Loud music was playing through the car as they sang their hearts out. A bunch of 18-year-olds driving around, singing their hearts while driving—something might happen to them, right? A troubled young adult acts this way; adults would never understand like they do, but the real question is why do they do this? Is it for fun? or... Is it for rebellion? Sakurae was like that; she was born into a middle-class family, but she thinks she doesn't want to live a boring life. That's why she decided to rebel at the age of 18—a bit too late and boring to rebel, right? Well, that was her reason to rebel, but she envied people who had better reasons to rebel than her.
Her parents were understanding, sure. But Sakurae doesn't want that; she wants a life that is troublesome and poor. Her sister never understood her intention with her so-called phase of rebellion. Hikari was the ideal daughter for a middle-class family; she was smart but not that smart and she was beautiful. As the usual stereotyped sisters, sakurae hated her not because she envied her; she just hated her younger sister, and again in those stereotypes, Hikari never hated her; she was just confused with her sister's intention with the whole phase out of sudden.
But how did her life turn this way? Sakurae knew that she looked like an idiot while in her "rebellious phase," but she liked it that way. Fire started sprouting out of the car; sakurae was panicking, she didn't know what to do! She just turned 18 and decided to make her boring life into something else, like a phase she never tried before! she's crying; she started dragging the bodies out of the car, she was checking if one of her "friends" is still breathing, At this point, sakurae doesn't even know what she's doing to these people, she's doing everything to just wake her "friends." But why is she saving them? They treated her like a piece of shit to just be thrown around; sakurae was oblivious to her so-called friends, with their actions, and their so-called EVERYTHING. They were fake, but sakurae knew that; she didn't care.
"PLEASE! just wake up, please!" She pleaded; she wanted them to wake up; she didn't want to be accused of being a murderer when this gets out! but hiding this would worsen her situation. Her phone... where's her phone? she thought she wanted to be saved at this point; she's having a hard time breathing because of the fire on the car. It was supposed to be a peaceful drive to the beach, drinking bear and all. Her phone was destroyed due to the crash; does she have more options? she's basically stranded at a place she's not familiar with. She started screaming for help, and people at a nearby village heard her cries.
"Oh my god! what happened?" I don't know, lady. what does it look like to you? It was so obvious; why did she ask a dumb question? Sakurae was starting to feel dizzy, and her throat felt so dry after all the screaming. She fell to the ground. People surrounded the bodies, including sakurae's unconscious body. sakurae heard the sirens go near their location, but... She wants to rest for a second; it won't hurt to sleep after all that, right? it would be better..
"I won't die, right?" She thought as she closed her eyes to sleep.