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I sighed as i heard the sound of my alarm clock, breathing in and out, gathering the right energy to get up, i turned it off, but decided to stay lying on the bed,

Later on right after turning it off i accidentally dozed off, i started sleep-talking as i am dreaming about my friends playing with me already, that it was a hot day, but i wonder how i got here so fast? nah never mind

While i was still soundly sleeping, my mother softly sighed, she gave notice to me, still sleeping, forgetting a promise i made to my friends, right now my mother is thinking that i am such a sleepy head, well i definitely am a one big sleepy head

It's not likely that i'd be forgetting my daily routines or promises that i had made, well i just overslept this time, my mother tried her best to wake me up by calling me to go downstairs, but i was definitely sleeping like a rock

Mother heads upstairs, to my room, she tried knocking on my door several times but it was locked, after a few minutes of knocking and i'm still asleep, she sighed and gave up, right after she gone downstairs to prepare breakfast for the family, i woke up

I looked at the clock, it turns out that i was just dreaming, in my dream i played together with my classmates, with haste i rose from my bed, i definitely must hurry or else they'll chew my ears off, i head downstairs hurrying towards the bathroom, i took a quick bath

dried with my body with my towel, towel? ah mom must've prepared my needs, the clothes my mom prepared, suits the weather for summer, she definitely rocks

I started brushing my teeth with care, while looking at the mirror i smiled, as soon as i was done, i go to the dining hall, sat down on the chair, breakfast was prepared at the dining table, i prayed and said thanks for the food, then started munching down on breakfast

I sarcastically thanked my mom, thinking that she didn't try to wake me up, my mom just smiled at me, explaining how i was at fault and not her, then i thanked her, humbly, dad and my 4 other siblings sat down, now we are all together at our dining table

Knowing the personality of my friends i think i will definitely get an earful for this, i sighed, mom notices it, well she definitely tried to wake me up, but i was just too excited that i couldn't sleep a wink, then it turns out i would be oversleeping

Ritsu was wearing a shirt too, of course since she's 11 she wears sports bra, short jeans and a cap, since her family and mine were close, like one big family split in two, 

It is not a problem even if our house is really close to one another that all it will take is one strong push and it'll stick together, now ritsu-onee-san climbed to our house, by entering through the window of my room, she laid down on my bed without any hesitation

She is thinking that it is strange, i am nowhere near the meeting spot and i am not at home either, so she's thinking that i am an idiot who forgotten the promise i made to her and our friends, she sighed and said "now that's strange, where is that idiot?"

I heard a voice coming from upstairs, i quickly go upstairs, then the noise is coming from my room, there's no doubt about it now thus i assumed that it must be ritsu-onee-san, only she would climb and enter through the window, since her room and mine are near one another,

 Now i am sure that i will definitely be nagged at by her, no doubt about it, surely if i'm not mistaken, i tried to muster the courage to open my own room, since i overslept she must be so mad, then i saw her lying down on my bed, using my blanket, hugging the pillow i use,

As usual, she is doing strange things that can be easily misunderstood, startled by my arrival she quickly stood up from my bed,

Then she thrown my very own pillow at me, she was clearly flustered, she then said, that it was not what it seems like to me,

She Managed To Convince Me Somehow, Told Her To Hurry Up And Come With Me, Because Both Of Us Are Surely Late,

Then She Asked Me To Come Ask Her Mother To Let Her Play Outside, She Looks At Me, With Those Eyes,

That's Begging Me To Say Yes, I Answered Yes, She Is Just So Cute, When Asking For Favors So I Can't Really Turn Her Down,

She Looks At Me With Doubtful Eyes, I Think She Doubts My Words, But I Really Mean It,

She Questioned Me If I Were Serious, I Grinned At Her Then Said That I Can Never Turn Down Someone As Cute As Her,

With Haste She Grabbed My Hand, We Both Started To Slightly Blush, She Said That There's No Turning Back, 

That If I Were A Man I'd Better Keep My Word, Then We Went Out Of My Room, She Greeted My Mother,

Asked Her For Permission, She Told My Mother That She Will Be Borrowing Me, That We Will Play Together

My Mother Nodded At Her, While Laughing Softly, Then She Said Goodbye To My Mom

As Soon As We Went Out of My House, The Two Of Us Headed To Her House As Fast As We Could,

When We Arrived I Just Watched What Would She Do, She Started Knocking On The Door Of Her Own House, Pfft, While Watching Her Knocking On The Door Of Her Own House, I Laughed Softly But She Noticed And Gave Me A Smack On My Head

Then I Told Her That It Was Painful, She Laughed At My Misery Geez, Then She Apologized Insincerely, Maybe She's A Sadist.

Her Mother, Heard Someone Knocking On The Door, She Head To The Window, While On The Window, She Looked For Who's Knocking,

On Who It Is, Then Opened The Door, As She Saw It Was Us, Her Mother Definitely Thinks Ritsu-Onee-San Was In Her Room,

But As This Was Not The First Time This Happened, Her Face Tells Me That She Gotten Used To It,

Her Mother Sighs Then Invited Us To Come In Their House, We Sat Down On The Dining Chair, Her Mother,

Served Us Breakfast, I Just Took One, But It Would Had Been Rude Had I Refuse The Offer,

So I Sat Down, Said Thanks For Food, Then We Started Eating, Ritsu-Onee-San And I Tried To Finish As Soon As Possible

After We Are Done Eating, Ritsu-Onee-San Told Her Mother That We'll Be Playing Outside With Our Friends, She Looked At Her One And Only Daughter's Beautiful Smile, She Couldn't Refuse Her Daughter's Request To Play Outside, She Just Wants Us To Be Careful, Warns Us To Do So

She Was Very Pleased THAT MY MOM APPROVED ENDED UP APPROVING MY REQUEST TO PLAY, TRUTH BE TOLD, EVEN IF I AM 7 YEARS OLDER THAN RAKKUN (RAKKU), I KINDA TOOK A LIKING TO HIM, ONE COULD SAY IT'S A CRUSH, SO I HEAD OUT WITH A BIG SMILE AND ANSWERED MY MOM.

"I WILL"

(RAKKU'S POV)

I LOOKED AT MY MOM AND ASKED PERMISSION TO GO OUT AND PLAY WITH MY PET DOG COURAGE AND MY FIRST LOVE AYANA

"MOM CAN I PLAY OUTSIDE WITH COURAGE AND AYANA?, PLEASE? I MISS PLAYING OUTSIDE"

(RAKKU'S MOTHER'S POV)

I LOOKED AT MY CHILD AS HE WAS VERY HAPPY, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REFUSE IF IT IS FOR HIS HAPPINESS SO I APPROVED HIS REQUEST"

"SURE JUST WAIT FOR ME TO PICK YOU UP AS USUAL"

(RAKKU'S POV)

THE BLAZING SUN STARTS SHINING DOWN ON OUR SKIN, AS I BRING MY PET DOG COURAGE AND HEADED OUT OF THE HOUSE WITH A SMILE, I STARTED STROLLING THE STREETS WITH MY PET DOG COURAGE, WE HAVE GOOD NEIGHBORS HERE IN JAPAN THEY KEEP GREETING ME AND I GREET THEM BACK

"HELLO MRS MAKUONOCHI"

SEEING THIS CHILD I OFTEN THINK TO MYSELF, GOODNESS IS THIS CHILD REALLY AT THE SAME AGE AS MY SON? HE'S SUCH A GOOD PERSON, UNLIKE MY SON

"SIGHS" "WHY HELLO THERE?, BE CAREFUL ON YOUR WAY, IF ONLY COULD SENDO GET'S A PORTION OF YOUR POLITENESS"

I LOOKED AT MRS MAKUNUOCHI AND BID HER FAREWELL ALSO SAYING THANKS TO HER

"YES I WILL, THANK YOU, SEE YOU LATER MAM, I THINK SENDO IS GROWING FINE, HE'S MY RIVAL AFTER-ALL"

SEEING RAKKUN'S BACK I HAD THE SPUR OF IDEA, THAT I WOULD SURPRISE HIM, SO WITHOUT A MOMENT OF HESITATION I CALLED HIM, THEN AS HE TURNED AROUND I POKED HIS CHEEK

"THINKING ABOUT AYANA AS USUAL ARE WE? THAT AIN'T COOL"

SURPRISED BY RITSU'S APPEARANCE, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE I DIDN'T KNEW, BECAUSE EVERYDAY WE ALL PLAY TOGETHER. I WONDER IF WE WILL ARRIVE LATER THAN THE USUAL TIME GOING TO THE PLAYGROUND THAT WE WILL BE PLAYING AT

"NO NOT AT ALL, I JUST THINK WE WILL BE LATE, BESIDES I DO NOT KNOW HOW SERIOUS YOU ARE ON YOUR WORDS SINCE YOU ARE (7) YEARS OLDER AFTERALL, COME RITSU AND COURAGE LET'S HURRY!"

