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This romantic and dark story begins on a certain day of spring. A certain short girl with long pink hair, cute and innocent round face, a cheap but cute in her opinion white dress, brown shoes and with the age of nineteen years old was, as usual, spacing out inside her college class.
She was in the middle of a class, not paying attention to what her teacher was teaching to the class. Sakura Miko, the name of this cute pink girl, is not paying attention not because she is not interested in the class, in fact, if someone asked her opinion about it, she would hesitate and doubt what to say at first, but her response overall would be positive about this class and her teacher. Then what is the problem?
She sighs. “Dammit… I’m so fucking tired… So tired that I might fall asleep if I relax just a little…” Miko has to give herself a few painless slaps to her right cheek from time to time so as to not be defeated by her tiredness. “I worked till late yesterday in my part-time job to then study till past midnight for a shitty exam I have today… God please give me a break from college, I’m so sick of it…” She thought to herself.
Of course Miko always knew that college wasn’t going to be something easy, but the difficulty of being a college student and the amount of time and energy that this is constantly stealing from her is beyond what she expected. To make things worse, she was forced to take a part time job due to some circumstances.
The pink girl rests her elbows on her desk and covers her face with her hands. “Man… It would be so easy to just quit from everything, both college and my job and run away from everything and everyone… But I can’t… I can’t do that to my little sister… She only has me after all…” Thinking about her younger sister increases the sad emotions in her heart, but at the same time it gives her more determination to continue with this lifestyle.
“And yes, I also can’t quit college because of her…” Sakura, very discreetly, glances in the direction of a certain student that is sitting in the front row of desks, on the far left, a student of short blue hair, pretty face and 160 cm tall, dressed in some clothes that look kinda cool, this being a fancy white sweater, black jeans, boots and silver earrings. In summary, this person gives the impression of being fancy and super cool at the same time.
“Yes…… She is my motivation to keep coming to college day after day… She is my crush, the most handsome and pretty student in this whole university… Hoshimachi Suisei-san.” Miko sighs like a maiden in love after saying that in her head.
While Suisei pays attention to what the teacher is saying and writes in her laptop, Miko is drooling and having fantasies in her mind of what would be a romantic relationship between her and Suisei, or as she likes to call her sometimes, her blue prince.
“Hehe… Hehe… Hoshimachi-san ♥️” She mumbles without noticing, scaring a little the random girl that is sitting next to her, who ends up moving her seat a few centimeters away from her pink classmate.
And it’s mostly because of her crush with Hoshimachi Suisei that Sakura Miko, our protagonist, is always spacing out and not paying attention in class. Minutes later the class has ended and the pink girl is saving her notebook and pencil case back into her backpack. The fact that 97% of her classmates use laptops, tablets or Ipads to write their notes while she on the other hand has no option but to be old school and depend on paper and pen, is something that usually makes her feel inferior compared to the rest.
She is about to return to her sad mood when a cute high pitched voice that is quickly approaching says, “Miko-san Miko-san! There you are! I didn’t see you when the class started so I feared that once again you fell asleep and didn’t come!” This woman with long white hair, black glasses, dark and comfy hoodie, violet skirt and dark transparent stockings all over her legs is called Shirakami Fubuki, one of Miko’s friends.
“Oh! Fubu-san! Hehe, sorry for not telling you that I would arrive late!” Miko places her hands in an apology gesture. “This time I arrived late not because I overslept but because I took too long to prepare the bento for my lil sis. Because of my fault she also arrived late to her highschool, so surely she must be mad at me right now, haha…” She laughs nervously.
Fubuki pats her back. “I get you Miko-san, I get you… I know how annoying and a pain in the ass little sisters can be… Kuro-chan doesn’t let me watch anime in peace when I’m at home. It really looks like her favorite hobby is to annoy me, hahaha!”
“Hahaha, as expected of Fubu-san~ You and I really are very alike.” Miko smiles in a childish way and shares a fist bump with her otaku friend.
“Wanna go eat something at the cafeteria outside college?”
“Sure!” Miko replies happily. “Man, this is going to hurt my wallet…” She thought to herself with pain.
The two friends were leaving when right next to them walked the most popular person in this class, Hoshimachi Suisei. The handsome blue haired woman didn’t look at them, she just walked in a straight direction to the exit while being followed by a group of girls who are not her friends but just fans.
Fubuki notices the face of maiden in love that her friend can’t help but show right now. “Miko-san… You still have not interacted with Suisei-san?”
“EH!!!??? INTERACT WITH HO-HO-HOSHIMACHI-SAN!!!?” The pink haired girl has a gay panic, her entire face dyed with a bright red color. “That’s impossible! I have zero chances with someone as great and popular as her! I’m totally ok with just admiring her godly figure from a safe distance! I can’t aspire to more than that!”
Her nerdy friend sighs. “You should try first before giving up tho…” Fubuki shakes her head in disappointment. “Anyways… Let’s drink some coffee as we study for the exam. We have two hours before the exam starts.”
“Ah… Thanks to Hoshimachi-san I forgot about the exam…” Once again Miko wants to die. “But sure, let’s get going Fubu-san! You always have better results than me so you’re the perfect study partner!” Her pretty emerald green eyes glow with excitement.
After a pretty comfy and relaxing study session inside starbucks, our pink protagonist returns to college. The exam begins and thanks to that last minute study session with Fubuki now she is more prepared, answering the questions of the exam without being distracted by her life problems or Suisei’s existence.
“Phew! Man, I really am very proud of myself~ I should reward myself with a few taiyakis on my way back home.” Today is Friday, a day where luckily Miko doesn’t have to work at her part-time job and can return home earlier to have a well deserved rest. “Do you want to eat taiyakis with me, Fubu-san? It’s my treat, hehe~”
“Taiyakis, huh? Hehe, sure! You know I’m never going to say no to eating some sweets~ Hahaha~” The white haired otaku chuckles in a soft way.
The two friends are heading towards the exit of their college, moment where they cross paths once again with the most popular student in this institution, Hoshimachi Suisei. The cool blue haired person has a group of girls yelling and jumping around her, and even if our protagonist just wanted to ignore all this and return home, she ended up overhearing what they were saying.
“Please Hoshimachi-san! Please go out on a date with me!” A pretty red haired girl says.
“Hahaha~ I’m sorry Mirim-chan~ But I’m not interested~” Hoshimachi politely and kindly rejects the offer while smiling-
“And what about me!? I’m a lot cuter than Mirim-chan! Right, Suisei-san!?” A girl dressed in cute pink clothes says, trying to hug one arm of the cool woman, but quickly Hoshimachi gets free from her embrace in a respectful way.
“I’m sorry Ana-chan~ But I’m not interested in going on a date with you either~ It’s not fault of any of you, it’s just that I’m not such an outgoing person as you girls like to think, haha~”
“Ok… We’ll stop bothering you then…” The group of girls say in a depressed voice. They all bow and slowly walk away from the handsome student.
