Crimson Tides (Malereader X JJK)

(Revised) Chapter - 1

Hey! All chapters that I've completed will now sport the (Revised) thing on the title. When I've gone and done them all I'll remove it.

Gonna be working on the HXH story as well. Don't want to burn myself out on this story.

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On a bright yet cold day, we see a boy walking about, deep in thought. His eyes scan the deserted streets as he passes by lakes and beautiful scenery all without a second thought. Yet no matter how hard the boy may try one glance would tell it all.

He was troubled

'No matter how hard I try, I just can't connect with anybody! Why?' He thought as he slowly came to a stop and his eyes began to trail up a light post the reasoning becoming clear to him

'Is it because of these things? These monsters that nobody else can see?' His eyes met with something so ugly an ordinary person would nearly throw up at the sight of it yet he just stared unbothered before continuing on his way.

The boy's name was Itadori (Y/n) and the thing he saw was none other than a cursed spirit, A being born from the negativity of humans, not that he knew that.

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With a loud wham, a boy was sent straight into the ground as a group of children his age huddled around him laughing.

"Hey, Ishika! Are you seeing them now?" What would seem like a simply odd sentence sparked some sort of joy in the group as the others laughed when the boy spoke 

Ishika struggled to pick himself up as tears pricked at his eyes yet before anything else could be said a loud voice rang out

"Leave him alone!" The group looked toward the source of the voice only to see (Y/n) yet much younger as his (E/c) eyes glared at them and within an instant their joy turned into fear as they all ran away but one boy stayed

"(Y/n) you should know better. He's the reason she died! He's cursed! He even claims to see monsters!" The last boy with black hair said yet (Y/n)'s glare sharpened

"He didn't do anything Rokuzaki now leave." Rokuzaki huffed in annoyance as he stormed away leaving only (Y/n) and Ishika at the playground

A brief moment of silence emerges as (Y/n) stares at the sunset before he breaks it "You didn't do anything, Ishi. Don't worry." (Y/n) sticks his hand out offering to help him off the ground to which he takes it

"No... He's right. If only I stopped us from going she would've still been alive. Even her family hates me I can't even apologize to them." The dirtied boy said, wiping the tears from his face

Y/n sighed and shook his head yet before he could even speak Ishika turned away trying to hide his tears "You should stop hanging out with me." Ishika dashes off as (Y/n) stands in silence before he sighs and stuffs his hands in his pockets

"He'll probably just ask his old man for help. I should get home now it's pretty late. Yuji and Grandpa might get worried." 

He turned his back and started on his way home not knowing how much he would come to regret those words. If only he had done more. If only he knew. If only he spoke up, because throughout the week there was no sign of Ishika, not a single word. 

Until there was.

"Hey. Did you hear? Ishika killed himself."

From the murmurs of his classmates, his mind turned off running only on autopilot even as the teachers talked about it. 

What the hell gave them the right to talk up now?!

'Why? Why now and only after this are they talking about bullying? They always knew. Could they have been scared of him?'