HOW RUDE, IMPLYING I COULD BE PLAYING WITH HIS EMOTIONS, WHAT'S MORE RUDE IS IMPLYING I AM OLD, I SIGH AND GOT ANNOYED THEN AS I WAS WALKING WITH RAKKU, NEARLY THERE IN THE PLAYGROUND I HIT HIS HEAD AND PUT MY TONGUE OUT WHILE ONE EYE IS CLOSE

"PUNISHMENT FOR THE CHEEKY BRAT WHO DOUBTS THE WORDS OF OTHERS, YOU'LL SEE MY WORTH ONE DAY, I BETCHA I'LL BE A VERY FINE WOMAN YOU'LL REGRET TO LET GO"

(RAKKU'S POV)  

WE FINALLY ARRIVED AT THE PLAYGROUND, I'VE BEEN HIT BY RITSU-SAN, GEEZ I KINDA KNOW IT ALREADY DEEP INSIDE THAT SHE LIKES ME, BUT SHE GOTTA UNDERSTAND THAT I LIKE AYANA, BUT AYANA NOT BEING HERE EARLIER THAN US, THAT'S STRANGE, BECAUSE SHE'S ALWAYS EARLY

"IS SHE HERE ALREADY?, MAYBE NOT, THAT'S STRANGE, SHE'S USUALLY MUCH EARLIER TO COME HERE THAN US"

(RITSU'S POV)

I HIT RAKKUN'S BACK AS HE IS ALWAYS MENTIONING AYANA'S NAME, GUESS I AM A JEALOUS, THAT IN HIS MIND IT'S ALWAYS AYANA, WHEN I AM HERE WITH HIM TOO, I LAUGHED AT MY OWN SILLINESS

"AYANA THIS, AYANA THAT, I WONDER WHEN WILL RITSU COME OUTTA YOUR MOUTH, I'M THE ONE HERE WITH YOU, YOU DUMB DENSE KID"

MY PET DOG SMELLS THE SCENT OF AYANA AND STARTS BARKING BUT TO MY SURPRISE SHE COVERS MY EYES

(SFX)

(DOG BARKS)

"WORRRR WORF WURF WURF"

IT IS VERY HOT TODAY, I ARRIVED LATER THAN RAKKU, I SAW HIM WITH HIS PET DOG COURAGE BARKING AT ME, TRYING TO FIND ME, WHICH CAUSED ME TO THINK OF COVERING HIS EYES, I LAUGH SOFTLY WHILE DOING IT, BUT HE IS IN PAIN, I GUESS RITSU-ONEE-SAN HIT HIS BACK AGAIN

"GUESS WHO?, I'LL GIVE YOU A CLUE, I AM THE WOMAN OF YOUR DREAMS"

AT THIS VERY MOMENT, I AM VERY YOUNG, (4) YEARS OLD, AND IS EXPERIENCING BOTH HAPPY TIMES AND TOUGH TIMES IN A BALANCED SENSE, I HAVE A PLAYMATE NAMED AYANA, SHE'S ALSO MY CRUSH AND FIANCE, ALSO HER TWIN SISTER THAT LIKES ME, LET ME MENTION THIS AS WELL AYANA LIKES ME TOO, AND MY PET DOG COURAGE IS WITH ME

"I KNOW IT'S YOU AYANA, COME WITH ME HURRY, LET'S PLAY TOGETHER, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME YOU KNOW?"

MY PET DOG COURAGE STARTS WAGGING HIS TAIL, COURAGE IS A VERY SMART AND SWEET DOG

LIKE ANY NORMAL KID, I HAVE DEVELOPED A CRUSH AND IT IS ON RAKKU, MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND THEN WHEN HIS PARENTS FOUND OUT THAT I AND AYANO HAVE FEELINGS FOR RAKKU THEY CHOSE TO MAKE ME HIS FIANCE, LEAVING AYANO OUTTA IT

"OK RAKKU, LET'S PLAY, AYANO MIGHT COME LATER ON THOUGH HEHE, LET'S MAKE SURE TO PLAY WITH HER TOO, LIKE HOW WE ARE PLAYING RIGHT NOW"

ONE COULD SAY THAT MY CHILDHOOD AT THIS MOMENT IS ONE TO HOPE FOR, BUT LIKE OTHERS MY LIFE IS ALSO IS AMONG THOSE PEOPLE THAT IS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME IN LIFE, BUT RIGHT NOW I WANNA LIVE MY LIFE TO THE FULLEST

"OKAY, I'M SURE SHE'LL BE HAPPY TO CATCH UP AND PLAY WITH US, SHE'S GOT LESSONS THOUGH, MAYBE SHE'LL BE TOO TIRED TO PLAY?, JUST ASKING"

I DO WANNA MONOPOLIZE RAKKU BUT I HAVE A TWIN THAT ALSO HAVE A CRUSH ON HIM, WE COMPETE ON EQUAL GROUNDS AND DOESN'T HATE'S ONE ANOTHER ON ANY POINT ADVANTAGES ON ONE ANOTHER, EVEN SO, I PRESSED FORWARD THE PATH I WANNA TAKE AS A CHILD AND THAT IS TO GROW UP WITH MY FIRST LOVE, RAKKU

"JUST SO YOU KNOW RAKKU, I AINT GONNA HAND YOU OVER TO ANYONE, EVEN TO MY TWIN, YOU'RE MINE AND MINE ALONE"

HERE WE GO AGAIN WITH THAT HAND OVER STUFF, I WONDER IF I AM A THING?, KIDDING ASIDE, I ALSO HAVE A CRUSH ON AYANA, SO I WOULDN'T BE HANDED OVER TO ANYONE ANYWAY, I'VE TOLD AYANO SEVERAL TIMES BUT SHE WOULDN'T GIVE UP, I'M STARTING TO THINK IF IT'S ALRIGHT TO MONOPOLIZE THEM BOT?

"YEAH, AND I WON'T LIKE ANYONE ELSE BUT YOU, NO MATTER HOW LONG IT IS, I PROMISE THAT WE'LL BECOME A FAMILY SOMEDAY AND THAT I'LL BE SHOUTING ABOUT OUR LOVE ALL OVER THE WORLD"

RAKKU AND I PLAYED TOGETHER HAPPILY AS TIME PASSED BY MY TWIN SISTER AYANO ARRIVED AT THE PLAY GROUND, AND SHE JOINED US, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S TIRED

"HI JANE, COME HERE AND PLAY WITH US, BUT DON'T TIRE YOURSELF TOO MUCH"

RIGHT NOW WE ARE HAPPILY PLAYING AND I WANNA REACH OUT TO EVERYONE THAT I COULD AND SAY THAT AFTER THIS STORMS, THERE'LL ALWAYS BE A BEAUTIFUL RAINBOW

"YAY, COME GUYS, LET'S PLAY SOME MORE TILL IT'S EVENING"

IN THIS BLAZING HEAT, BOTH JANE AND I PLAYED WITH RAKKU, TILL IT'S NIGHT TIME, WE RAN, WE PLAYED HIDE AND SEEK, WE PLAYED HOUSE, AND THEN SPEND THE REST OF THE TIME, TALKING AND LAUGHING BESIDES EACH OTHERS, THEN NIGHT CAME AND OUR PARENTS, CAME TO GET US

"GOODBYE RAKKU, SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW"

I LOOKED AT THE TWO OF THEM AS THEY ARE WALKING WITH THEIR PARENT'S AND AS MOM IS BESIDE ME WE HEADED HOME

"I HOPE TO PLAY WITH THEM AGAIN TOMORROW"

HEADING HOME SO LATE, I WORKED TOO MUCH, BUT I CAN TAKE THE DAY OFF TOMORROW, SO I'M THINKING OF TAKING ONE, BECAUSE I AM TIRED, BUT EXTRA INCOME IS NEEDED FOR MY BIG FAMILY, AND ALSO I AM A BOXER

"I'M HOME, HOW'S EVERYONE?, IS ANYONE STILL AWAKE?"

FINALLY MY HUSBAND IS HOME, I IMMEDIATELY HEAD TO HIM TO WELCOME HIM BACK, BUT HE SMELLS LIKE SOMEONE WHO HAS TAKEN A BATH, SO SUSPICIONS ARISES

"WELCOME HOME DEAR, BUT WHERE HAD YOU BEEN ALL THIS TIME? IT'S SO LATE, AND THAT IS NOT YOUR NORMAL SMELL, SO CARE TO EXPLAIN?"

IT WAS SO HOT AT WORK, SO I TOOK A BATH, THE REASON FOR IT BEING HOT WAS, EVERYONE HAD GONE HOME, SO I TURNED OFF THE AIR-CONDITIONING, I FELT BAD TO USE IT ALONE

"IT IS JUST WORK, I TOOK A BATH THERE, AND CONTINUE FINISHING THE LAST BITS I NEED TO FINISH, I HEADED HOME AS SOON AS I COULD, I'M SORRY I TOOK A WHILE"

THIS TIME IT IS REASONABLE, BUT THERE WERE OTHER INSTANCES, SO I MIGHT AS WELL ASK NOW WHAT IS GOING ON, BECAUSE I HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW

"SO YOU ARE SAYING ALMOST EVERY-TIME YOU TAKE A BATH AT WORK?, IT IS UN-USUAL TO TAKE A BATH AT WORK TOO, WHO ELSE DOES THAT? ONLY A FEW DOES IT"

RIGHT NOW I AM BEING DOUBTED, BUT I HAVE MY OWN DOUBTS TOO, ABOUT MY WIFE AND OUR NEIGHBOR, I AM OFTEN NOT AT HOME, SO DOES IT MATTER IF EVER I DO CHEAT ANYWAY?, I ANSWERED ANGRILY

"IT COULD HAPPEN AND IT IS POSSIBLE, BESIDES, WORKING AND BEING A BOXER, I COMPLETELY GOT MY TIME TIED THERE, WOULD THERE BE A TIME FOR CHEATING? NO, I AM COMPLETELY TIRED FROM BOTH, BUT I CAN'T STOP, BECAUSE THE MONEY FOR SUPPORT WILL DECREASE! I HAVE MY OWN DOUBTS ABOUT YOU!"

