Today is a day of reflection. The manga industry and fans from around the world mourn the death of Sasho Takashima. He had finally succumbed to his heart condition when he wasn't responding to his name being called by a nurse. Just days before his death, he had publicly introduced everyone to his successor. Yasuo Kyoya.

All they knew about Yasuo was he grew up in Osaka. Those who looked up to Sasho despised Yasuo of being a nobody with nothing to back up his reasoning of carrying on Sasho's legacy while others had their doubts that Yasuo could even shed a fragment of what Sasho-sensei was as a storyteller.

A week after Sasho's death. Yasuo moved away from the city and to a quieter side of Japan near the seaside. All the hate and expectations were weighing up on Yasuo. He had already lost his sensei and yet people wouldn't give him a chance to think to himself. Which is what led him to moving away and working on commissions for the time being.

Location: Japan, Seaside, Tachiban's Apartment Complex, Sunny afternoon

Living in a studio apartment by himself, away from any unwanted attention. Yasuo focuses on commission sent by his publisher. GoGo Manga. He had enough of the media demoing him as the second of his former teacher and moved away. To keep a clear head of things, but really it was the pressure and expectations that forced him to run away in hiding.

Usually on days like these. He would listen to his daily dose of lofi music while working. Yasuo's assistant. Chiharu Akui. Would usually help him out, so he wouldn't constantly work himself over all the time.

Chiharu Akui: "Y A S U O-KUUUUUN"

All though, today would not be the case.

Yasuo Kyoya: "Y-Yes Akui?" (He stuttered)

Akui sneaked up on Yasuo and held a butcher knife right next to his neck. He was immensely terrified and frozen in place forcing him to stop working, trembling and constantly sweating as he could feel her breathe right next to his ear.

Yasuo Kyoya: "Oh my god!"

Akui also had issues of her own.

Dangerous ones.

Chiharu Akui: "Who was that girl at the door, this morning?" (She said menacingly)

Yasuo Kyoya: "Just the neighbour from upstairs"

Yasuo Kyoya: "She was handing me a package I missed yesterday"

At some point of the day, she would become the total opposite of who she usually is. The quiet, caring and innocence of her would soon be taken over by darkness that lies within her.

Chiharu Akui: "So you don't have feelings for her, do you?" (She said)

Yasuo Kyoya: "O-Of course not!"

Yauso Kyoya: "that has never come across my mind, I swear!"

As he was quivering in fear. Yasuo's anxiety had slowly risen as she kept waving the knife closer and closer to his neck.

Chiharu Akui: "Then...prove...it"

Yasuo Kyoya: "tch" (he grunted)

He knew what he had to do in order to get her off his case. But every time he had to do it, he would feel completely disgusted and embarrassed with himself. Yet it was the only way to calm Akui when she gets out of hand.

Yasuo Kyoya: "Y-You-"

Chiharu Akui: "Hm?"

Yasuo Kyoya: "You are my everything!"

Yasuo Kyoya: "Without you, I wouldn't have made it this far!" (He shouted)

After saying those words, Akui finally lowered the knife away from Yasuo and kissed him on the cheek.

Chiharu Akui: "Aww"

Chiharu Akui: "you didn't have to go and say all that"

Chiharu Akui: "Though, it wouldn't kill you to say that to me every day, now would it?"

Yasuo placed his hand onto his neck as he reflected on what had just happened. He was still quite in shock as he's still not used to Akui's condition.

Yasuo Kyoya: "Yes it would!" (He thought to himself)

Akui throws away the knife across the floor before sitting on Yasuo's lap and putting her arms around him whilst he was still in distress.

Chiharu Akui: "Darling" (She cutely said)

Yasuo Kyoya: "Come on"

Yasuo Kyoya: "Akui I need to continue working!" (He begged)

He slowly tries to put his hands on Akui to get her to get off of him.

Chiharu Akui: "I'll get the knife again"

Yasuo immediately retreats his arms back away from her as she said that.

