NOVEL ONLINE FREE Chapter 1: I’m a kid again?!
Around Late 202x...
*Beep* *Beep* *Turns off alarm*
-What time is it?
As he groggily woke up and looked at the clock, it reads 7:30am. His eyes blinks for a few seconds as he got up.
-Well, I have to go to work today.
He sighs tiredly as he went to go to the bathroom to get himself ready. He took a shower, then shaved his face, and while going to his dresser to grabbed a change of clothes for work for today. He left his room to go at the kitchen/eating area as he grabbed milk from the refrigerator and a box of cereal from the kitchen cabinet.
-At least this is Honey Comb cereal. Not the most horrible thing in the world.
As he muttered softly while eating his breakfast of the day. He then finished up his breakfast and washed dishes clean. He then goes back to bathroom to fix up his hair and brush his teeth.
-And there!
As he finished setting up his hair and combed it to the side. He then went to a full length mirror to check out if his clothes are alright and looking nice.
*goes to his room to look at his full length mirror*
-Well I'll be, this is looking nice for today. I hope I am looking great!
(Image of AJ Rodriguez)
He is wearing a medium blue jacket, white crew neck shirt, slim fit khaki pants, and a pair of white sneakers. And he felt today might go alright in the end, but who knows...
Then he promptly grabs his wallet, keys, and his backpack and closes the door of his apartment. He's off to work now.
Narrator POV:
This is Alfred Joshua Rodriguez, a young 31 year old man who's trying to make his way of life.
He's been working hard lately, trying to make ends meet, especially with this economy... regardless he earns enough to live in a decent apartment space, afford his daily needs, and be able to go to certain places where he can socialize and hangout with his friends or family. Living in the USA all his life has some ups and downs especially when he's born here, thankfully he managed to leave California to go find a different place to live comfortably. For he was born and raised in California, and lived there for nearly 17 years before he decided to moved.
His job is a of Tech Support Worker, and doing freelance art on the side. He wanted to pursue a more creative and artistic approach for his career, but his parents thought it is safer to pursue a more stable job choice for his life. So Alfred decided to take Computer Programming and Information Technology as his majors, while having Fine Arts as his minor. For him, it was a bit of a bummer, but he conceded anyway.
Coming from a background of Filipino and White American ancestry, with Father being Filipino and his mom being White American, he has felt unsure about his identity at times. Especially for a while his Tagalog wasn't even good growing and he was practically monolingual for most of his childhood, it was only when he was 14 is when he started to fully learn Tagalog. Mainly so he can understand and talk to his dad, relatives, and his Filipino friends. Regardless his dad is also a Filipino American as he was also born and raised in the states, Alfred's paternal grandparents are the ones from the Philippines.
As for his mom, she was just a regular American mom from California, more specifically in the San Fernando Valley area where she grew up. Her and his dad met up during college and from there they fell in love. She is generally a very loving and sweet mother with a supportive nature. While his dad was a bit more strict and stoic in his nature, but still loving and caring all the same.
Alfred Joshua, also known as AJ by his friends and family members, he grew up in a decent middle class environment. He gotten a pretty childhood experiences all things considered, and he was fairly active kid. One thing he gotten interested about was Drawing, and then Anime/Manga, and Music. He first started singing at 5 years old, then gotten some vocal lessons, and was involved in the school choir for 7 years until the age of 13. While for instruments he knows, Guitar, he learned Guitar at age 12 and consistently practiced guitar almost every day since. He also self taught himself to play Keyboard Piano at age 16 too. AJ does have a strong passion for music, but wasn't interested in having a career out of it, just something he uses for side gigs over the years. His main interest lays on the arts, he learned and developed skills for not only drawing, but also Painting, Wood and Clay Sculpting, and Printmaking. AJ wanted to have a career out of it but life had other plans.
He now works in a modest tech startup company. For him it is kinda boring as he blames himself for not joining at a video game company long term. Well, he did do some side jobs on indie games companies before, but never actually as a full employee.
