It's a new day, my alarm on my phone vibrating beside my ear, waking me up exactly 6 in the morning again

  The sound of birds chirping can be heard from my bedroom window, which means birds haven't even left their nest yet.

  With the sun not even radiating its light yet, I get up from my bed and rub my eyes. Usually, I hate to get up this early, but today and tomorrow will be different. I then grab my phone and check the date for today.

  ". . . It's Saturday. . . Glad I don't need to rush things for school today. God, I wish I didn't have this kind of muscle memory. . . Always makes me wake up too early."

  I get up and go to my living room to do some light exercise to stretch my arms and legs, then head back to my house and take a cold shower to refresh my mind, wear my comfortable clothes, and check my refrigerator hoping for food.

  "Shit. . . No food. . ."

  I close the refrigerator and open it again. . . No food.

  "Dear constellations, I am writing a full prayer in my mind right now that today isn't the day. . . Please. . . "

  I close and open it again, and still no food. I really wish there was any food 'respawn' inside it when I'm doing that.

  "Fuck, I'm too lazy to buy those groceries today. . . But if I didn't buy any, I'm going to die today. . . I'm damn tired of this world but at least let me die full. . ."

  With my lazy ass, I decide to grab my wallet and head to the grocery store, with today filled with the laughs of kids and a few teenagers practicing their magic

  Somehow, I don't feel much for them. Envy? No. Just a numb feeling

  "Finally, I'm here. . . I hope this day is normal, I don't wish for me to suddenly gain magic or something. . . Just a normal day. . . Please, I'm begging you, my luck. . ."

  I head inside and take a few meats, vegetables, and some ramen noodles. Then I head to the counter and am about to pay for my things to the cashier

  That's when I sense a flick of a magic spell on the tip of his fingers while looking directly at me

  Out of the sudden, he tries to shoot his fireball at me, but gladly I manage to dodge it before it hits my face

  That's when it was revealed that he, alongside a few more robbers, disguised themselves as customers before they also shot a barrage of spells at the guards, who were caught off guard by their own elemental spells, killing them.

  One of the guards got their left eye pierced by an ice shard, and the other one got their upper body turned 180° around with a blood control spell. Both died without knowing they died since it happened so fast

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  "Huff. . . Didn't I just pray for today to be a normal one?"

  "I WANT EVERYONE TO PUT ALL THEIR BELONGINGS IN OUR BAG. IF NOT, WE WILL NOT HESITATE TO GIVE YOU A PAINFUL DEATH!!!"

  "P-PLEASE. . . PLEASE SPARE MY LIFE-"

  Just when that woman pleaded for her life, the leader put his palm on her head and burned her alive while his other man regenerated her to keep her burning alive making her scream in pain just to prove his point

  "AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! "

  "LISTEN TO THAT! DID YOU WANT TO BE JUST LIKE HER??!! PUT YOUR BELONGINGS IN THE BAG NOW!! "

  This thing repeated for about a few minutes until that woman pleaded for them to stop the torment and just kill her instead.

  Her cries and screams in agony make some of them already crying, some of them already piss themselves cause of fear, some of them stare at those robbers with hatred, a few more vomit at the gore scene

  I should have screamed, or cried, or at least tried to help the lady. But somehow, the only thing on my mind is to get back home and cook myself a meal.

  Huh, what the hell is wrong with me? I thought to myself while still looking at the scene, almost emotionlessly

  Suddenly, the grocery store ceiling seemed to vibrate for a second, which made all of the robbers pause their actions and look up at the ceiling.

  "What the f-"

  Before one of the robbers could finish their sentence, the ceiling collapsed with some force of kinetic energy. Those robbers who had just recovered from shock tried to hit her with their magic, but were easily stomped and sent back with the help of her telekinesis power.

  She then levitated me and other customers out of the grocery store. Just when I'm about to thank her for landing me on the ground carefully, she suddenly shouts at me

  "Dan!"

  ". . . Yes?"

  "Why do you always put yourself in dangerous situations, huh?! Stop making us worried about you for constellations sake!"

  ". . . Why are you guys always late to save people. . . Is this some kind of heroes trend?"

  "It's not like we are always here all the time. . . And you should instead thank me rather than complaining!"

  She then put us down on the ground and took care of those robbers. . . I should introduce her, her name is Farah, one of the heroes, who is also my friend, as you can see, she can use telekinesis to the point where lifting a whole whale is light work for her, so she is pretty strong.

  While she holds those robbers at bay with her power, I decide to approach and talk to her.

  "Where's Adam at? I thought he would be here faster than you. . .?"

  "He's rushing to the police station, if my guess is correct, he should be here any time soon with the police along."

  "I see. . . Hey, did you know our school got attacked by demons yesterday?"

  "WAIT! FOR REAL?!"

  "Yeah. . . Some students die, a few students and teachers are injured. . . But most of them are fine. So don't worry too much. School will open back next week after they plant the shield machine. . . Fucking principal finally does his job"

  ". . . Dan. . . You are always so calm about anything, huh?"

  ". . . Isn't that a good thing? Keep your calm under every situation? "

  "Yeah, it is good. . . But Dan. . . You're too calm, almost like. . . You're numb to things"

  ". . . Don't ask me why. . . Oh yeah, where were you when our school was getting attacked yesterday?"

  "Oh. . . I'm at my village visiting my grandma, she was sick yesterday. . . But now she's better."

  ". . . I share my condolences about it I guess. . . Huh. . . Guess I'm not emotionally numb, that's good to know"

  "Heh, guess it is good, Dan"

  A few minutes later, Adam arrived with his super speed, and a few police cars arrived minutes later, and they immediately captured all those robbers; some of them also tried to reassure those victims about the terrifying moment that had happened earlier. Adam then rushed to me slowly and checked on me.

  "Dan! . . . You ok man?!"

  "Yeah. . . Thanks to Farah that she manage to come in time before more deaths happen"

  "Hey! Are you praising me or mocking me?!"

  ". . . Yes"

  "Good to know you uninjured man. . . I mean, you didn't have any power to defend yourself, so we're all mad worried about you. . ."

  ". . . Huh, I wonder why you guys are always so worried about me. . . "

  My question was left hanging before they both looked at me with a dumbfounded expression

  "The fuck you mean why? You're our friend, so we'll always worry about you" Adam dismissed my question with his smug expression

  "Yeah! And you also help us to release our full potential right? So we are always indebted to you for it." Farah supported Adam while her sparkling eyes looked at me excitedly

  They then smile at me after saying that. . . For some reason, I get a butterfly feeling in my stomach from that. . . Probably cause this scene plays like a friendship cartoon. . .

  . . . Reminds me of Steven Universe honestly

  "Huff, you guys are nonsense. . . Anyway. . . I'm going back home. . . See you guys tomorrow I guess"

  I then start walking away calmly while they continue back to their hero's work. . . I'm just glad for one thing, and that is I finally can get back home and cook myself a meal.

  But while I walk back to my house, there's actually a feeling of gratitude that I should have told them earlier. . .

  ". . . Damn it, I should have told them earlier. . . Now how the hell I gotta stop my stomach from this butterfly feeling. . .? "

  ". . . "

  ". . . Thank you for the worry, I guess. . . "