(June 10th of 2020, 5:47 a.m. in my house)
I got up from my bed and grabbed my phone from the table on my right side. I looked at the time. "5:27 a.m." "Wow, I woke up pretty early this time."
"Hah! Time to start a new day I guess! *Ping* I guess it's her text." I grabbed my phone and turned it on. I read the text, "Tsukasa, Ohayō! How was your sleep? Let's meet again at school! Love ya!" Well, she's active as ever.
I got up from my bed and walked to the door and opened it. I went downstairs to prepare for school. It was very early in the morning, I could barely see the sun.
I went to the bathroom sink and brushed my teeth. I gurgled out the water from my mouth and spit it on the sink.
I looked at my face in the mirror. I had long black hair, (well apparently boys' long hair). I pulled my hair down, it could almost cover my whole face, only the mouth part I couldn't cover.
I fixed my hair back and went out of the bathroom.
I went to our dining table which is near my mom and dad's room which is near the kitchen.
My room was on the second floor. My siblings' rooms are near mine. The door is just 3 metres away from every one of my siblings' door rooms.
I ate some bread and an apple for breakfast. My mom was still busy cooking some eggs and noodles for the rest of my family to eat for their breakfasts.
I guess I woke up pretty early. My siblings were still asleep.
I went back to my room upstairs to change into my school uniform.
I went back down again and went to the door. I said goodbye to my mom and she told me to take care and have fun at school.
I closed the door and walked through the neighbourhood.
My school was just 3.5 kilometres away from my house. I walked down straight to the street 50 metres away and crossed the pedestrian. I was waiting for a bus to arrive at the bus stop.
(3 minutes after)
A bus arrived and I went up to the bus. I sat on the 3rd seat on the left side close to the window and the bus travelled.
When I was riding the bus, I was using my phone. I looked at the messages I got from my girlfriend "Mio" and replied to her messages.
My friend Ren suddenly grabbed my shoulder at the back and I got frightened. I didn't notice this idiot while I entered the bus.
My friend looks like a superstar in our town but his an idiot. He is not very good at studying but he was good at sports.
He has long blonde hair and he always wears this black bracelet which he and his girlfriend matched. His eyes were yellow, he also has a long nose. He's quite handsome and is kinda popular in our school.
He was a good basketball player who always joins league tournaments. Well, what can we say about being dumb in academics but good at sports? Well, yeah... I could say his girlfriend was quite lucky to be his girl.
"Yo! How was your sleep last night? Wait, is that Mio? Heeehhh, you two have always been this charming, I'm jealous! Hahaha."
I turned around and punched his face right through his right cheek with my right hand. Jeez, he never changes.
"What the heck bro! Why'd you punch me like that?"
"Just keep your mouth shut idiot, you almost made me blush there, well yeah, you asked me how my sleep was last night? Sigh... It was kinda weird, I didn't understand how my sleep went last night. I was imagining something while sleeping, I don't know. Anyways. How was your night though?"
"Well, I was just staying up at almost 2 a.m. lol, I didn't get that much sleep. I woke up at 5 a.m."
Wow, this kid wanted to die, just 3 hours of sleep. He really is an idiot.
"Oh yeah, Ren, how was your game grinding yesterday?"
"Nah, I was just focusing on some subjects. I wasn't able to play any games last night."
"That's good for you, you've always been online every time I enter the game, exams are coming soon so you better be more prepared."
I've always been studying every single night, that's why it wasn't hard to maintain my grade and score on every test, but my friend Ren had always been playing games and almost failed our recent examinations, lucky for him tho.
We continued chatting as we travelled to our school.
(We arrived at school)
We headed out from the bus and went to the gate and Mio was waiting for me at a bench on the grounds.
Our school looked more like a park, it was very clean and the surroundings mostly covered the whole ground except for the paths.
Mio ran towards me after she saw me and held my hands. She brought me with her to the bench where she was sitting. We chatted sometime and talked about random stuff.
Whenever she smiles, she would look like an angel. Her lips were quite pink and her brown eyes sparkled when she became excited.
She does joke around when making fun of me but in a sweet way. She is cute, more like a baby face for a 9th grader. Her cheeks were a little thick and she got long black silky hair.
We held hands and headed to our class after chatting.
I was sitting in the back row beside the window. I got bored in class and got nothing to do since I already studied the lessons in advance. I was the smartest guy in class after all.
Mio was sitting beside me on my right side. We couldn't talk to each other in class though so we kept silent after our class ended.
