My Hero // Baji Keisuke

~10~

The next day...
Morning...

The sound of the alarm woke you up. You were still tired and wanted to continue sleeping. Baji got up as he had to get ready for school. You closed your eyes trying to fall asleep again. You were starting to fall asleep when you heard a thud.

"Shit. Sorry if I woke you up. I'm leaving now, so you can continue sleeping." He said as he got his stuff and left.

After a few minutes, you fell asleep. Three hours have passed and you were now waking up. You left the room and saw Ryoko putting on her shoes.

"Morning Y/N-chan. I have to go to work, I'll be back later tonight. Take care. Bye." She said as she quickly left.

You thought it was weird how she had to work at this hour. She usually goes to work at night. You didn't think much of it and went to go eat.

The weather was nice today, so you decided to go out for a walk. You got dressed and left. You didn't have a key to the apartment, so you left the door unlocked. You knew this wasn't a good idea, but you just hoped no one would sneak in. You were only going to walk around the block since you didn't know the area too well.

"Y/N?"

You turned around and saw it was Kazutora. Why is he here? Isn't he supposed to be at school?

"I thought it was you. So, you walking alone?" You nodded. "I can walk with you if you want."

"O-ok."

Now you were walking with Kazutora. You felt a bit nervous since you only hanged out with Baji and he was the only one you felt comfortable with.

"You want to go to the park? There's one nearby."

"S-sure."

You decided to go since you wanted to try and get along with him. Since he was one of Baji's friends, you figured you can be friends with him as well. You guys got to the park and sat at a bench that faced a pond. You were just staring at the ducks that were there.

"Now that Baji isn't here, I can ask you a few questions."

What does he want to know?

"How did you get those scars?"

My scars? How does he know? I always cover them up. You panicked. "H-how..."

"When you stretched, I saw scars on your arms. I just wanna how you got them."

You didn't want to answer him. You always hid your scars not wanting people to stare and judge you. Seeing how uncomfortable you looked, he pulled up his sleeve.

"Look, I got some too. My dad was the one who gave me these scars."

His dad? His dad also hits him just like my dad hit me. Now you were contemplating on whether or not you should also tell him. "M-my dad also gave me these scars."

"So we both were abused by our fathers. It sucks doesn't it?"

"Y-yeah."

"Mom would just stand there watching dad beat me up. She never bothered to help me. I hate it."

"I-I know. Sometimes m-mom would hit me too."

"I hate not being able to do anything. I wish I can fuck my dad up. I wanna make him suffer for making my life so miserable."

Make his dad suffer? I always hated when dad hit me, but I never thought of anything like that.

"Lucky for you, Baji saved you from your father. You're finally free. You won't have to get beaten up no more. But me, I still have to go through that shit. I have to deal with it a bit longer since my parents are getting divorced. I'll go live with mom when that happens."

Knowing what it feels like to get abused, you couldn't help but feel really bad for Kazutora. You wish there was something you can do to help.

"M-maybe Baji-san can help. I-I can try and help too." You said as you turned to look at him.

"I can't be helped. Even if you guys tried to help me, it'll just make things worse."

"B-but I-"

"Look, I know you probably feel bad for me because we both have been through the same shit, but just face it, there's nothing you can do. You were just lucky that Baji managed to save you."

"I-I still want to help."

Kazutora was starting to get annoyed. "Help me?! How exactly? There's nothing you can do."

You looked down at your hands. He's right, I can't do anything. Mom and dad were right, I'm useless.

"I'm useless." You mumbled to yourself.

Kazutora managed to hear you. He sighed. "You're not useless."

"I-I am."

"And why do you think that?"

"M-mom and dad said I-I was a useless child."

"Fuck what your parents say about you. Just because they said that doesn't mean it's true. Don't let what your parents say to you affect you. Just ignore them and just do you."

You looked up at him. "B-but what if they're right?"

"Like I said, fuck what they said. If you keep thinking that way then you'll probably end up being useless. Since you're not with your parents anymore, no one will be calling you names anymore. So just forget about the shit your parents said about you and move on."

Move on? He's right, I should forget about mom and dad. You just stared at the pond thinking about what Kazutora had said.

Kazutora turned to look at you and saw you staring at the pond. She's pretty. Kazutora realized what he thought. The fuck is wrong with me?! He then turned to look at the pond as well. You guys just sat there in silence. You were completely zoned out forgetting you were with Kazutora.

"Wanna leave?"

You got startled. You just nodded as you guys got up and started walking.

"I'll take you home."

You guys have arrived at the front door. "Don't tell anyone of what we talked about, got it?" You nodded. "I have to go home now...unfortunately." He said the last part to himself.

You noticed something was off about him. "A-are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

Liar. "A-are you sure?"

He sighed. "I said I'm fine."

"B-but you don't look fine. I-Is this about your da-"

He got annoyed. "I said I'm fucking fine! Don't you understand! Stop being fucking nosy. Jeez you're annoying."

You got upset and turned to open the door. Kazutora left without saying a word to you as you went inside. You felt tears well up.

"I was just worried." You laid in bed as you cried. I'm annoying. Maybe I should mind my own business.