[ discontinued ] 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐒𝐓 ; satoru gojo

03. first experience with death

it all happened so fast that mayumi wasn't able to do anything about it. one second the red-haired girl was on her way home from school, and the next she was knocked out in a trunk of a car.

to start, she was taken for one reason and that was money. the bounty on gojo's head, which she never learned of even though they knew each other for over a year, still wasn't lifted.

actually, it was getting higher in cash by each moment that passed on. kill the gojo's boy, and you were practically set for life if you used your money wisely.

and if there is one thing that turns most people selfish, then it would be money.

so there was a trio of curse-users, brothers that only had cursed energy to be exact, that watched the young male from a distance as he went on with his day for weeks.

there was a common theme in the young gojo's routine, and that was to visit his one and only friend. the brothers took advantage of this, devising a plan.

force the boy to come out with the girl.

mayumi was walking home from school the day they had planned to take her, two weeks after they decided how they were going to handle things.

"excuse me," a male voice came from behind her as she sipped on a carton of juice.

she turned around to see a large man who easily towered over her. mayumi knew one thing, if you see someone suspicious then you should go and make a run for it.

that failed because she took a step back to only bump into that man's younger brother. and before she could yell, he had placed a cloth over her mouth which caused her to blackout due to the chloroform and lack of air.

what was left was her school bag and the juice box on the ground, purple slowly spreading out onto the grey concrete.

all of that led to what was happening right now. the nine year old shaking in her spot, tied by a rope that was bound to a metal hook on the concrete ground of the abandoned warehouse.

because of the night's heat and mayumi still in her uniform, she was sweating too. she was unsure what to do in this situation, she could crush the metal hook and tear the rope. but could she escape these three men?

there was also the fact that someone was watching her in the corner, it was the male who caught her attention earlier in the day.

mayumi could only gulp when another male came into sight. this is when she could see they were brothers. dark brown hair and pale rosy skin, similar face structures too.

"we're only using you as bait," he tossed a wrapped sandwich onto her lap, "so keep quiet and you won't die."

she was able to grab it and unwrap it, seeing the slice of cheese and ham that was between two pieces of thin bread. mayumi was hungry and not in a situation to ask for anything else, so that night she went to sleep with only a small sandwich in her stomach.