Miko sighs with relief thanks to what she just saw. Suddenly Fubuki’s face gets next to hers and says, “Let me guess, once again Hoshimachi-san has rejected a date invitation, right?” Miko can’t help but release a high pitched yell, scared by the sudden interruption from her friend. Fubuki sighs. “I swear to god, what’s wrong with that woman? She is the most popular person in this college and yet she seems to always want to be alone.”
“Hehe, I get what you mean. Hoshimachi-san despite always being surrounded by girls and dudes who are always inviting her to hang out, if you look closely at her, you can notice that actually she doesn’t have a single friend or confidant in this place. She always rejects all invitations that are related to human interaction, only speaking when it’s necessary but always acting very kind and respectful. As soon as our classes are over she just rides her motorcycle and disappears to god knows where…” Miko sighs with love. “Hoshimachi-san… So cool and mysterious at the same time… I wuv you ♥️”
“Haha~ Sasuga Miko-san~ You really simp a lot for Hoshimachi-san.” After saying that, the white haired woman notices the gaze from someone. “Eh!? Miko-san Miko-san! Look! Hoshimachi-san is looking at us!”
“EH!? RE-REALLY!!?” The pink girl looks back at her blue haired crush. The emerald green eyes of Miko and the starry blue eyes of Suisei met for the first time. They both look at each other for a few seconds that feel eternal for Sakura, but this moment eventually breaks.
Suisei without saying anything or showing a reaction just turns back and begins to walk towards the exit doors. Miko is frozen by the exchange of glances, having to be revived by her otaku friend who shakes her shoulders from behind.
“What are you waiting for, Miko-san!? You're gonna let her escape after such a romantic moment that looks extracted from a Shoujo manga!?”
“Eh!? What are you saying!? There's nothing I can do! That was just an exchange of glares! That won't change the fact that I'll be rejected just like the rest!”
“How do you know if you have not even tried!?” Fubuki shouts with annoyance. This comment from her friend hit a crítical point at Miko's heart, creating in her for the first time the idea of actually going to talk to her crush, not in fantasies as she always does but in person.
“I…” Sakura looks at the back of her crush. Suisei is standing right next to her black motorcycle, holding in both hands her helmet of the same color. All the encouragement her small heart was gathering disappears. “No… No, it's pointless, she is surely busy. She is not going to accept going out with a poor girl like me, haha.” She chuckles sadly.
Fubuki sighs with frustration. “Oh for fucks sake! If you're not going to do it, then I'll!” Shirakami screams, “Hey! Hoshimachi-san!! My friend here has something to say to you!!”
Suisei stops the process of putting the helmet on her head and leaves it on top of her motorcycle, now looking with curiosity at Miko.
“Fubu-san!!?” Sakura screams with disbelief.
“Hehe~ Good luck my pink friend~” Fubuki gives her a thumbs up and then a friendly push at her back, helping her shy friend to move towards the cool woman.
Sakura walks very nervously, dying inside by how embarrassed she feels thanks to the fact that now Suisei’s eyes are staring directly at her as she moves. “Come on Miko, you can do this… I guess it’s now or never!!” The pink girl whispers to herself. Just as she finally took her first step with a feeling of confidence she slipped from the three short stairs that connect the college grounds with the street. “Aaaaaaaah!!” She screams as she falls.
Unexpectedly for the pink woman, her fall was denied. Miko gently clashed with Suisei, having her face directly touching her crush’s small chest, this while in a careful way the blue haired woman holds Sakura’s arms. “Sakura-san, are you ok?” Suisei speaks with a voice that sounds polite yet cool at the same time in Miko’s ears.
“Oh, yeah, I’m fine don’t worry… I-” Miko’s brain worked slower and it took her a few seconds to realize what just happened. “EEEEEH!!? WAIT A MINUTE! HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME!?”
“Hm? Is that a weird thing? I tried to learn the names from all our classmates when this college year started so I wouldn’t have problems in case one of them needed my help or something.”
“I see… So it’s because of that… Haha, well, it makes sense if you think about it.” Miko forces herself to smile despite feeling very disappointed inside.
“Hehe, but there is also another reason why I know your name.” Suisei very gently and politely takes Miko’s right hand. “I’m ashamed to admit this, but it’s easier for me to learn names if they come from cute girls like you, Sakura-san.”
“HYAAAAAAAAAA!!!” Miko has a very strong gay panic inside of her. The pink haired girl is completely flushed, shaking her head back and forth nonstop. “I can’t believe it I can’t believe it!! She just called me cute right!? It’s not a dream!?” She would like to scream and jump, but she is doing her best to hold back and not scare her crush who is still holding her hand. Sakura with energy turns back to look at Fubuki, moving her lips without releasing sounds. “Fubu-san! What should I do!?”
“Invite her on a date! Go for iiiiiiiit!!” Fubuki replies, doing the same action as her friend.
“O-Ok!” Miko nods with determination and returns to look at Sui. “Ho-Hoshimachi-san….. I… I have a… A… HUH, ho-how to say it…!!” Her hands are shaking a lot, to which Suisei holds them a bit more tightly. “Eh?”
“It’s ok Sakura-san, don’t be afraid. Whatever you might want to say, go ahead. I’m not going to laugh or be rude at you, alright?” Suisei gives Miko a reassuring and warm smile.
“Hoshimachi-san!” Sakura feels as if a huge burden has disappeared from her shoulders, also feeling something similar to a holy light embracing her heart which is beating faster but with more strength and confidence than before. “Hoshimachi-san, would you like to have a da-date with me tonight!!!?”
“A date with Sakura-san, huh?” Suisei ponders about this for around five seconds which feels eternal to Miko. “Sure, I don’t mind. Let’s have a date.” The blue haired girl grins and places her hands on her own hips.
“......................... Excuse me?” Sakura’s eyes are wide open, same as her mouth. She can’t believe this is happening.
“What time works best for you for our date? I am available anytime today.”
“Huh………….. 19 PM???”
“Sure. Let’s exchange numbers. Hand me your phone for a sec.” As if Miko is in a trance, she gives her phone to the blue girl without realizing what she’s doing. Quickly Suisei saves her own contact in the pink woman’s mobile and takes the chance to save Miko’s contact on her own phone as well. “Here you go~ Tell me your address later, I’ll go pick you up at your house on my motorcycle. Now then, see ya Sakura-san~" Hoshimachi waves with her hand and just some moments later, she leaves riding her vehicle.
“................................” Sakura stays there without moving or reacting for an entire minute. Once her brain has started working again, she turns to look at her white haired friend who now is standing a few inches in front of her.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!” Both women start screaming like crazy, holding their hands while jumping nonstop. Some fellow college students pass next to them, some look at them as if they are freaks and others just giggle and continue with their paths.
“I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!!! YOU DID IT MIKO-SAN!!! YOU BEAT THE CURSE!! OFFICIALLY YOU’RE THE FIRST PERSON FROM THIS UNIVERSITY IN GOING ON A DATE WITH FUCKING HOSHIMACHI SUISEI!!!”
“AAAAAAAAAAAH!! I KNOW I KNOW!!! OH MY GOSH I CAN’T BELIEVE IT!! THIS IS NOT A DREAM RIGHT!?”
