Prologue

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For once in my life, I was happy. Like, real happiness. For once, I don't have to smile through sadness or laugh through tears.

We were just dancing and singing. And everyone else was singing along. Wow, I thought, for the first time people are laughing with me and not at me. For the first time, I felt accepted.

But all of that was ruined once I heard a gunshot. Then I felt the bullet go through my head. All the happiness I felt earlier was replaced with pain. I was brought back to reality. I remembered that I deserved to die. I remembered that people hate me. I heard my family calling out to me.

"Stay with me, Rei." Why should I? "Be strong." What if I can't? "Don't close your eyes." But I can't keep them open. "Please, we need you." No, you don't. "Don't go." What choice do I have?

I could hear my family's voices, yet all I could focus on and remember is, "Go die." I will. "You're worthless." I am. "How could they possibly love you?" I don't know.

I blacked out.

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