'Live your youth.'
'Is what they keep saying to me over and over again.'
'What is youth all about anyway. Puberty? Adolescence?'
'I don't get it.'
Gabriel lives his life since childhood with a facade of being a filial son finally got up and moved out from the suffocating pressure at his parent's house.
'If youth is all about being a teenager, I've already gave it up long ago ever since I've been born in this type of family.'
"Say Gabriel, have you decided about your goal in life?" Grandpa asked, his eyes staring at me with a hint of concern and seriousness.
I was caught off guard by his sudden question. He's usually silly and goofy that you'll never expect that he'll suddenly ask you a question like this. I remained silent for a couple of minutes trying to think of anyway to answer, however, I got no idea.
"I don't know." I said looking down feeling a bit ashamed for being too selfish and overconfident.
Grandpa let out a sigh.
"Is that so.." He said slowly becoming quiet as he gazes upon the trees outside through his window.
After that he went back to his usual silly and goofy side as if nothing has happened, as if he never asked those questions in the first place.
But after that, my mind became overwhelmed with thought about what grandpa has said. I've never thought about this before.
'Just what is my goal in life.'