Its not a dream, but a nightmare.

"Why did I do that? Why? Why does my past hunt me like this?"

His voice followed as his hands was covered in blood, in despair and grief. He quickly flees from the crime scene. Removing his mask, he gives off a big sigh. He clearly hates himself...

Not long after, he reached his apartment. An old, rusty apartment. Suddenly, it started to rain. He opens the lock, enters his room and says,

"Im home."

No response. He lives alone. He giggles a little.

"I don't deserve to be welcomed back."

He goes straight to his room. He didn't have dinner, because there's nothing left home that he can eat. He sometimes work part time, but thats all. But there's no need to worry. He drank an energy drink in the morning and coffee during lunch, so it should be fine. He should survive a few days without food, right?

Although he kills lovers, he doesn't take anything from them. He doesn't steal. Hearing that might be strange. Like, why should a person kill even though he doesn't want anything from them? That's straight up psychopathic behaviour. I mean, yeah. But he is not a psychopath. He is conscious. Its his past that comes out when he sees lovers in schools, shops. When his past trauma comes out, he becomes a different person. He tries his very best to conceal his dark side. But when he sees couples alone in a dark alleyway, enjoying themselves and fooling around, he snaps. His dark self draws out, killing those who get to see his face.

But right after he kills those couples, his consciousness comes back and he regrets his decision. Then this cycle continues. Basically, he has a split personality that he cannot control.

In his room, he directly goes to bed. He is tired. Mentally out of this world, he can't determine his true self. He remains like this until he falls asleep.

That day, the had a dream. Well, it's actually not a dream, but a nightmare.

In the dream, he saw his mother, lying in the floor. Her eyes were soggy from overwork, her whole body was slender from the lack of nutrition. But thats not important. What's important is the 2 bullet marks in her belly, from where blood is flowing out like a stream of river. The smell of burnt skin from the cigarette marks from her hands. And on the other end, there was the five year old Hiroshi, terrified of what he is seeing. Her mother told her last words to him before she died, those word that he will forever remember in his heart.

His breathing starts to increase.

Before she died, she said with a smile,

"Don't make the same mistake as me. Live on to have a happy life. Remember, love is the greatest curse."

The last line echoed in his head. He wakes up, terrified and gasping for air. When he realises its dream, he calms down. The sun was rising. He went up and drank a glass of water. Then he starts off his life.

Unlike her father, her mother was an absolute beauty. When he was young, he considered his mother as the most beautiful person in the world. He got his looks from his mother. He is quite handsome. He works out everyday before going to school, so he has a nice body too. But the only problem is, he is broke.

He is not an introvert. He has quite some friends too. But he doesn't get too close to them. So that if any of his friends get a girlfriend, he could kill them without mercy. Overprotective friends, am I right?... probably not.

Today, Hiroshi ended up in a sticky situation.

"Huh? I'm the Quixotic Predator, right? I'm supposed to kill couples, right? Then WHAT THE HECK AM I DOING IN A GROUP DATE???"

To explain this, lets go back a few hours,

He was minding his own business in school, aloof from his surroundings and ignoring them completely, when his friends invited him to a party. But the thing is, it wasn't completely a party.

"Hey Hiroshi, wanna come hang out? We are going on a karaoke."

"No thank-", he was about to say no, but then he realised something,

"Wait. Going to Karaoke means I will get free food, right? I can't miss this opportunity. How many day it's been since I've had a decent meal?"

"Okay. I will go."

Well, seeing his reply, his other friends were quite, shocked. That guy who always rejects their invitation is now accepting it? Some of them were even questioning if they were in the real world or in a dream. One even pinched himself to confirm. It hurt. Its not a dream, its real!

That was quite disrespectful towards Hiroshi. I mean, he do accept invitations once every two years approximately. So it's not that bad, right? Right? Anyway...

They did as they promised him and took him to a karaoke. But what they didn't tell him was that girls were also coming too. Apparently, they were trying to get girlfriends for themselves. They knew that Hiroshi would decline as soon as he knew it was a group date, so they decided to keep it a secret. Well, thats not a problem for Hiroshi. Because he is gonna kill them those who will get a girlfriend anyway. No exceptions made. And thats how the Quixotic Predator, the one who kills couples, got stuck in a group date...

I mean, he could've just went up and walked away from there. But the main thing is, he is hungry. He is trying his best not to unleash his dark side. His hands are trying to reach the knife and mask in his backpack. But he can't do that. He has to keep himself calm. Meal is more important than murder, at least for now.

Let's just say, our boy Hiroshi is the most handsome guy in his group. So all the girls were targeting him. They were surrounding him like a pack of bees. He has a nice physique too. That adds a plus point for the girls. Well, he also made sure to remember the girls' faces too. Because they are the ones who are gonna be killed. The girls were not from the same school, but from different schools. Although every other girl were surrounding him, a particular girl was doing nothing. Observing them from a distance, her gaze was cold. She had white, long hair. The funny thing is, her name was Yuki. Which, if you didn't know, meant "Snow" in Japanese. It is quite synonymous with her behaviour.

Some guys were trying to talk with her, but she gave them the cold shoulder. Although her gaze was cold, she seemed to be particularly interested in Hiroshi too. So the other guys didn't bother to talk with her.

Soon after, the group date ended with great success for Hiroshi, and a great loss for his friends. They weren't jealous of him tho. Well, according to Hiroshi, the group date was a great success too. He now knows his next target to kill, and he has a full stomach too. He sees this as an absolute win.

The next day was going to be another normal day for Hiroshi, until Yuki decides to ask out Hiroshi after school. Yes, that cold gazed Yuki. Not only that, his friends were there too. They were shocked. For Yuki to ask out that guy? Seems unbelievable for them. But thats what happened.

By the way, Yuki is an absolute beauty. Her cold gaze, white hair, her face everything was pretty. For a guy like him, it was a jackpot. But you might be thinking that because of his past traumas, he would reject her, right?

"W-would you like to g-go out with me?", she stuttered.

The wind stopped. Everyone is silent. What happened? They look like they froze in time. The other boys were shocked.

Meanwhile his mindset,

"Huh? This girl has some guts. I have to calm down first. My hand is craving for that knife that I have in my backpack. But what should I do? It's obvious to reject her and then kill her, right? If I reject her, then she will find another man to date, so I have to kill her. Wait no. If I accept, then she will be an easy target. I can lure her in the alleyway and kill her right then and there. Yep. Thats what I'm gonna do. But man, what do I say?"

He was thinking what to say. But in the end, he couldn't find anything in his vocabulary to say and just said,

"Okay."

Talk about being awkward.

She was a girl from another school. He doesn't actually know from which school she was from, but who cares, right? Shes good looking and thats all should matter, right?

Anyway, Hiroshi was about to go home and think how he should kill her. But then, she said,

"Umm. I-if you don't mind, w-would you like to go on a d-date t-today?"

Well, that was quick. Confession, acceptance and a date in one day? Hiroshi was going to decline the offer, but his friends were not gonna stay as spectators anymore. They pushed Hiroshi and Yuki to go on a date, today. Hiroshi has some good friends that truly care for him. They weren't jealous, but happy. They are the wingman everyone needs, but don't deserve.

"Call us for any tips.", they said. Not sure what tips they were talking about. But one thing for sure. Todays the day, Hiroshi's going to be bankrupt.