Dark roamed everywhere, it was as if everything was covered by a thick vail of darkness
A figure walked straight forward in an eerily steady motion, it felt strange at best and terrifying at worst
The figure walked across the rooftop, strange, there seemed to be no bottom, perhaps the rooftop was floating
Yeon Haa stood at the very edge of the rooftop, there was no railing. Her figure stood in the darkness without wavering in the slightest despite the height of the balcony
Yeon Haa found herself in an alleyway, the lights were dim, there was blurry flickering at the end of the hallway
Yeon Haa started to fall, her heart pumping in her chest but she couldn't do any, she could not feel anything
She saw a yellowish white room and someone sitting on a large pavement inside the room. The room came closer to her
Yeon Haa got pushed down to the hard floor by a big man she didn't recognise, he pressed her down, not letting her move
Her breath hitched, trying to get out of the door to her right, she tried to crawl out, the tall man held onto her legs, she pushed the door open and saw a body on the floor
The head turned around completely to the back and looked back at her, the woman's face was blurry, no feature was specific
As she got dragged out of the car, she continued to look at the woman laying far away on the concrete floor under the sunset, the bright red moon shown brightly on top of her
Yeon Haa tried to reach out, not wanting to go
She frowned as she struggled, her hand started to hurt from how far she had stretched it out to reach the woman
Her body felt like it was laying on its back, her hands grabbed tightly onto something, the texture was almost familiar
Yeon Haa's surroundings started rushing towards her, everything but the woman
Yeon Haa clawed at the soft floor, trying to reach the woman suddenly she was able to get up. She ran, as fast as she could but she was going very slowly
She fell in front of the woman, panting heavily, she felt something wet and it was hard to breath?
Everything around she started to get fussy, slowly turning into darkness but the woman continued to stare at her
Her face started to become clearer, it was covered in blood, face deformed but that wasn't what Yeon Haa noticed, no, it was the look of pure disgust and hate in the woman's eyes, her mother's eyes...
"AH-!"
Aradia woke up panting heavily, tears staining her face, she was holding on to the blanket for dear life
The red head cried, choking over her own tears as she buried her face in the pillow
'Why did i have to see her again? Why? Why, why, why WHY'
The red head cried out in her thoughts, after what felt like forever, she turned over to her back, staring at the ceiling with her puffy eyes before looking to her side
Lir was sleeping in his pixy form on his make shift bed that was on the window ledge. The red head sighed softly at the confirmation of being awake
Aradia looked at her trembling hand next as she tried not to remember her past, something that haunts her to this day
But of course, that was to no avail, her mind wandered off to the thoughts she had tried to keep buried deep in the back of her mind
The red head covered her eyes with her left arm, her hands were in fists, a way to deal with the unpleasant memories going through her mind right this very moment
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Kim Yeon Haa was no one new to death and tragedy, although she has called her life cliche for the most of the time she was alive, she knows better than anyone that her life was more of a hot mess rather than something cliche but then again there were some cliche parts
The red head hoped she died as a nobody, just another Korean in her early twenties, that lived in Seoul. After all her past made it rather difficult to go by as a nobody
As being a child of a SA victim wasn't the kindest title.
Yeon Haa finds herself absolutely disgusting and the same goes for every grown man in his fifties around her, though, she has learnt to mask it
For the entirety of her childhood she stayed with her grandparents, mostly her grandfather, they had known Kim Yeon Haa was the love child of her mother and lover who had supposedly run away not wanting to take care of a child, if only that was the truth..
The one time Yeon Haa had asked her mother who her father was, was on the few occasions her mom would come visit her parents, not her
Despite being pretty young at that time, she was met with a rather violent reaction, she still remembers the rash slaps on her cheeks and back, she can still feel the stinging sensation, her grandparents pulling her mom back not knowing why their daughter was acting like this and trying to comfort both of them. After that Yeon Haa never asked the same question ever again
But to her surprise, after her grandparents' death, Yeon Haa's mother was taking her with the plan to fly out of the country. As they drove, she started to tell her story, Yeon Haa still remembers the pure disgust in her stomach rumbling as she listened
She wasn't just the child of a SA victim, no, it was far more complicated than that. Her mother, Kim Hyun Han was a part of a gang in her early days, it wasn't that big of a deal except for the fact they had once had a gang fight and injured their rival gang so badly, most of them ended up at the hospital, but the real problem starts from here, one of the members of the rival gang was familiar with a far more dangerous gang, a gang that participated in all sorts of illegal acts
And with some bribing they agreed to take care of a small all-woman gang that didn't do more than fight..
