Chapter 3
Hate
"Is that Mei!" Kyo says out loud.
I think it is. Why is Mei here? Kyo thinks to himself.
It's not like it's my business. Whatever I should be on my way.
Kyo walks through the giant crowd of people standing in his way to get to the door.
Hmm, I should get something to eat. But what should I eat…Oh, I know ramen. Man, that sounds super tasty.
It's about time to head to Tokyo to check out my new place and eat.
Kyo leaves the hospital to go to the train station.
It's about a five-minute walk, Kyo thinks as he walks towards the train station.
Kyo walks down the long concrete path to the train station.
Even though it's a short walk, all I can think about is the constant chatter of people at this hour. I can hear people bullying others in alleyways, people talking about how their day went, and weird sounds of people doing strange things in alleyways.
Kyo arrives at the train station.
[TRAIN LEAVES FOR TOKYO IN 1 MINUTE, TRAIN LEAVES FOR TOKYO IN 1 MINUTE]
Oh, shoot, I guess I'd better hurry. I wouldn't want to miss the train, Kyo thinks to himself.
Okay, I'm finally here—in Tokyo. As soon as I stepped off the train, I saw many people at the train station. God, the smell is terrible. It smells like milk if you leave it out for too long.
Alright, I need to get out of here. Where are the steps…Oh, to the right. Okay, let's walk up.
Kyo walks to the top. Oh wow, as soon as I walk to the top, I can see many bright lights, and the smell is much better up here, although there are still many people. I mean, seriously, it's late out. Okay, I'll get food first before I go to my new apartment.
Kyo pulls up his phone for directions.
Okay, I got it. It's a 15-minute walk. Well, better get at it.
Okay, finally, here it should be on my right…Oh, it's down this alleyway. Okay, let's go, Kyo thinks to himself.
Kyo starts to walk down the alleyway, and a big stir happens to his left on another alleyway.
What the? What's happening over there?
Kyo glances over and sees two people dressed in brown coats with black ski masks; the coats are like the ones detectives would wear. They were holding knives to someone's throat, begging for money.
WHAT THE! What the hell are they doing to the poor guy over there? Kyo thinks to himself as his face lights up in fear.
I should help, right? I wouldn't be much help in the end, though. Kyo's face turns to despair.
Huh…?
"Hey…Bitch hand over your fucking money!" One of the attackers screams
"Yeah..hand over your money…Old man!" The second attacker says.
"We'll kill you, you know…So hand over your money," The second attacker said in a voice that was trembling in fear.
"Wait… okay, please don't hurt me…here, here's my wallet. Take it!" The older man says as his body is shaking uncontrollably.
Ah…I can't do a damn thing fuck! I thought I had changed. Kyo thinks to himself with his head in his lap, back to the wall, just listening to what's happening.
"Thanks, you stupid old man!" The attacker grabs the wallet and runs away with the other attacker.
The attackers turn the corner to see Kyo sitting there.
Kyo looks up and sees the attackers by him but is unable to do anything but stare and watch.
The attackers got away.
Ahhh…Fuck I couldn't do anything. I'm useless once again.
Kyo turns his head to look at the older man lying on the floor, tears coming from his eyes.
Kyo's eyes widen, looking at the guy. Did the guy piss himself? Oh man, now I feel horrible. Shit, what should I do…
The older man notices Kyo…
"Hey…Is..someone…There? The older man says, hoping for a response.
Shit, He saw me…What do I do? Kyo thinks to himself.
"Hey, if you're there… please help me, "the old man asks, tears running down his face as he slowly starts to crawl over to Kyo.
Oh…Shit, what do I do? He's crawling over to me! Shit!
"Sorry, Man!" Kyo screams as he runs away, his face looking like a ghost.
Fuck…I just ran away again like I always do. Kyo thinks to himself.
'Huff, Huff, Huff'
Kyo gets to the end of the alleyway, trying to catch his breath. Fuck I'm sweating buckets, man… not only that, but I lost my appetite.
Kyo puts his hands on his head and stares at the sky while trying to catch his breath.
"Meow"
"Huh…?" Kyo says in confusion.
Kyo looks around and notices there is a cat right by his legs…
"Oh!...a black cat," Kyo says with a calm face and tears slowly running down his face.
"Oh…man, don't look at me like this cat," Kyo says as he uses his arm sleeves to wipe the tears off his face.
"Hmm?"
The cat runs away.
Hey, wait…where is it going? I should follow it, right?
Kyo follows the cat to a high ledge near many houses, where he looks up and sees a beautiful girl sitting at the top.
Woah… she's pretty
I first noticed that she had long silver hair with bangs that went down to her forehead. She was wearing a plain white T-shirt and blue jeans.
