The Youth Life Maze

Deadline Days!

I woke up from my sleep, the clock showed me at 05:21, I am currently feeling sultry, but it is still morning. I got out of my bed, went to the bathroom and washed my face.

School has started to take off, on Friday, I have got my report card, the results are as usual, I ranked first in my class.

By the time I was fully aware, right now, it was May 26th. Almost close to the deadline, while I just finished 5 chapters. L'm... In danger.

It's been 1 week since I went to the cafe with Elina, I still can't finish at least 7 chapters of my novel.

5 More chapters in 4-5 days, that feels a bit impossible, I... Feeling that I, it's already impossible to continue this,

I better give up.. L'm.. So far, I have fought as much as I can... Well, I better continue my parents' dream.

Better, I go out for a second, to calm my mind.

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I came out without a clear purpose, I was currently at a red light, around not too crowded as usual. My steps stopped, fell silent, and looked up at the clear sky today and wished that I could finish my novel without any problems.

Then I walked and walked until I was in the park. I also sat in the middle of the park. The wind blew past my body, leaves were falling, I who was thinking about my novel felt a little calm, but still, I couldn't stop thinking about my novel,

Why would... Why can't I finish what I should be able to finish.

I felt very agitated, desperate, and felt like I was useless.

L'm.. Is useless. Why can't I be what I want to be. I can't stop taking that kind of thinking out of my head.

When I felt really desperate, I saw someone who was not a stranger, she was the woman I met at the bookstore at that time, she was sitting right opposite me. He sat by the fountain.

He was drawing something. Seeing her somehow made me feel a little calm. I kept looking at him too. It seemed like he realized my existence and looked at me as well. He smiled and waved his hand at me.

I also wave. He smiled a little, because he saw me, I approached him.

"What's drawing?" my many.

"Hm... I again sketched a comic," he replied while still drawing.

"Ohh.. Sketch well, can I sit here?" ask me while pointing towards the empty seat nearby.

He just nodded his head and kept drawing.

I just kept watching him sketch, he looked so focused, I was amazed by him.

He suddenly stopped, "Sorry before, what do you want?" ask with a forced smile.

"O-Oh.. Nothing really matters, I just walk around, keep getting here, and, I happen to see you drawing again, I just want to see, hehe," I replied.

"That's it.."

Then there was a 5-minute silence.

"You, great yeah.. I, can only be amazed to see you," I suddenly said that.

He was immediately speechless to hear me say that, "What the hell, ahahaa, I, don't understand," his face flushed a little

"Yeah.. If I may know, you're making comics out of a hobby, or you want to be a profession?" out of curiosity I asked too.

"I want to be a mangaka!" he said a little excited, "A-Ahh.. Sorry, I seem to be a mangaka that's too much well, ahahah." he continued.

I shook my head, "No, not at all, it's a very big dream in my opinion" I said with a slight smile.

"You think so? Thank you," she replied smiling.

"Can I ask you again?"

"Hmm, what do you want to ask?"

He seemed to think out loud, "Hmmm, in the end, I just had to fight to the end right," he replied.

He might be right, but, I have a complicated situation right now. But, yes, at least I can hear the opinions of others.

"That's it, okay, reasonable answer, thank you."

He nodded his head and smiled, "Haha, no problem at all, glad that my answer could help."

I stood up from my seat, "Ohh yes, almost forgot, I'm Alvaro Nagiru, greetings," I extended my hand.

He shook my hand with a smile, "I'm Akina, greetings too."

"Btw, I want to go home, see you again, Akina," I waved my hand.

Akina waved her hand, then continued to sketch her.

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"Uhuh... Who would have thought that I would meet Narui-kun, but, seeing him again I feel happy," "Who the hell is happy, I'm not happy at all," I murmured.

"Aahh, what the heck, my focus has become a mess because of you kann Narui-kun," I murmured.

I had as much as I could restrain myself from looking too happy in front of Narui-kun.

"Uhh.. Already, I have to go back to sketching for my comic."

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I have returned to my house, ready to finish at least 1 chapter today. I immediately searched for some references to my novel.

After I finished searching for enough references, I started to re-write, and there were some ideas popping into my head.

After almost 2 hours of writing, I decided to take a break. After 25 minutes, I wrote my novel again.

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May 31st, deadline day, I assume today is the deadline, it should be tomorrow. That's because I want to finish everything today, so tomorrow I just need to go to Plaza Indonesia.

I had already completed 3 chapters in the previous 5 days, I should be able to finish 2 chapters today.

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Now that the time has shown at 21:21, I have completed 1 chapter, and only slightly more completed 2 chapters.

It was 23:44, I finally finished the novel that was about to take part in the race! It was not easy, I often got into trouble, although in the end I managed to solve it, I felt proud of myself.

I decided to go to bed, before that, I went to the toilet, urinated, after that, I got ready to go to bed and was impatient for tomorrow, because I'm gonna list my novel!

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Finally the long-awaited day arrived, I woke up at 7:28, after waking up I immediately took a shower and breakfast before going to Plaza Indonesia, where the race was.

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I got to the race place, I went alone, and went straight to the registration.

After I have finished registering, I intend to go home soon, and the announcement of this race will be announced next month, July 5th, the announcement will be held at this venue.

I was already home, I decided the rest of the holiday by relaxing and spending time at home, because the holidays after this final exam were quite long, he said, and it's likely that Aruna will be invited for a walk, I'm not interested in joining at all.

So I'm just going to keep the house, chances are Aithan will play and stay at my house. On this long holiday, I'll just have fun with Aithan, that's for sure.