“NO IT’S NOT!!! YOU’RE AS AWAKE AS I’M!” The white haired nerd pinches the cheek of her friend to prove this is the real world. “BUT MAAAAAAN, THIS HAS TO BE THE MOST SHOCKING EVENT OF THE WHOLE YEAR!! HOSHIMACHI-SAN LIKES YOU!!”
“Like me??? No, that can’t be the case…… Right?” An embarrassed but happy Miko asks.
“Think about it Miko-san! This person who seems to be unreachable because is always rejecting date invitations and love confessions from other people suddenly does something totally out of character! Accept only one invitation that comes from a special person! And that special person is you! Hoshimachi-san is more interested in you than she is in the rest!”
“C’mon Fubu-san, don’t joke with something like that… You’re going to make Miko’s heart get too much hopes and deluded…” Miko tries to reject the view of her friend, she wants to be realistic and keep her expectations in a low level… But the precious and cheerful smile on her face completely breaks the facade she was trying to put on.
The two college friends went to eat taiyakis together, talking non stop about the hot topic from the moment. Afterwards both said goodbye and went in different directions. Miko had to take the subway to arrive back home, arriving around one hour later. “I’m home~” She says as soon as she sets foot in the house.
The pink woman wasn’t expecting a reply, not because she thinks there is no one in this house, but by the incident that happened earlier this morning. Another voice that sounds high pitched but emotionless at the same time replies, “Welcome back…” The person who said this comes out from the kitchen.
“Koyori……” After long seconds of awkward silence Miko nods. “Thank you. Your big sister is back.”
“Um…. I’m glad I guess…” The other girl nods back in a slow and low energy way. This person is Miko’s little sister, Sakura Koyori. This cute looking girl with long pink hair is 17 years old, two years younger than her sister. Currently Koyori attends highschool, in her second academic year there. Right now she is dressed in a classic school sailor uniform with the colors white and blue. Despite being a cute person in appearance, her attitude most of the time seems to be depressed and quiet around other people, only showing a bit more of emotion to her older sister, but not the kind of emotion Miko enjoys to see…
The sisters continue in this awkward exchange of glares until Koyori is the first one to get bored of it, walking in the stairs that lead to her room on the second floor of the house. “Koyori, wait please!” Miko shouts. Her sister stops moving and looks back at her, still with that emotionless and bored face.
“............ What is it? I have homework to do…”
“It-It’s nothing serious! I just wanted to tell you two things…” Miko lowers her head with regret. “First thing… Huh, I apologize for taking so long with your bento this morning… Did your teachers…”
The lil sis narrows her eyes. “Scold me? Yes they did. Because of your fault I have been arriving to school late lately, so they called my attention and told me that I should start taking school seriously or I’ll get suspended or something…” Annoyance can be heard in Koyori’s voice.
“I-I see….. I’m sorry for that… You know your big sister is not a morning person, haha. Previously I always left your bento prepared the night earlier, but lately… Yes, both college and my work have been kinda difficult and exigent, so I don’t have any other choice but to prepare your food in our mornings… Again, I’m sorry…”
Koyori sighs, her attitude looking slightly more upset. “I don’t care about your apologies. You always apologize for the smallest thing you do. I think I told you already what I think about that.”
“I’m so-” Miko stops herself right on time. The dangerous eyes from her little sister were the warning she needed. “A-Anyways, that was the first thing I had to tell you.”
“Hm? What else do you have to say?”
“To-Today your big sister will go on a date with a… Friend from college, hehe.” Miko laughs nervously. “But don’t worry, I’ll try to not return so late! And I’ll also leave dinner prepared for you in case you’re hungry!” She waves her hands nervously.
“I see…….” That’s the only response she gets from her sister for more tense and awkward moments. “Have fun I guess.” Koyori nods and resumes her walk.
“Wait a moment! Is that the only thing you have to say to your big sister? You’re not going to ask me questions about my friend? Wish me luck on my date? Say thanks to me for caring about you and leaving food for whenever you’re hungry???”
“........” Koyori turns back, now her eyes have a grim look on them. “Say thanks to you? Are you seriously asking me to do that? When is it because of you that you and I are in this terrible situation?” Koyori’s harsh words feel like stabs to Miko’s heart. “You want me to feel happy for you for going out with a friend where you’ll spend part of the money we need to survive the month? If that’s so, then congratulations Miko-oneechan. Now if you excuse me, I’ll go to my room. I’m not in the mood to see you with my eyes or hear your voice.”
Miko stays without moving or reacting for a long time. At the end she just sighs and goes to cook something for her sister. She understands perfectly Koyori’s reaction, that’s the reason why she is not mad at her by her disrespectful attitude. In fact, she agrees with her little sister, she also blames herself…
Hours passes by and after preparing herself for her date, Miko receives the long awaited message from Suisei asking for her address. With lots of anxiety and nervousness the shy pink girl did this and then waited for Suisei’s arrival as if she was a Disney princess and the blue girl her destined prince. Thirty minutes later Sakura hears the beeping from a vehicle outside her house.
Our protagonist opens the entrance door and sees how a few meters away from her there is the blue haired person she was waiting for, but unlike Miko, Suisei changed her outfit. Right now Hoshimachi is dressed with a chinese style dark long sleeves shirt, shirt that has a few patterns of golden oriental dragons in both arms. Below she is wearing white pants and white boots.
“OH GOD SHE’S HOT!!!” Miko screams inside her head.
Suisei removes her helmet and politely bows. “Good evening, Sakura-san. You look very pretty as usual.”
“????????” This time Sui’s compliment didn’t make Miko have a gay panic, just leaving her speechless and shocked. “As usual…? Does that mean she is always looking at me or…? It can’t be that Fubu-san was correct, right!?” She thinks to herself. “Hehe, thanks Hoshimachi-san… You also look very pretty and cool, I must say. ”
“Hehe, of course. My father taught me that I always had to dress stylishly and with my best clothes wherever I go. I have to give the best impression to everyone, whether it’s for a small or big thing that requires my presence.” Suisei explains. Sakura is honestly very impressed by this reveal. She finally got her answer of why Sui always looks so cool and hot at college. “Anyways we should get going before it gets late. Here Sakura-san, take this.” She hands a pink helmet to her date.
“Eh? A pink helmet?”
“Yes, it’s for you. It’s safer for you if you ride this wearing a helmet just like me.” Suisei smiles. “To be honest with you, I didn’t have a second helmet until today… I actually went to buy it on my way here, I chose it thinking of you, haha.”
“Hoshimachi-san…” Miko smiles in a sweet way. “Thank you.” She puts the helmet on her head and rides the motorcycle. “Let’s go on our date then. I’m willing to discover which place you chose for our date, hehe.”
