A Hug.....no naughty thoughts

The next day was going somewhat the same as yesterday.

Not fully peaceful like yesterday, I was still spoken ill of here and there but I didn't mind it that much.

Maybe because of exams they were not paying much attention to me.

The morning was also a little enjoyable because of Uragao-san. After school I had to decline Uragao-san because of the sale and stuff with Sachi-san. Uragao-san went home with Kiyoko-san and Fumiko-san. Usually we three would go home if we met during leaving school. They didn't treat me indifferently, which made me quite happy.

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I was walking down the streets.

Honestly I was pretty sad because of not being able to walk home together with her, it's been years since I last went home with a friend…..

A friend,...huh.

Are we friends though?

She does talk to me but that doesn't necessarily mean we are friends.

……..I would have been happy if she thought we were.

Should I ask someday?

There is no other way than this. But…..but I am scared to hear the response and lose what I have.

…

No point in thinking about it.

I distracted myself by looking around the shops.

I was still around an hour early so I walked slowly and took a long route.

A cake shop.

A meat shop.

A lady bargaining with the vegetable show owner.

A flower shop.

A 100 yen shop and a child inside it looking for what to buy as his eyes were beaming looking around.

A coin laundry.

A man pinning down a lady against a wall in backalley street.

Some House.

Childers running.

Huh?

A man pinning down a lady?

Tracing back my steps I looked again.

It really was happening!

A pervert, stalker or something maybe.

He was restraining both of her hands with his left hand against the wall and was saying something to her.

The woman was crying.

I slowly headed a little closer and peeked from behind the walls as my mind tried to figure out what to do.

The woman looked like a college student. A foggy dark cloud-like thing warped around her which only I know what was and can see. I couldn't see her face or clothes but well I could tell she was a college student because of the books on the ground.

Frightened I, thought to call the police.

The man was still yelling something in a low voice which I couldn't care to listen to.

I pulled out the phone from my pocket.

W-what was the number again?

My hands were shaking as I tried to dial as fast as I could.

1..1-

“You!!!”

The man yelled loudly.

I jerked my head towards them.

The man looked angrier. I knew this wasn't going in a good direction, not that it was in a good place to begin with.

“Stop! Please!!” she cried.

No other choice, Have to step in!!

Even though I wish for a normal life, I myself am abnormal.

I ran towards him.

Heating up my lower half until smoke came out which no one else than me could see. I ran and dropkicked him in the face.

Looks like used a little too much power because his face was buried in the wall in front, when I looked.

“O-Oops!”

“Eh?!” The lady opened her eyes after she heard the ‘bamm’ sound and her hands were released.

“ A-Are you okay?” I don't know why asked because of course she wasn't.

“Y-yeah!” she bawled her eyes out and clinged to me.

Ehhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Hands up in the air, I didn't touch her.

There's no time for this, Onee-san!!

“You..” the buried face pulled itself out of the wall.

Covered in blood and filled with rage he looked at me.

“You will pay for this!!!”

He throwed a punch at me.

Really? How are you still standing sir?

I dodged it, he went running past me. I started running the horses of my mind to think of an escape route while struggling with the Onee-san clinging to me.

Think!Think! Think of something please!!

He turned and charged with another fist.

I dodged again.

Now, it was turned into a game.

He kept coming at me with different attacks and I kept dodging with the Onee-san on me.

It was pretty hard.

“Onee-san!! Please st-”

“Yaaaa!!”

She wasn't listening at all.

But there was one more problem.

Do something about those watermelons of your Onee-san!!! I can't keep dodging forever with a distraction like that!

Our back was against a wall now.

“Enough running around.”

Sweating with all that dodging. I was figuring out a way to escape.

I can’t run because the Onee-san is still clinging to me nor can I attack with her in the way, my hand movements are restricted.

……

Legs!! Yes legs!

I could do something with them, but what? she is still in a way.

He cracked his knuckles and pulled back his fist.

It will hurt with the burn marks please stop!

“Stop playing hero you bastard!”

I wish I was a hero, sir. Please have mercy.

The punch was set in motion.

Only one attack came into mind considering the situation.

Sorry Onee-san, I have to touch you.

I grabbed the shoulders of the Onee-san and pushed her a little aside, she still didn't let go of me.

The punch was a finger away from my face.

Scared of the incoming pain maybe I did put a little too much power in my attack.

Eyes closed. A powerful pull back and let go of my left leg.

I kicked him in the nuts.

It was either my face, his nuts or nothing.

Opening my eyes slowly like I do after watching a jumpscare scene in horror movies, I looked around.

His fist wasn't in sight nor was he.

“Owwwwwww…..”

A moan invited me to look down.

The man was curled up on the ground.