AH, HE'S DOUBTING ME OF SOMETHING, AND THIS ANGRY TONE, HE DEFINITELY DONE SOMETHING WRONG!, I WILL NOT BACK DOWN AS I KNOW I AM IN THE RIGHT, BESIDES WHAT IS THERE TO DOUBT ON ME?, I STAYED LOYAL, WORKING AND BEING A HOUSEWIFE IS VERY TIRING TOO

"DO YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT IS TIRED?, I AM VERY TIRED TOO, WORKING AND BEING A HOUSEWIFE IS ENERGY CONSUMING, THUS WHY DO YOU DOUBT ME?, CHEATING?, EXCUSE ME, I AIN'T YOU, WHO'S A LADIES MAN, BACK IN THE DAYS"

AH SO THIS IS ABOUT MY YOUNGER DAYS, MAYBE SHE FORGOTTEN BUT I AIN'T THE ONE DOING THE WOOING, IT'S THE OPPOSITE THOSE WOMEN WE'RE SEDUCING ME, BUT I DIDN'T GAVE IN TO TEMPTATIONS

"SO SHOULD I EXPLAIN AGAIN?, THAT I DIDN'T WOO THOSE LADIES?, I AM COMPLETELY INNOCENT, AND I DIDN'T TOUCH ONE OF THEM!, MAYBE YOU'RE THE ONE DOING THE CHEATING ON ME WITH OUR NEIGHBOR!"

RIGHT NOW IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND I WOKE UP AS I HEAR MOM AND DAD ARGUING AGAIN I IMMEDIATELY HEAD THERE TO STOP THEM, BECAUSE FIGHTING DOES NO GOOD

"MOM AND DAD, PLEASE STOP FIGHTING, IT DOES NOTHING BUT TEAR OUR FAMILY APART, YOU'RE EVEN DISTURBING THE NEIGHBORS, IT IS VERY LATE LET'S JUST SLEEP NOW, AND TALK ABOUT THIS TOMORROW PEACEFULLY"

LOOKING AT MY SON, I DO WANNA STOP ARGUING WITH HIS DAD BUT I CAN'T

"GO BACK TO YOUR ROOM RAKKU"

LOOKING AT HOW MUCH EFFORT OUR SON IS GIVING TO STOP OUR ARGUMENT I TRIED TO STOP IT TOO, BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA REAP OUR FAMILY APART

"HEY IT'S REALLY LATE, WE SHOULD JUST SLEEP AND DISCUSS ABOUT THIS TOMORROW CALMLY"

I NEED TO CALM DOWN, BUT I'M WONDERING WHY I CAN'T, I HAVE THIS OUTBURST WHICH I CAN'T CONTROL, I AM TRYING BUT I CAN'T

SHUT UP, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS NOW!, QUITE A LOT OF TIMES THAT YOU ARE GOING HOME LATE, WITH A FRESH SMELL OF SOAP AND PERFUME ON YOU, EXPLAIN IT NOW!"

I HAD ENOUGH, NONE OF WHAT I SAY WILL GET THROUGH THIS WOMAN, SO I SHOUTED AT HER

"YOU SHUT UP, BECAUSE I ALREADY TOLD YOU HUNDRED'S OF TIMES, AND MUST I TELL YOU AGAIN?"

AH THIS TONE, F*CK HIM AND HIS WAY OF ANSWERING ME LIKE I DIDN'T STUDY ON A HIGH DEGREE, FOR HIS INFORMATION I GRADUATED WITH MANY DEGREE'S

"YEAH? BETTER MAKE A BETTER EXCUSE IF YOU WILL MAKE EXCUSES, OVERTIME MY ***, I CALLED YOUR BOSS A FEW TIMES AND YOUR BOSS SAID THAT YOU ALREADY WENT HOME, CARE TO EXPLAIN?"

THAT DOES IT! I'LL CHEAT ON HER FOR REAL!, F*CK ALL REASONS, I CAN'T REASON WITH THIS WOMAN!, IF IT'S ALWAYS LIKE THIS, WE MIGHT AS WELL GET DIVORCE

"YOU KNOW WHAT?! I'VE HAD IT!, I ALWAYS TRIED TO FIX EVERYTHING TOGETHER YET YOU TORN THEM ALL APART!, WE MIGHT AS WELL BREAK UP!"

RIGHT NOW I HAVE A LOVING AND CARING FAMILY, WHICH I DIDN'T CHERISH, AS EVERYTHING WAS FALLING APART, I WOULD JUST OBSERVE MOM AND DAD ARGUE AND FIGHT, SINCE I AM TOO YOUNG TO DO ANYTHING , BUT I DID SAID THINGS TO BOTH OF THEM

"MOM, DAD, PLEASE STOP FIGHTING, WE AREN'T LIKE THIS AREN'T WE?, CAN WE TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING PEACEFULLY PLEASE"

FAMILY WERE ALWAYS GOING TO AMUSEMENT PARKS, BEAUTIFUL PLACES THAT ARE WELL KNOWN IN THIS COUNTRY, ALWAYS HAVING A GOOD TIME WHENEVER POSSIBLE, BUT RIGHT NOW, THEIR FATHER AND I ARE INTO THIS QUARREL STATE, WE WILL EITHER SOLVE THIS PROBLEM OR BREAK UP

"RAKKU, YOU ARE TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND AN ADULTS MATTER, SO JUST GO BACK TO YOUR ROOM, LET YOUR DAD AND I TALK THIS OUT, AS HUSBAND AND WIFE"

I GOTTEN PISS OFF AT THE TERM HUSBAND AND WIFE, BECAUSE SHE IS ALWAYS DOUBTING ME, NOT BELIEVING A WORD I SAY

"AS HUSBAND AND WIFE? WHEN? EVER SINCE WE HAD 4 KIDS YOU STARTED DOUBTING ME WITHOUT BELIEVING A WORD I SAY, HOW IS THAT BETWEEN HUSBAND AND WIFE? I AM MORE LIKE A STRANGER THAN A HUSBAND WITH THE WAY YOU ARE TREATING ME"

TEARS STARTS TO FLOW DOWN MY EYES, AS I HAD ENOUGH AS WELL, I WILL BE TAKING MY CHILDREN'S TO MY COUNTRY, AND RAISE THEM THERE

"LET'S JUST STOP THIS, I HAD ENOUGH, IT'S ALWAYS LIKE THIS, YOU'RE ALWAYS FIGHTING WITH DOMINANCE, I AM THE MOTHER OF OUR KIDS, I WILL BE TAKING THEM ALL WITH ME BACK TO MY COUNTRY, AND RAISE THEM PROPERLY SO THEY WON'T BE LIKE YOU!"

I HEAD BACK TO MY ROOM, AS NOTHING I SAID WENT THROUGH THEIR EARS, WELL I WON'T BE TELLING MY SIBLINGS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT, BECAUSE I'M HOPING THEY'LL RECONCILE

"DAMN IT"

IN OUR OTHER COUNTRY I HAD NOT MUCH MEMORY OF IT BUT IN THIS COUNTRY THERE WERE A LOT

LIKE THE SECOND FOOD I LOVED BESIDES FRIED CHICKEN OF MCDONALD'S, IT WAS A BOILED EGG WHICH MY GRANDFATHER TAUGHT ME TO EAT,

OR THE TIMES WHEN MY GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER WOULD ARGUE ON WHO WOULD TAKE ME TO SCHOOL AND TAKE ME HOME, I VERY LOVED AND A VERY HAPPY KID

BUT THE HAPPY TIMES DID NOT LASTED, MY MOTHER AND FATHER STARTED TO FIGHT, DAD WOULD OFTEN COME HOME LATER AND LATER THAN USUAL

THE NEIGHBORS EVEN BEFORE THIS, IN MY GRANDMOTHERS YOUNGER DAYS, THEY WOULD ALWAYS GOSSIP ABOUT US, BUT MY GRANDMOTHER IS NOT A COWARD AND SHE FIGHTS THE NEIGHBORS, AN EYE FOR AN EYE, THEY MAY SAY

IT CAME TO THE TIME WHEN MY FATHER STARTED ABUSING ME AND MY SIBLINGS, THE REASON OF THEIR FIGHTS ARE ABOUT CHEATING, THEY BOTH ACCUSE ONE ANOTHER ABOUT IT

AROUND AUGUST MY MOTHER BECAME PREGNANT WITH MY LITTLE SISTER, AND WHEN MY LITTLE SISTER WAS BORN, FATHER SAID THAT MY LITTLE SISTER WAS NOT HIS CHILD, BECAUSE HE KNOWS HIS OWN BLOOD

NONETHELESS MY FATHER ACCEPTED MY LITTLE SISTER AND THINGS STARTS TO SETTLE DOWN A LITTLE, BUT ONE TIME I SAW MOM BRING A MAN AND HIS FAMILY IN THE HOUSE AROUND MY LITTLE SISTER'S FIRST BAPTISM

I WAS YOUNG AND PAID NO HEED INTO IT, BUT MY FATHER DID, HE TRUSTED HIS INSTINCTS, SOMETIMES HE WOULD NOT COME HOME AT ALL, BECAUSE THE MAN MY MOTHER BROUGHT HOME WITH HER STARTED LIVING WITH US, AS A BOARDER,

DAYS PASSED AND HAPPY TIMES RETURNED, BUT MY FATHER WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A SAD AND DISTANT LOOK AT HIS FACE, HE JUST SEEMED SO SAD, AS I LOOK BACK AT IT,

MY LITTLE SISTER WOULD ALWAYS PLAY WITH MY TOYS, AS A YOUNG CHILD I ALWAYS WANNA KEEP MY TOYS TO MYSELF AND FIGHTS WITH HER, TIME FLEW AND CHRISTMAS CAME, IT WAS THE LAST CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR I SPENT WITH MY FATHER AND GRANDFATHER

I SAW THIS STROLLER LYING AROUND, I KNEW IT WAS FOR MY LITTLE SISTER AND I JUST PLAYED WITH IT A BIT, NOT KNOWING WHOM IT WAS FROM, MY DAD BECAME ANGRY AND BEAT ME UP NEARLY TO DEATH, MY GRANDFATHER AND MOTHER WAS WATCHING THE WHOLE THING HAPPEN, THEY COULDN'T STAND IT BUT COULDN'T DO A THING, MY GRANDMOTHER HEARD ME SCREAM IN PAIN AND CALLED ME, SHE SAW THE STATE I WAS IN AND BECAME FURIOUS

SHE CUSSED AT MY GRANDFATHER AND MOTHER, SAYING WHY DIDN'T THEY DO A THING?, AND THEN LOOKED AT MY FATHER AND CUSSED AT HIM TOO, YOU DIDN'T EVEN RAISED THIS CHILD, WHILE YOU WERE BOTH WORKING I WAS THE ONE TO TAKE CARE OF HIM, AND YOU DO THIS TO HIM?

