Chapter 10:無の間に (In Between Nothingness)

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The silence of the evening had creaked against the windowpanes. Another half an hour, I suppose would suffice for at least another laborious day.

"Hmmph.." I had heard a guffaw a few rows in front. The smell of rubbing alcohol grew seconds within the breeze. My sensitive nose had taken it as some form of a blessing. Maybe because of the mixed essence of lavender and chamomile.

It was Matsuda Jingi, the gentle one; or so I beg to differ.

He slowly glimpsed out of the Passage Window as the train had begun to increase in speed and...

Thud! An onomatopoeia of fear had fallen upon our class as a physical object had been thrown into the bullet train's carpet interior.

Girlish screams...

A crimson color of death...

Sacrificial to the so-called passage, D.U.D. That was the description.

A cursed beauty, though she was; Ms. Takada was not in any way seductive towards the opposite gender. I guess you could say she was 'An Unwanted Beauty'.

I am... Higashi Sakurako.

My shortened hair had made it impossible for me to gain even the slightest bit of unnecessary attraction towards the entire male population.

Over exaggeration?

Perhaps... Yes, I believe so.

Today...

My first love...

...He is a criminal.

My name is Higashi Sakurako.

Leave me be!

...Brokenhearted.

...Spasms of Want...

...Leave me be!

If I had told you the truth, you may have judged me wrongly; just like the rest!

Will you just give me a simple yet mysterious greeting?

...Maybe even a gentle smile?!

However, I do not trust!

I trust no longer!

For I am emotionally and mentally burdened by the attributes of my father.

...Forceful with words...

....A destroyer of family...

That is and will always be my definition of the term...

'Father'...

I had wanted to escape!

...To run away and be by your gentle side.

Where I will be able to hold your hand...

...Because without you, my world; my life has no meaning.

However, I know such a relationship is nothing but forbidden.

...Please accept me!

I am Higashi Sakurako...

I am in need of you!

One word to describe me: Lovesick.

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