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It was just a regular day in Akademi, some students are happy, some are shy, some are stressed.
But this one student, who happens to be shy is......
....scared.
Horuda Puresu-no, her name was Horuda Umetsu-is a very shy girl who is mainly quiet, timid, and.....fragile.
As she walked over to her usual spot-the corner of the rooftop, some whispers were heard from behind her.
it was Musume and her friends.
❛Horuda Puresu❜ is a nickname Musume calls her by, and every time Horuda is even seen alone, Musume and her cronies would bully her.
Sometimes, Horuda wishes that Musume would stop the bullying.
Well, on Wednesday, Horuda is in her usual spot, reading a horror novel of some kind, when all of a sudden, she hears the familiar voice of Hoshiko Mizudori-one of Musume's friends, and a very mean bully.
❝Puresuuuuuuuu~❞ Hoshiko's voice echoed through Horuda's ears, ❝What are you reading? A dumb book?❞ Hoshiko laughs at her own joke.
Before Horuda can respond, in one swift motion, Hoshiko grabs Horuda's novel, and she pauses for a moment, before ripping the pages of the book, laughing menacingly. ❝What are you going to do now? Rat on me~? Oh, wait! No one would ever believe you!❞
Horuda can only watch as Hoshiko tears yet another thing she has-this wasn't the first time Musume and her cronies destroyed something that has belonged to Horuda, and her hands were at her sides, her right hand touching the box cutter hidden next to her skirt. Horuda has carried that box cutter for self-defense in case one of Musume's gals did something, that box cutter is also used for.....something else...
Now, Horuda would cowardly run away, but something in her...snapped.
Tears started to flow in her eyes, ❝Awww, is Horuda crying~? Are you going to run away and call your mommy? Pathetic!❞ Hoshiko sneered
❝Y-Y.....Y-You.....❞
❝I-I-I-I what? Can't even speak normaly~?❞
❝You.....You're g-going to-❞
Horuda lunged at the fake blonde, box cutter in both hands.
❝Pay for THIS!❞
The fragile girl stabs Hoshiko right in the chest, Hoshiko screams, but the sound was quite faint, Horuda keeps stabbing her till no movement was seen to Horuda's eyes.
Oh.
OH.
Horuda just killed someone.
Blood is stained on her clothes, her face, her hands...
Okay, I just need to go change my clothes in the shower room...without getting caught, of course. Horuda thinks, But how? Should I wait till classtime? That is probably a good idea-
❝Huh?❞
Horuda snaps out of her thoughts and looks at the other side of the rooftop, there was Aoi Ryugoku-the enforcer of the student council, coming this way!
Oh no
Horuda thinks for a moment: Should she run? Hide the body? Leave it?
Horuda makes a move.
She grabs the now-stained box cutter, and she runs towards the stairs, she runs to the first floor girl's restroom; the one next to Class 1-1.
The fragile girl is out of breath, she opens the sink, and washes the box cutter. It took about a few seconds before the stains were gone. Horuda held the box cutter to her chest, sitting on the floor of the bathroom.
Meanwhile...
Aoi Ryugoku notices a motionless figure laying still on the rooftop. ❝What the hell?❞ The enforcer walks towards the figure, and she looks at the body of Hoshiko Mizudori. ❝Damn it! This won't get unpunished!❞
❝Gotta get a teacher!❞
...
Horuda hears Aoi's voice echoing through the stairs. Oh no, oh nonononononononononono! She has to act quick! She doesn't have much time; her clothes are still stained with blood, she feels her sanity decrease, and the police are going to arrive sooner or later.
She makes a very risky move.
The timid girl runs from the restroom, and towards the storage area. Somehow, she manages to run there without being spotted by faculty.
Horuda hides behind the wodden piano in the storage room, and waits till the coast is clear. The Occult club members walk to the storage room, and do their daily routine of......watching the piano-which is, apparently, one of the seven mysteries of Akademi.
Well, lucky for her, the Occult club are leaving, good. Horuda stands up, and she turns around-
❝Hey, what are you.....doing here?❞
It was Kokuma Jutsu, one of the Occult club members, she was standing next to the door, arms crossed.
❝O-Oh, I...I..uhm-❞
❝And why are you covered in blood?.....Did you hurt someone....?❞
No answer from Horuda, God damnit, why didn't she wait longer? The short-haired girl steps closer to the fragile girl.
❝Why aren't...you answering? Did you actually hurt-❞
❝Kokuma! Why...aren't you coming with us? Come on!❞
The other Occult girl's voice was heard, Kokuma walks towards the door, giving Horuda a cold glare. She then leaves the storage room, leaving Horuda alone.
Horuda waits for a few seconds, before bolting towards the girls shower room. panting heavily when she reaches her locker. Ugh, now she has a witness.
Horuda then changes her clothes, leaving her in a towel, she then goes to the shower and bathes.
A few minutes passes, and Horuda's body is not covered in blood anymore. She walks towards her locker, and she changes to her gym uniform. Horuda sighs, and she sits down on the floor of the shower room, looking at the still-stained uniform.
She can go to the Home-Economics room and place her uniform inside the washing machine, but someone might notice it, and the washing machine takes a long time to wash clothes, considering that the police are going to show up in under a minute, so, the only thing left to do is....