THAT DAY MANY THINGS HAPPENED, I SLEPT UPSTAIRS, WHICH I USUALLY DO BACK WHEN I WAS A LITTLE MORE YOUNGER, I AM 4 RIGHT NOW, I'M A SMART KID, I UNDERSTAND A LOT BUT NOT EVERYTHING, MY GRANDFATHER WENT HOME VERY STRESSED, MY FATHER HEAD TO WORK AND NEVER CAME HOME THAT DAY, MY MOTHER HEAD TO WORK AS WELL,

THEN THE NEXT DAY ARRIVED, MY GRANDFATHER CAME TO OUR HOUSE AND WAS ASKING ME FOR A KISS, BUT I TOLD HIM I WOULD KISS HIM IF HE WERE TO BRING ME WITH HIM, BECAUSE I WANNA GO TO WHERE HE WAS GOING TO, AS A CHILD I WAS ATTACHED TO THOSE WHOM RAISED ME, BUT HE SAID, I CANNOT BRING YOU WITH ME

I'M GOING TO SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY, WHAT I DID SURPRISED ME AS I LOOK BACK TO IT, I THROWN A TANTRUM, SAID I'LL NEVER KISS HIM, HE LEFT WITH A DISTANT LOOK ON HIS FACE, I REALLY WANNA COME WITH HIM SO I TRIED TO FOLLOW HIM, BUT AS I LOOKED AT HIM WALKING

I SAW HIM WALK THROUGH A SMALL JEEPNEY CALLED ONNER IN OUR COUNTRY, LATER THAT DAY, MY BROTHER AND SISTER WITH A COUSIN HEAD TO MY GRANDFATHERS HOUSE AND TO THEIR SURPRISE THE DOOR WAS LOCKED, IT WAS USUALLY UNLOCKED, SINCE THE GATE IS NOT LOCKED, IT MAKES SENSE THAT MY GRANDFATHER IS IN THE HOUSE

MY GRANDFATHER INHERITED A HUGE WEALTH FROM HIS BELOVED MOTHER AND FATHER, THEY OWNED FARMLANDS, MANY OF THEM, BUT MY GRANDFATHER'S UNCLE WAS GREEDY AND A GAMBLER, WHEN HE GOES BANKRUPT HE WOULD EITHER SELL OR PAWN THE FARMLANDS MY GRANDFATHER OWNS, TILL THERE WERE NONE LEFT

THEN WHEN MY GRANDFATHER AND MY GRANDMOTHER GOT TOGETHER, THEY HAD A SON, AND NAMED HIM ROBERT, UNCLE ROBERT WAS RAISED AND HAD MORE SIBLINGS AS TIME PASS, WHEN HE REACHED THE 6TH GRADE OF ELEMENTARY AND FINISHED IT, HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO ENTER HIGH SCHOOL, BECAUSE HE HAD TO HELP THE FAMILY ON THEIR FINANCES

HE AND HIS SIBLINGS ALTOGETHER, IN TOTAL ARE AN (8) CHILD FAMILY, AS THE ELDEST SON/CHILD HE HAD TO HELP AROUND BY MAKING SHOES, SELLING FOOD IN THE STREETS, AS HE HIT THE RIGHT AGE HE WORKED AT A FOOD COMPANY, NOW LET'S HEAD BACK TO THE PRESENT

MY GRANDFATHER'S DEATH SHOCKED ME, BUT I HAD WONDER, WHY ISN'T TEARS COMING OUT OF MY EYE?

MY FATHER WAS KICKED OUTTA THE HOUSE, SINCE HE NEVER CAME HOME YESTERDAY, WHILE I NEVER SPOKE NOR CRIED, MY GRANDFATHER WAS SENT TO THE MORGUE

MAYBE THE REASON FOR MY TEARS AND SILENCE WAS, I NEVER REALLY BELIEVED THAT MY GRANDFATHER IS DEAD

LATER ON, MY GRANDFATHER ARRIVED AT OUR HOUSE INSIDE A COFFIN, IT TOOK MY WHOLE ENERGY TO MUSTER UP THE COURAGE TO GET NEAR MY GRANDFATHERS COFFIN

AND I WAS STARING WHILE WONDERING IF HE'S EITHER SLEEPING OR DEAD, I KNOW WHAT DEATH MEANS, BECAUSE I LOST MY FAVORITE PETS, YES THEY DIED

I QUESTIONED MYSELF, WHY COULDN'T MY GRANDFATHER MAKE IT TO MY 5TH BIRTHDAY?

I WENT SILENT FOR A YEAR, NOT SPILLING A WORD FROM MY MOUTH, MY GRANDMOTHER TALKED TO ME, WITH FLASHBACKS OF MY GRANDFATHERS LIFE, AND THEN TEARS CAME OUT,

I CRIED AND CRIED, MAKING WEIRD NOISES FROM MY MOUTH, I CRIED TILL MY TEARS WERE DRAINED,

I TRIED TO BE HAPPY AND WENT OUT OF THE HOUSE TO PLAY BASKETBALL, BUT AT THE COURT WHAT I FOUND WERE, ADULTS SMOKING CIGARETTES

"SMELLS BAD"

HEARING WHAT THE KID SAID, WE LOOKED AT HIM WHILE HOLDING OUR CIGARETTES, ONE OF US EVEN OFFERED IT TO HIM

"WANNA SMOKE?"

WE ASKED HIM, KNOWING THAT A KID FACED WITH MOCKERY, IS AN EASY PREY TO PICK ON BUT WE WE'RE SURPRISED ON HIS FIRST ANSWER

"NO THANKS"

WE LOOKED AT HIM AND LAUGHED AT HIM, ADDED A FEW FUEL TO THE FLAMES, AND THE KID FLINCHED

"AWW NO FUN, THE KID AIN'T GONNA BREAK OUTTA HIS GRANDMOTHER'S ARSE"

I WAS EXTREMELY OFFENDED, BUT SINCE I WAS A (6) YEAR OLD KID, AND SMALL AT THE TIME I DIDN'T FOUGHT BACK, INSTEAD I GRABBED THE SMOKE AND THEY TAUGHT ME HOW TO SMOKE

"GIVE ME THAT, A SIMPLE SMOKE IS NOTHING!"

THE BOY WAS AN EASY PREY, NOW WE HAVE AN ERRAND BOY, PLUS A BALL TO USE

"NICE ONE KID, NOW THAT'S A BOY"

I BECAME THE ERRAND BOY, AND SOMEHOW THEY USED MY BALL FOR WEEKS TOO, IN THE THIRD WEEK, MY BIG BROTHER CAUGHT ME SMOKING, I MUST ADMIT THAT, I WAS TOO ASHAMED TO EVEN FACE HIM

"I'M SORRY"

I SHOOK MY HEAD AND GRABBED MY LITTLE BROTHER'S HAND

"I'M TELLING MOM ABOUT THIS!"

MY BROTHER WAS EXTREMELY ANGRY, AND TOLD MOM ABOUT EVERYTHING, ON THAT MOMENT I PROMISED TO NEVER SMOKE AGAIN

"I'LL NEVER DO THIS AGAIN"

I LOOKED AT HIM WITH PURE DISAPPOINTMENT IN HIM, AS I GET THE BALL THAT MY LITTLE BROTHER OWNS

"JUST MAKE SURE YOU NEVER DO IT AGAIN

I ENTERED KINDERGARTEN AND STUDIED HARD, I WAS AN HONOR FROM THEN ON, BUT ON GRADE 1, I REPEATED A GRADE DUE TO MY FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND A TEACHER'S WAY TO MOTIVATE KIDS, I WAS SURPRISED AT WHAT SHE SAID TO US

"WHOEVER FAILS TO FINISH COPYING WILL STAY BEHIND"

NOT WANTING TO STAY BEHIND, I THROW MY BAG THROUGH THE WINDOW AND ESCAPED, THEN SHE SAID THIS TO ME

"DON'T EVER RETURN AGAIN!"

I DIDN'T RETURN SINCE SHE SAID THAT, AND THEN LIKE WHAT A NORMAL TEACHER WOULD DO, SHE GAVE ME A HOME VISIT

"RAKKU, I DIDN'T MEAN WHAT I TOLD YOU AT SCHOOL, IT WAS JUST TO MOTIVATE YOU ALL TO FINISH WRITING FASTER, I DIDN'T EXPECTED THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT, IT JUST SHOCKED ME, THAT'S WHY I SAID IT

LATER ON, MY GRANDFATHER ARRIVED AT OUR HOUSE INSIDE A COFFIN, IT TOOK MY WHOLE ENERGY TO MUSTER UP THE COURAGE TO GET NEAR MY GRANDFATHERS COFFIN

AND I WAS STARING WHILE WONDERING IF HE'S EITHER SLEEPING OR DEAD, I KNOW WHAT DEATH MEANS, BECAUSE I LOST MY FAVORITE PETS, YES THEY DIED

I QUESTIONED MYSELF, WHY COULDN'T MY GRANDFATHER MAKE IT TO MY 5TH BIRTHDAY?

