Twist and Shout
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Some people are born with an abundance of talent. Some people are born with natural charm and beauty. Some people are born with uncanny intuition. Some people are born with god-like reflexes. Allen Walker was born with the ability of complete mediocrity.
He was average, average, average. He was completely normal and absolutely mediocre. And he hated it. He'd hear the superheroes wanting a nice, normal life. He'd always hear some new way a fan would invade a celebrity's privacy. He'd hear the sorrows of the starving, the weak and the poor. He'd hear the rich people complaining about the responsibilities of their status. He'd heard it all, but one thing he did not hear about was the plight of the masses.
Whenever he thought about it, it felt as though he were being suffocated by the gripping fear that he would just disappear into the endless sea of grey. He'd long realized that the normal people like him were just there to augment the specialness of those superior. After all, if there weren't people to talk about the new celebrities and billionaires, how would they become famous in the first place?
He wasn't as handsome as the guys in manga, he wasn't as smart as the victimized nerds in movies and he certainly didn't have the same compassion or integrity as the protagonists in all the big-name series'.
He sometimes felt like a ghost in his own life. He seemed to be in a perpetual dream-like state where reality sometimes felt like a dream and a dream sometimes felt like reality. He had good overall grades, he did his chores, he had decent athletic abilities and he came from a normal middle-class family. He had a loving mom and a brash dad and an annoying little brother.
He was pretty sure that if his life were turned into a movie, he'd be a side character.
He'd long come to terms with that fact but he still couldn't help but feel jealousy towards people like Lenalee, all silky hair and warmth and smiles. Ah yes, that's right, Allen thought to himself. That's because I'm a selfish bitch. And he just continued smiling like nothing was wrong.