"Hey…What do you hate most in this world?" The random girl asks Kyo.
Huh, what the? What type of question is that?
Even though this girl I had just met asked me such a question, I already knew my answer…
It's easy…
"I hate…Everything." Kyo's face goes lifeless as he says this.
"Good…answer." The girl replies with a light-toned voice.
Huh… what's up with this girl? Kyo thinks
That's a good answer, huh? I don't think anybody else would agree.
Kyo starts to laugh a little.
"Hey, why are you laughing?" the girl asks, confused about what's so funny.
"Dummy the question you just asked me. I found that funny." Kyo says as he continues to laugh.
"Hmm… the question was funny? In what way?." The girl sits there thinking, with another confused look.
Seriously, this girl is an airhead. Kyo thinks.
"Hey… now that I am taking a closer look at you, I think I could describe you with one word…" She says
"Hate."
Hate? Kyo thinks about the word she just used to describe him.
"I guess that's fair," Kyo said, looking up at her with a smile.
Even though we had just met, she could already describe me in one word.
"God, we had just met. You can already describe me in one word!" Kyo says, blushing and laughing.
"I mean, it was kind of obvious just looking at you, " the girl says, rubbing her chin with her finger.
"I can tell you hate everything."
"You especially hate everything about yourself." She says with a stern look.
"Dang, you hit the nail right on the head," Kyo laughs nervously.
"Anyway, why were you running?" The girl asks.
"Oh…that well I was running from…"
"Well, to be completely honest, I don't really know myself," Kyo says with a small but fake laugh as his hand rubs the top of his head.
"I'm going to need more than that." She says, all serious.
"Ermm, fine, I was running from a situation where I probably could have helped but didn't."
"What do you mean?" The girl asks, confused.
"There was an old guy that was getting robbed by two guys with knives threatening him to give them money, so he did, and the attackers ran away. When I looked to see how he was doing, he had pissed himself while lying on the ground crying.." Kyo says as his face starts to turn white again.
"Then he saw me staring and doing nothing. He asked for help over and over again! Then he started to crawl over to me, and I panicked and ran." Kyo says, tears running down his face in frustration.
"That's right, I'm pathetic. I ran away from something I might have been able to resolve."
"And I feel guilty about it. I do, but in the end, this gives me another reason to hate myself."
"I always choose the easy way out, which is to run," Kyo says as he grabs his stomach in disgust, tears forming down his face while smiling.
"Well…if you knew, you would feel pathetic. Why not just help him? Why would you just stand there knowing you could have done something?" She says.
"So yeah, you are pathetic." She says with her right hand going up to her face and putting it on her cheek, with a frown.
Those words didn't affect Kyo in the slightest. He already knew he was pathetic.
"So instead of running, how about in the future, face your fears." The girl says.
Easier said than done, Kyo thought to himself.
Now that I think about it, I know nothing about this girl, especially her name. I should ask her.
"Hey… what's your name?" Kyo asks suddenly.
"Can't say." The girl says, putting her finger to her lips like she is silencing him.
"What! Come on, you have to tell me your name!" Kyo says while blushing hard.
"Nope," she says.
"Fine, well, at least let me tell you my name."
"My name is Ky…."
BOOM!
An explosion goes off in the distance.
What! What just happened? Kyo thinks to himself as the smoke from the explosion is about to hit them.
"AHH! It burns!" Kyo says out loud in pain.
Ah, my eyes are dying up, and my skin feels like it's melting off me! It's hard to stand. I mean, what the hell was that just now?
"It's an explosion in the East, up at that new factory." She says while trying to regain her vision.
"New factory?" Kyo says while trying to stand back up.
"Yes. It's where they test all sorts of new things, specifically human experiments." She says, all calm.
"Human experiments?" Kyo asks.
"Yeah." She says.
Kyo thinks about what she had just said while looking up at the black cloud forming in the night.
"Okay, I'm going to take a look. You should go home and get some rest," she says as she prepares to run towards the explosion.
Wait, what's happening? She's going to go check it out, but why? Isn't that dangerous? Kyo thought to himself.
Should I go with her? No, I would just get in the way. Kyo's heart starts to race.
Kyo starts to head home with an expression of shock.
No, I won't run, not this time! Kyo thinks to himself.
Kyo turns around
"Hey, wait! I'm coming with you!" Kyo shouts as he starts hurrying towards her.
"Huh…but why?" She says, confused.
"Because I won't run, not this time, not when I might have a chance to help someone," Kyo says with a frightened look.
"Alright, fine, you'll have to keep up!" the girl says with a smile.
"Yeah, okay!" Kyo says.
Kyo starts running behind her, trying to keep up, waiting to see what this event might bring him.
Chapter 3 End