Strange Fate

Chapter 2.1: Aoriua Qwerryph

Third Person POV

Meanwhile.

There was a residence twenty five minutes away from the Nade School. It was somehow attractable to every citizen who passes by into this household. The house doesn't have any fancy decoration nor grand design that draws attention. It was rather the opposite, a shabby and worn dwelling place that barely recognized as a home. The interiors were eroded that a single mistake on stepping the floor might collapsed the whole house. Even a slight lean on the wall, it wouldn't support the person itself and gave in. In spite of the pitiable appearance whether inside or outside, it wasn't abandoned. There were two individuals residing this rundown house. You could tell that these two person were penniless.

"Woah, the luckiest winner of the highest recorded jackpot is going all over the news. And that fluky one was raking it all alone." These person said in an uplifting manner as he was sitting in a very old couch with his two feet crossed, and above it was stacked by a pillow followed by a very extravagant and state of the art gadget, a high tech laptop. His head was looking at the screen like a fanatic and his hands were moving intensely but it has coordination and pattern. He was one of the individual that living in the said house.

Busy reading some news and not so important information on the international network, somebody entered the domain and you can hear the screeching of the front door as it was being opened and closed slowly and very carefully. "I'm back." Kuromu Hirogashi, the second individual, walked inside while the floors were squeaking each step he made. He greeted the first one who's in the living room and still focused himself to the laptop.

With his blonde shrugged hair that hasn't been tendered like forever, wearing high graded glasses, seeing his eye bags were double layered, and along with everything inside, his clothing from top to bottom were also rundown, he stopped his operation and responded. "So, you've found our candidate?" He gave a cold yet serious-minded look to him that you will be intimidated as he was like a character of a villain.

"Lexus. You've been watching too many anime's, what's with your get up?" Kuro broke the dark ambience.

"Why didn't you follow along Kuro!? The mood is perfect and yet here I was, looked pathetic. And by the way my name isn't Lexus anymore. It's Mustaaang!!!" Lexus or rather Mustang protested in a strange accent and altered pitch to Kuro with his both hands were postured in a weird way as he declared his new and profound name.

"Yeah, yeah. Mustang... and why are you up here?" Kuro was tired about his friend name changing whenever he feels like it or depends what kind of anime he's been watching.

"Just refreshing some fresh air" Mustang answered back. His voice and accent returned to original. A gentle and breathtaking speech were if it was heard by a maiden, the result will be an instant love-struck. Kuro didn't bothered by it.

"You've done something once in blue moon" Kuro teased back but Mustang didn't gave complaint instead they tugged their respective fist as a sign of kinship. One of the factors that were this close is because of the same age, seventeen.

After their little humors, Mustang returned to his undertaking and continued what he was doing before. Kuro proceeded to the kitchen and you can still hear the squeaking sound. He put the foods and beverages he brought along to the refrigerator. The fridge was older than the both of them combined. Same as the main door, he opened it like there was no tomorrow, because the fridge door will surely split apart from the body if it wasn't followed the standard operating procedure. They had been accessing the fridge for a long period and got used to it and performed the operation always success. They mastered opening and closing it.

Anyway, Kuro returned back where Mustang is. "I've bought your favorite yogurt and it was in the fridge. I'm leaving. I will be back later." He stated his last sayings and readied to left the house. Annoying squeaks can be heard.

"You've just returned, where are you going?" Mustang wasn't expecting any responses from Kuro as he was leaving the house because his attention was on the favorite yogurt that stored in the fridge.

After waiting the door being closed slowly, he instantly set aside his laptop and raised up, toppling the pillow that were still intact. Walked in a fast pace, if he run, only bad thing will happen. Opened the fridge expertly and saw his yummy yogurt. He grabbed his favorite delicacy out on the fridge and closed it. He can't wait to eat anymore. But as soon as he was going to remove the top cover, he noticed a note and a worn out paper. He take it off from the yogurt and started to read what's written on it.

You're gonna enjoy this. - Kuro

Mustang knows Kuro very well and he recognizes this scenario as one of Kuro's trick. Kuro does this when he was very bored. He switched out the other one after he read the note. The moment he saw the worn out piece of paper, the yogurt he hold was freed out and pulled by the gravity. The yogurt hit the ground and the glass cover smashes into pieces and the gelatin inside were splashed out. The reason for this is that he was astonished on the piece of paper. It was the winning lottery ticket that has been news out in the entire country were the prize is amounted five hundred forty-three million six hundred fifty-four thousand and seven hundred fifty-six yen.

"KKKKKKUUURRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!"

Mustang shouted to him not because of the amount of prize, not because why Kuro didn't said in a normal way, not because he was happy that they won, and not because of his favorite yogurt was wasted. It was because he noticed that the lottery ticket was damaged and there was a torn part in the left corner of it. Mustang greediness were skyrocketed and Kuro knows it.

The Jockery Lottery Co. will not be responsible to any lost tickets. If the ticket were damaged, scratched, torn or folded, it will be nulled and disqualified from the game. Please take care if your tickets!

Kuro heard it who was just standing outside. He intentionally stay to wait for Mustang's heaven's grace voice.

Mustang's mind were running on circles and the situation will be burned into his memories.