“Sure~ I’m pretty sure Sakura-san will be more than surprised~ Hahaha~” Hoshimachi jumps on her motorcycle and quickly turns on the engine. “Hold on tight, Sakura-san! I love driving fast, hahaha!” Miko’s smile grows even bigger and without saying anything she quietly embraces Suisei from behind. As the vehicle abandons the area, Sakura feels as if someone is watching her, which makes her wonder if Koyori is still upset with her…
The duo of college students arrive at a super fancy and stylish restaurant, full of bright and golden decorations everywhere. “EEEEEEEEEEH!!? WH-WHAT IS THIS PLACE!!? THIS PLACE LOOKS EXPENSIVE AS FUCK HOLY SHIT!! THERE’S NO WAY I CAN PAY THIS!”
“Hehe, it’s alright Sakura-san, I belong to a rich family so we can allow ourselves to spend our money on places like this without worrying about how much we spend. Since I haven’t gone on a date in a while I wanted to come to a place I knew would be special and memorable for you. So don’t worry, ok? I’ll pay tonight.”
“I-I see…” Miko says shyly. “I feel kinda bad that she is going to pay for my food… I usually eat quite a lot after all… But well… This makes her look even cooler and hotter!!” She thinks to herself, blushing and smiling nervously while clenching her right fist.
The two women sit and order their food. This restaurant is Italian, so Miko ordered lasagna and Suisei ordered steak with carbonara. Both received their tasty food accompanied by glasses with sweet and delicious wine. Sakura is someone that rarely uses fork and knife, so it was a bit difficult for her to use them, but she didn’t want to look weird in front of her hot date so she did her best and didn’t commit as many mistakes as she usually does.
The mood in this place is very special thanks to the beautiful and sweet melody produced by the violins, the shining golden decorations, the delicious smells that comes from the dishes people are eating, and of course, the polite, kind and charming attitude that Suisei is showing, creating the perfect combination that makes Miko feel as if this is the best day in her entire life.
Both girls talk and laugh a lot, it didn’t take them that long to get comfortable around each other. Miko expected Sui to be as distant and quiet as she is at school, but it was the opposite, the blue haired woman is very talkative, telling her date some hilarious stories that made Miko laugh her ass off quite a few times.
Eventually the atmosphere gets more calm and low, with the lights slightly darker and the musicians playing their instruments at a slow speed. Because of this, the conversation between Miko and Suisei becomes more intimate, more personal. “So tell me, Sakura-san, how would you describe your life?”
“Mmmmmmm… If I have to define it with one word… I would say it is pretty simple and boring.” She smiles, but the result is a mix of sadness and optimism.
“Why do you think that?”
“Because nothing interesting happens in my life… I’m just a regular college student with a normal and boring life. I do nothing but attend college, study, work part-time in a cafeteria 20 minutes away from my house and that’s it. I mean, I have a few friends, we chat and hang out from time to time, but it’s not interesting. I’m pretty sure that Hoshimachi-san’s life is ten times more exciting than mine, haha.”
“Naaaah~ My life is also quite simple as well, hahaha. After leaving college I don’t do much either. My activities can be summarized in chilling and lazing around in my house, play guitar, long motorcycle rides around Tokyo and its surroundings so I can relax and escape from my reality for some moments, and lastly… Yes! I usually help my onee-chan! Sometimes I look more like her assistant than her sibling, haha. If we go shopping she will give me the task to carry her bags, carry her food, bring her stuff that she needs such as pencils or plushies, you know, stuff like that~” Suisei smiles cheerfully.
“Onee-chan… So you have a sister?” Suisei happily nods at Miko’s question. “I see… Hehe, actually I also have a sister. But well, she is my younger sister, so in this case I’m the Onee-chan.”
“Eh!? So Sakura-san has an imouto!? Woah, that’s a great surprise! Hehe, I’m sure she must be as cute as you are~ Her hair is pink too?”
“Th-Thanks…” Miko blushes by being called cute again by her crush. “Yes, she also has pink hair, but her pink is a tone lighter than mine. Her name is Koyori, she is two years younger than me and currently attends highschool! And she is very cute indeed! And-” In that moment Miko remembers the last words her sister said to her. Her attitude changes, now looking a bit depressed. “She…… I think she hates me.”
“Eh? Your little sis hating you? Why?” Suisei asks with confusion and surprise.
“Yeah… I mean, she didn’t say that exactly, but her attitude has been kinda cold and harsh with me lately, as if she dislikes me or holds a grudge against me… And it hurts me, I try to be the best sister possible and be there for her, but it’s like she doesn’t care about my efforts…”
“I can relate a little bit. My Onee-chan also is kinda cold and harsh sometimes, but at the end of the day I’m sure she loves me as much as I love her… that aspect from our sisters are similar, don’t you think?” Sui smiles.
”Maybe.” Sakura smiles with sadness. “I don’t want to go into further details so as to not bore you with my personal life, but the truth is that our lives are not easy. Right now I live alone with my little sister. It’s just her and me inside this giant city known as Tokyo. It’s my responsibility as a big sister to take care of Koyori, so that’s why I started working, so my little sister and I can eat and survive.”
The blue haired person looks very shocked after hearing this information. “I-I see…. Please forgive me if I’m asking something that I shouldn’t, but what happened to your parents? Why aren’t they taking care of you and your sister?”
Miko’s face lowers, not looking sad or hurt but just troubled, wondering if she should be so honest with a stranger. Yes, she is her crush, but a stranger at the end of the day. It only needed one look at Sui's pretty face to convince Sakura to talk. “My family situation is kinda complex to explain… But well, let’s say that after my father died I decided to move here to the city. For some circumstances that I’m going to skip, my mother forced Koyori to go with me.” Her face looks more depressed now. “Koyori never agreed to this. She had a great life back there in the countryside, where my family and us used to live, but because of me she was forced to leave that life behind and start a new one. At first she tried to be positive and enjoy highschool, make friends you know? But things didn’t go as smoothly as we expected, the money I was earning wasn’t enough to survive… I tried to dodge this scenario as much as I could, but Koyori decided she also had to work part-time so the two of us could survive the month. We live at the limit, as if we are poor, haha.”
“I see… I didn’t know that Sakura-san was poor… That explains your reaction from earlier.” Suisei says in a sad voice. “But wait a moment, if you’re poor, then how can you attend college? It’s pretty expensive after all.”
“Oh, that’s thanks to my dad’s insurance. Before his death, he made sure to save enough money so Koyori and I could attend college and study. The sad part is that this money is only for studies, so that leaves no money for Koyo and I to eat, haha. That’s why we were forced to start working and study at the same time.”
“I understand…”
“Yes. My sister and I started to be very busy with our studies and our work, so our communication decreased considerably. Nowadays we barely speak, and the few times we do, I have the constant feeling she hates me… That she blames me for our life situation… And honestly, I can’t blame her, she is 100% correct.” Miko looks into Suisei’s blue eyes and says, “I know it’s not a good thing to think like this, but sometimes I can’t help but feel like I ruined Koyori’s life… That if only I hadn’t been born, she would have a better life…”
“.........” There is an awkward silence that is broken by Hoshimachi, who gently and warmly holds one of Miko's hands over the table. This instantly startles Sakura, blushing a lot again. “That’s not true at all, Sakura-san. Believe me, I also have been in your situation and I know how it feels.”