“S-sorry,sir!” without wasting a second I grabbed the hand of Onee-san and ran away from there while shouting it.

It looked horribly painful, I felt second hand pain.

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We ran to a park.

My face was hurting really bad because of all that expression I made out of fear.

Thankfully Onee-san was back to her senses by that time.

“We…hufff…we should be fine here.” I was out of breath.

I should do a little more exercise. We sat on the benches under the shades of a tree.

“O-Onee-san , are you hurt?”

I turned to look at her and realized I was still grabbing her hand.

“S-sorry!!!”

I let go of her hand and asked again,

“Are you hurt Onee-san?”

“No, thank you for saving me. Really really thank you!”

“N-no worries…………..Then………..please call someone to pick up, bye Onee-san.” I wanted to leave because there was nothing else I could do.

I already asked if she was hurt and I don't think a complete stranger can comfort her and on top of it all she is a onee-san, girl,lady and the person in question is me.

“Eto!.....” She stopped me.

“Huh?”

I suddenly remembered looking at her that I completely forgot about the dark foggy clouds.

After I started high school life I completely forgot about the things abnormal with me except the burn mark like scar.

Life was suffocating enough to clog up all other things of life to notice.

Maybe there were more of them on the streets but I never looked up at others while walking in these 2 months so missed them.

“I want to thank you for saving me.”

“N-No it's completely fine.”

“But I am not fine with leaving it like that.”

“But-”

“I want to!”

Onee-san you were crying minutes ago, a normal person would have wanted to rush back home after that.

There were dark clouds to deal with, because now that I have seen them and I can erase them I can't ignore it.

B-but the way to do it is……i can't honestly.

“I will treat you to something.” She came closer

“I-i have to meet someone so I can't come.” I stepped back.

“...W-what about some other day?” she leaned closer.

“I will be busy with studies.” I leaned back.

“..is that so..’ she sulked a little.

Onee-san I am sorry to say this but you are weird.

“I-is there anything I can help you with?” she really isn't backing down.

And the clouds were also annoying me.

I can't take it any more.

“T-then….” I mumbled it.

“What?”

Why did I mumble?

Gosh, Now muster up the courage to say it again.

“T-then……can….i..” my voice kept getting lower.

I looked at her eyes.

She nodded to tell me to keep going.

“C-can i…..get a…hug?”

“Huh?” her pupils dilated.

what ?

Did I say it too low?

Good job now, repeat it again.

“..a…..hug.”

No! I don't have ulterior motives!

It's necessary to get closer to kill or erase the fog whatever you call it.

Onee-san paused for a second there.

Aaaaa..I shouldn't have asked.

“S-sorry, bye!” I tried to run away.

“W-wait!!”

Stopping my running legs, I turned back.

“H-here..”

Onee-san opened her arms.

She wasn't blushing but neither did she have a calm face.

She is really going to let me!!??

“C-come here.”

!!

It's only for killing the fog! It's only for killing the fog!! It's only for killing the fog!!

With slow steps I reached between both of her arms repeating those words.

She wrapped her arms around me.

It's too much!!

I quickly heated up my hands until the smoke came out and erased all the fog by swings of my hand.

Got out of the hug and ran away while shouting,

“Sorry onee-san!! Be safe on your way home!!!”

“Huh???”

Onee-san was left confused in the middle of the park by me.

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At the top of a tall building there were two men.

One sitting at the edge and swinging his legs had a pretty old paper in his hand, the other man was standing at the edge.

Both of them were wearing unique clothes.

“Katsumi-senapi~~, i am tired…”

“We still have to search one more area, Yamamoto.”

“Huhhh!!!, senpai please!! I am too tired to move.”

“No!!”

“Have some mercy senpai!!!! Cant we continue tomorrow~” Yamamoto grabs his legs.

Katsumi looks at him.

“Please senpai~~”

“Okay okay now let go of me!”

“Thanks senpai!!!”

“At least take a look at the map of the region we are going to see next.”

“Yes senapi-sama!!”

He pulls out another old paper from the robe and opens it.

It looked like a map.

The first thing that caught his eyes was a dot on it which disappeared.

“Huh!??”

“What happened?” Katsumi asked.

“O-one of them disappeared suddenly.”

“Really?”

“Ya, there was one around the park but it vanished.”

“Then it's true,huh?”

“What senpai?”

“others said that some of the dots disappeared in their maps also. Maybe someone else is doing our work.”

“Can't it be a problem in the maps?”

“Idiot! The map is never wrong.”

“But there is no one other than us who can kill them.”

“That's also true. Let's leave it at that, there is no one who has figured out the reason.”

Yamamoto looks at the map and says,

“This region has quite a lot of them.”

“Lets hope we can find the cause there.”