ALL THE TIME

He could not spot a single living creature left, and found a gun from a fallen cabinet. He decided to end his life with everyone else and aimed the loaded revolver on his right temple. He had his eyes closed but the moment he opened them, he placed the gun down and looked at the sign - Public Library.

He walked inside and found the books survived the death bomb, and he had every single one of them to read for the rest of his life. He had all the time he could give to reading, and no one was going to stop him. However, his glasses fell and the lenses broke, as well as the plan of reading every book in the library.

He woke up, his vision still slightly blurred, and when he looked up, he saw his boss standing in front of him. Henry went back to work and apologized for sleeping while in duty, and swore never to do it again. His obsession on reading gave him this weird dream where he isolated himself from everyone else to live in a fantasy world where he could do nothing but read. He never cared for anyone else and all that mattered for him was to satisfy his craving to read.

He looked beyond his desk and saw a boy sitting on the benches and his mother talking to him, but he did not seem to bother listening because he was busy - playing games on his iPad, living in a fantasy world, isolated from everyone else.

Reyes, Paollo Deo R.

2013-66992