-Haikyuu! but I don't tell you the love interest.
-After a power surge caused all electricity to go out, criminals from prisons all over the country escaped. The world as you knew it was obliterated. All chance of civilized living was gone. The word...
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chapter five: aglais io eruca
TW: RAPE
KUROO'S P.O.V.
"Rum and coke. Make it a double and hurry up would ya?"
I nod at the customer and I reach underneath the bar for a bottle of rum. I work at a strip club and have for most of my life. I've seen a lot of shit happen here but some things are more entertaining to watch than others... besides the girls, of course.
The impatient blonde before me right now comes in here sometimes. He's some kind of shitty stockbroker. I've gotten to know his little routine by now. He meets with his clients here and ends up making shady ass deals that end up draining them out of their cash. A guy like that doesn't give a shit about other people. I doubt he even recognizes me after all this time.
I had the man his drink. "There ya go. Have a good night sir," I say with a smile on my face. However, he takes the drinks from me without so much as a smile or a look in my direction. I sigh but continue my night nonetheless.
Not too long later I see the blonde man shake his client's hand and stand up as he fixes his glasses. His client, a middle-aged man, looks so sweaty and desperate you'd think he just signed away his own soul. But before I can listen to their conversation, my boss steps in front of the bar. A round, balding man with bushy eyebrows calls my name.
"Gimme a drink, Kuroo," he orders. "Lord knows I need one."
"Uh oh, what happened boss?" I ask as I reach for his favorite, a bottle of whiskey. He takes it right out of my hand and swallows down a long swig straight from the bottle's lips- probably the only he ever gets.
"What do ya think 'bout Emi?" he asks.
"I don't really get much time to ogle the strippers, sir," I reply with a slight smile.
"Well then take a goddamn look," he says as he moves out of the way so I can finally see past him. On all fours at the edge of the stage with money stuffed between her large breasts is Emi.
Emi has such long, black hair. I didn't even know it was humanly possible to have that much hair on your head without it weighing you down. After work, I often see her with bubble gum in her mouth, too. I won't admit it to my boss but I have gotten to know Emi quite a bit. She seems like a really nice girl. She's in college and dreams to become a veterinarian one day.
"She is pretty," I remark after a moment.
My boss laughs like he's some kind of devil. "She's the sexiest one in here and you know it! Brings in the most cash, too! I'll be making sure to keep her around for as long as I can, you can bet on that, Kuroo."
I smile as I try to lighten the conversation. "Brings in the most cash besides me, you mean."
He takes another long swig before spitting in my direction. "Bah! Kuroo, you have no idea, my boy! If you got the chance, do you think you would go for her?"
"Emi? I don't think she's looking for a-"
The boss slams down his liquor and walks off before I can finish my sentence. Whatever, I think to myself with a sigh and a shake of my head.
After my shift is over I walk into the back to clock out. I wave goodbye to a few of the girls I know until one of them runs up to me practically out of breath. "Tetsuro, quick! It's an emergency!" she huffs as she grabs me by my hand and starts rushing me down the hall.
"What's going on?!" I ask as I'm whisked away.
"It's Emi! I heard something fall and a scream from her room!"
I brush past the girl and run to Emi's room. Without so much as a second of hesitation, I bust open her door. There, I find her completely nude, pushed up against her dressed with her front side squished up against my boss. I shout at him as I grab him by the shoulder and shove him away from her. Without thinking, I then punch him square in the face, yelling, "Get a goddamn grip! What the fuck is wrong with you?!"
When my boss regains his balance he stands up right before me with hardly any room for personal space. "You've got a lotta nerve, boy. I was gonna let you in on his but you had to be a pathetic piece of shit, didn't you?!"
"I'm not gonna just stand her and watch as you force yourself onto an innocent girl!" I continue to yell. Looking back at it, I probably should have lowered my voice to prevent Emi from beginning to hyperventilate. But once I notice that she is and tears are flooding down her face, I grab her and shove her out of the room into the hallway filled with the other girls now forming a crowd. They quickly cover her with clothes and shuffle her away.
My boss puts his large, sweaty hand on my shoulder and steals my move. He punches me right in the face and I stumble against the wall.
"Follow me," he then says as he grabs my wrist. I don't have much choice but to follow him towards the front of the club where the usual security guard is standing.
"I just caught this piece of shit trying to rape one of the girls! Get him the hell outta here!" he says as he shoves me towards the guard.
After that, I went to jail for several months until the outage occurred and I was finally freed. My boss never went to jail, not for rape, not for any of the other handful of crimes he committed behind closed doors either. I'm sure he's left Japan by now, too.
As for Emi and the other girls, I have no idea what happened to them. There was a time I got a letter from Emi saying she quit and picked up a different job somewhere else, but besides that, I have no idea where she is. But what I do know is that I'm not gonna let something like that happen to me or anyone else again.