Yet, regardless of his situation now, he is fairly hopeful that things might turn around for him soon.
(End of POV)
Start of AJ's POV:
he took a small walk to go wait at the bus station. As he sat there, he looked a the bus schedule at his phone.
-Great, 20 minutes to wait! As he spoke in a slightly tired voice.
-Oh well, at least my work doesn't for another hour and a half or so. He mutters in satisfaction as he is glad he won't be late today. For now, he has time to chill around.
*17 minutes later, the bus arrives...*
-Good, it arrived a bit earlier than expected! As he softly exclaimed while he goes in and paid for his fare. He then sat down in the second row near the window.
(End of AJ's POV)
3rd person POV:
Unfortunately, he wouldn't make it to his work today. As something has happened with AJ, he died.
As for why, the bus has hit a bump in the road, with caused it to swerve and then crash into a colliding vehicle and power line pole.
Most have survived with significant injuries, but a few have died on impact and unfortunately, AJ was one of those casualties. With multiple blunt traumas, lacerations, and excessive bleeding. AJ never survived.
All AJ was doing sitting down, looking at sceneries, and sometimes scrolling on his phone, but unfortunately, life has plans and he got caught in its crosshairs. As AJ is dying, all AJ hopes is to see his family and friends be happy regardless.
(End of 3rd person POV)
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1980, Japan...
???? POV:
-Huh, where am I? As my eyes slowly opened and taking a bit of time to readjust. When it finally settled in, I found myself thinking as I am left wondering.
-What is this place? Did I just die?! As I am left in shock and I felt strange and surreal as I just realized I died and I am now in some kind of bedroom. I take a look around as I got out of this bed.
When I take a look around, this bedroom has a bay window, plain walls, and a bed, a desk for studying, a bookshelf, and a drawer and a closet for clothes. As well as other amenities. The bedroom floors are made of wood. And it seems like there is a full length mirror nearby. I also finds some posters, and pictures in the walls, possibly some idols, icons, or maybe relatives? Now that I think about it, I do see some Japanese writing in some posters, even in books by the bookshelf. I then go to the mirror just to see who am I.
(Current Appearance now)
-Well it looks like I am reincarnated? And I am a kid again?! He sighs as he continues to take a closer look of himself on this body. For some reason he looks strangely familiar...
Ohh, Greattt! Now, I am this weird pervert as a kid now! He exclaimed and complained as he quickly figured out that he is Ryohei Yamazaki, an infamous and hated protagonist of an obscure adult Japanese OVA. How he knows is that is not the question, though YouTube would be the hint. What is the question is why and how is he in this situation.
-Who knows? But at least I am alive again, I'll never get distracted at the bus ever again! As he proclaimed and promised himself to not be distracted again in public transport. He then walks away from the mirror and decides to look around, perhaps learning more about what this guy is currently.
*Softly sigh and breath frustratedly*
I then look around his bedroom, I also sees that Ryohei must be a strange boy, like seriously, who in the right mind would have posters on Japanese Idols at this age? Yet, he looks around 10 or so.
-Whatever he isn't a creep yet, it could be something else. He muttered out quietly as he pondered around.
I then took a look at his bookshelf, it looks like he has mainly books about some novels, comics, and a few manga of sorts. Even a few notebooks and a journal. I grabbed a book, and see a notebook called "My Journal #1."
-Hmm, this should be interesting. As he uttered his thoughts on the matter. He decided to take a look and read it.
But was once known as AJ, things are going to be different, and he is going to be in surprise...
(POV End)
//Author's Note//
Well, after reading many anime self insert fanfics, I decided to tackle on writing one. This one is unique as I felt hardly anyone does one set during the 1990s, so this going to be a challenge for me. I hope I can do a good job with this fanfic. I also hope that you enjoyed this!
If you want to suggest anything, or give out any feedback and critique, comment down and I will try to answer. Thanks for reading!