Furukawa Bath House Maiden

Chapters 1-6: Meeting You

"I want to die!" I thought as I sat on this bridge. Thinking about how life has steered me the wrong way, like a driver losing grip on a steering wheel. I wanted to let go, I wanted to let go of the pain of feeling left alone in abandonment. I hated it!
I'm alone....

I grip tight to the bridge trying to see if there was a reason for living. There wasn't. I closed my eyes and spread my arms getting a feel of the last bit of wind that would ever cross my face. It felt as though I was flying, my hair blowing in sync with the wind. I slowly inhaled then exhaled. I stood on my two feet with my eyes closed.
I jumped....

Time stopped. As though I was the only one still moving. When I opened my eyes all I could see was water. My breath weakened, as it filled up with water. "Is this what I really wanted? Was there not anyone to rescue me?" I thought as slowly began to sink. I closed my eyes once again letting my body be swept by the current.
I'm cold....

"cough cough" All I could do was cough. Cough out the water deep within my body. I opened my eyes there was light and a tall shadowy figure above me. I couldn't see or hear what he was saying. My ears stilled filled with water. I didn't say it but I thank him for a lifetime.

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3 long years have passed since then. I still think about that day and how my life would have been better if I just died. Don't get me wrong, I'm greatful to the one that saved me but a part of me just wished that he didn't. My name is Mai Yoshino, 17 and as you may know I hate my life. I was abandoned as a child and my foster family kicked me out. I'm basically living on the streets. But that's not even the worse part: On top of everything I'm the target at school! All I could think was, "Why me?" What was so wrong with me that people hated me for it? I mean if they take the time to get to know me they'll see that I'm actually a nice person. It's not fair! I started to think about reasons why they didn't like me: maybe it was because I'm pretty but that would make me seem shallow and that wasn't me. Or maybe they were just jealous of me for no reason at all but why would anyone want to be jealous of me? I don't have anything they would want. When I really started to think long and hard about it; I was hit on the head with a bat.

"Blood!" Blood dripped from my head. I touched my head and looked at the blood on my hands. When I looked up, all I saw were the students. Then all of them decided to take it upon themselves and jump me. There was nothing I could do. I just laid there being kicked around by the students and my classmates. Some of these people who actually used to be friends with me. I remember laying there and thinking where the fuck were the teachers when this was happening?! And it's not like I could tell anyone anyways or like I had a family to run to. I just waited until some random adult saw me and called the ambulance.

The same thing basically happens everyday so there was no sense in going to the hospital today anyways. I just walked home but where exactly was home? I felt dizzy and wanting to faint. I stood on a wall holding the back of my head from pouring with blood. I started to cry until I cried myself to sleep. When I woke I was in the hospital, I saw my so-called parents talking to the doctor and looking as though they were so concerned about me. Which we all know was a flat out fucking lie!

My mother ran to me and said, "Mai you had us worried sick about you!" She sounded so sincere but I knew that was a cover up because the doctors were watching. I pushed her hands away and said, "What are you doing here? You don't even like me." Then that bastard marched his fat ass over towards us and yelped, "You ungrateful brat you should be lucky we took you in the first place!" As always I ignored him and rolled my eyes which always gotten under his skin. "you're lucky to be alive!" He yelled and I just turned and sat in silence. How did it ever come to be like this? The next day I was actually glad to be going to school. I couldn't imagine myself saying something like that but I was just happy to be out that house with those two and those annoying kids. I walked into class, everyone were staring at me with evil eyes. It's almost as if they had daggers raging right towards me.