𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐞.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐭𝐨𝐨. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐭. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. 𝐀𝐡, 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭.. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐌𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝. 𝐎𝐡. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐢, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐞𝐬. 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟖𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝-𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞. 𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐡é, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭? 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭. 𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐞..?

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The girl known as Sakine Sakurai woke up to her alarm clock twenty minutes late. She doesn't care- "SAKINE!! GET YOUR ASS UP!"

Sakine was rudely interrupted by her stepmom slamming the door open. Meet Miko Aizawa. Miko is a single, unemployed stepmom. She's carefree and always full of energy. Especially on the morning.

"I could've made your breakfast five times already, Now get the hell up or so-" Sakine got out of her bed to change into her uniform already.

Not even after Sakine got out of her room, Miko just wouldn't. stop. talking. "But isn't this exciting? You are part of the very first school year to ever enter Akaoi after the Chaotic End of Akaoi! I can't imagine me being there during it myself! I mean who would blow up an entire school all because of a girl they liked?"

Sakine got her snack and ran out the door. "Shut up mom! Bye!" Miko peeked out the door and added. "Oh! Your stepfather is coming over today and bringing your favorite dinner!" Sakine didn't anwser. She never had time for that bullshit.

Sakine kept running and checked the clock on the school building of Akaoi occasionally during the run. But then, She bumped into something.

It looked like. Another person. "Oh! I-I am so sorry.. I accidentally ran into you while running back home. I was forgetting something.. You want me to help you up?.."

The student was wearing the same uniform style as Sakine. I guess they go to the same school. Sakine stuttered. "O-Oh. You don't have to head back. Your house is probably far away from the school anyway. Your parents can just pick that thing up from your home.."

The student smiled. "Yeah, You're right. I'll put all the things in my bag again and we'll walk to school."

Sakine nodded. She has hidden the feeling inside her. It felt like.. She had something to really care about.