Mio was just an ordinary student. Her grades were neither high nor low, I can't really say she's smart, she's just an average student.
I met her when I was in grade 8. Man, the time I confessed to her was so embarrassing but little did I know she was also taking a liking to me because I was very smart and also a good looking guy I can say.
When I was staring at the window, I saw a girl walking around near the campus area, probably near the gate, well, outside the gate.
She was walking across the road. She seemed familiar to me, it even caught my attention.
She was wearing a pink hat with a gym uniform from another school with a jacket tied up on her waist.
My teacher suddenly called me out. "Oi Tsukasa, are you listening?"
I was frightened. "Sorry sir, I was pacing out."
"Can you read page 97, 4th story paragraph?"
I read after that.
Our class ended and it's time to head home. I usually walk home alone by myself even though I could ask Mio to walk home with me. I'm just used to walking alone.
I've always been listening to music all day when I'm not in class, I had my phone with me and plugged my earphones on my phone and wore it. My favourite genres were jazz and lo-fi.
I am a type of a guy who's quite moody when being alone, that's why I prefer walking alone than having someone to walk with because it ruins my mood.
Sleeping was also a hobby of mine, yes, I wanted to always dream. I sometimes wanted to escape reality but I knew it wasn't possible.
I have dreams that were much better than what I have in life.
Anyways, I'm already a smart kid so I won't be worrying much for now since everyone in my family was very busy except for my mom who's always at home as our mother.
I do love my family but in dreams could be better.
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I arrived home and went to my room. I started to study as I always do. *Ping* I got a phone notification. An airplane crashed from Japan to Los Angeles. It appeared to crash on an island. The news arrived at 6:02 p.m. My mom suddenly knocked on my door. "Dad's dead."
I paced the moment I heard what mom said on the door. I thought of how our lives' go through without our dad's support. My siblings were still young, I was the oldest sibling in our family.
My mom went back down the stairs crying. The plane that crashed was the plane my dad took the day before. No one could survive the harsh crash. It was a big flight, so many people died.
An accident that caused my father's life. I closed my door and lay on my bed. I thought of having a part time job to support myself and for my family. My siblings were too young to lose a dad.
I had no choice since my mom had always been a housewife; my siblings were 12 and 14 years old. I'm the oldest sibling.
I continued to think of my worried life while in my bed. I've been hoping to spend time with my dad who was always busy but it's too late.
My family wept in their own rooms. Both my young siblings were having a breakdown after they knew about the news. Well, what can we do about it?
The more I thought of it, the more I don't care and feel nothing knowing that it wasn't a normal thing to feel nothing. I continued to check on my phone, posting on my different social media accounts about my dad passing away.
I finished the posting and I went to bed, it was 7:56 p.m. Quite early. I woke up at 5:30 in the morning, I had my alarm beside me so it wasn't hard for me to wake up.
I remembered yesterday and what happened. I checked the house but everyone's still asleep.
I wandered around town looking for part time jobs I could apply for. I saw this one shop that has a sign that says. "Looking for young hitmen, apply now!" doesn't sound bad being a hitman right? As long as nobody knows me I'm a hitman then it would be fine.
I went inside the store and there was this young lady on the counter, she has long bangs covering her eyes with nose and mouth leaving open, quite long bangs and with a long single pony tail at her back. She has a small earring, it was like she was wearing a luxurious outfit. She was wearing this white bracelet shiny bracelet. I was wondering what type of people are in this non luxurious shop.
She looked at me and asked. "Are you here to apply for the job young man?" I said. "Yes." She grabbed a piece of paper and asked me to form the contract.
Before I entered, I was quite nervous, I haven't killed someone in my life but having 400,000 yen payment for every victim I'd kill could support a lot for me and for my family.
I left all my doubts and fear away, I was about to lose myself as a human being, as an honour student, as a smart student. My choice was fatal for my future, I could get caught and get into jail with this job but I took the risk. Nobody knows what I was about to do.
As I signed the form, I was shaking, my hands were shaking like I was going to throw out the pen I was writing with. The girl noticed and came to me. "Are you scared?" She asked. I looked at her and nodded. She was about to laugh but she held it in. "Look kid, if you're that scared, why not stop signing and go back home?" She said. "I can't, I need money to support my family, no one's able to support us since my dad just died yesterday, he was the one supporting us.
She gave a shock reaction. "Your dad's name?" Wha- for a second, I was wondering what my dad's name is again. "Don't tell me you don't know your dad's name? Hahahaha." She laughed.