I WENT SILENT FOR A YEAR, NOT SPILLING A WORD FROM MY MOUTH, MY GRANDMOTHER TALKED TO ME, WITH FLASHBACKS OF MY GRANDFATHERS LIFE, AND THEN TEARS CAME OUT,

I CRIED AND CRIED, MAKING WEIRD NOISES FROM MY MOUTH, I CRIED TILL MY TEARS WERE DRAINED,

I TRIED TO BE HAPPY AND WENT OUT OF THE HOUSE TO PLAY BASKETBALL, BUT AT THE COURT WHAT I FOUND WERE, ADULTS SMOKING CIGARETTES

"SMELLS BAD"

HEARING WHAT THE KID SAID, WE LOOKED AT HIM WHILE HOLDING OUR CIGARETTES, ONE OF US EVEN OFFERED IT TO HIM

"WANNA SMOKE?"

WE ASKED HIM, KNOWING THAT A KID FACED WITH MOCKERY, IS AN EASY PREY TO PICK ON BUT WE WE'RE SURPRISED ON HIS FIRST ANSWER

"NO THANKS"

WE LOOKED AT HIM AND LAUGHED AT HIM, ADDED A FEW FUEL TO THE FLAMES, AND THE KID FLINCHED

"AWW NO FUN, THE KID AIN'T GONNA BREAK OUTTA HIS GRANDMOTHER'S ARSE"

I WAS EXTREMELY OFFENDED, BUT SINCE I WAS A (6) YEAR OLD KID, AND SMALL AT THE TIME I DIDN'T FOUGHT BACK, INSTEAD I GRABBED THE SMOKE AND THEY TAUGHT ME HOW TO SMOKE

"GIVE ME THAT, A SIMPLE SMOKE IS NOTHING!"

THE BOY WAS AN EASY PREY, NOW WE HAVE AN ERRAND BOY, PLUS A BALL TO USE

"NICE ONE KID, NOW THAT'S A BOY"

I BECAME THE ERRAND BOY, AND SOMEHOW THEY USED MY BALL FOR WEEKS TOO, IN THE THIRD WEEK, MY BIG BROTHER CAUGHT ME SMOKING, I MUST ADMIT THAT, I WAS TOO ASHAMED TO EVEN FACE HIM

"I'M SORRY"

I SHOOK MY HEAD AND GRABBED MY LITTLE BROTHER'S HAND

"I'M TELLING MOM ABOUT THIS!"

MY BROTHER WAS EXTREMELY ANGRY, AND TOLD MOM ABOUT EVERYTHING, ON THAT MOMENT I PROMISED TO NEVER SMOKE AGAIN

"I'LL NEVER DO THIS AGAIN"

I LOOKED AT HIM WITH PURE DISAPPOINTMENT IN HIM, AS I GET THE BALL THAT MY LITTLE BROTHER OWNS

"JUST MAKE SURE YOU NEVER DO IT AGAIN

I ENTERED KINDERGARTEN AND STUDIED HARD, I WAS AN HONOR FROM THEN ON, BUT ON GRADE 1, I REPEATED A GRADE DUE TO MY FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND A TEACHER'S WAY TO MOTIVATE KIDS, I WAS SURPRISED AT WHAT SHE SAID TO US

"WHOEVER FAILS TO FINISH COPYING WILL STAY BEHIND"

NOT WANTING TO STAY BEHIND, I THROW MY BAG THROUGH THE WINDOW AND ESCAPED, THEN SHE SAID THIS TO ME

"DON'T EVER RETURN AGAIN!"

I DIDN'T RETURN SINCE SHE SAID THAT, AND THEN LIKE WHAT A NORMAL TEACHER WOULD DO, SHE GAVE ME A HOME VISIT

"RAKKU, I DIDN'T MEAN WHAT I TOLD YOU AT SCHOOL, IT WAS JUST TO MOTIVATE YOU ALL TO FINISH WRITING FASTER, I DIDN'T EXPECTED THAT YOU WOULD DO THAT, IT JUST SHOCKED ME, THAT'S WHY I SAID IT"

AS I HAD CLASSMATES THAT WERE MY NEIGHBORS, RUMORS FLEW AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT MY ACTIONS AND WHY THE TEACHER VISITED OUR HOUSE, BUT I PAID NO HEED TO IT, AS MY GRANDMOTHER AND MOTHER REQUESTED FOR ME TO RETURN TO SCHOOL I DID

"I WANT TO STUDY AND PLAY ANYWAY, SO I'LL GO BACK TO STUDYING"

THE VERY NEXT DAY I WENT OUT AND HEAD TO SCHOOL, STRAIGHT TO MY ROOM, AS USUAL I STUDIED, BUT AT THE SAME REACTION SAME WORDS I FAILED TO REMEMBER THAT IT WAS JUST A LIE, AND ESCAPED AGAIN THROUGH THE WINDOW

I LOOKED AT RAKKU AS HE ESCAPED AGAIN, AND REPEATED WHAT I SAID ANGRILY

"DON'T EVER RETURN EVER AGAIN!"

I DID NOT DARE TO RETURN AGAIN, AS I REPEATED A GRADE I WAS PUTTED IN A DIFFERENT CLASS, THIS TIME WITH A VERY KIND TEACHER, SHE WAS OLD, BUT VERY KIND, ME AND MY CLASSMATES GREETED HER

"GOOD MORNING MAM"

I LOOKED AT THIS YOUNG MAN, SEEING AS HE'S JUST AN ENERGETIC KID, WHO WILL MISUNDERSTAND EVEN THE SLIGHTEST OF WORD YOU SAID, HE'S VERY SENSITIVE, I ASKED HIS FAMILY AND THEY TOLD ME HIS PAST, SO I MADE SURE TO BE CAREFUL

"GOOD MORNING TOO STUDENTS"

I STUDIED HARD AND BECAME AN HONOR AGAIN, TEACHING MY CLASSMATES WHAT I KNOW IN RECITATIONS, SOMETIMES MY TEACHER WOULD CAUGHT ME IN THE ACT

"I'M SORRY"

THIS KID IS VERY KIND AND SMART, IT'S JUST THAT HE WAS MISUNDERSTOOD BY HIS PREVIOUS TEACHER, SO NOW, I'LL TRY TO UNDERSTAND HIM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE

"RAKKU, CAN YOU SLEEP? YOUR CLASSMATES, WILL HAVE A HARD TIME LEARNING PROPERLY IF YOU TEACH THEM THINGS, THE EASY WAY"

EVER SINCE THEN, SHE WOULD ASK ME TO SLEEP, BECAUSE I WOULD TEACH MY CLASSMATES, IS IT NOT A PROBLEM FOR ME TO SLEEP, BECAUSE I ALREADY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE STUDYING

"OKAY MAM, I UNDERSTAND"

ON RECOGNITION DAY, I WAS AWARDED THE MOST OUT-STANDING KID AWARD, I WAS VERY HAPPY, THE TEACHERS TOLD OTHERS THAT THEY SHOULD BE LIKE ME, STUDYING HARD AND VERY KIND

"THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE, IT IS AN HONOR TO STAND HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL, I WILL STUDY HARDER AND TRY TO SET A GOOD EXAMPLE TO ALL, THANKS AGAIN"

NOW I AM A 2ND GRADER, (8) YEARS OLD, THE RUMORS DIED DOWN, BUT IT WAS ENGRAVED IN EVERYONE'S MEMORIES

"YES, FINALLY IT'S PEACEFUL AGAIN"

AT THAT TIME, I GOT SIDETRACKED AND FOCUSED IN PLAYING, I GUESS I MUST'VE DROWNED IN THE PRAISES AND GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF, EVEN AT CLASS TIME I WAS OFTEN OUT PLAYING BASKETBALL, I WONDER WHY AREN'T MY TEACHERS DOING ANYTHING?

"AH, I LOVE THE FREEDOM I HAVE RIGHT NOW"

I LOOKED AT MY SON AND STARTS SCOLDING HIM, AS HE WAS JUST PLAYING AND PLAYING EVEN AT CLASS HOURS, HIS TEACHERS COMPLAINED ABOUT HIM, SO I WENT AND SCOLD HIM

"RAKKU, I HEARD THAT YOU WERE PLAYING EVEN IN CLASS HOURS!, YOU SHOULD STUDY LIKE BEFORE!, DON'T GET COCKY, THE WORLD IS NOT THAT EASY YOU KNOW?, YOU NEED EDUCATION SO THAT, IN THE FUTURE YOU'LL BE PREPARED!"