“Hoshimachi-san…”
“My mom died during my birth and last year my dad also died in an accident. Just like you, right now it's just my sister and I. Thankfully we were lucky and our parents were rich. My onee-chan deals with the family business while I… I didn't know what to do with my life after dad died…” Her face turns a bit sad. “With the loss of my father I lost my purpose, but I knew I had to think about me and the future. It took me some time, but right now…” Happiness returns to her face, proof of this is her smile. “Now I have very clear what I want.”
“And what is it? What do you want, Hoshimachi-san?” Miko asks curiously.
Suisei chuckles. “I guess it's time to pay the bill.” She whistles and calls the waitress. After paying, the handsome blue haired woman stands up and says, “Follow me Sakura-san, I have something to show you.”
Hoshimachi rides Sakura into an unknown place for the pink haired woman. It was a surprise for Miko that what Suisei had prepared was actually… “Hm? A bridge?”
Right now the two of them are standing in the middle of a small and strait gray bridge above a highway that is used by people everyday to cross from one street to another. Currently it's night time, no one is walking on this bridge but below them some cars pass from time to time.
“Haha~ It's not the bridge what I wanted to show you.” From behind Suisei gently places one arm in Miko's right hip. Before Miko can panic, the blue lady points with one finger to the sky. “Look.” Sakura looks above and instantly is amazed by what her emerald green eyes can see. “This is what I wanted to show you.”
In the night sky there are beautiful and endless sparkling stars. This is unbelievable to Miko, considering they are in the middle of a city right now and cities are always full of lights and contamination that hides the stars from the mortal eyes, but in this case, at least in this particular spot of this bridge… The two of them have a complete and perfect view of the stars tonight.
“So pretty…” Miko says without thinking.
“Yes, it's pretty… As pretty as you.” Sui says in a cool voice. She and Miko look at each other at the same time in the eyes. “This is my favorite place in this city, hehe.”
“Eh? Really? Why is that? You can go to better places to look at the stars, right?”
“Hahaha~ Yes, you’re not wrong there. I know this place is not perfect, people walk here and make noises, same as the cars below us. But still… Still, this particular spot is special for me. I found it around the time I felt I didn’t have purpose in this life. Since I was a kid I liked stars, I loved to stare at them and imagine how it would be to touch one with my hands. So on one particular day while feeling lost in this world, I walked here and for no reason decided to look at the sky, and that’s where I saw them again… So yes, obviously there are better places to look at stars, but this one has an important meaning for me… That’s why I love to come here when I feel down or need some encouragement.”
Miko can’t help but smile at this story. “I see. Thanks for telling me about you and your favorite place, Hoshimachi-san. You always looked so difficult to reach, as if you were a goddess who had a totally different life from us. But now that you and I are here, together and with the stars as our witnesses, I can see that we aren’t so different, haha~”
Suisei smiles as well. “Thanks. I’m very happy that you liked my favorite place in the city, Sakura-san.” The blue haired person suddenly holds one of Miko’s hands, which causes both of them to stand in front of each other. “Actually… There is a reason why I wanted to show you this place, Sakura-san…” The confident and cool person suddenly turns a little bit embarrassed, her cheeks slightly blushed.
“What is it, Hoshimachi-san?” Sakura asks with a calm voice, but deep down her heart is starting to beat like crazy. She really doesn’t want to get her hopes too high, but her fantasies are running wild right now.
“I… Oh god, what’s wrong with me? Why suddenly I feel so afraid? Haha, that’s very weird to me but here I am, feeling worried and not knowing how to continue what I wanted to say, hahaha~ Sui chuckles nervously but cheerfully.
In that moment Miko’s brain also stopped working, but then she remembers what happened earlier today and a cute smile forms on her lips. “It’s ok Hoshimachi-san, don’t be afraid. Whatever you might want to say, go ahead. I’m not going to laugh or be rude at you, alright? Hahaha~”
“Sakura-san…….” Suisei also can’t help but smile. “That’s not fair… Using my own words against me… I wasn’t expecting an outcome like that, but I must admit that it suits a nice and interesting lady as you.” The blue haired person takes a deep breath, she is not so nervous anymore. “Alright then.” Sui kneels down and holds Miko’s hand close to her face. “Sakura-san… The truth is that all this time I-”
“RAISE YOUR HANDS!!!” The sudden voice of an angry man interrupts the speech of the blue woman. The two women look back and they notice how there are around 5 tall and strong men in dark messy suits behind them. One of them is just inches away from Miko, pointing a pistol at Suisei’s head. “DIDN’T YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID!? STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND RAISE YOUR FUCKING HANDS!!!”
The situation turned bizarre so suddenly that Miko’s brain is not understanding what’s actually happening here, thinking for a moment this is all a prank from Suisei’s part. “Haha, what is this, guys? Di-Did you get paid to do this prank to us or-” The man with the pistol, very angrily for not being taken seriously, hits Miko’s face with the gun, taking her down.
“SAKURA-SAN!!!” Hoshimachi tries to stand up but the man in front of her aims his pistol at her forehead, touching her. The blue haired woman doesn’t move, she understands that one wrong movement and she will be out of this world.
“YOU! THE BLUE LADY! STAY RIGHT THERE AND DON’T DO ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS AND WE WILL SPARE YOUR LIFE!!” The man in the dark suit without turning back says, “COME ON BOYS! HURRY! WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR TARGET OUT OF HERE QUICK!!” The other four men nod and quickly start pulling Miko out of this place, this while the scared woman doesn’t stop screaming and begging for help.
The man with the gun slowly walks away from Hoshimachi, and once they are at least one meter away separated, he turns back and runs away along with his companions. The five mysterious people in suits, under the gaze of a numerous group of curious people, put a strip in Sakura's mouth to stop her screams, besides placing another strip over her eyes, to then throw her into a gray van that escapes as fast as it can from this place.
Suisei looks as if she is frozen in time, not moving or reacting until she hears the fuss around her. Her mind returns to the real world, so she quickly runs and returns to the street, where there is an amount of 20 people talking about what they just witnessed.
“Oh my god, that was horrible!! Did you see what happened to that poor girl!?”
“Yeah I saw it! I can’t believe someone would do a kidnap with so many people looking! I know it’s night time, but god…”
“We must call the police! We have to hurry or who knows what might happen to that poor girl!”
“Yes please, someone call the police!!”
“..........” Suisei switches glances between the crowd of people and her motorcycle. “What should I do… Should I call the police or…” Out of habit she puts her hand in her pocket, touching a somewhat metallic object. She wonders what to do while her hand stays holding that object, but then the voice from her big sister rings in her head.
In her head appears the image of her sister, dressed in a dark gray business outfit while having the top of her face covered with a shadow, that added to a serious voice. “Remember Sui-chan, if something dangerous happens and you’re not involved, then just call the police, leave the area and continue with your life. I don’t need you to cause me more problems, not anymore. You get it?” Her sister said.
Without thinking she grabs her phone and is about to call the police, but suddenly she stops. “.......” Silently she saves her phone back into her pocket. The look in her eyes turns emotionless, the light of her eyes vanishes and now are darker. To the surprise of the people in the crowd they see how a blue haired lady hops into a motorcycle and chases the van that kidnapped the pink girl.