It was a day no one could forget, it was so bad, it even made it on the news
"Thankfully I had managed to leave to a nearby hotel so they couldn't find me along with all the other victims"
Her mother spoke in a cold voice, there was no emotion behind it, it was worse than disappointment
"But how did you go to the hotel..?"
Yeon Haa asked cautiously, not wanting the same fate as last time
"A man helped me.. in return I had to give him something"
Yeon Haa sucked in a sharp breath, her chest tightened more than it had already, it felt like her lungs were going to be squeezed out of her chest, her throat was already dry but it left like she couldn't even breathe anymore. She stayed quiet, wanting her mother to prove her thoughts wrong
"My body"
Yeon Haa coughed violently, actively having to hold back throwing up, with slight tears in her eyes from coughing she looked over at her mother
She wasn't looking at the road, no, she was looking at Yeon Haa, with disgusted eyes. Yeon Haa didn't even know when another car had crashed into them or when she got rushed to the hospital, all she remembered was the look that made her want to give up on everything she had known
Yeon Haa was never the type to end her life, despite her past she lived everyday, wanting to live, being alive may be hard, but it was worth it but now.. it didn't matter, she couldn't find it in herself to make it matter. Every time the nurse or doctor came in and looked at her, the only thing she saw was the look her mother gave her
Her days were a blur in the hospital but she knew one thing, her mother was dead.
But she had made it out, Yeon Haa got discharged after a while but she had no where to go now, no where to stay, no one to love and no will to live. She still tried nonetheless, managing a week before she couldn't anymore and went to the rooftop of the motel she was staying in for the time being. It was well past the cities wake hours...
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Aradia opened her eyes to see Rae towering over her, trying to wake her up
"Good morning, my lady"
She stopped and didn't say anything until the red head sat up on the bed to hand her a glass of water
"Today lady Clara and the young mistress have to go up north, to the illusion mansion"
The red head stopped drinking and looked up at her
'right.. today was the day we had to go there and do a stupid test or whatever'
"I remember, prepare my bath and clothes"
"Yes, my lady"
With that Rae left with a short bow, however she came back just as quickly as she had left
"The bath has been made, my lady"
Aradia nodded, not being able to find her voice. She put down the glass and went to the bathroom, locking the door behind her
The red head looked at her reflection in the washbasin mirror, the corners of her lips quivered as she tried not to smile
In the mirror she no longer saw her disgusting face, no, it was someone foreign, yet it was still her
No one knew her and she knew no one, she was in a new world with a new identity, no longer Kim Yeon Haa, the person she loathes with her whole being
The red head glanced over at the newly made bath, she still had to get ready for the long day ahead...
Bonus:
*Wish(sad)*:
Kim Hyun Han: I wish I could give you my pain just for one moment, not to hurt you, but to make you understand how much you hurt me
Kim Yeon Haa: ....
To be continued...
What's up people, it's me, Yan, how are you all?
As you can see we have finally got the back story reveal, what do you all think about it? I think it's okay-ish but not bad
You thought I'd give you a happy bonus scene? Too bad, this chapter was made with the thought of being sad as hell
Anyway happy Halloween and Dewali to those who celebrate these fun events, I celebrate both :3 I'm having a blast today lol
Exam preparations are going to kill me before December even arrives. What I basically mean is: I don't know when I'll post again
Anyway, thank you all for being with me up until now, I really believe the year is going to end so soon, it feels like just yesterday it was September
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as much I liked writing it
And once again please forgive this lowly author for any grammatical mistakes
Have a good day, afternoon, evening or night
And hopefully I'll see you all next week with a new chapter
Bye!
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