Sword's Nightmare

That stupid idiot. Stupid. Stupid, idiot, stupid! Have fun with your toys, miserable, wretched, insignificant disgrace of a human being. Thank you for getting me sent to bed at 8. How I love getting blamed for something I didn't do, you idiot. Why must I be stuck with a younger sibling? Why couldn't I have followed Calibur to Japan?

Ugh, I can't sleep. I've been reading these stupid comics for hours on end. I hope you enjoy your stupid action figures. Christ, it's your birthday, so you can't do nothin wrong? Not my fault you stepped on that lego brick, dumbass.

I'm so bored right now. I don't wanna sleep. Maybe I'll sneak out and ride my bike. Maybe I'll go over to Bench's house and we'll play hide and seek in the woods. Oh, what's that? It's 9 o'clock. There he goes.

"BUT IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!"

Yeah it's your bedtime now, loser, enjoy your birthday.

Hmm, I can hear my parents going back downstairs. Sounds like movie night. This is my opportunity to grab my football from the stairwell. There it is. On the bottom step, I need to just scoop it carefully, and- DAMNIT! Did they.. hear that? I'm not taking any chances. Goodnight ball.

Oh my god, I'm not used to this. This is so boring. What is that terrible smell? Pungent, it's unbearable. What even is it? It seems to be coming from the bathroom... I could've sworn I flushed the toilet. But no. It does not even smell familiar. It smells rotten. Dead. Rotting.

Come on Sword, you're 13. You're a man now. Are you? Am I? Should I tell mum and dad? No no no. I'm a man now. I am old enough for this. The lights are killing me. I... can't smell anything. What even happened to the smell? There's nothi- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Oh, it was just a dream. Thank god. Hi Mum and Dad, just had a bad dream. You can go back to watching your movie. I feel tired. After all, I just woke up. I'm going to sleep now. Goodnight Mum, and goodnight Dad. Goodnight to you too, eyes at the window.