I LOOKED AT MY MOM STRAIGHT IN THE EYES, REGRETTING WHAT I DID, AND PROMISED THAT I WILL STUDY PROPERLY

"I'M SORRY, I WON'T DO IT AGAIN, I'LL STUDY HARD, JUST LIKE BEFORE, I'M REALLY SORRY"

AS I TRIED TO GET BACK TO HOW I USED TO BE, IT WAS PRETTY EASY, BECAUSE I'M NOT REALLY THAT FAR BEHIND, I COPIED ON MY CLASSMATES NOTEBOOKS, ON WHAT THEY WROTE ON THEIRS, I WAS BACK ON TOP (1) AGAIN

"YAY, I'M BACK ON TOP 1, GRANDMA AND MOM WILL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THIS"

AS HIS HOMEROOM TEACHER I WAS HAPPY, I DEFINITELY THOUGHT THAT HE WENT ASTRAY WITH ALL THE POISON VOICES THAT PRAISES HIS TALENTS

"CONGRATULATIONS RAKKU, YOU DID A GREAT JOB, AND THIS IS A GREAT IMPROVEMENT"

I WAS VERY HAPPY TO BE PRAISED AND TRIED HARDER TO STUDY, AS TIME WENT BY, THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL, GAVE A RANDOM ASSESSMENT ON THE STUDENTS, SHE MADE US READ BOOKS, BUT SEEING THE FIRST ONE WHO READ IT FAIL, I TRIED TO READ IT THE BEST I COULD

"GOODBYE AND THANK YOU PRINCIPAL"

ASSESSING THE FIRST KID'S I'LL GIVE IT A SATISFACTORY, BUT ASSESSING HIM, HIS KNOWLEDGE WOULD BE WASTED IF HE KEEPS STUDYING HERE IN PUBLIC SCHOOL, SO I'LL GO TALK TO HIS PARENT'S

"YOU NEED TO TRANSFER YOUR SON, INTO A PRIVATE SCHOOL, HE IS VERY SMART AND VERY TALENTED, STUDYING ON A SMALL PUBLIC SCHOOL LIKE THIS IS A WASTE FOR HIM"

I LOOKED AT THE PRINCIPAL AS I KNOW MY SON, HE DEFINITELY SHOULD GO TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL, BUT I WAS TORN IN MAKING A DECISION BECAUSE, THIS SCHOOL IS VERY NEAR AND A WALKING DISTANCE, WILL TRANSFERRING TO SOMEWHERE DISTANT GET IN THE WAY OF HIS STUDIES? I ASKED THAT TO MYSELF

"I'LL THINK ABOUT IT, AND IF I MADE UP MY MIND, I'LL DO THE RIGHT THING, THAT I THINK WOULD BE THE CORRECT DECISION FOR HIS FUTURE"

AT THE SUMMER I PLAYED AND PLAYED, WHILE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF STUDY, BIT BY BIT, THE IMAGES OF MY TIME WITH MY GRANDFATHER IS FADING, I LOVE HIM VERY MUCH, I REALLY DO

"MOM, WHERE'S THE PHOTOS OF GRANDPA?"

I LOOKED AT MY SON, WITH TEARY EYES, HE'S CLEARLY MISSING HIS GRANDFATHER AGAIN, AS IT'S SUMMER, IT'S LATER THAN EXPECTED BUT, I MUST DISTRACT HIM FROM SUCH THOUGHTS

"I'LL TRY TO LOOK FOR IT, JUST GO OUT AND PLAY AGAIN, DON'T FORGET TO EAT FIRST THOUGH"

THE THOUGHT OF PLAYING AND HAVING FUN, MADE ME HAPPY AND I IMMEDIATELY HEAD OUT, PLAYING BASKETBALL AND TAG, BUT I GOTTEN INTO A FIGHT WITH A NEIGHBOR, THEN SUDDENLY IT WAS 8 AGAINST ONE, I TOOK A BRUTAL BEATING AND HEAD HOME

"I'M HOME"

I LOOKED AT MY SON, AS HE HAS BRUISES ALL OVER HIS BODY, AND SOME WOUNDS, CLEARLY IT WAS FROM A FIGHT, BUT KNOWING HIM HE WOULD BE TOO STUBBORN TO TELL THE CAUSE

"WHAT HAPPENED?"

I LOOKED AT MY MOM AS SHE WAS CLEARLY WORRIED, I COULDN'T TELL HER WHAT HAPPENED SO I MADE UP REASONS, THAT SHE WOULD BELIEVE EASIER

"I WASN'T LOOKING CLEARLY AT WHERE I WAS RUNNING, GOT HIT BY A TRICYCLE AND FELL DOWN THE DRAINAGE, DON'T WORRY, I AM FINE"

I LOOK AT HIM, AS I FIGURED OUT IT WOULD BE A LIE, HE IS A TOUGH KID, AND DOESN'T WANT TROUBLE, SO AS FAR AS POSSIBLE HE AVOIDS IT, SO I KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE FROM OTHER KIDS

"OKAY LET'S JUST GET THOSE TEND TO, GO CLEAN YOURSELF FIRST, IF YOUR GRANDMOTHER SEE'S THIS SHE'LL GO NUTS"

I HEAD INSIDE THE BATHROOM AND CLEANED MYSELF, I CRIED BECAUSE IT'S PAINFUL FOR THE WATER TO FLOW THROUGH MY BRUISED, BUT I DIDN'T CRIED BECAUSE I WAS BEATEN UP

"I'M DONE"

I DEFINITELY HEARD MY SON CRYING, BUT I MUST TURN MY EARS DEAF, BECAUSE HE WOULD NOT TELL ME ANYWAY BUT I DEFINITELY DO HOPE THAT ONE DAY, HE'LL SHARE HIS BURDENS WITH ME

"NOW COME, LET'S PUT SOME ALCOHOL IN THERE AND LET'S GET THEM PATCHED UP"

I WATCHED MY MOM CLEAN AND PATCH UP MY BRUISES, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WHINING ON MY SIDE, BECAUSE IT REALLY HURTS

"OUCH IT HURTS"

AS I WAS TREATING MY SON, I LOOKED AT HIM AS A WHOLE, AND I COULD SEE HE'S OUT OF SHAPE FROM THE PAIN, AS SOON AS I TREATED IT, I TREATED IT WITH ICE TO LESSEN THE PAIN

"NEXT TIME BE CAREFUL ON THOSE (RUNNING) OF YOURS, BE OBSERVANT, AND AVOID FALLING IN DRAINAGE"

AS SOON AS MY MOM FINISHED CLEANING AND TREATING MY BRUISES, I HEAD TO OUR ROOM FROM DOWNSTAIRS AND SLEPT TIGHTLY, IT WAS NOT WHERE I USUALLY SLEEP, I USUALLY SLEEP WITH MY GRANDMOTHER, BUT DUE TO THIS EVENT, I SLEPT DOWNSTAIRS

"GOOD NIGHT MOM"

LOOKING AT MY SON, HE DEFINITELY IS TAKING FROM HIS FATHER, NOT IN ATTITUDE BUT IN LOOKS AND PHYSICS, HE IS JUST A GOOD KID, THAT WANTS NO TROUBLE

"YOU'RE NOT A COWARD, WHICH IS NOT A GENE OF YOUR FATHER, YOU WOULD'VE FOUGHT EM, IF YOU DIDN'T MADE A PROMISE TO YOUR GRANDFATHER, GOOD NIGHT MY SON"

ON MY THIRD GRADE, I WAS TRANSFERRED SCHOOLS AND WAS NOT ALLOWED TO GO OUT OF THE HOUSE, AS MUCH AS I COULD'VE, AND WOULD'VE LIKE BEFORE, I AM NOW (9) YEARS OLD

"I AM NOT A KID ANYMORE!, STOP BANNING ME FROM THE THINGS THAT I DON'T WANNA DO!, I CAN STUDY AND PLAY AT THE SAME TIME!"

RIGHT NOW MY SON IS THROWING A PIT AT ME, BUT I AM DOING THIS FOR HIM, SO I LOOKED HIM IN THE EYE, AND EXPLAINED THE GOOD THINGS FOR HIM, IF HE STUDIES IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL

"IT IS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD, EVEN THE PRINCIPAL SAID SO HERSELF, YOU'RE SMART AND A GOOD PERSON, SO YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY STUDY IN A BETTER SCHOOL"

I TRIED TO THINK ABOUT IT, BUT I HAVE MY OWN FRIENDS IN MY SCHOOL THAT I DON'T WANNA BE SEPARATED WITH, SO I TRIED TO REASON WITH MY MOTHER ABOUT IT

BUT MOM, I DID WHAT YOU TOLD ME TO DO, I FOCUSED ON MY STUDIES AND WENT BACK TO BEING ON TOP 1, SO WHY WOULD YOU TRANSFER ME IN A BETTER SCHOOL, WHEN I AM DOING BETTER IN THIS SCHOOL MYSELF?, AND BESIDES I HAVE FRIENDS HERE"

I TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT TO MY SON ONE MORE TIME SO THAT IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR HIM TO UNDERSTAND

I WENT OUT WEARING A HOOD, FACE MASK, JOGGING PANTS AND SUN GLASSES, AS USUAL I WENT STROLLING AROUND THE TOWN, NOTICING THAT EVERYONE AROUND ME WAS STARING AT ME AND GOSSIPING ABOUT ME AS USUAL

"I JUST WANNA DISAPPEAR"

LOOKING DOWN, I STARTED MUMBLING WHILE WALKING FAILING TO NOTICE THAT A STRANGER WAS WALKING IN FRONT OF ME, I BUMPED INTO HER, NOT NOTICING HER, SHE DROPPED THE GROCERY GOODS SHE WAS HOLDING"

"I'M SORRY"

AS I COULDN'T SEE WHERE I WAS WALKING TOO, BUMPING INTO THIS MAN WHO WEARS A GET-UP WHERE ALMOST NO SKIN COULD BE SEEN, I SAID SORRY, BECAUSE IT WAS MY FAULT FOR BUMPING INTO HIM

"I'M SORRY TOO"

I SAID SORRY TO THE STRANGER IN FRONT OF ME, AS THE GROCERY ITEMS I BOUGHT AND MY BAG DROPPED

EVERYONE AROUND HER WAS LAUGHING AT THE YOUNG MAN, THE YOUNG LADY WAS AT LOST ON HOW TO FEEL AND CONFUSED WHY EVERYONE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS LAUGHING AT THE YOUNG MAN

DON'T SAY SORRY TO THE THRASH, AYANA

"SAID BY SOMEONE AMONG THE BYSTANDERS"

"THE GIRL LOST HER COOL AS SHE WAS ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING SUDDENLY THE BOY COVERS HER MOUTH AND SAID"

IT'S FINE, KEEP YOUR COOL OR YOU'LL BE LIKE ME

"THE BOY PICKS UP HER GROCERY AND BAG AND GIVES IT TO HER"

"THE GIRL LOOKED AT THE BOY AND ASKED HIS NAME"

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

"THE BOY LOOKED AT HER, AS HE KNOWS THIS GIRL"

I'M KUROSAKI RAKKU

"THE BOY RAN AWAY"

"THE GIRL WALKS AWAY PISSED AT WHAT HAPPENED AND HEADS HOME"

"THE BOY GOES TO HIS FAVORITE SPOT WHENEVER HE'S DEPRESSED OR HAPPY"

SO SHE GREW INTO A FINE WOMAN, I WONDER IF SHE REMEMBERS ME?

