Fate...
can i...
change it...
He looks up with his brown eyes to see the clear view of the blue sky, his dark brown hair was moving slightly with the blows of the wind...
~~~*Ding Dong – A school bells rang*~~~
He sighted, knowing it is time to leave his favorite spot, the school rooftop, it's not like he sleeps there or rest no! not at all, he always goes there to watch people from above, seeing everyone interactions was one of his...weird hobbies...He took his backpack and walk to the rooftop door all the way down to his class, he walks in to his table in the middle sitting and taking his books out, and in no time the teacher came in and the class starts.
***
Walking, is his only way back home, the bus takes longer with the stops, and the bicycle option he doesn't have. Yet he never complains because again, he like to observe people passing by.
***
Once he reaches his house, he throws his backpack on the small room that supposed to be his bedroom, and start cleaning the mess around. His house wasn't that much of a good one, if you see it, you automatically put his family in the poor category. He went to the small fridge and open it with it broken handle, but found it empty, he huffs knowing he need to go get some grocery to prepare dinner.
Walking to the cheapest store he knows to keep some extra cash does take long, but it worth the saving. He gets what he could cook for tonight with some extra food for tomorrow breakfast, he heads back home through some alleys but he heard a yelling of a voice he does recognize, once he got closer, he stopped looking at the scene in front of a house in that random alley...
A chubby boy with the same school uniform on his knees, and a woman crying loud in screams holding a child not older then 4 years, the three were surrounded by 5 men wearing suits, one of them did stands out with his colorful green and yellow flower shirt and his loud voice.
"DO I LOOK LIKE I CARE! IF YOUR FATHER DIDN'T SHOW UP, YOU BETTER PAY US OR WE WILL TAKE THE HOUSE"
The guy in the colorful shirt yelled at the boy on his knees, the scene was full of yelling and crying, and even some kicking on random things around.They are loan sharks, and probably the father did take a loan and run away, he huffs and look at the bags in his hands, he needs to prepare dinner so he must go on his way, even when he walks little far the screaming could still be heard. His eyes landed on two cops over there smoking, not giving a damn about what going on, even if it illegal! He shakes his head and continue his way back home.
***
Dinner was ready, his eyes landed at the hour but the house door got open, he didn't bother to look at who came, he took the cooker putting it on the small table in the middle of the house just 5 feet away from the kitchen.
"It smells so good Yichan!"
A man came immediately and sits on the table
"At least wash your hands father!"
The father laughed an awkward laugh standing to wash his hands, and sits back fast to dig in the food immediately, as fast as he was eating, the food falls on his shirt and he cursed, the boy whose name was Yichan look at the colorful green and yellow flower shirt without any word...yes his father is one of those loan sharks!
"Yichan! I met this guy today, and I think I will have a very good investment"
"Investment?"
"Yes, a new goods will arrive at the port next week, I decide to buy it all with the money I saved and sell it in the black market"
"All!!?"
"don't worry I trust the guy he is very known as the mad-scientist, his last goods let one of the guys I knew who invested back at the time a Boss in the field now, in no time I can be one too..."
What does he have to say about this, Boss? Is it a question of position right now? His father work is all illegal, he won't be surprise if someday the police came and take him away!
"...and when we move you can drop school and work with me, you are smart so stop wasting time on books and focus on goods! Okay?"
Seeing the excitement in his father eyes, he smiled at him and nodded with "yes Boss!" he knows those are the words his father needs to hear!
"Boss! It already sounds good! Hahaha!".
***
"Yichan you are a game maniac! How can you predict the enemy moves? Wooh!"
"ha-ha! Let play again next Sunday"
"Sure! it's a call!"
Yichan who finished playing games with some school-mates on a cyber-café and bid goodbye to them! He put his hand on his pockets and walk his way to his house, he takes a turn in one street to hear a sound of hits, giggles, and groaning coming from an alley. As much as he like to observe he stopped looking at the scene again, a bunch of boys were hitting a boy on the ground, and two girls were at the back watching, smiling. One of the two girls turned looking at him and yelled "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT"That take the attention of the boys who were busy bullying the one on the ground, and make them all stop,
He knows them, they were all in his school in the last year, they are his seniors! And once...all of them even the one they bullied were one happy group!
"GO AWAY!"
One of the boys said to him, Yichan looks behind him and turn back to them
"a police man is coming behind me"
"What?"
they said shocked, But he just ignores them and continue his way back home, he heard all of them running! Definitely leaving the bullied boy over there.
reaching the end of that street before he takes a turn he looks back, and saw the police man he mentioned passed the alley without even noticing there is a soul craving for help there. He shakes his head and continue his way home.
***
From My Father: Yichan! I did it! Everyone wants the goods! we need a plan!
Yichan look at his phone reading the message from his father, he doesn't know how he should react, should he be happy?! Not knowing how to reply he walked to his favorite spot to think of what he should say to his father. He opens the door of the rooftop, to get an unusual view! Someone was standing on the edge! And since he has a very good memory, he is the chubby guy who got bullied couple days ago, and the one who his father was yelling at that night. He walked near him and said loud for the other to hear
"if it is hard? I can help"
he was curious, he is always curious. The senior look at him, his face was having a beating marks, he was definitely not mentally stable, but since he replied, he sure wanted to hold on anything to not jump.
"No one can help!"
But Yichan didn't mean that at all! "No, I mean..." he didn't think twice of him clarifying his sentence
"if it is hard to jump, I can help pushing you down"