? I looked at him in concern and he gave me a sheepish smile.