Lizguard's Short Stories

Story 1 (WIP)

"All the world’s a stage, [and] all the men and women [are] merely players; [they] have their exits and their entrances…"
—Jaques from William Shakespeare's As It Was

Story 2 (WIP)

"If my love for [them] has to have an expiry date, let it be 10,000 years."
—He Qiwu from Chungking Express

It is a universal fact that you can't have too much or too little. Have the right amount of dose, and you'll be fine. Several things applied to this rule. Most were delicious (or not so) consumables such as candies, fruits, vegetables, and water. Drinking too much water could lead to water intoxication, which also leads to something known as hyponatremia. But of course, if one was a lunatic and chugged a load, that could only happen.

Some non-materialistic, non-physical ideologies also applied this rule. It's then that things get complicated, and the boundaries for "just right" start blending, becoming borderless. The issue is the prominent dilemma humankind attempted to solve with their doctrines and ideas.

One of them was a young adolescent. He was experiencing the sweetness and bitterness of life; the karmic cycle of misery spun its wheels. Paroxysm was a common symptom of youth. Emotional highs and lows swung up and down like rollercoasters, but the rider's experience was always subjective to everyone. They might be enjoying the thrills of twirls and spins, but some could be holding for their dear life, desperate, not letting go of the safety handle that didn't exist in the first place.

The young adolescent was neutral about the ride of his life. He claimed to have experienced everything, the joys of being with friends, the griefs of losing loved ones, but mostly, he cherished the one he loved.

But this information becomes irrelevant when one doesn't know how he came to meet his love, the teenager's first love, and their journey. All things of this world may be meaningless in the end, but the adolescent foolishly held faith in love, blindfolded. He was bound into a contract to become a slave for a long time.