It was exciting because he wasn't supposed to do it.
She was thirteen and he was only twelve. She was 'older and sophisticated' and a 'teen'. He was still a child. She lived down the street and he had a crush on her. She seemed to like him back. One night she asked him to sneak out and meet her, so he did. He met her in the alleyway that was between the two apartment complexes they lived in. She was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen. He didn't mind giving her his first kiss, because they were going to get married and have eight kids and never ever be apart ever.
He called her Mirai.
They sat in the alleyway on the hood of his father's car and kissed and talked and kissed and loved and kissed and knew nothing could ever stop them because this was the red string of fate. The sky was a dull, washed-out grey from the city lights but there was one star that steadfastly refused to be silenced. They could see it up past the hanging wires, past the apartment roofs that loomed overhead, past the wheezing window air conditioners, and past the airplanes that were flying overhead. That star would never give in. It would never surrender. The rising sun could only make it slumber until the next night when it would emerge and laugh and play and never, ever die.
The next morning Kimi was gunned down in that very same alleyway.
His family moved out of the apartment that afternoon and lived in a safe house for several months.
No one could be told where they were going.
No contact would be allowed.
Toshi would never return.
Well dang ..... Thanks for the chapter
For me there is one big blank space 🤔
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well the comments suggest another story thats why im confused
@pizzaranger - When it was first released and you couldn't binge read, it was far more impactful.
Thank you for the chapter, continue with the good work!
Still think she's the stalker? Author you are hilarious!
You can't do this author. It wasn't meant to end there. Give it. Give me the next chapter right now. I'll f*cking start shooting. ° - °
I actually had a longer chapter here, but I nixed it. The reason being if you add anything here, it really lessens the impact. This is the last moment of innocence before old Toshi's death spiral. His loss of his hero/sister and being torn away from his *ahem* "one true love" sent him into a depression that, unfortunately, was "corrected" by his father incorrectly.
Old Toshi became addicted to attention. Being told how beautiful he was, how talented he was, how good at singing he was. His mother finally figured out something was wrong, so old Toshi drove a wedge between her and his dad. The slimy agent sure as hell didn't do Old Toshi any good and if anything fed his addiction so it was easier to control him. You can infer all this from what has happened so far.
Then Old Toshi's mouth started cashing checks he couldn't cover.
Was old Toshi a victim? Sure. Did he dig his own grave? Yup. Did he deserve it? You'll find I love stories where I debate the nature of "justice", so I'll leave answering that question up to you, dear reader.
The next few chapters will be extra sized to make up for the short update today.
@TheEldritchGod Yeah I know it wouldn't have made same impact had the chapter been full sized, but jesus... That was a brutal cliff man.