Yasuo Kyoya: "Fine" (he sighed)

Yasuo becomes depressed knowing full well that he was going to have to put up with this for a while.

Chiharu Akui: "Mhm" (She purred)

Chiharu Akui: "Darling"

She was like a cat that wouldn't stop clinging to their owner. She rests her head on Yasuo's chest and closes her eyes.

Chiharu Akui: "Well I'm gonna nap for a bit"

Chiharu Akui: "Feel free to join me"

Yasuo Kyoya: "Wait!" (He pleaded)

She already had fallen asleep before he could say anything else. All Yasuo could do was just sit there and wait for her to wake up again.

Yasuo Kyoya: "Someone"

Yasuo Kyoya: "please help me" (he thought)

10 mins later...

Akui was still sleeping on him and he just looked lifeless as he had to continue to endure this torment.

30 mins later...

Yasuo was losing his patience, so he decided to be ballsy and hols Akui in his arms. He then got up and tippy toed his way towards the couch behind his workstation whilst carrying her.

He waited at least thirty seconds each time he took a step towards the couch. He was too afraid that if she had woken up again it would be her other side again that he hated the most. It was as if he was a zookeeper trying to put a lion cub in its cage with hopes of not getting mauled to death.

Fast forwarding time. It took him two minutes to finally to be standing in front of the couch and to lay Akui to rest on there.

Yasuo gave out a sigh of relief as he had succeeded in not awakening the wrath of a demon onto this plane field.

Chiharu Akui: *moans*

Yasuo Kyoya: "hm?" (he questioned)

Whilst he was taking his brief moment to relax. Akui began turning her body to adjust herself to be comfortable while sleeping. She raised her arms up above her head exposing her bust size and one leg with her knee up showing part of her thigh.

Yasuo Kyoya: "Tch" (he grunted)

Yasuo quickly got a blanket and covered Akui with it before the situation got any weirder than it was and headed back to his workspace and continued working on the commissions.

15 mins later...

Akui had woken up. She looked down as saw that she was on the couch with a blanket covering her. Confused as to why she was even on it and the fact she didn't jump back onto Yasuo meant that she was temporarily back to her normal self.

She noticed Yasuo across the room working on the commissions they were tasked with to do.

Chiharu Akui: "Kyoya-san?"

Yasuo Kyoya: "Yes, it happened again" (he said bluntly)

Akui turned beet red realising what he was referring to and covered her face with her hands out of embarrassment.

Chiharu Akui: "I'm sorry!" (She cried)

Yasuo Kyoya: *sigh* "don't blame yourself"

Yasuo Kyoya: "I'm sure once you leave this dump and go on to being a successful mangaka"

Yasuo Kyoya: "You'll be able to afford therapy sessions to support you with your condition"

Akui uncovered her face and turned her head to look at Yasuo.

Chiharu Akui: "I would never leave this place"

Yasuo stopped drawing for a moment and turned himself around to look at Akui to listened to what she was saying.

Chiharu Akui: "Being with you and Shigechi-kun has been the best thing to help me cope with it"

Chiharu Akui: "I'm sure when the manga awards come up this year"

Chiharu Akui: "When you win it, everything will change" (she stated)

Yasuo Kyoya: "Akui stop"

Yasuo Kyoya: "I already told you before"

Yasuo Kyoya: "I won't be entering those awards" (he vowed)

He turns back around facing his desk and continued working as Akui moved the blanket away from her before placing her feet on the floor.

Chiharu Akui: "I'm sorry" (She muttered)

Yasuo Kyoya: "enough with the apologies"

Yasuo Kyoya: "Let's just focus on getting the commissions done" (He urged)

Chiharu Akui: "Yes"

*Ding* *Dong*

The apartment doorbell rang. They both looked to door surprised, wondering who it could be.

Chiharu Akui: "I'll ge- "

Yasuo Kyoya: "It's fine"

Yasuo got up from his work bench and headed to the front door. Akui became sad as Yasuo was walked by. she just wanted to help out.

