章節 9: Flight

Rudy climbed up the stairs and kept climbing until he reached the platforms of the upper compartments where the slides and the waiter area were awaiting him, to get cleaned. He looked at the entire sight from the top and couldn't help but awe in amazement.

"After looking at this from the top, I realize it's bigger than I expected," Rudy muttered.

It was nighttime, and the swimming park was located near the main highway. It was between the city and the highway, so even the people who wanted to drop by from some rest would be able to come here.

The park also had the facility of lodging and booking rooms to stay for the night, serving as a hotel, but it was closed for now.

Rudy glanced to his right and saw dozens of slides of various types. Some were straight, some were spiral, some needed a tube to go down, while some were water slides.

Unfortunately, there was no electricity on the other side of the park. Hence, no lights were on, and it was completely dark. However, Rudy's superpowers were allowing him to see everything clearly.

"I brought a mop with me, but I don't think I will need it…" Rudy placed the mop on the corner and grabbed the water pipe. Then, he attached it to the valve of the motor and turned it on.

There were dozens of water tanks on the top, so the water came out with the pressure. However, even if there was no pressure, Rudy simply needed a bucket full of water. He could wipe everything clean using his powers.

"Let's start." Rudy sighed and looked to his left. "There are ten more like this."

Rudy began to sprinkle the water everywhere and used telekinesis to get the dirt off the tiles and marbles. He was so immersed in cleaning that he didn't notice the mop he placed on the corner fell to the floor.

Rudy walked all over the compartment and sprinkled water to clean it. He was using his powers, and for that, he needed precise control. He didn't want to do any damage to the tiles and destroy the place.

As he was walking, he tripped on the mop and fell off the compartment.

"...!"

He was falling from the height of 32 meters, which was enough to kill anyone on impact.

'I already died a few hours ago. I am not going to die again!" Rudy knew how it felt to be hopeless. He died alone in the middle of nowhere. He had no one with him in his last moments.

Rudy didn't want to feel the same pain and suffering again. Luckily for him, he now had superpowers, and he could do anything he wanted.

Rudy simply imagined that he wanted an ability to fly, and he stopped falling.

"I… can't believe… it worked…" Rudy could feel his heart beating so loud as though it could pop out of his chest at any time.

However, even if Rudy had fallen and crashed to the ground, nothing would have happened to him. In fact, the ground would have shattered on impact.

But, it was not the time for celebration. Rudy wasn't going to sigh in relief until he reached back to the top. He knew that if he lost his concentration, he would lose control and fall down.

Rudy slowly flew to the top and landed back on the compartment. As soon as he landed, he dropped to his knees and let out a loud grunt.

"I should be a little careful…" Rudy sighed in relief.

After that, Rudy spent 3 hours cleaning the compartments and stairs one by one. He minimized the use of his superpowers because his head had started to hurt. He simply spilled a ton of water on the slides, and they were automatically washed. The dirty water from the compartments, slides, and the stairs, was going into the pools.

However, there was no need to clean the pool again because the pools' sinks were now working.

Rudy was cleaning the last compartment when Reina approached him. She stood by the stairs and watched Rudy. She was carrying a flashlight with her because she couldn't see anything.

"What? Are you here to check whether I am slacking or not?" Rudy scoffed.

"No." Reina shook her head with a grin on her face and said, "I was thinking you must be hungry. So I am here to call you out for dinner. Although it's only cheap noodles…"

'It's better than what I eat every day, though..' Rudy nodded and said, "I will be there in 5 minutes."

"Can I help you out with something? I feel bad for letting you do all the work," Reina insisted with an anxious and concerned look on her face.

"There is no need to feel bad. I am doing my job, and you are paying me for it," Rudy asserted.

"But—"

"Just go down. I will be there in 5 minutes."

"Okay…" Reina left with a disappointed look on her face.

'Dammit. I can't help but keep staring at her, and because of that, I see through her clothes. I need to do something about this ability, or it might—'

"Aaah!" Reina let out a loud scream.

Rudy immediately rushed to the pole and saw Reina falling down.

"Oh shit—!" Without wasting his time, Rudy jumped off the compartment and grabbed falling Reina. He carried her in his arms and landed on the ground.

Fortunately, Reina's eyes were closed due to fear, but there was no fooling Reina. When Reina opened her eyes, she found herself in Rudy's arms.

"How… you were up there… so how did you get…. Here…?"

"..." Rudy sighed with a groan and thought, 'It hasn't even been a day since I got superpowers, and I already exposed my identity.'

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Author's Note- Thanks for reading.

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章節 10: Breakdown

"How did you… get here?" Reina asked with a confused look on her face. "You were at the top…"

Rudy averted his gaze and answered, "I…"

Rudy noticed he was standing near the slide, so he made an excuse saying, "I was tired, so I thought of coming down through this slide. And then I heard your scream. When I looked up, you were falling, but I somehow managed to catch you."

"Anyway…" Rudy tried to dodge the topic and gazed at Reina with a concerned look on his face: "Are you okay?"

Reina meekly nodded with a sad look on her face.

"....?"

Rudy let Reina down and sighed in relief.

'I jumped without thinking. What if I had failed to catch her, or my powers didn't work? Both of us would have died.'

When Rudy was worried about his powers, Reina was concerned about something else.

"Why… did you save me?" she uttered in a low voice.

"Huh?"

"You should have let me die!" Reina yelled as tears rolled down her eyes.

