The Royal Badass

In red we pay.

I just stared at everything for a while. My apartment is my home, my sacred space.

"How am I going to replace all of this..."

My books were all torn apart, my sofa flipped and torn, feathers everywhere from my torn pillows, shelves broken. I start by cleaning my kitchen, there was glass everywhere. Then, I tried to scrub out the red off the walls.

I couldn't help myself to cry while tipsy scrubbing.

Why did I help him, why did I entered his home, how can I be so naive?! I'm in real danger.

I just sat there looked at my room, fell asleep with nothing but the echoes of myself sobbing the entire night.

I wake up to go to school just when I'm about to go to my bathroom I see a note on the front door. I didn't see this yesterday.

I gasp.
"Someone entered..."

-Hana Minagawa, keep your distance or we will deliver his head on your front door.
We pay in red for treason.-

Suddenly I receive a text message. Pictures of me and Haru yesterday and the day he was beaten up.

Needless to say I am BEYOND scared.

I left school early to lock myself in my apartment, I'm not going to work.

Ignored every text message:

"Good Morning~"
"Remember we'll meet today. -H"
"Hey, I'm here"

I hear him knocking on my door.

"Hana? You there?"

He starts calling me, I forgot to put my phone on silent mode. Damn it!

"I know you're in there! Hana! Hana?"
"Hana? Are you ok?!"

He's been at it for almost 30 minutes.

"It's not funny, Hana I-"

"GO AWAY HARU SUBARA." I screamed at him.

I hear my neighbors telling us to shut up.

"What happened? Are you ok?" He said.

"Go away! Please! Why on earth would I be with someone like you! Stay away you yakuza scum!"

"What the fuck?!"
He kicks the door and leaves.

"Go away!"
"Hana!"
"GO AWAY!"

"Please go, go or they'll kill both of us" I whisper, sobbing and holding on to my front door gasping for air.

I've done everything to hide away. I knew he'd try to wait for me in front of the school gate so I leave everyday by jumping the fence from the back of my school to get home. I'm not stupid so I have to change routes every day, I leave earlier or later at mornings. Sometimes I don't take the subway I just walk home, which takes a hell of a long time.

After a few days he'll probably ask some of his men to follow my trail. So I'm staying at Yuki's for a week, I explained that the memory of the traumatic experience doesn't let me sleep or work. Honestly she was overjoyed that I'd go to her. She didn't need that much convincing and didn't ask questions.

I don't go to work, Yuki has done my shifts so I don't lose the job. What would I do without her? Her new place is small like mine but I'm leaving today. She's done enough for me plus she's a bit invasive lately.