The Dead One: The Final Grudge

Chapter 5

The whole world now knows who Maki really is....

Kuro's definable grin never wavered. Maki looked at him in utter humiliating defeat while gritting her teeth.

Maki: You...YOU!

Kuro: Have fun explaining all this to the police, bitch~!

Maki: No...No...

Suddenly, she heard one of her classmates snicker. She turned to look at them all to see them welding crooked expressions.

Male Student: Wow~! Talk about karma.

Female Student: Bitch finally getting what she deserves.

Male Student: Heh. It's about time.

Female Student: None of the money in the world could save her from this~!

Maki: You...You!

She loosely let's go of Mei's hair from her fingers as the girl crawled away from her and came over to Kuro.

Kuro: Are you okay?

Mei: Yeah...I'm fine...

Maki: T-This can't be happening right? This is all just a dream!

Everyone: Eh?

Male Student: What is talking about?

Female Student: Has she gone insane again?

Maki: This is all just a sick twisted dream right? I'm going to close my eyes and wake up. Everything will go back to normal.

Okay. Once again, she gone insane... It's like she can't face the reality of her actions and is believing that she didn't do nothing wrong.

Her once insane and demented look now turned really desperate.

Maki: Why...Why am I'm the one being punished?! That's not fair! You are all horrible...

She slams her hands onto the table.

Maki: YOU'RE ALL HORRIBLE! HORRIBLE! HORRIBLE! HORRIBLE! HORRIBLE!

Kuro: (What the hell...?)

Maki: YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME! I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING! I'M NOT THE ONE WHOSE WRONG! IT'S... IT'S...

She then pointed to Mei.

Maki: THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!

Mei:....

Maki: EVER SINCE THE DAY YOU CAME HERE! ALL YOU EVER BEEN WAS A NUISANCE! LIKE SERIOUSLY, YOUR QUIET AND MILD ATTITUDE! YOUR STUPID SMILES LIKE EVERYTHING IS OKAY! IT MADE ME SICK! I CAN'T STAND LOOKING AT PEOPLE LIKE YOU! YOU EVEN STOLE YAMADA FROM ME! YOU DON'T DESERVE TO BE IN THIS WORLD! YOU SHOULD'VE JUST DIED IN THAT FACULTY ROOM! YOU FUCKING WORTHLESS BITCH!!!!

Mei:.....Is that all you have to say?

Maki:....Eh?

Kuro and everyone looked at Mei who held no expression from those empty eyes of her.

Mei: The reason why I smile sometime...is I know because I'm no different from everyone else.

Yamada/Tokime: (Eh...?)

Konami/Natsuki:....Huh?

Mei: We all are going through pain...But some of us experience some things that we shouldn't have in our lives.  Whether you saw it it coming or didn’t, the feeling is the same: You’re devastated. You gasp at your vulnerability and wonder, “Why did this happen?”

Maki:....

Kuro: Mei....

Mei: Life dishes up so many hardships: heartbreak, illness, injury, death, abandonment. Though we may share similar experiences, every hurt is personal. No matter how many times well-meaning people say, “We understand,” they don’t. No one could understand the pain anyone had gone through. Especially mine. Especially yours. You may even resent them for trying. That's one of the reasons you hate me...right Maki?