The first time, it felt normal.
He woke up.
Opened his eyes.
Looked around.
His room.
Everything in place.
Nothing strange.
He sat up.
Checked his phone.
Morning.
Same routine.
Same beginning.
But something felt⦠off.
Small.
Almost nothing.
The light felt different.
Too soft.
Too⦠still.
He ignored it.
Got up.
Started his day.
Everything went fine.
Until he woke up again.
Same room.
Same position.
Same moment.
His heart slowed.
āWhatā¦?ā
He looked around.
Exactly the same.
Not similar.
Identical.
Same light.
Same silence.
His breathing got heavier.
āThis is a dreamā¦ā
That made sense.
So he did what people always say.
He tried to wake up.
Closed his eyes.
Forced it.
Focused.
Thenā
He woke up again.
Same place.
Same room.
Same moment.
His heart started racing.
āNoā¦ā
He stood up quickly.
Walked around.
Touched things.
Walls.
Desk.
Everything felt real.
Too real.
He looked at the mirror.
His reflection stared back.
Normal.
But the feeling didnāt go away.
āThis isnāt realā¦ā
He said it out loud.
The room didnāt answer.
He tried again.
Different method.
Pinched himself.
Hard.
Pain.
Real.
But thenā
He woke up again.
Same room.
Same position.
His breath stopped.
āHow many timesā¦?ā
He didnāt know.
He couldnāt remember the first time anymore.
Or the second.
Everything blurred.
Dreams inside dreams.
Loops.
No exit.
No end.
His chest felt tight.
Panic building.
āI need to get outā¦ā
He tried everything.
Running.
Jumping.
Screaming.
Every timeā
He woke up again.
Same place.
Same moment.
Like he never left.
Then one timeā¦
Something changed.
When he woke upā¦
The room was slightly different.
Not obvious.
But enough.
The doorā¦
Was open.
It was always closed before.
His heart slowed.
āThis is newā¦ā
He stood up slowly.
Walked toward it.
Each step heavy.
Careful.
Because nowā¦
He didnāt know what was real.
He reached the door.
Looked outside.
Dark hallway.
Silent.
Empty.
Or so it seemed.
Thenā
A voice.
From the darkness.
Calm.
Clear.
āYouāre not waking up.ā
His breath stopped.
āWhatā¦?ā
Silence.
Then againā
āYouāre going deeper.ā
His chest tightened.
āNo⦠Iām trying to wake upā¦ā
A pause.
Then the voice said something that broke everything:
āThis is the waking.ā
Everything went still.
Cold.
Empty.
Because in that momentā¦
He understood something terrifying:
He wasnāt trapped in a dream.
He had left reality a long time ago.
