The young man crashed in through the door, having lost his balance since since it flung open. Tripping and faltering, he found support on the wall of the small living room. He would have crashed face first into it, if he didn't put his arms in front of himself.

Unable to stand up for much longer, he turned around and leaned on the wall, before sliding down to the ground.

With a smirk, I shook my head at the piece of disappointment before me.

"Look at you... why do you this to yourself? You know, I'm the one who's supposed to be the crazy one here..." I squatted down before the sack of crap lying against the wall of his own, lonely apartment. I would laugh, if it wasn't so pathetic.

I clicked my tongue a few times. His heavy breathing sent the taste of alcohol into my own mouth... disgusting!

"Close your mouth man... you're intoxicating the whole floor..." I cupped my mouth and nose with one hand and closed his mouth with the other, careful not to touch his lips, or anything of the sort...

Then again... touching his chin might not have been the best idea either. He might have thrown up, along the way.

Leaving that thought aside, I got up and went to close the door, before passing by the small kitchen to fill a glass of water.

I went back to him, still lying there.

"What was it this time? Same old?"

No response. The guy just kept taking deep breaths.

I pinched the bridge of my nose.

What a fucking hassle...

I threw the water in his face.

He was so slow, he took some good two seconds to turn his face away. When he lifted his arms up to wipe his face, I could swear the guy was wearing gravity bracelets, because holy shit, was he heavy.

"I told you that was gonna get you killed one day," my words sure as hell packed venom.

And I sure hoped that somehow, that venom got under his skin and went up to his brain.

But that was always wishful thinking.

I never got to him.

"Gggo to Hh-... ell.." was his slurred response, as his head slumped to the other side.

... That was it?

That was all he had to say?

"... Go to Hell, huh? Maybe you could come and show me the way since you're already there, you asshole!"

I didn't even bother containing my disappointment and slapped him across the face. Didn't even care. Just brought his face right right back to where it was before he opened his mouth.

He coughed a few times. Maybe he choked on some saliva, or something came up his throat.

"Come on, don't be a pussy. You're tougher than that, and I know that better than anyone else.

So. How's that 'righteousness' going for ya? Pretty well, I'd wager," I said, my stare narrowing ever so slightly, but constantly.

No response. He just bit his lip and lowered his head.

"How many times have I told ya? How many times have I whispered into your ear? How many times have I sat on your chest, and you didn't. Fucking. Listen." My teeth grit as I spoke, the last words coming out almost as an angry, incomprehensible hiss, but I was sure he could understand me.

"You had it all in your hands. You could have been the one. But noooo... dear old mama told you to be right above all, and you followed her example like she was Jesus reincarnate. Tell me... where is she now, again?"

His face was still wet with the water, but I could feel it in my chest. He was crying. Fuck my empathy.

"Where! The Fuck! Is she, now?!" I screamed, as I felt his tear run down my face.

"She left you for dead, didn't she? Worse than that, she made you leave yourself for dead long before she dug herself six feet under! And only you! Look where are the others? Look where you left the others! Your pride, your arrogance, your foolishness, your... your... you left yourself behind, just so you could be right! To be right! Hahaha, what the fuck does that even mean?! You don't know, do you?! 'I'm gonna search for the answer deep within myself'" I mocked his voice. It wasn't really that hard to imitate it.

"To look within yourself, you said... hahahahahaha! Look at me now, dammit! Look within yourself! See what's the answer you seek!"

"I woon...-"

"Of course you fucking won't! Because you're afraid. You're afraid to look at me. You're afraid to listen to me! You're afraid of even acknowledging that I exist! Because I'm gonna lead you astray, because I'm gonna set you in a path of ruin, because I was gonna make you lonely... because you fear me.

Look at me...!

You fear me.

But really, look around yourself. Look at yourself. This is what you should have feared. This, is what you should have avoided being. You're stupid. You were afraid of looking at me because were gonna be alone, but look, see if anyone's there! See if anyone cares! They don't. They never do, they never did. They just laugh... they just laugh at you for what you give them, and how you end up.

Real smart of you, to turn away from me... now you're there, drunk out of your mind, almost dying.

Is this what you call patience?

Is this what you do to pass the time?

Why am I asking? I know it is.

You're gonna end up killing me and you in that little play of yours. Listen to me at least once in your pathetic life."

He barfed, right there and then.

... he didn't just drink.

God fucking dammit.

"Look, being selfish is not being evil, if that's what you're worried about. Look at what you're doing, you're just being selfish for them! Do it for yourself! Let people repay the favor! You don't need to kill or rape anyone, just.. be yourself for once! Live your life for once! I'm not asking for a lot.

Hell, looking at the others like me out there, I could be killing dozens. Even me, the darkest there is to you, am not that evil. It's only in your eyes. You deny me as if I were a plague, as if I'd damage your perfect record."

I then felt a warmness in my chest.

...

I shook my head. I knew just what was going on.

"I guess you're too good for your own good," I got up to my knees, then to my feet.

"See you around, dipshit."

I left.