Time later, Miko wakes up in an unknown place. “EH!?? WHERE AM I!!?” She doesn’t have the strips in her eyes and mouth anymore, allowing her to use her eyes to look at her surroundings, discovering she is inside what seems to be an abandoned factory. Around her she can see old and rusty machinery, as well as long windows of red color that are all over the right side wall, being a blurred glass that doesn’t let her see what is outside, only receiving a bit of light that seems to come from a streetlight.
“Look, she is awake.” The voice of a man says in a low voice.
Miko instantly looks to the origin of the voice, discovering that there are more of these people with suits that seem to be part of a criminal gang judging by how messy and aggressive such suits look, that added to the fact that some of them are carrying guns.
“WHO-WHO-WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!!!??? WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME!!! I DON’T KNOW ANY OF YOU! I HAVEN’T DO A CRIME EITHER!! WHY ME!!?” The terrified woman screams in panic.
“Tch, shut up annoying woman! Or else we’ll hit you again!” One of the men says in an aggressive and furious voice, raising his fist in a suspicious way that causes Miko to quickly lower her head in fear.
“Stupid! What the hell are you doing!?” One of the criminals, a tall and muscular man of short brown hair stops his companion, slapping his face. “Remember what the boss told us! We have to bring her to where he is without any harm! What do you think he is going to do with you if you hit her in the face!?”
“GUH! YO-YOU’RE RIGHT!! I’M VERY SORRY!!!” The now terrified criminal bows multiple times to Miko, to then quickly leave to another place inside this factory.
“Eh….. What is the meaning of this?” Miko asks no one in particular. “They can’t hurt me? Why? So important am I to their boss? But why?”
The tall man with brown short hair, who seems to be the leader in this place but not the boss, sighs and bends down near the scared woman, who releases an involuntary shriek by his presence. “I’m sorry about that, Miss Sakura. I apologize on behalf of everyone here in case one of my men hurt you.” Surprisingly he acts very polite and kind to her.
“.........” Even if Miko is surprised by the unexpected show of kindness by one of the kidnappers, this doesn’t reduce all the fear she is feeling right now. “That doesn’t matter anymore……. Just tell me, what do you guys want from me…?” Her voice shows all the great despair and misery she is feeling right now, added with terror in her eyes.
The brown haired man wonders what to say at first, but at the end he decides to answer the question of the prisoner. Miko is thinking about the worst case scenarios, such like she was kidnapped to be raped, or murdered, or tortured, or used to be sell as a slave, or used to sell her organs in the black market. The man simply lifts his clothes from his shoulder, revealing a tattoo which represents a very particular logo.
The moment Miko’s eyes look at that logo and realize its meaning… She knows that what is going to happen to her is by far the worst case scenario compared to the other ones…
Outside the abandoned factory there are two of those criminal men guarding the gate that allows the entrance. This factory is actually located in a dock, so this place is constantly receiving the sounds of the sea waves clashing with the rocks, and this causes the guards to not hear much noises besides their voices, reason why they didn’t notice until now that a person riding a motorcycle had arrived.
“Hey! Leave right now if you don’t want to get in trouble! You get it? Fuck off now!” One of the men says. He and his companion can notice how in front of them there are two streetlights, both of them pointing their lights to opposite directions and leaving the space between them covered in darkness, the place where this person is walking slowly and menacingly towards them.
They both gulp nervously, but once the mysterious figure is revealed to be a blue haired woman, they start laughing their ass off. “Oh god you have to be kidding me!! You!? The bitch from earlier!? Don’t tell me that you’re stupid enough to act as the brave hero and save your friend!? Hahaha!!” The man who said this is the same one that previously pointed his gun at Hoshimachi’s head.
“:..........” The blue haired lady remains silent, walking slowly and without fear. Her face shows no emotion, which makes the guards feel slightly intimidated, since a person who shows no emotion in a situation like this it’s not normal.
Suisei continues with her walk until she is face to face with the man with the pistol. “You bitch!” Just like earlier, he touches the woman’s forehead with his gun. “Stupid bitch, you really are fucking stupid. I told you to stay away and we would spare your life. Why did you come here!?”
For the first time since this tense situation started, Suisei shows an emotion. She smiles. “I’m here to save Sakura-san… And also to kill you.”
This was shocking for both guards, their brains stopped working for a few seconds, but once they understood the threat their switch to kill activated. The man with the pistol tried to pull the trigger, but unexpectedly the woman of the starry blue eyes was faster than him, using a 12cm silver knife to stab the entire blade in his chin, but she is not done yet, pushing the arm that was holding the gun away from her and using her free arm to grab his head to then move the knife into an upward position.
The guard quickly falls with his back on the ground. His companion look at his face and he is horrified. The person who used to be a friend to him now has a red line in the middle of his face, a space where he can see the human meat and blood that doesn’t stop coming from what in the past used to be a human being.
The remaining guard looks back at Suisei and yells. “You’re a monster!!” Before he could grab his gun, the blue haired lady already jumped to his direction, holding her knife in her left hand that she uses to perfectly stab his heart while both are in mid air. Hoshimachi falls on top of him and plunges the blade into his heart, causing him a quick death. As soon as she removes the knife, blood covers both the blade and her fingers.
Now that her two enemies are dead, Suisei sighs and stands up straight. “I can’t let them know I’m here yet. Good thing I’m still fast enough to kill before they could shoot their guns or else things would surely get troublesome…” She speaks to herself. “Wait for me, Sakura-san. Hoshimachi Suisei is going to rescue you… And make those who hurt you pay.”
Inside the factory, on the second floor of the building that connects to the entrance door, there are around 5 guards who are standing in different directions, all of them distracted by either talking to themselves or looking at their phones. The guard who is most close to the door is currently giving his back to it, enjoying a nice and comfy chat with his girlfriend when suddenly a cold and metallic blade pierces his throat from behind and comes out from the front area of his neck.
“Ghhhh!! Guhk!! Ggggg.” The thug tries to speak but words cannot come out from his throat anymore. Only by inertia he tries to swallow, but the horrible sensation of the metal piercing his flesh does not allow him to do so, causing horrible sounds accompanied by blood to come out of his mouth.
The blue haired person finally removes the knife from his neck, causing that man to instantly fall to the metallic floor with life already out of him. Hoshimachi bends down and after stealing the gun from the pocket of the deceased, she quietly sneaks into the building.
“Hm?” One of the guards heard a sound, like footsteps walking very slowly and carefully behind him. He points a lantern to that place but there is nothing but a big wooden box. His inner fear makes him unable to be at peace unless he checks by himself that there is no one behind the box, not a person, animal or his worst fear, a ghost.
The criminal gets more and more close, but before he can even look behind the box a blue haired person quickly stands up and swings her knife. The man is confused at first, but then he has the sensation of something opening in his neck. Blood instantly starts splashing intensely from his neck.
