Tap tap tap (sound of a typing keyboard)
A man lazily sits on a chair typing rapidly on a computer. The computer flashes with complicated lines of codes.
*kNOCK knock
The door opens quietly. An older man in his 30s appears, dressed in all black.
"Cael, are you ready?"
The man receives no response. Cael's unresponsive behavior makes him angry.
*Sigh
He calms himself and says, "Be ready at 10 o'clock in the morning." Then, he silently closes the door.
Cael didn't move an inch despite what happened around him, he is like a machine, his only purpose is to type.
Cael wasn't always like this. He used to be outgoing and energetic, but everything changed when one of his best friends was murdered. Since then, he became quiet, detached, and pessimistic.
However, he slowly started returning to his old self when an important person entered his life. While his pessimism remained, he found happiness when he was with that person.
But his life changes once again when a date hit his special day. He was in a hurry to get home to celebrate his birthday when a sudden phone call turned his world upside down.
He rushed to the hospital, only to be struck by devastating news from the doctor. His older brother, Johnson, rushes to the hospital, yet he met an accident where his life also put in the line.
Five of his family met with an unfortunate accident in the same day and soon after, they all died.
His eldest brother, Mark, was overseas at the time and couldn't return immediately due to a powerful typhoon.
Cael, together with his sister-in-law held the funeral. Days later, Mark was finally able to come home and assist with the remaining funeral arrangements.
Afterward, Cael locked himself in his bedroom with his cat, named Pochi, he isolates himself with the cat in his bedroom.
Away from his cousin pitying gaze, gossip of a neighbor and the unwanted support from his father's business rival.
'Everyone is noisy....'
He soon fell asleep with the white cat curled beside him.