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𝐅𝐮𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭!

𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐍𝐞𝐳𝐮𝐤𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐥!

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ɴᴇᴢᴜᴋᴏ ᴘᴏᴠ

I took a last glance and saw my siblings saying goodbye as they raise their hand high up in the air and sway them horizontally. I swang my hand aswell before turning back as I raised my shoulders to fix the basket of charcoal in my back.

It was quite a normal day, but there's a weird feeling building up inside of me I feel like something bad is about to happen. Looking at the footprints I made in the carpet of snow, I am hesitating to take another step. But I have no choice but to keep on going.

When I have finally arrived at the town after minutes of walk, I continued to explore and find a customer to sell the charcoals to.

"𝐍𝐞𝐳𝐮𝐤𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧!" A voice coming from infront of me shouts. A boy was running towards me holding a broken plate, his eyes were teary and he was holding his head with his other hand.

"𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠! 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞?" He begged as he kneeled to me presenting a plate that was broken in half.

Nothing is wrong in helping people in need, it does not bother me aswell so I leaned closer and sniffed it. A fragment of a cat fur went inside my nose as it irritates my whole existence.

Turning away as I covered my face with my elbow as I made a tiny "aishi" sound. "𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐭." I turned back and pointed at the plate.

The boy's eyes widen in relief as he turns his body towards the house he came out to. "𝐒𝐞𝐞! 𝐈 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐢𝐭! 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞!" He shouted.

Seems like I lost my track of time as I realized that the sun was already about to set. It would be to dangerous to climb up the mountain at night, but I can't afford to make my family worry aswell.

As I was about to take my first step up in the mountain, someone called my name, a familiar one. "𝐎𝐢! 𝐍𝐞𝐳𝐮𝐤𝐨!" I turned to my right and saw a familiar grandpa waving at me.

"𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭." My eyes widen as I have realized who it was, placing my hand in the back of my head "𝐎𝐡! 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐨 𝐎𝐣𝐢𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧!" (Grandfather) I said smiling.

"𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲, 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.." I pointed my index finger at my nose proudly as I laughed in realization that I look a little dumb that way.