Real world
“Daisuke, are you listening to us?”- Sara and Hanako tried to get my attention
“Yes, sorry, zoned out for a bit. What were you 2 talking about?”- I looked at them. They giggled
“Is this weirdo for real. Like with Sara and Hanako. The 2 hotties in our school talking to that pervert. Maybe they try to pull a prank”- 2 guys passed us insulting me
“The perverted loser is reading shojo manga, figures.”- Another guy passed me, snatching the manga from my hand.
“Hey, give it back!”- Sara got up at and scolded the guy
“Am I dreaming. Are you defending him?”- He got confused somehow
“Give it back!”- Hanako also got up.
“I don’t understand why are wasting time with this loser?”- He looked at me in disgust
“Why do you care? It’s my choice who I spend time with, not yours”- Sara gave him a mean look
“Why would you choose this loser over me? Last night you, leave it be I can’t believe it”- He threw the manga in my face
“Jackass”
“I am sorry”- I tried to get up, but Sara nodded her head and dragged me back on the bench
“He is still upset that I rejected him last week”- Sara handed my manga back
“It’s not your fault, Daisuke. He would have acted like this anyway”- Hanako tried to look at me. I was covering my face
“It’s still my fault and my bad reputation. Everyone is looking at us. Like we are aliens”- Somehow this is making me feel ashamed of who I am
“I don’t care what they say. I wanted to approach you for a long time. We saw you a long time, but we got the courage now, we didn’t have an opportunity”- Sara tried to hide a little embarrassment
“Thank you.”- I bowed my head
The bell rung, time for the 3rd class of the day. I got bored out of my mind here. I couldn’t do anything other than give right answers, there was nothing to learn
3rd break
The 2nd break felt like it lasted forever. This is meal time as I remember. Everyone was in the canteen. I followed along and got my meal. I wanted to sit with someone. Sara and Hanako waved their hands. They wanted me to seat near them
“What are you doing here creep?”- One of the guys got defensive, he got up from the seats and stared at me
“Leave him alone”- Hanako grabbed his sleeve
“Why?”- He was confused
“Just leave him alone, ok?”- Sara let me sit in the middle again
I just sat in silence near them, enjoying my meal with them. I felt happy even tho for a bit.
“Look Daisuke. You can feel safe around us. We won’t bully you or do anything. After this, we need to discuss something important, ok?”- Sara and Hanako continued to eat
Flashback
I was in middle school again. I got back from school 5 hours ago. I was having dinner with my parents
“Daisuke, you should stop peeping at girls”- My mom didn’t even look at me
“I know mum but”
“No buts”
“Ok, I won’t”
“Stop doing it, you are a shame to our family by doing this. It’s better if you will stop talking all together than make our family ashamed”- My mom was silent for months with me
Real world:
I barely ate anything. I rushed to eat as much as possible
We went outside. We sat under as Sakura tree hidden from everyone
“Look Daisuke. We could read you like an open book”- Sara and Hanako got closer to me
I stayed silent
“We figured you out. You were bullied into this state. We had a similar experience, we are transfer students, everything was kept quiet. When we arrived at school we had the same behavior as you, it was overlooked because we were girls, even the teachers told us that”- Them too?
“This is too quick. I mean, it’s had been less than a day”
“Doesn’t matter to us”
The first time I made friends
4TH class
I can’t remember that much from this. Class is mostly boring for me. This time, Sara sat next to me in class. I wasn’t sitting alone for the first time
4th break
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I looked after Hanako and Sara again. I don’t know where they went, but I bumped into the eventually
“Let’s sit on a bench, ok?”- I followed Sara and Hanako to a bench
“Daisuke. Can you help me understand something here? I couldn’t grasp it last class.”- Sara was showing me her notes. She had to solve a problem for Economics. She didn’t understand a simple principle. I showed her anyway
“Thank you”- She smiled and nodded her head after I helped her
“Want some ice cream?”- Hanako offered to share an Oreo ice cream sandwich to me. She had 3 sandwiches with her. One for everyone, including her.
“Thank you”- I smiled for the first time. I could fell like I have true friends for the first time
At the end of the break, Hanako and Sara gave me their phone number
5th class
We got an easy test this time. It’s not worth mentioning
5th break
I was sitting with Hanako and Sara
“Get lost scum. Hanging around my little sister will get you nowhere!”- A tall man pulled me up by my shirt collar and punched me once. Did he say little sister?
“Akihiro, cut it out. Stop picking on Daisuke!”- Sara grabbed his hand. She was angry
“I don’t know why do you defend that scum, you know what he does?”- He dropped me on the bench, I hit my back
“Gosh, give him a break. Listen to him in the first place and quit being a jackass, you aren’t helping anyone!”- Sara helped me to get up. Her brother left, he spit in my face. Everyone began to laugh
“Daisuke, look. The next time someone does that, stand up for yourself, it does not matter who that person is”- Sara helped
6th class, we had PE
It was a nightmare playing dodgeball
“Everyone, get ready to choose a teammate”- The teacher announced
No one from the boys team chose me. This time I was chosen by Sara and Hanako to play dodgeball
I arrived home happy
“Daisuke. Come here now!”- My mom was filled with anger and disgust in her voice
“Ok”- I was scared what will my mom say
“Not again. I got another call from school. You were peeping at girls again. And what’s worst, you try to talk girls into your weird things. Would you stop being such a shame for us!?”- My mom did nothing but scream and get angry at me. She had known about all of these years of torment I had to endure.