"Wait… don't tell me you jumped on purpose?" Rudy asked with a furious look on his face.

"No." Reina shook her head and said, "But you should have let me die. At least, I wouldn't have to worry about anything else."

"I would have to live life to pay loans. My life has no happiness. I don't even have a future!" Reina sobbed. "What if the water park doesn't work well as I have planned?"

"..."

"My life has no happiness!"

Rudy looked at Reina's crying face and smiled bitterly.

'She is having a breakdown, so she has been holding back all her pain, huh?'

In his previous life, Rudy lived the same life. His family was in debt, and Rudy had promised himself that he would give a happy life to his family. But instead, he ended up being a burden to him.

'Our lives are so similar. Maybe it's not a coincidence that I met her?' Rudy asked himself.

Rudy placed his hands on Reina's shoulders and said, "Hey… look at me."

Reina turned her face to the side and tried to wipe her tears, but they weren't stopping.

"Reina… look at me," Rudy said in a calm voice.

Reina looked at Rudy's face and sniffed.

'I don't want to die!' After seeing Reina's crying face, Rudy remembered something extremely sad from his previous life. He felt like crying after remembering that.

'Don't… Rudy. You have a chance to save 'her' in this life.'

"Reina…" Rudy called her name in a gentle voice and continued, "Listen to me. You said you have a sister, right?"

Reina nodded in response.

"What's her name, and how old is she?"

"Her name is Rina, and she is in high school," Reina replied honestly.

"If you die or something happens to you, Rina will have to take all the burden by herself, you know?"

Reina immediately stopped crying after realizing what Rudy was trying to say.

"Do you want her to feel the same way you did, at such a young age?" Rudy asked calmly. 'Although Reina had it worse. She mentioned her parents were infected 5 years ago, so she must be around 15 years old at that time, and she was burdened with the loans and the responsibilities.'

Reina shook her head violently and said, "No. I don't. I want her to live a normal life."

"Right? So stop with these suicidal thoughts, okay?"

Reina quietly nodded with a flushed face.

"Good. Now let's go—"

Before Rudy could finish what he was saying, Reina hugged Rudy.

"... hey… what are you…"

"Let me stay like this for a while," Reina uttered in a muffled voice.

"Well…" Rudy didn't know what to say or do.

'Alt least, she didn't jump for a kiss…' Rudy scoffed. 'And she is so soft. It's been a long time since a girl hugged me.'

Two minutes passed, but Reina wasn't letting go of Rudy.

"...uhh…!" Rudy had a boner.

'Wait! Calm down, my little brother! Just because a girl hugged me doesn't mean you get a chance to poke her!'

Rudy was once again facing a teenager's dilemma.

Suddenly, Reina let go of Rudy and jumped back in surprise. Then, she moved her gaze down and looked at Rudy's crotch with a flushed face.

"I am so sorry! I shouldn't have hugged you like that. That was so immoral of me," Reina apologized. But she couldn't take her eyes off Rudy's crotch.

"No, I am sorry. There is no need for you to apologize." Rudy didn't want Reina to feel more guilty than she already was.

After that, they went to Reina's office and ate noodles. Rudy almost teared up after eating the first bite.

Reina noticed it and asked, "What's wrong? Are you okay?"

"Yeah… it's just… they are a little spicy. But don't worry."

However, Rudy was lying.

'This is the first decent food I am eating after my accident…'

Rudy decided not to get too sentimental after remembering his previous life.

After eating dinner, Rudy and Reina cleaned the rest of the area of the water park. Rudy took care of the grass and unwanted plants. He also filled the pools with water and added the required amount of chlorine-- although she didn't have much anyway.

"Here is your pay…"

Reina placed a huge jar filled with dollar notes and coins on the table and said, "You can count them if you want. But I am sure they are more than 2500$."

'If she is giving like this, then it must mean this is her savings…' Rudy let out a weary sigh and said, "Don't worry. I trust you."

Reina's face flushed after hearing that.

Rudy glanced around and noticed it was nearly morning.

"I should be leaving now," Ruddy uttered awkwardly.

"Yeah…"

"When are you opening the water park?" Rudy asked curiously.

"At 9 AM." Reina looked at the clock and said, "After 4 hours."

"Are you sure you can run this entire place all by yourself?" Rudy asked with an anxious look on his face.

"Oh! No. Some workers will come and take care of anything. I will have to sit in my office and watch over everything," Reina replied.

"Do you… have enough money to pay them?"

"They are legally bound by a contract to work here. So I don't have to worry about that," Reina answered.

"That's… good?" After a brief pause, Rudy took out his phone and said, "Can I have your number?"

"Huh?" Reina was surprised after hearing that.

"Oh, I don't mean it in a weird way. But you can call me whenever you need me. I would be happy to help you out," Rudy said with a smile on his face.

"Sure. I would be glad too…" Reina said in a low voice, but Rudy heard it thanks to his superpowers.

After that, Rudy left the park and made his way to the main street.

"There is no way I am going through the tunnel again."

"I can use my powers to fly, but I have been using them for like 12 hours now. My body feels like it will explode. Plus, I am too exhausted to focus on flying.'

In the end, Rudy decided to take a taxi.

He stood near the pick-up spot and waited for a taxi to arrive. However, it was still 4 AM, and there weren't many taxis around.

After waiting for 10 minutes, a taxi finally stopped in the opposite street.

Rudy sighed in relief and made his way to the taxi.

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