Scene One: The Empty City
The moment Haru stepped through the golden gate, he found himself in a vast, empty space—like another city, yet completely devoid of life.
Buildings without windows. Streets without traces. A sky drained of color, motionless and silent.
Everything existed… but without a soul.
Haru stood at the center of the place, scanning his surroundings with quiet unease.
"This… is not the world I know."
He moved forward slowly, until three massive doors appeared before him, aligned in a single row.
Scene Two: The Three Doors
Haru approached and read the words engraved on each door:
The First Door:
The Path to Your Family
The Second Door (The Middle One):
The Path You Choose for Yourself
The Third Door:
The Path of Imagination
Haru paused for a long moment.
He looked at the door leading to his family, feeling the heavy pull of memories.
Then he turned to the door of imagination, sensing the familiar call of the world he had lived in for so long.
Finally, his gaze returned to the middle door.
"I don't want to run away…
And I don't want to live in an illusion.
I want… to walk my own path."
With a steady step, Haru opened the middle door.
Scene Three: The Fog and the Voices
The moment he entered, dense fog enveloped him. He could see nothing—only a white void slowly shifting around him.
He took a step forward… then heard a voice.
"Haru… my dear… my son."
His heart nearly stopped.
That voice… was his mother's.
Then another voice followed—deeper, tense, yet filled with hope:
"Move his finger… yes, it moved."
It was his father's voice.
Haru's eyes widened.
"These voices… they're not from the imaginary world."
With each step forward, the fog thinned, and his body began to feel heavy— as if his soul were slowly returning to its true place.
Scene Four: Awakening
Suddenly… light burst open.
Haru opened his eyes slowly.
A white ceiling.
The sharp scent of disinfectant.
The sound of medical equipment.
He had awakened.
A cry, trembling with tears, echoed through the room:
"Haru!"
His mother was the first to embrace him—an intense, shaking hug, as if she feared he might disappear again.
The room filled with tears and joy at once.
He had finally awakened from the coma.
Scene Five: The Silent Confrontation
When things finally calmed, Haru looked at his mother, his eyes filled with questions that had lived inside him for years.
"Mother… why?"
He hesitated, then spoke in a broken voice:
"Why did you treat me as if I were useless? Why did you always see me as less than others?"
His mother collapsed into tears.
"Forgive me, Haru…"
"I was afraid for you. I thought pressure would make you better… I didn't realize I was destroying you."
Haru turned his face slightly away.
His heart trembled—
but this time, the pain was no longer suffocating.
Scene Six: Familiar Faces
Haru raised his eyes and looked at the doctor standing beside his bed.
He froze.
The doctor's features… resembled Joceka.
The same calm presence. The same gaze.
Then Haru looked at the nurse—
and his face resembled Narka.
In that moment, Haru understood everything.
"So… everything I saw… was a dream."
"But… not an ordinary one."
Haru's dreams had always been special.
They had a way of becoming reality.
Scene Seven: The Final Laugh
Tears streamed down Haru's face—
then suddenly… he laughed.
A strange laugh.
The laugh of someone who felt he had lost everything…
and yet, had finally found himself.
A laugh where pain, acceptance, and closure became one.
End of Chapter Twenty-One
(And here… the dream ends, and reality begins.)