Burn the uniform.
But she can't go there without the delinquents spotting her; she already has someone witnessing her suspicious behavior.
Horuda needs to think fast.
Eventually,...
Horuda grabs her bloody uniform, and she runs towards the incinerator, bracing for whatever comment the delinquents are going to say to her.
She reaches the incinerator, and without wasting any time, she throws the uniform inside, and activates it. Horuda looks at her left, and the delinquent with the yellow shirt was looking at her.
❝What's your problem, freak?❞
The coward backs away from him, she then walks away from the delinquents. God, why did she make eye contact with him?
Police sirens are heard from the gates of the school, and the investigation has begun.
................
The police discovers the body of Hoshiko Mizudori.
They didn't find any murder weapons.
One student-Kokuma-has testified that she had seen Horuda bloody, but the police couldn't really suspect Umetsu due to only one person testifying with zero evidence.
All students are told to leave the school.
Horuda walks away from the gates of Akademi, her hands to her chest. She just killed someone...
She killed a student...
She killed a bully...
And got away with it.
It wasn't long before Horuda reaches the bus station, she stands there, waiting for the bus to arrive.
Gosh, why does she feel so...happy?
Yes, she killed someone that has been bullying her, but she feels....excited, in a way.
All her life, she was just a lonely girl who never made friends; not in middle school, not in primary school, hell, not even in kindergarten!
No crushes, no friends, no nothing.
Horuda snaps out of her thoughts as she hears the bus stopping. She grabs her bag, wears it on one shoulder, and goes to her usual seat; the back of the bus where there are two empty seats, the fragile girl sits in the window seat.
There's no one sitting next to her like always; who would sit with her anyways?
She looks at the window: many students are walking, some are waiting for their friends. It's just......not fair that Horuda never made a friend in her life, but there are some people who did manage to create friendships! It's not fair! It'snotfairit'snotfairit'snot-
❝Is this seat taken?❞
Horuda looks at whoever said that, she almost squeaks when she saw who is was.
It was the delinquent that she made eye contact with.
❝Uhh-no...not taken...❞
The delinquent sits next to her, and Horuda looks at the window, away from him. Why shouldn't she be scared of him? He's a delinquent carrying a bat for God's sake!
The bus starts moving, and the trip to her house is taking almost forever; she keeps glancing at the window, then her lap, then her hands, then at the window again. Clearly, she is nervous...
It's barely 10 AM when the bus stops at the place Horuda live in. She stands up, her bag slung on her shoulder, and she walks towards the door; she can feel multiple eyes on her, she exits the bus, the cool wind hitting her face as the bus door closes and leaves.
Horuda walks towards the front door, and knocks on it.
❝M-Mom, Dad....it's m-me❞
No answer
The person who opens the door is Horuda's older sister: Ayumi Umetsu, AKA, the golden child of the family, and Horuda's older sister by 4 years.
❝Horu! What are you doing here so early? You have school, you know?❞ Ayumi asks, with that fake worried expression on her face that she always does.
❝School.....ended early❞
❝How so?❞ Ayumi asks, looking at Horuda with a suspicious look.
❝T-There.....there was a murder, some...someone was murdered❞
Ayumi is surprised, ❝A murder!?❞ She asks, ❝Tell me more about it!❞
❝C...Can I go inside f-first?❞ Horuda pleads, her voice shaking. Ayumi steps away, letting her younger sister inside. Horuda's mother was in the living room, and she gives Horuda a cold glare when she goes inside. ❝Well, since you came back early, you should study; you have a test tomorrow.❞
❝B-But...I already did y-yesterday-❞
❝No buts, Horuda. Your grades are dropping; you should study and be like your sister Ayumi here.❞ Here we go with the 'be like your sister' talk. Horuda walks to her room, sighing. She closes the door to her room when she goes inside, lying face-first onto her bed, sobbing quietly onto her pillow; this is normal to her, to bawl her eyes out, with no one to comfort her-who would even love her anyways?
Horuda stops crying eventually, and she continues with whatever her routine is when she doesn't have school.
And at 8:30 PM, Horuda scrolls on her phone, wearing a black loose t-shirt with sweatpants, and she sees a post on Yangram.
It was a picture of Musume-of course this girl posts-with the rest of her friends....except Hoshiko, of course.
The caption? "Someone killed our bestie, we won't post much 4 2day"
Horuda closes her phone and she lies on her bed.
She should go to the bathroom and......
Horuda grabs the box cutter from her bag, and goes to the bathroom, locking the door from behind her. She starts off with small cuts on her shoulders, small drops of blood start to escape from her skin. She has done this multiple times before, and yet she is still crying and shaking like this is the first time she has cut herself, she then goes to her arms, cutting it with just pain and suffering, because that is what she deserves, right?
She then sits on the floor, pulling her shirt up, she then cuts on her sides, not causing too much blood to seep out, but also maximizing the pain. Horuda looks at the box cutter when finished; it's stained with her blood. She then puts her shirt back on, walking out of the bathroom and back to her bedroom.
Horuda lays on the bed, starring at the ceiling fan above her, she slowly closes her eyes, letting sleep take over her.
Tomorrow, there will be a test, a security camera, and a suspicion that she is responsible for this.