CHAPTER -1 THE BOY WHO LOST EVERYTHING

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The rain never stopped in the small village at the edge of the mountains.

People said the sky cried for the poor souls who lived there.

Among those souls was a boy named Hakuji.

Every morning, he walked through muddy streets with tired eyes and empty pockets.

The villagers looked at him with disgust.

" Thief ".

" Troublemaker ".

" Son of bad luck ".

Those words followed him like shadows.

But nobody knows the truth.

Nobody knows that Akaza stole medicine only to save his sick father.

Nobody knew he spent nights hungry, so his father could eat.

Nobody knows how much pain a young heart could carry before it finally broken.

One cold evening, Hakuji returned home holding a small packet of medicine tightly in his hands.

" Father ......... I got it ", he whispered with a smile.

But the house was silent

Too silent.

The candle had already burned out.

The wind entered through the broken window.

And in the darkness...........

His father was gone.

Hakuji froze

The medicine slipped from his fingers.

For the first time in his life, he felt truly alone.

Outside, thunder shook the sky.

Inside, a boy's heart shattered forever.

And that was the night destiny quietly began turning hakuji into a monster.

| "A human can survive hunger

| But not endless loneliness "

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              CHAPTER -2

        THE FLOWER IN THE RUINS

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Days passed after his father's death.

But for Hakuji, time no longer moved.

The small house became colder each night.

No laughter

No voice calling his name

Only silence

Hakuji stopped caring about the world.

He fought anyone who insulted his father.

He wandered the streets with bruised fists and empty eyes.

The villagers feared him now.

But fear was the only thing he received from people.

One afternoon, after another street fight, Hakuji collapsed near a quite riverbank.

Blood dripped from his lip.

His body ached from exhaustion.

That was when he heard a gentle voice.

" Are you hurt"!

Hakuji slowly looked up.

A young girl stood beside him, holding a basket of flowers.

Her eyes were soft like spring rain, untouched by cruelty.

Her name was koyuki.

Hakuji immediately turned away.

"Leave me alone".

Most people would have run.

She didn't.

Instead, she sat beside him quietly and handed him a cloth to wipe the blood from his face.

"You look like someone carrying too much pain ", she said softly.

Those words struck deeper than any punch.

Nobody had ever looked at him with kindness before.

For the first time since his father died......

Hakuji felt warmth.

Koyuki began visiting him often after that day.

She spoke about little things -Flowers, clouds, the sound of rivers, dreams for the future,

And slowly.....

The darkness inside hakuji's heart began to crack.

He started smiling again.

Not because the world became kinder.

But because one person finally treated him like he mattered.

| "sometimes, a broken soul doesn't need saving.

| It only needs someone willing to stay beside them through every storm in life.

| There is a light in everyone's life to overcome there struggles.

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