For a long moment, Earl blankly stared at his reflection in the mirror.
Despite having a stranger's face, watching a glint of remorse in his teary ocean eyes formed a twisted knot deep down his chest, making his breath suddenly hitch for a second.
Since the moment he woke up in this unfamiliar world, Earl had been fighting upto his wit's end to earn a place for himself righteously. But in the end, his heart ached, realizing he was almost losing against his crumbling resolve.
Back in his world, he had never taken his mental health seriously, pushing himself throughly until the very end when he took the drastic step. But now, stuck in a prejudiced world, all of the past trauma and pain inflicted on him landed a fatal blow.
He stepped down the bed, watching his pale exhausted face clearly showed how broken, and hollow he seemed at that very moment.
But then, a trembling, bitter smile nearly curved his lips when an ugly urge flared in his wrecked heart.