"THE BOY'S TEARS HAD STARTED TO FELL AS HE LOOKS TO THE SKY"

YOU SHOULD'VE TAKEN ME WITH YOU, I'M ALL ALONE HERE

"KEEPS CRYING AND SUDDENLY SOMEONE WIPED HIS TEARS, WHEN HE LOOKED TO HIS SURPRISE SHE WAS THERE"

"SHE WIPED HIS TEARS AND ASKED HIM"

JUST WHO SHOULD'VE TAKEN YOU WITH THEM?

"HE LOOKS AT HER, AS MUCH AS HE WANTS TO TELL HER, HE COULDN'T SAY IT"

SO YOU'RE BACK?

"SHE LOOKS AT HIM, HEARING THE NEWS ABOUT HIS FAMILY PASSING AWAY ON AN ACCIDENT"

WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED?

"HE DECIDES TO TELL HER WHAT HAPPENED"

I LOST EVERYTHING IN A BLINK OF AN EYE, MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS AND OUR WEALTH, SOMEONE WAS DRUNK DRIVING AND HIT'S THE CAR THAT MY BROTHER WAS DRIVING, IT WAS TOO FAST AND BOTH CARS IGNITED AND IT WAS TOO LATE, ABOUT MY FRIENDS, I FOUND OUT THAT THEY WERE FAKE WHEN I LOST MY WEALTH

"SAID THE BOY, WANTING TO TELL HER MORE BUT HE CLIMBS DOWN OF THE TREE"

IT'S GETTING QUITE LATE

"HE SAID"

"SHE LOOKS AT THE DARK SKY AND HUGS THE BOY TIGHTLY"

SO THAT HAPPENED HUH?

"HER TEARS FALLEN AS SHE FEELS WHAT THE BOY HAD GONE THROUGH WHILE SHE WAS GONE"

"HE WALKS AT THE SAME PACE AS HER WITH THE BREEZY WIND HE HELD HER HAND TO MAKE HER STOP AND TAKES OFF HIS HOOD AND PUTS IT ON HER"

IT'S COLD, BE CAREFUL OF CATCHING A COLD

"HER MOOD CHANGED AS SHE WAS HAPPY TO WEAR HER FIANCE'S HOOD"

THANKS RAKKU

"RAKKU ESCORTS HER HOME, ENSURING THAT SHE SAFELY GOES HOME, BUT HER PARENTS SAW HIM"

IS THAT YOU RAKKU?

"SAID AYANA'S FATHER"

"HE LOOKS AT AYANA'S FATHER AND ANSWERS"

IT IS ME INDEED SIR, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME

"AYANA'S FATHER OPENS THE GATE AND INVITES HIM IN"

COME ON IN

"HE ACCEPTS HER FATHER'S INVITATION" I

'M SORRY ABOUT THE SUDDEN VISIT AND THAT I BROUGHT NOTHING TO GIVE YOU

"THE FATHER OF AYANA TAPS HIS BACK 3 TIMES AND LAUGHS"

DON'T BE SO UPTIGHT, WE'RE GONNA DRINK ALL NIGHT, WE JUST RETURNED HERE IN PHILIPPINES, FORGET YOUR WORRIES AND LIVE FOR THE MOMENT

"HE LOOKS AT HER FATHER AND SIGH'S A LITTLE"

LET'S GO DRINK OLD MAN!

"AT THAT NIGHT BOTH OF THEM WENT DRINKING WHILE AYANA'S MOM COOKS THE FOOD THAT THEY WILL EAT WHILE DRINKING, AYANA WATCHED THEM BOTH AND TALKS WITH THEM, RAKKU FORGOTTEN OF THE PROBLEM THAT HE'S CARRYING AND PARTIES WITH AYANA'S FATHER, AS HE DRANK AYANA'S FATHER DIDN'T ALLOW HIM TO GO HOME AND THUS HE STAYED THE NIGHT"

"ON EARLY MORNING HE WOKE UP QUITE EARLY FROM A NIGHTMARE, DREAMING OF HIS FAMILIES ACCIDENT, TEARS FALLS FROM HIS EYES AS HE PANT'S CATCHING HIS BREATH"

"HE PAT'S HER HEAD AND SMILES AT HER, REMEMBERING THE MEMORIES OF THEIR DAYS TOGETHER"

AYANA LET'S GO HOME YOU'RE FAMILY MUST BE WORRIED, I KNOW YOU'RE ONLY HERE FOR A VACATION

"SHE LOOKS AT HIM AND KISSES HIM ON HIS LIPS"

DO YOU REMEMBER OUR PROMISE?

"SHE ASKED THE BOY"

"HIS FACE TURNED RED, BLUSHING, AS HE ANSWERED HER"

YES I DO, HOW COULD I FORGET?

"HE PUSHES HER OFF GENTLY"

"SHE LOOKS AT HIM AND ASKED HIM A QUESTION"

DO YOU WANNA COME WITH ME TO JAPAN, AND START A NEW LIFE? THERE NO ONES KNOWS OF YOU AND YOUR PAST, OR WILL ANYONE HATE YOU, AT THE RIGHT AGE I'LL MARRY YOU

"HE WAS HAPPY OF WHAT SHE ASKED HIM BUT HE TURNED HER OFFER DOWN"

TRUST ME AS MUCH AS I WANT TO, BUT I WANT TO STAND AT MY OWN FEET, I'M GONNA FIND SOMETHING THAT I'M GOOD AT AND PURSUE IT, AND WHEN THE TIME COMES, WHEN I'M SUCCESSFUL, I'LL FOLLOW YOU TO JAPAN

"SHE POUTED A LITTLE AND WALKS AWAY AS SHE WAS SAD THAT HE TURNED HER DOWN, BUT WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT HE'S STILL DREAMING"

IS THAT SO?

"HE WALKS SILENTLY TRYING NOT TO WAKE ANYONE UP, BUT TO HIS SURPRISE AYANA'S FATHER WAS AWAKE AND SEE'S HIM TRYING TO LEAVE"

WHERE ARE YOU GOING BOY?

"ASKS THE FATHER OF AYANA"

"HE LOOKS AT HIM AND ANSWER'S, WITH FACE THAT REFLECTS THE EMOTIONS HE'S FEELING"

SIR I MUST GO HOME, MY FAMILY IS WAITING FOR ME AT THE HOUSE, THEY MUST BE VERY LONELY

"THE FATHER OF AYANA GIVES HIM A WALLET"

YOUR FATHER LEFT YOU AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE, YOU MIGHT NOT REMEMBER HIM BUT WHEN HE HEARD THE NEWS HE SENT THIS FOR YOU, IF YOU TRULY WANT TO RESTART YOUR LIFE, USE THAT SMARTLY, I ADDED A LITTLE BIT THERE

"HE GET'S THE WALLET AND PUT'S IT ON HIS PANT'S PURSE"

THANK YOU SIR, I MIGHT NOT KNOW WHO MY FATHER IS, BUT I DO NOT RESENT HIM FOR LEAVING US, I BELIEVE I'LL MEET HIM SOMEDAY

"AS THIS YOUNG MAN WALKS THE PATH, HE BELIEVES ON CHANGE"

"HE DOES RESEARCH ON WHO AND WHERE HIS FATHER IS, AS HE FIGURES IT OUT HE DECIDES TO WALK THE PATH TO MEET HIS FATHER ON A MUCH BETTER WAY THAN MEETING HIM DIRECTLY, HIS FATHER WAS A WORLD CHAMPION ON BOXING AND THIS YOUNG MAN MADE IT HIS GOAL TO BEAT HIS FATHER AND TELL HIM THAT HE EXISTS"

"HE STARTED GOING TO A BOXING GYM, USING THE MONEY HE RECEIVED FROM HIS FATHER AND AYANA'S FATHER HE TRAINED FOR WEEKS, BUT HE ALSO APPLIED TO JOBS THAT USES PHYSICAL ENERGY LIKE, BEING A WATER DELIVERY BOY, AND A GAS DELIVERY BOY"

"DEVELOPING HIS BODY, MIND AND SOUL, PUSHING HIMSELF TO THE VERY LIMITS AND EXCEEDING THOSE LIMITS HIMSELF, HIS TRAINING COACH SEE'S HIS POTENTIALS, BUT DOESN'T KNOW THAT THE YOUNG MAN HE'S TRAINING IS THE SON OF THE WORLD CHAMP HIMSELF"

"AS AYANA AND HER FAMILY WILL ONLY STAY IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR A WEEK SHE MAKES IT A DAILY BASIS TO SEE ON HOW RAKKU IS DOING, SHE HAPPILY MAKES LUNCH BOXES FOR HIM AND TALKS TO HIM, IN HOPE TO BRING RAKKU BACK TO HIS OLD SELF, BUT THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS GOSSIPING ABOUT THEM BEHIND THEIR BACKS OR NOT"

"IGNORING HIS NEGATIVE SURROUNDINGS, RAKKU FOCUSED ON THE POSSIBILITIES AND PATH THAT HE IS PURSUING, AND TO HIS SURPRISE HIS COACH GAVE HIM THE (OK), AND LET HIM TAKE A DAY OFF, THIS WAS AYANA'S LAST DAY AT THE PHILIPPINES"

"AS RAKKU RESTED, ALL THE FATIGUE SUDDENLY GOT TO HIM WHEN HE WOKE UP"

AH MY WHOLE BODY IS ACHING

"HE SAID WHILE THINKING OF A GOOD SENDOFF FOR HIS FRIEND AYANA"

"TO RAKKU'S SURPRISE AYANA CAME KNOCKING AT THE DOOR AND CALLS RAKKU"

RAKKU!