*Ding* *Dong*

Yasuo Kyoya: "Yes Yes" (he yelled)

Once stood in front of the door he opens it and to his surprise. It was a saleswoman. It's kind of surprising that even in a place like Shizukesa. There are salespeople going door to door to bother people about new products and offers.

Saleswoman: "Good afternoon, Kyoya-san"

Saleswoman: "I was hoping if I could have some of your time to introduce our new product?"

Yasuo Kyoya: "I'm kinda busy and-"

Saleswoman: "Great!" (She interrupted)

Saleswoman: "Let me just grab it out of my bag"

Yasuo Kyoya: *sigh*

The saleswoman was searching through her handbag for whatever sketchy product she had ready to try scheme Yasuo into buying. She was in her office uniform, wearing lots of makeup and had her shirt with three or four buttons undone revealing her massive cleavage.

Yasuo blushes up a bit after noticing her appearance before averting his attention away from her chest.

Yasuo Kyoya: "What are with these sketchy companies?" (He thought)

"Where is it?" (She uttered)

Yasuo Kyoya: "Are they trying to take my money or my self-control?"

Saleswoman: "Ah! Here it is"

She manages to find what she was looking for and took her arm out of the handbag. She pulls out a valve with some yellow substance inside of it and presents it to Yasuo with the most enthusiastic expression she could put on.

Saleswoman: "I would like to introduce Aniyori Pharmaceutical's new medication!"

Saleswoman: "Truth Teller!" (She beamed)

The sound of wind blew for a brief period. Yasuo was in utter disappointment, he couldn't comprehend what he was actually hearing from the saleswoman.

Yasuo Kyoya: "Seriously?" (He sighed)

Saleswoman: "Yes seriously"

Yasuo Kyoya: *sigh*

Yasuo Kyoya: "Continue" (He sighed again)

Saleswoman: "With the Truth Teller"

Saleswoman: "It will be able to help a person to let out their true feelings if they are struggling to do it themselves"

Yasuo facepalms, thinking how not only is this suspicious but it is also really ridiculous how a yellow substance that looks like urine, could actually make person confess how they truly feel.

Saleswoman: "Want to know if your friends actually care about you? Use Truth Teller!"

Saleswoman: "Worried that your lover may be cheating on you? Use Truth Teller!"

Yasuo Kyoya: "Look I get you are just doing your job but do you know how stupid this genuinely soun-"

Saleswoman: "You can even use it on yourself if you don't have the guts" (She added)

Yasuo stops facepalming and just stares at the saleswoman with zero interest on his face at all.

Yasuo Kyoya: "Ok" (He stressed)

Yasuo Kyoya: "So it can make people tell the truth?"

Saleswoman: "Yep!" (She assured)

Saleswoman: "You just need to make them ingest it and wait thirty minutes"

Saleswoman: "It will only cost a small fee of fourteen thousand yen" (She requested)

Yasuo places his hand on the front door and slowly pushes it forward towards the door frame.

Yasuo Kyoya: "I don't know how that amount is small to you"

Yasuo Kyoya: "But I'm afraid I have to decline" (He stated)

Yasuo Kyoya: "Have a good day"

Saleswoman: "H-Hold on!"

As Yasuo tries to close the door on her, the woman puts her foot between the door and the frame stopping him from fully closing it.

Saleswoman: "Just here me out"

Yasuo opens the door wide again.

Yasuo Kyoya: "I'm sorry ma'am"

Yasuo Kyoya: "but trying to be the next Miss Japan isn't gonna make me simp for you into buy something that dumb" (He criticised)

She froze for a second. Her being Miss Japan she pondered. The saleswoman took one step forward closer to Yasuo as she looked at him with a cheery change in personality, you could see stars shine in her eyes as she looked at him.

Saleswoman: "You think I could be Miss Japan?!" (She yelped)

She gets up in Yasuo's face in shock of what she just heard as her breasts jiggles when she kept moving. He averts his eyes away avoiding eye contact as he was trying his very best to keep his composure in front of her.