I mostly resorted to petty behavior in the past to get friends. I have mostly given homework answers to people, so they will hang out with me. Sometimes I will talk myself up to a standard I can’t even support myself. I hate this way of life
“Your sister will come shortly. Make sure to behave!”- She screamed at me one last time
I had gone into my room. I cover myself with my blanket. I was watching anime again. All I could ever do is watch anime. Sara and Hanako barely know me. I hope that thing will go well. I had to wait until my sister comes
“Open the door, Daisuke!”- The same angelic voice. The voice of my sister. She is 23 but still has the looks of a teen
I opened the door, smiled when I saw Haruhime
“How are you doing?”- She entered my room and sat on my bed
“I am ok actually”- My voice begun to get faint
“Don’t lie. Mom scolded you again?”- Haruhime signaled me to sit near her
“Yes. I just want not to be a shame to all of you”- I can’t look her in the eyes
“Look. Be yourself, mom doesn’t know what she talks about. I understand, don’t give her much attention. She always complains about this. Daisuke, don’t be hung up on them just because they are your parents. I am sure if you had a new start somewhere you won’t be this way”- Haruhime stood up on the bed, so she can reach to pat my head
“Thanks. 2 things. How do I get a new start. And 2 I think I made 2 new friends”- Haruhime smiled, a little surprised, her eyes seemed to light up
“First, you already have the new start. 2 I am happy, Daisuke. So how are these new friends?”
“Well, their names are Sara and Hanako. They didn’t do anything to me. They only talked to me”
“Here, tell me more”- Haruhime tried to comfort me, putting my head in her lap
“They were the first to ask me about myself without making fun of me or pulling a prank related to my hair”
It felt so comforting, so good to sit like this with a person that understands what I am saying.
“That’s great. Are you seeing them this weekend?”- Haruhime turned me face up and looked me in the eyes. Her facial features were so cute
“Yes. At a shojo manga publishing this Saturday”- I tried to hide my happiness, but I somehow failed
“Well, I will go with the 3 of you if this is fine”- I got my head up from Haruhime’s lap. She got something from her bag. It was a lolicon manga
“Here. I think you will like it”- Haruhime handed it to me. It was an older manga. I read it on the spot, it was so good. My older sister knows what to buy me
“Thank you, sis!”- I hugged my older sister.
Later this day I called Hanako and Sara
“Hello, Daisuke, is that you?”
“Yes, look, I can’t come today. I can for sure arrive this week at the manga publishing
“That’s ok. Take care!”
I have to 2 days to prepare for our meeting at the manga publishing. My mom is home for the weekend, she always scolds me with every occasion
“Come down Daisuke!”- She had the same tone
“I am coming”- I descended the stairs. Great, my mom got another call from school
“Again. The principal called me. You were harassing 2 girls all breaks today. The brother of one of the girls told the principal. You aren’t going anywhere anyway. Just don’t even look out of the window. I, much more, wish to keep you in a basement than show you to others”- Why does her words hurt so much
“Cut it out, mom. Stop being such an ignorant bitch about my brother’s problems. What the fuck are you doing?. You aren’t helping at all. You know he has 0 social skills and has to resort to things like this. It’s all your fault here for being a crappy parent. Daisuke is doing his best”- My mom turned to look at my sister
“You should shut up. You know how much shame he brings to our family?”- My slammed her hand on the table
“I won’t shut up mom, Daisuke is doing his to make friends, he does all that because he doesn’t know how to talk to people, if 2 people offered to talk and be his friends there is nothing wrong with that. Mom, you just care about your image.”- Haruhime got up on a chair and slammed her fist in response
They argue again, better go in my room, Haruhime always defended and took care of me. It will be better for some people if I was dead
I spend the rest of my day in my room, didn’t unlock my door to anyone but Haruhime
“Open the door please”- Her cute and warm voice, it was irresistible. I unlocked the door and let her in
She sat on my bed
“It doesn’t matter what mom says. You are going with Sara and Hanako on Sunday. I will set everything with mother, ok? Enjoy your life Daisuke”- I spent more time with my sister until it was time to sleep
Dream:
“Hey, look, it’s Daisuke!”- Everyone was pointing at me. What was wrong with me. What was happening?
“What is happening?”- I was confused. I tried to look around. All the faces were blurred. I can’t recognize anyone
I was running without any goal. They were following me everywhere. I took a minute to sit down all of they gathered around me began punching me, hitting me with stones
“Die”
“Go”
“Come here”
What the hell are they saying? What should I do?. I got up and started running again, what the hell is happening? Why are they after me?