"RAKKU QUICKLY OPENS THE DOOR AND SAID HI"

HI, AYANA

"HE SMILES AT HER"

"AYANA SMILED HAPPILY AS HE SAW RAKKU'S FIRST SMILE SINCE SHE RETURNED"

THAT'S THE FIRST SMILE I SAW FROM YOU, ON THE LAST 6 DAYS OF MY STAY HERE

"RAKKU GOT FLUSTERED, AS HE INVITES AYANA IN"

WELL IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU, YOU RETURNED HERE, AND GAVE ME HOPE WHEN I THOUGHT THAT ALL HOPE WAS LOST

"THIS TIME AYANA GOT FLUSTERED, AND SIT'S DOWN ON THE COUCH QUICKLY"

IDIOT! HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT SO CALMLY, AREN'T YOU EMBARRASSED?

"RAKKU LOOKS AT AYANA, AND TELLS HER HONESTLY"

I'VE BEEN IN LOVE WITH YOU FOR A LONG TIME TO BE HONEST, THAT WAS WHY I HELD ON, BUT IN TIME I EVENTUALLY FORGOTTEN MY REASON FOR LIVING, I'M QUITE HAPPY TO SEE YOU AGAIN, I LOVE YOU AYANA AND I'M GOING TO PROVE MY WORTH BY BEING THE WORLD CHAMP, WHEN THAT TIME COME'S, LET'S GET MARRIED

"AYANA LOOKED AT RAKKU AND LISTENED TO EVERY WORD SMILING, SHE GIVES RAKKU A TIGHT HUG AND SAY'S"

RAKKU, THE WORLD IS BIGGER THAN YOU IMAGINE, THIS PLACE MIGHT SEEM SMALL AND SUFFOCATING TO YOU, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF FRESH AIR TO BREATH OUT THERE, JUST CHOOSE ONE PLACE TO STAY AND SETTLE THERE, I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU IN JAPAN

"RAKKU HUGS AYANA BACK AS TEARS STARTS TO FALL FROM HIS EYES"

IS IT OKAY FOR ME TO BE THIS HAPPY?

"AYANA LOOKED AT HIM AND RESPONDS"

YOU IDIOT THIS IS NOT ENOUGH HAPPINESS, STAY POSITIVE AND DON'T EVER GIVE UP

"SHE HUGS HIM TIGHTLY AND SUDDENLY KISSES HIS LIPS"

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH RAKKU

"HE HUGS HER BACK AND KISSES HER AS WELL"

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH TOO AYANA

"KNOWING THAT THIS IS AYANA'S LAST DAY RAKKU COOKED HIS SPECIALTIES, A FOOD THAT HE EXPERIMENTED ON AND ACTUALLY TURNED OUT GOOD, AN OMELET EGG THAT HAS KETCHUP IN IT, MAGIC SARAP (A PRODUCT ONLY AVAILABLE TO SOME COUNTRIES) THEN MIXES IT IN FRIED RICE, (THE REST OF HOW IT LOOK LIKES IS YOURS TO IMAGINE)"

"RAKKU PLACED ALL THE FOOD ON THE TABLE, AND THEN BROUGHT OUT TWO BEERS FROM HIS REFRIGERATOR"

I HOPE COACH WON'T BE MAD OR ANYTHING, IT'S JUST A FEW SIPS

"AYANA GIGGLED, SHE OBSERVED HIM CLOSELY, REMINISCING OF THEIR MEMORIES TOGETHER"

DON'T BE TOO UPTIGHT, A FEW SIPS WON'T HURT YOU, BESIDES IF HE'S NOT HERE, HE'LL NEVER KNOW UNLESS SOMEONE SAYS SO

"RAKKU SAT DOWN AND LOOKS AT AYANA"

YOU'VE GROWN INTO A PERFECT WOMAN, I'M QUITE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS MY FIANCE, PLEASE BE MY GIRLFRIEND

"RAKKU GOES NEAR AYANA AND KNEEL DOWN ON ONE KNEE AND SHOWS RING"

WILL YOU BE MY GIRLFRIEND?

"AYANA LET'S RAKKU PUT THE RING ON HER LEFT HAND'S FOURTH FINGER"

YES I WILL, I'LL ALWAYS BE BY YOUR SIDE

"WITH THEM NOW IN A RELATIONSHIP BOTH OF THEM HAPPILY EAT THE MEAL THAT RAKKU COOKED, RAKKU GIVES HER A VERY TIGHT HUG AND BID'S HER HIS FAREWELL, ESCORTS AYANA HOME AND HELPS HER WITH HER BAGGAGE, HE ESCORTS AYANA AND HER FAMILY TO THE AIRPORT"

"WHILE TRAVELING THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT MEMORIES TOGETHER HAPPILY, LAUGHING TOGETHER, FINALLY THEY ARRIVED AT THE AIRPORT, IT WAS FORBIDDEN FOR NONE PASSENGERS TO GO IN SO RAKKU BID THEM FAREWELL"

"RAKKU DECIDES TO RUN HIS WAY BACK TO SWEAT, AS AYANA AND HER FAMILY CHECKS IN FOR THEIR FLIGHT"

"RAKKU ARRIVED HOME, SWEATING AND TIRED HE SAT'S DOWN THE COUCH, OPEN'S TV AND WATCHES THE NEWS"

(FLIGHT*** THAT'S HEADING TO JAPAN HAS EXPLODED DUE TO TERRORISM)

"THE NAME OF THE PASSENGER'S HAS APPEARED AND TEARS FALLEN FROM RAKKU'S EYES, HE WAS QUESTIONING IF HE WAS CURSED TO LOSE EVERYTHING?"

"HE RUNS OUTSIDE AS IT STARTS TO RAIN WITH TEARS FALLING FROM HIS EYES HE SHOUTED FROM THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS"

DAMN IT!

"FOR 15 SECONDS UNTIL HE CAN'T SHOUT ANYMORE, AS HIS TEARS WAS POURING OUT OF HIS EYES, RAIN POURS DOWN HARD"

"TRULY ONE AFTER ANOTHER HE LOST EVERYTHING HE HOLDS DEAR, BUT WILL HE CONTINUE ON?"

"AS RAKKU CRIED HIS EYES OUT ALL DAY, HE LOCKED HIMSELF IN HIS ROOM, NOT EATING ANYTHING, ALL SORTS OF THINGS WERE RUNNING THROUGH HIS HEAD, HIS COACH WENT TO GIVE HIM A VISIT, AS NO ONE WAS ANSWERING OR OPENING THE DOOR HE GOT WORRIED AND TRIED TO OPEN IT, BUT TO HIS SURPRISE IT WAS OPENED?!"

"HE GOES STRAIGHT TO RAKKU'S ROOM AND IT WAS LOCKED"

RAKKU!

"HE SHOUTED WORRIEDLY BUT A LOW SAD VOICE ANSWERED HIM, THAT YOU KNEW WAS CRYING"

GO AWAY!

"HIS COACH LAID HIS BACK ON THE DOOR"

ARE YOU GONNA GIVE IT ALL UP? ARE YOU GIVING UP AGAIN ON YOURSELF?, DO YOU THINK AYANA WOULD'VE WANTED THIS?

"RAKKU SNAPPED"

JUST LEAVE ME THE HECK ALONE!

"HIS COACH GAVE HIM AN INFO THAT HE MIGHT THINK ABOUT"

ARE YOU GONNA GIVE UP ON THE PATH THAT YOU CHOSE BECAUSE OF AYANA? OR FOR YOURSELF?, YOU SEE, YOU HAVE A MATCH, IF YOU MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY YOU MIGHT NOT GET ANOTHER ONE!

"RAKKU TRIES TO CALM DOWN AND THINK ABOUT IT"

A MATCH? LET ME FIGHT ON THAT MATCH

"RAKKU WIPES OFF HIS TEARS BUT IS HE REALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO FIGHT ON A MATCH IN HIS STATE?"

"HIS COACH WALKS AWAY SLOWLY"

IT'S YOUR CALL, THE FIGHT IS TOMORROW

"RAKKU LOOK LIKE HE HAS LOST THE WILL TO LIVE, IN HIS EYES YOU COULD CLEARLY SEE THAT HIS SPIRIT IS NOT THERE, CAN HE WIN THE UPCOMING MATCH TOMORROW? THAT'S WHAT HIS COACH IS THINKING, EVEN WITHOUT LOOKING AT RAKKU HE KNOWS THE SHAPE HIS BOXER IS IN"

"RAKKU GOES OUT AND GREETS HIS COACH"

PLEASE LET ME FIGHT COACH!

"RAKKU'S COACH LOOKS AT RAKKU'S STATE AND HE KNOWS THAT THIS MAN THAT'S STANDING IN FRONT OF HIM RIGHT NOW IS IN NO STATE TO FIGHT"

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