Ryan.

In a dark rainy night...

"Uh, sorry" A red haired boy carrying some package in his hand apologised as he bumped into a rich guy.

"Did you think that your stupid apologies will pay for this?!"

The rich guy pointed at his expensive clothes, which a drink is spilled on.

"Dear, you can not let this slide! You have to beat this poor commoner that dare to spoiled you expensive clothes!" A lady beside the guy said, by the looks of it, she is the rich guy's girlfriend.

"Jane, did you recognised this guy?"

'What Jane? hmmm, what the...'

The name clicked on Ryan's mind, this is his girlfriend when they were in their high schools, she left him for his best friend.

His best friend betrayed him and he is a son of a rich man that is renowned through out the city, Ryan is only able to join that school because of Free scholarship.

He can still vividly remember what happen back then, the reason she left him.

"You are just a poor and lowly commoner boy" Jane said.

"After all I did for you? Is this how you repaid me?"

"Sorry, I don't think intelligent is enough to buy cosmetics, expensive phones or whatever I need. I am not your level, you better go find someone at your level"

"Yeah, she is right. I thought you are intelligent? You should have figured that someone like her is not made for you"

"Victor!"

Ryan is totally shocked when he realised that

his best friend, is the one that betrayed him, to think that Victor is the new guy Jane had been talking about is a complete shock to Ryan.

"Victor? How is this possible?"

"You can't afford my expenses while he can do that, forget about my expenses, you can not even afford your own expense. Buying the new fully immersive VR game is but a dream to you, can you afford it? The answer is absolutely no, but my lovely Victor can afford to buy one for me"

"You heard her, you better scram before I get angry and let me never see you again or the consequences will be dire"

Victor and Jane happily laugh at Ryan.

Ryan is dumbstruck that he stood still and try to come to terms with what happen here, he had been trying to think that all this is a nightmare but Jane's voice said otherwise.

"My relationship with you is over, thinking that I once love a guy like you makes me feel sick" Jane cruelly said having zero concerned for Ryan's feeling.

(Back to the present...

"I don't remember someone like him" Jane think a bit before replying.

"It is little Ryan! How have you been?" Victor crazily laughed.

"Oh, so it is the poor Ryan? All the more reasons you should beat him up, I hate even seeing someone with the same name as him, if I remember correctly, you have warned him to not crossed our paths and he dared to do so!"

"You heard her, you are going to get a very good beating today" Victor cracked his knuckles.

Grabbing Ryan by the collar he punched him straight to the face, he then throw him against the wall and stop on his stomach.

"Wait!"

Jane said which surprised both Victor and Ryan.

"If he is able to kowtow before us and grovel like a good dog, then we should considered letting him go" Jane evilly smiled.

"What a good idea, why didn't I think of this earlier?"

"That is because you are so fucking dull!" Ryan happily commented.

"You dog! who said you can talk!" Victor angrily stomp on the downed Ryan.

"Hahaha hahaha, its that the best you can do?! You are pathetic! A weakling, you are the perfect match for that ungrateful girl!" Ryan burst into laughter.

"Shut your worthless mouth up!"

Victor kicks him in the stomach again.

"So, your mouth had some worth, right?"

"Argh!"

Victor angrily stomp on Ryan.

"Is that the best you can do?! You are such a weakling!"

After the beat up, Victor use a stone to hit Ryan on the head.

Victor and Jane quickly get in their car and disappeared from the scene.

"Wait..."

'Is this how I am going to die? Now that I bought the Vr set and about to help my family out of the pitiful state we are in, here I am about to die'

This is the thought going through the head of Ryan as he lies in the small puddle formed by his own blood.

The rain intensifies as if in reasonance with Ryan's emotion.

'A pitiful end to my miserable life...

At this point, Ryan is having a hard time keeping his eyes open, his eyes felt heavier than usual.

His eyes slowly closed and only silence remain with the occasional rumbling of thunder.