He tries to step back with the idea to find his companions, but the mysterious lady hurries and covers his mouth with one hand and with her other hand covered in blood, she places her own finger on her lips, this while the man’s blood constantly splashes a bit of blood to her face. “Shhhhhh. Die in silence, will ya?”
After some seconds that feel eternal to him, the criminal ends up perishing. Suisei carefully places the body on the floor and continues with her killing streak. She sneaks behind a guard and penetrates his left ear with her knife, killing him on the spot. Next she grabs one thug from behind and slices his neck using her knife, letting him drown in his own blood.
The assassin detects a presence behind her, and it was in the perfect timing, because the last guard of the floor saw her after she killed his companion, so he quickly grabbed his gun and aimed it at her. Suisei quickly hurries and lowers her body as she runs. The deadly woman with great agility and speed uses her knife to hurt the man’s hand that was holding the gun, which provokes that he releases his weapon, opportunity used by the killer to cover his mouth with her right arm while using her left hand to stab quickly and multiple times his stomach.
The criminal tried to fight back and resist, but surprisingly the resistance and strength of this woman was bigger than his, so ultimately he ended up losing this fight. The death of him was the outcome Suisei needed, but she didn’t expect that he would continue to step backwards until he accidentally fell from the second floor, releasing a loud heavy sound that was heard by everyone in this building.
“Oh shit…” Hoshimachi says in a low voice, doing a facepalm.
“Hm? What was that?” The leader of this operation says. He is standing next to Miko in a large room on the first floor. Besides them, there are a few more criminals, all of them looking at each other with concern. The only one who doesn’t look worried it’s Miko. The pink haired woman looks like her soul has left her body, her eyes having an empty look and being in complete silence. He grabs his walkie talkie and says, “Jhon, Shadi, search for the origin of the sound.”
Those two criminals reply using their walkie talkies and then silence fills the first floor. The leader tried to contact the men he placed on the second floor, but none of them replied, which gives him an obvious signal that nothing good is happening here.
The silence continues for around three minutes, when suddenly everyone hears screams that come from beyond the closed door of the room where they are now. “HEY!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!? DR-DROP THAT KNIFE!!!”
There is no answer.
“THE FUCK!!? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!”
Bam! Bam! Bam! Multiple gunshots can be heard in the entire building. The kidnappers in this room quickly grab their guns and aim it at the door, ready to kill whoever their comrades are fighting against right now.
The gunshots stop and the silence fills the abandoned factory once again. The criminals wait in a tense and anxious atmosphere, suffering inside by the constant concern that whatever is behind that door is possibly coming after them right now. The only one here who is not concerned is Miko, whose survival instinct has decreased to the lowest. She doesn’t care about anything anymore.
1 minute later, the door slowly begins to open and all the thugs point their guns at it. Seconds pass by and they can see how slowly something is coming out… Something they quickly recognize as Jhon, their comrade. This makes them sigh in relief and lower their guard, but the leader, someone smart, notices how Jhon is weird. His pose is not natural, with his head and back lowered as if he is sleeping while standing, as if he turned into a puppet and someone is pulling the threads from behind. The leader also notices how a large trace of blood covers Jhon’s dark suit, noticing as well how he has a knife stabbing his neck.
“What the…” Before he can move or say anything else, from behind Jhon emerges a woman whose hair is short and blue. Both her dark shirt and cheeks are covered with blood, red líquid that just with one glance he understands that it doesn't belong to her. Slowly she raises her left arm, revealing that she is holding a gun. Before he and his group can do anything, she shoots and impacts the head of one of the criminals, killing him on the spot. “Bitch…. SHOOT AT HER!! SHOOT SHOOT!!!”
The other criminals were shocked and frozen at first, but quickly they reacted and followed the order, shooting multiple bullets at this new threat.
The assassin with the chinese clothes uses the body of the person she killed as a meat shield. She waits until the kidnappers run out of bullets to pull back her knife from the corpse’s neck to then drop the body.
She holds her knife covered in blood, the blood from her victims and the same blood that is in multiple parts of her shirt and pants. Her face remains calm but aggressive at the same time. In a loud and serious voice she shouts. “Sakura-san!! Just wait a bit, ok!? I'll save you from these bastards!!”
“!!!” Hearing Suisei's voice finally made Miko react. The light has returned to her emerald green eyes, raising her head and looking at the person who just minutes ago was her date. “Hoshimachi… San?”
Sakura can notice the blood on Suisei's body, which makes her conclude that her crush has been badly hurt by these men. “No!! Hoshimachi-san please run!! You don't have to die for me, you have a great future ahead waiting for you!! Don't waste it for a person like me!!”
At this, Suisei finally smiles again, doing it with confidence. “You don't get it, Sakura-san. If you're not here, if something happens to you… Then I have no future.” Miko is shocked by what her crush said. “Please forgive me for the awful spectacle that is going to take place here. I recommend you to close your eyes and wait patiently, ok? I'll be done in no time.” The cool and handsome woman gives a wink and smile to her date.
The criminal gang remember they have to kill this person, so they reload their guns and start shooting again at this new threat. Suisei hides behind a large machinery and stays there for a few seconds while the bullets don't stop, increasing Miko's despair by not seeing what is happening to her beloved.
One of the kidnappers quickly reloads his pistol and runs towards the machinery. The moment their eyes meet, Suisei jumps on top of him and to the shock and disbelief of Miko and the other men, the assassin stabs her knife in the man’s right eye.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!” The person screams in despair and extreme pain. The blue haired woman pulls back her knife, exposing to the presents here how in the middle of the blade there is an eye, with red organic threads hanging from it. The killer has no mercy and stabs his other eye in a shocking moment that continues to freeze the presents here.
Once her enemy has died, she stands up and removes the eyes from her weapon as if this was disgusting trash. Her face remains expressionless, as if she doesn't feel anything by doing something as horrible as that.
“Eh……. What's the meaning of this… What did Hoshimachi-san… Just did?” Miko's voice speaks without realizing, very shocked.
“Tch! Don't stay there and do something! Kill her kill her!” The leader shouts.
Two of the kidnappers finally react and charge towards the mysterious woman while shooting bullets.
Suisei runs towards them as well, with her back lowered to gain more speed. The assassin raises one of her legs and kicks the face of one of them, causing him to take a few steps back. The other thug shoots two bullets aimed at her head, but Hoshimachi dodges them and catches the man's arm with her right hand and with her left hand she stabs the man's throat to then move the silver knife downwards, leaving an open wound that makes him agonize in the floor.
“YOU-!!!” The guy she previously kicked recovers and tries to punch her, but the blue haired assassin rolls on the ground to then stab her knife in his toe. “Gah!!” He falls to his knees, chance used by Suisei to pierce the back of his head with her weapon, slicing the skull and brain as if they are butter.
He falls instantly to his death, but the remaining kidnappers continue shooting at their sudden enemy. “God dammit!! What kind of shitty luck is this!? Are you seriously telling me that this pink girl hired an assassin to protect her!?”
“Considering her family history, that possibility is not impossible!! But due to their current situation it is very unlikely!” The leader shouts. “Anyways that doesn't matter now! Just kill her!!”