Yasuo Kyoya: "Look, all I'm saying is you shouldn't sell your body to people that can easily replace you"

Yasuo Kyoya: "No matter h-how big the reward is" (He stuttered)

The saleswoman backs up from Yasuo then grabs his hand. She places the valve in his palm before making him clench his fingers onto it. He looks to his hand as she does this.

Saleswoman: "Thank you, for making me realise this sooner"

Saleswoman: "Keep the valve as a token for helping Miss Japan"

But Yasuo really didn't want to have the valve but morally it was wrong to reject the appreciation from others after helping them.

Yasuo Kyoya: "Right..." (He muttered)

Saleswoman: "I'll quit my job first thing tomorrow and pursue my new aspiration of being a mode!l" (She announced)

Yasuo Kyoya: "I see"

Saleswoman: "so stoic"

Saleswoman: "girls like that in a guy"

Yasuo Kyoya: "shut up" (He whimpered)

Saleswoman: *giggles*

The saleswoman behind Yasuo and notices that Akui was standing behind him.

Saleswoman: "Oh my"

Saleswoman: "Well it seems we may have made your girlfriend back there a bit jealous" (She acknowledged)

Yasuo Kyoya: "Huh?" (He questioned)

He turned to look behind him as to what she meant and could see Akui meant business. She was standing quite close behind Yasuo just staring at him with murderous intent.

Chiharu Akui: *giggles menacingly"

Yasuo Kyoya: "Akui wait" (He pleaded)

Saleswoman: "Well, looks like I shall take my leave now"

Saleswoman: "I'll just let you two can talk things out"

Saleswoman: "I have your number in our registry so I'll be sure to call you about my progress!"

She stepped up to Yasuo's face and kisses him on the cheek. He was in deep shock as she did that and this only angered Akui to satanic level. She brought out eight different type of knives from behind her and was ready to engage.

The saleswoman leaned back once she was done and began making her way back to where she came from. She was walking away happily without looking back.

Saleswoman: "Thanks again Kyoya-san"

Saleswoman: "Can't wait to read your first manga!" She said joyfully

Yasuo Kyoya: "Hey!"

Yasuo watched her as the saleswoman was walking away happily with a peace of mind.

Chiharu Akui: "Darling" (She fumed)

Yasuo froze on the spot as he looked back at the demonic Akui the saleswoman had spawned.

Chiharu Akui: "Come here" (She growled)

Instead of listening to her. He tries to make a run for it away but unfortunately accidentally trips over the door frame and falls on the ground.

Yasuo Kyoya: "Gah!" (He wailed)

Akui then grabbed him by the legs and dragged him back into the apartment. No matter how much he struggled. When Akui is in her Yandere state, she is a force to be reckoned with.

Yasuo Kyoya: "Nooooooo!" (He yelled)

*SLAM*

The apartment door slammed shut and all you could hear were the screams of Yasuo that can be heard from across the street. Couple of people passing by stopped and listened in on everything playing out.

"Akui! Please stop!"

Resident #1: "What the hell are those two doing?"

"You didn't say that to her, when she kept putting up her fat meat in your face!"

Resident #2: "I definitely feel sorry for that guy"

"I didn't wanna make it look like I was staring"

Patrolling Officer: "Oh boy" (He sympathised)

"Then why were you blushing?!"

Amongst the bystanders witnessing the acts of chaos going on was a young boy. As he was walking holding onto his backpack. He looked around at the small crowd and then up to Yasuo's apartment hearing the commotion.

Shigechi Tajima: "Yare Yare" (He sighed)

Shigechi Tajima: "They're at it again?"

The boy stood next to the patrol officer as he could hear the continuous screaming and things breaking within the apartment.

Patrolling Officer: "You know those people, kid?" (He asked)

Shigechi Tajima: *sigh*

Shigechi Tajima: "Sadly yes"

Shigechi Tajima: "Yes I do" (He replied)

THE END OF CHAPTER 0

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