She asked me to give me the form and she checked. "Ehhh, so you're Stukasa Akira. You're dad, was also a hitman. We used to get along together. I was his woman with an affair since he isn't available with you guys especially with your mother."
Ah? I never knew about that nor did I hear about my dad having an affair. Well, I don't really care anymore since he's already dead from the plane crash.
"What was he like, Miss?" I asked gently.
"He was a charming man, he was quite handsome too just like you, he got some good reflexes and he was very good when it comes to assassinating." She replied. I do see him as a handsome and cool dad even though we only had some time together but it sucked at the same time now that I knew about what he was doing and what his job was.
"Thanks Miss, what's your name if it's okay for me to know?" I asked. "Zero, call me Zero as my code name, I can't tell you my real name since I'm also working as a hitman." "I'll call you Zero San then." I complied.
"I guess you have to be ready for later, I'm gonna give you one mission to do later, this will be for your first so practice would be needed, I'll do the mission with you." She said. I really am now a hitman, I mean, not yet since I'm still about to kill a person. "Am I ready for this?" I asked myself some questions.
Miss Zero was kinda hot for me. No surprise why he was my dad's affair. What am I even thinking? I was thinking something lewd at that time. I couldn't see her eyes, her bangs were so thick that it left her pony tail at her back so thin. I guess she was my type after all.
I don't even know if I could still face my girlfriend at school, even my friend Ren. I think it'll be alright if they won't know who I am going to be.
I was reading a book while waiting for the call. I was reading a book about "many ways to assassinate a victim." While I was reading through, I read about making the victim fall in love and kill after a few days of being in a relationship with that victim.
Way of assassination would be cutting the person's throat or stab on the person's chest or at the back "spinal cord."
Making someone fall in love with you or making close relationships with each other sounds easy but the problem is the neatness of the assassination, whether you would be caught or not.
Being caught would be a very bad thing but I would just try my best for a first try.
Grabbing the victim in the neck or just suddenly stab wouldn't make the person react fast. I'll hide myself pretending I'm going somewhere and land a single blow when the victim won't be looking.
A ping on my phone popped, I guess it's my time to practice. The door opened and Miss Zero called me to come in the room so I went inside.
There were many people in the room, the room atmosphere is so heavy, I feel like I'm about to get murdered. I silently counted the people in the room and there were 5 of them, they looked all like assassins.
One of them was holding a little knife and his hands had a lot of bruises and scratches, he was a masculine dude with short hair. He was tall like a 6 footer and had a scratch on his left eyebrow.
The second I saw was a cute little girl but man, I couldn't believe a little girl would become an assassin, well, I could understand why because it's easier to disguise as a normal cute little kid to be an assassin.
The third one was a good looking guy, well, all I could say was his victims would be mostly ladies. Hooking up victims wouldn't be tough for a guy like him, he was a well mature guy I can say but just looking at his face just within this room seems like a completely different person. I can't say he would be able to endure the lust of killing, a pretty creepy personality we can say.
The fourth one was a nerd, he has been always reading a book and that book could contain dirty works for assassination, we can't really say enough for that dude but he has a mushroom hairstyle, suited to have that hairstyle for a nerd.
The fifth one was Miss Zero, she was a very beautiful woman as I said, she was attractive to most guys, completely opposite of what type the third person was.
Then Miss Zero welcomes me to the group of assassins. "Ahh... Hello everyone, I'm new and young to be one of your members so I hope we'll get along well." I was sweating a lot when I was introducing myself. Miss Zero gave me a smile afterwards.
Everyone was so serious and silent, they seemed to not care about my introduction. They did look at me when I was introducing myself but they went back to their businesses after it.
Well, I suppose I just don't wanna mess around with these people so I chose to behave while waiting for tasks to come, that's what Miss Zero told me, every person inside this room was waiting for the tasks and so I also waited.
After a few moments, someone knocked on our door. "I guess your tasks are here!" Miss Zero said. Miss Zero opened the door and a tall guy was bringing a brown envelope. He opened the envelope and revealed the insides, there were cards with our photo and so called "code names" on it.
He handed out every single card for each one of us. I did see some of the other cards but all were just code names. I looked at mine, I can see my name but why can't I see others' names? Miss Zero explained that only the owners of each card can only see their real names and below these "code names", there they could see their real names.
"So when another person looks on my card, they only see the code names and won't be able to see our real names below it?" "Yes, that's correct." "This is a digital card so it's like a phone but it's unbreakable, we made it specialy for the assassins here.