Now there is an exchange of bullets between Hoshimachi and the kidnappers. The brown haired man knew his companions weren't the big thing but he expected that at least they would be good at shooting guns, but surprisingly this young woman is ten times better than all of them, connecting her bullets to most of her targets’ heads, and without noticing, now there are only 3 people alive in this factory.
“Tch, out of bullets.” The remaining kidnapper says angrily. Right now all that his eyes can see is darkness, not knowing anymore where the assassin is hiding. “Shit, at this rate I'm going to die too!” He thinks to himself. Suddenly he remembers about Miko's existence, the words Suisei said earlier about saving Sakura ringing in his head. “I'm sorry kid, but if I want to escape from here I'll need to use you to fool this psychopath!” He says inside his head.
The leader aggressively forces Miko to stand up. He uses one arm to do a strong lock on the pink woman’s neck, and with her free hand he points the empty gun to Sakura’s head.
“Come out right now and raise your hands if you don't want me to kill your friend!!” He shouts furiously.
The long silence continues until Suisei decides to slowly come out from her hideout. Her blue eyes can see that the threat is real. “..... Let her go.”
“I won't unless you surrender and let the two of us go! If you care about the life of this lady, then you'll obey my orders!”
Suisei's eyes continue to look dark and serious, a total red flag in the criminal’s head. He increases the pressure over Miko's neck, causing her real pain. “Guuuh!! Ho-Hoshimachi-san!!”
“Sakura-san!!” Genuine concern can be noticed in the face of the assassin. She tries to move but the panicked man screams again.
“I TOLD YOU TO RAISE YOUR HANDS AND DROP YOUR WEAPONS OR ELSE I'LL SHOOT HER FUCKING HEAD!!”
“..... OK…” Suisei drops the pistol she stole and raises her hands.
This is a good signal to the remaining kidnapper, but his eyes quickly detect that her left hand is still holding the knife. “Bitch what did I tell you!!? Drop your weapons!!”
“Hm? Which weapon are you talking about?”
“Your fucking knife!! Are you stupid or what!? That's a weapon too!!” He despairs and let's himself get carried away, pointing his gun multiple times at Suisei's hand to probe his point.
“Oh, you meant this. Forgive me for my mistake, but in my opinion my dear knife is not a weapon, but another part of me already.” She gives a cold smile to him. “But truth be told… You can say that my entire body and my existence itself is a weapon.” Without a previous warning she throws her knife at the man's left eye.
“Aaaaaaaah!! Shit! Fuuuuuuck!!” Thanks to the pain he releases Miko and places both hands in the area around his injured eye.
Suisei takes the opportunity to quickly bend down, recover the gun and shoot at her target. The first shot hit his stomach, then it was his right lung, then it was his shoulder, and lastly his head, causing him to finally fall to his eternal death.
Now that all her enemies have been eliminated, the blue haired person allows herself to relax, sighing and relaxing her muscles and body. With the usual calm and kind smile on her face that Miko and her classmates are used to seeing in college, Hoshimachi walks towards the deceased man and recovers her knife.
The assassin is just one meter away from Miko. The terrified girl with the green eyes stares with a lot of fear at the blue haired person, who notices the intense gaze of her classmate and now looks back at her, keeping that calm smile on her lips. Due to the illumination outside, the red window illuminates this room with a red color, a color that reflects on Suisei’s eyes and gives the impression that her blue eyes are now red.
Red, the color of anger. Red, the color of death. Red, the color of Blood.
“Yaaaaa~ Sorry for the wait Sakura-san~ Hehe, I’m sorry for taking so long to get rid of these guys, but I didn’t have to kill so many people in such a short amount of time in a while. I guess I got a bit rusty, hahaha.” She speaks as she walks carefreely towards the girl.
Now she is inches away from her college classmate, so Hoshimachi gently and elegantly extends her left hand covered in blood, with the intention of offering a hand to Miko. The pink haired person panics and slaps her hand. “STAY AWAY FROM ME!!! YOU’RE A MONSTER!!!”
Suisei on her side looks clearly surprised by Miko’s behavior. “Eh? What’s the problem Sakura-san? Why do you refer to me in such a mean way? I know that what I did must have been shocking to you, but I saved your life. Now you’re free, you can return to your daily life.” Hoshimachi grins. Her smile days ago would make Miko go absolutely crazy, but right now the only emotion that gives her is pure horror.
“LEAVE ME ALONE PLEASE!!! I NEVER ASKED FOR YOUR HELP!! I WOULD HAVE PREFERED TO DIE THAN BEING SAVED LIKE THIS!! YOU MURDERER!!!”
“Sakura-san…..” Suisei’s voice sounds hurt, as if Sakura’s words were the biggest pain she has received today. She was so busy killing everyone who kidnapped her date that without realizing, she also killed the image of Hoshimachi Suisei that lived inside Miko’s head, an image that right now is shattered into multiple pieces.
Miko was expecting the worst, that Suisei would go crazy and continue with her massacre, adding her to the list of her victims… But what the handsome blue lady does is to kneel down, her face close to Sakura. Her usual cool and calm attitude has not left her face. “Sakura-san, I understand you might be scared of me right now, but please listen to me. I’ll never hurt you or cause you any pain like I did with those men, I promise.”
Tears fall from Miko’s green eyes. Her voice shakes. “How do you want me to believe you when… When you-you ki-killed all those people in such a horrible way…”
“Because…” Suisei takes a deep breath and finally can continue with what she wanted to say before being interrupted. “Because you’re special to me, Sakura-san. You’re the person that matters the most to me in this world, the person I can’t stop thinking about all the time even if I try… You’re a person I’m willing to fight for and kill as long as it’s necessary so I can protect you and your sweet beautiful smile. In other simple words, you’re the person I love.”
“Lov-Love… You… You love me?” Miko asks with disbelief. She always dreamed of this moment, the day where her crush would reciprocate her feelings, a moment that would change her life for the better, where she would meet true happiness… But now that this moment became a reality, the fear and despair her heart is feeling is not going away.
“Hehehe~ Come on Sakura-san, please don’t do that face, it doesn’t suit you. Come on, please smile for me~ Show me the smile that I love the most in this world.” Suisei’s cold left hand reaches Miko’s face. The murderer gently caresses the cheek of Sakura for a little bit, and then moves near her lips. Sui’s fingers do an attempt to force a smile on the pink girl, but this only leaves a trace of blood in the form of a smile on Miko’s face. Wet and warm tears continue to overflow from her green eyes, tears that make contact with Hoshimachi’s hand.
The assassin extends her other hand and now holds Miko’s face with both hands. “Fufufu~ It’s alright Sakura-san~ From now on I’ll protect you, I won’t let anyone in this world cause you any harm~” She says in a sweet and full of love voice. The foreheads of both women gently touch, their eyes just inches away from each other. While Miko continues to be absolutely terrified, Suisei on her side is smiling from the bottom of her heart.
“After all, you’re my sweet angel~ Hahaha~”
And from this moment on, the life of both women would change forever.