Kill and Run

Chapter 14 Mistake After Mistake

The next day, Nesby woke up from bed and headed to the washroom to prepare herself for the day. Once she finished her daily routine, Nesby heads back to the bed and charge her phone with the socket that has the right plug for her phone.

Later, she walked to the door and wear on the only shoes she had. Then, Nesby walked to the outside before taking a few laps around the streets.

It all started when Kasumi told her something after the chopsticks topic during dinner. Kasumi decided to tell Nesby about the tips to improve her skills faster: "So I kind of noticed this in the previous classes, and I noticed that your lung capacity wasn't enough because I can see you panting in the first 20 minutes already,"

"Wait, really? I didn't notice that while I was practising in the first place,"

"But you don't have to worry about that, because you are still able to improve it by taking some morning jogs early in the morning,"

"That works?"

"Of course. Just give it a try before saying 'no',"

Once she finished, Kasumi cleaned up the place and took the dirty dishes into the kitchen. Meanwhile, Nesby was left on the spot, thinking about the good idea that was suggested.

For the sake of her own good, Nesby decided to use that idea starting now and took a few laps around the nearby streets. After half an hour of running, she got back and Kasumi told her to eat something before her class.

Nesby was mumbling the words 'okay' with her mouth but because it is soft, Kasumi asked what was Nesby trying to say which ended with Nesby denying that it was nothing. For today's breakfast, they had toast since they decided to go simple with breakfast today.

Later, the duo started class with some warm-ups. This same situation lasted for a few months. Within a few months, lots of things had changed, including their friendship. As time flies, they went from strangers to friends.

Around this time, Nesby mastered most of the skills and was able to use them to start a fight. She also went through a lot of small talks about the deepest secret that they had never told anyone for the first time. During this time, Nesby was able to experience the feels of having someone to rely on.

At certain times, they spent the weekends together with different activities when they do not have class, and this is how they got closer as time flies. However, one day when the duo started another class, something happened which caused the friendship to tear apart.

It all started with Nesby brushing her teeth in the washroom since she just woke up a few minutes ago. With the confidence level rising high, she confidently walked to the dining table for breakfast.

Since she doesn't want to practice with a full stomach, she only decided to drink a glass of milk to start the day. After drinking the milk, Nesby took her nunchucks and started swinging around, so she was able to pull out her harder skills.

At first, Nesby was able to pull out the skills successfully during class. However, as the level of confidence over rises, Nesby made a lot of avoidable mistakes, some of which were intolerable with Kasumi.

At the end of the class, Kasumi can't help but start telling Nesby that her mistakes were not supposed to happen since she has been practising using the nunchucks for so long already.

Kasumi also mentioned that she has to stop her in between because of this problem. At the end to top off the mountain of disaster, Kasumi added: "I just don't understand why it was a disaster for you today,"

"Probably it has to be my confidence?"

"I don't know how high or low your confidence is, but you should put more dedication into focusing on every detail that you are making because IT MATTERS!" Kasumi's volume got higher as she expresses her dissatisfaction towards Nesby.

Nesby frowned as she pinched her forehead and tried to process everything that Kasumi was trying to tell her earlier.

"Don't get me wrong, it's just that you are not into yourself today since you mostly improve your mistakes in a short period," Kasumi sighed. "Class is over, go get yourself a break and think about your mistakes today,"

After getting scolded, Nesby looked at Kasumi with a very aggrieved look, as she is questioning herself on the inside. It was at this point, she starts questioning her own ability as she doubts it the moment she got scolded.

"I can't understand why am I embarrassing myself in front of her,"

Nesby slowly fell into a hole of self-deprecation as she starts wondering what went wrong with her. After standing on the spot for a while, she threw her nunchucks to her bed and headed outside while she slammed the door by accident. Kasumi heard the slam as she turned her head around but quickly ignored her because she is preparing lunch for herself. Meanwhile, Nesby walked out of the basement to think about her consequences.

"Why do I feel like a failure, it's just too much for me to endure. What did I do wrong at this point?" Nesby asked herself.