This was when I was 10 years old. My parents were getting ready to leave our house to meet their former friends. “Bye Jimmy! We will be back tomorrow, so don’t worry. I made lunch and dinner for today, and breakfast for tomorrow. Call me if you run into some problems!”, my mom said. As soon as I heard the entrance door close, I ran into my room getting ready to play games all day. But before I start the game, I needed to go to the bathroom because I didn’t want to go anywhere in the middle of the game. So, I entered the bathroom casually, without even knowing the upcoming tragedy that’s going the occur.
I locked my bathroom door like always, although nobody were in my house. The bathroom was the most clean place in my house. The air in the bathroom was different. It may sound weird, but trust me, it was. I would always get compliments about how our bathroom is so clean compared to theirs. And I agree. I washed my hands, dried off my hand with the towel, and was ready to get out. I unlocked the door, turned the door knob, and pushed the door. Nothing happened. I pushed it again. Again, nothing happened. The door didn’t even budge just like it was a part of the wall. I banged on the door and cried for help. Of course, my parents were already gone and there were nobody to help. I was hopeless. I fell to the ground, regretting everything. I thought it was a punishment for everything i’ve done wrong, including my plan on playing games all day.
Just then, I saw something shiny, under the shelf in the bathroom. I went closer. It was my Nintendo that my mom hid for playing games without her permission. I checked the battery immediately. It had 51% of battery left. It wasn’t a lot, but it wasn’t a little either. I decided to entertain myself by playing some games. After some time, I became thirsty. I considered if I should drink the sink water. I thought back again. “No, no, no… there is no way i’m drinking that”. But I had no choice. It was either I dehydrate to death, or I drink the sink water. So, I decided to drink the sink water. It really didn’t taste that bad, but it was sink water after all. I didn’t feel comfortable.
The next thing I notice, my body started to feel uncomfortable too. Although my bathroom is clean, it is really small, and since it is a bathroom, you can’t really feel comfortable especially when you stay in there for a long time even if it is really clean. I went back to my Nintendo. After some time passed, I lost my sense of time. I didn’t even know if it is the morning, evening, night, or midnight or an idea of what time it was. After what felt like centuries and centuries, my Nintendo was out of battery, and I decided to shower because I was bored. After a quick shower, I quickly fell asleep.
Then, I woke up by the sound of my parents calling my name. “Jimmy, Jimmy, where are you!?”. I ran up to the bathroom door and pounded against it as hard as I could. My mom and dad came dashing towards the bathroom. I explained everything to them. I felt tears dripping out of my eyes and splashing to the ground as I talked to my parents through the door. Minutes later, a man’s voice told me to get far from the door. He told me, “Get as far as you could from the door”. I followed his instructions. Then, after I heard some intense banging on the door, the door fell to the ground, and I saw my parents and the man in front of the fallen door. I was so happy. The only word that came up to my mind was “free”.