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So I set fire to the rain
Watched it pour
as I touched your face
Adele
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I had woken up the next morning with a massive headache. I already knew today was going to be a bad one. But I never would have expected what was to come.

At first, everything seemed normal. Amane had walked me to school. I had met his brother in my old piano room for some card games. Nene and I gossiped about Akane confessing to Aoi.

So yes. Everything was in the norm. Except for me.

I was on edge the whole day. Something bad was bound to happen. I mean- it was the year 2020 what could we expect? I kept myself on guard even though I would stumble on my own two feet every once in a while.

So finally, when I was able to settle down in the comfort of my bed after the tense day of nothing happening, I was exhausted. It was only nine when I fell asleep.

My aunt had been out before I was even awake. She mumbled something at dinner yesterday about 'Needing to meet with the sheriff regarding a particular case.'

My mother and I tried to pry but my Aunt was good at keeping her mouth shut.

What I woke up to was most surprising.

I didn't know what had woken me up. A noise or a movement. I'm wasn't sure. I looked out of my window to see it was still dark. All of the lights in my street we're out. Except for one. My eyes burned a little but I ignored it.

My house. It was an unusual color from what I was expecting. Were my eyes playing tricks on me? Or did we change our bulbs to be red instead of the usual white?

That's when it hit me. The strong stench of smoke coming from outside my door. I hadn't realized it due to the darkness in my room, but my room had been lightly covered with smoke. Not enough to be coughing.

My heart dropped to my stomach. Breathing became hard. Not because of the smoke but because of the panic attack.

Screams were already heard from outside. The first thing I could think of was "Mom!" I called for her.

She was downstairs in the kitchen before I went to bed. Was she still down there? Was she trapped? I grabbed my phone from my bedside table.

13 missed calls from 'Mom'

11 missed calls from 'Aunt Fuji'

21 missed calls from 'Amane <3'

1 voicemail from 'Sperm Donor'

Just as I unlocked it, I got another Phone call from mom.

"(Y-Y/n)! You're awake! I couldn't get to you! Are you okay? You need to get out of there now! Jump out the window or something!" My mother hurries her words out of her mouth. I could hear my aunt's voice in the background. I recognized the screams of my friends through the other line.

"Wait. She answered?! Can I talk to her? Please?" I heard Amane

"Mom are you okay? Did you get out?" Tears rolled down my face. They were okay. I sighed in relief only to take in a much harsher breath of smoke. I need to open my window.

"I'm out but you aren't!" She was interrupted by my coughing. "Get out of there!"

"There's fire outside of my room coming in. I couldn't jump because my window is in the back. No team could get back there!" I looked out my window. I turned my upper body around the corner of the shop to try and get a better view but all I could see were those lights. "I've gotta try to get out through the door somehow. I'll keep low." I looked down at my phone with the softest smile. "I love you. Tell Amane that I love him too."

"It's like you're expecting to die! (Y/n) wai-" but she was cut short with the tap of my finger. I cracked my knuckles and jumped around a bit. Loosening up after sleeping.

I finally opened the door but I was not met by flames. Only my crazy-ass ex father.

"Ah! (Y/n)! Did you listen to my voicemail? No matter." He smiled at me. I tried to back away. Jumping out of a window suddenly seemed like the best idea in the world. Just as I was about to open it, one of his hands slid onto my neck. Curse him and his candy-making muscles.

"I figured since my daughter cannot even give me the light of day...why have one at all?" He smiled. It was sickening. He smiled just like everything was okay. I couldn't breath. He was choking me. "I'm pretty sure you're smart enough to understand that I set the house on fire. Wasn't really hard. I just took a match to that couch down there." He started backing up towards the window. He was going to throw me out himself. "Since our last encounter seemed like you liked to jump out windows to end up in your lovers arms, I thought you could try a different way!"

My visions started to darken. My fingers clawed at his hand. It scratched it plenty but because I had no nails I couldn't do more than that. I had to keep them short to play piano. "How about I send you face first into the pavement?"

With that, he opened the window and tossed me aside like a dirty rag. His laugh raged on and on. Like a bell inside my ears. I would die of head collision. With the force I was going at, I would splatter like a bug. As I fell the world slowed down. 'God. Please. Don't let my family find my body. Especially Amane. Please. That's all I ask of my fulfilled life.' A tear flew up into the air as I fell.

This is my end.

(Keep going don't get your hopes down)

"You're not dying yet!" I had closed my eyes before I even took a look at the pavement below. If I did so, I would've realized that my friends, Nene, Tsukasa, Aoi, Akane, Lemon, Kou, Mitsuba, Amane. They were all there. Their hands were out trying to catch me. All of them.

Name: (L/n) Ren
Aliases: None

Criminal offenses.
Theft - Candies belonging to 'Sweet sweet shop.'
Breaking and entering - Into 'Sweet sweet shop'
Child harassment - Constantly trying to get the attention of the daughter after getting restrained.
Physical assault - Abused wife
Arson - Set 'Sweet sweet shop' on fire

Race: Japanese
Eyes: (E/c)
Build: Strong, lanky
Sex: Male
Hair: Strait
Weight: 200Lbs
DOB: December 12 1979
Height: 177cm

Address: 62 Bound stall rd. Morioka Japan. 46579

Last known whereabouts: Prison.

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Original release date: September 12 2020

Not last chapter.

Next update- Monday