Three Days of Happiness

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Chapter 14: The Blue Period
A definite change started to take place when my lifespan went
below fifty days.
As I said before, there were lots of people who took offense to my
actions, which were both famous and infamous. There were
numerous people who would see me happily talking to an invisible
person, and say cruel things loud enough for me and passersby to
hear.
Of course, I had no right to complain. I was the one who made them
feel unpleasant in the first place.
One day, at a bar, I got involved with three men. They were loud,
sharp-eyed, always taking opportunities to make themselves look
tough, and from their numbers and stature I knew I needed to be
careful about offending them.
Probably out of boredom, when they saw me drinking alone and
talking to an empty seat, they purposefully sat next to me and
talked to me, trying to provoke me.
Maybe at one point I would have tried to stand up for myself and
say something back, but I just couldn’t devote energy to that
anymore, so I waited it out until they got bored.
But they didn’t get bored - upon realizing I wasn’t saying anything
back, they took advantage of it to up the attitude even further.
I considered leaving the bar, but seeing how much time they
seemed to have on their hands, I thought they might just follow me.
“This is problematic,” Miyagi said with a concerned look.