She accepted my love this easily?

“Hurtful Love”

[Chapter 1 Start]

“Will you go out with me?”

***

My name is Satoru Kenichi. I love sweets. My father died when I was 6 years old. I have no memories of my father other than his face, the reason being his countless portraits present in my house. My mother loved my father dearly. After his death, She was never the same. She went pale. However, she still had to work. My grandparents sent money every month yet it wasn’t enough to run the house. She had to go out to earn money herself every day for me to be able to eat and go to school comfortably. I usually got up late at night to drink water. Every time, I discovered my mother to be crying in front of my father’s portrait. It was how every day was going until…

It was like every day, I came back from school, eating what my mother had cooked for me before going to work.

*Kachik*

The main door opened. Someone entered my house.

“Sweetie! Your mother’s home.”

Mom was back from work. She called me out. I went outside to discover a gangster-looking guy with my mom.

“Kentaro-san, This is my child, Satoru. Satoru, this is your mom’s friend, Mr. Kentaro, say hi.”

“H-Hi Mr. Kentaro.” I said hesitatingly because I was scared.

“You got a nice kid.” Me. Kentaro said.

She brought Mr. Kentaro with her inside and showed him the house. A while later he left.

“My dear Satoru, from now on you will never have to worry about money ever again!” She hugged me tightly while laughing.

*Ding dong*

The doorbell rang.

“Hello! Is anyone home?”

It was my neighbourhood friend, Kaede Kunai. After the death of my father, many neighbors of ours helped us greatly. One of them was Mr. and Ms. Kunai. They sent us food every week. Kaede’s father was also the one who helped to form a friendship between me and Kaede.

I went and opened the door for Kaede.

“Ah, Sakuta! Is your mom home?” She asked.

“Yeah…” I replied.

Her smile dropped because now I can’t go to play with her since I’d been going to play with her daily. And my mother doesn’t let me out of the house at all.

“Who is it?” Mom asked.

“Mom It’s Kaede. She is here to deliver food that they cooked for us.”

“Ah, Kaede-chan! Why don’t you come in?”

“I will do what you could never do in your entire life,” Kaede said.

Kaede came inside the house and then inside the room.

“Hello, Aunty,” Kaede said as she bowed down to show respect.

“Hi, Kaede-chan. How’s your mother and father doing?”

Kaede affirmed their health status by saying “They’re doing fine.” followed by “If you don’t mind, can I take Satoru with me to play?”

I was stunned after hearing those words. I was scared that my mother’s gonna be very angry.

“Sure.” Mom said.

“Huh? Did she just agree to let me out?” I thought.

Kaede grabbed my hand followed by “Let’s go!” as we sprinted out of the house. I thought my mother was in a pretty good mood today so she let me out. But little did I know that this was the first step from my mother to start neglecting me so she could enjoy her life.

***

We reached the playground.

There were 3 neighbourhood children present there including Sakuma Natsu, My other friend. It is best to say that Kaede and Sakuma are my only best friends. We played there till the sun fell. It was now time to go home. It was the most fun day of my life. Perhaps because I wasn’t sneaking out this time. I smiled with all my emotions today.

***

“9:00 Pm.”

It was now nighttime. I was back from the playground. My mother told me to go to sleep. She never told me to do so ever before. Instead of throwing a tantrum, I went to my room.
Since it was early from my sleep time, I was wide awake in my room, waiting for my mind to give up so I can finally go to sleep.

*Knock knock*

Someone knocked on the door.

“Ah, you’re here.” I heard the voice of my mother.

“Please come in Kentaro-san!”

I wondered why Mr. Kentaro was back home. After that, they talked for some time. I couldn’t hear much but after some time, the talking stopped. Now it was dead silence.

*Thud thud thud*

I heard the voice as if someone was hammering something. I got scared. My heartbeat was now distinct. I could hear it in my ears. I went down to drink some water.

“Harder! Harder Kentaro-san!” It was the voice of Mom while she moaned heavily. While the sound of clapping echoed in the house. I went to see what was happening. I could hear the voice from the drawing room. I glanced inside to see Mr. Kentaro and My mom naked doing something as my mom was on the ground moaning. It was the first time I saw my mom like that. She was screaming “Harder! Ha— Harder” Kentaro-sa— I— I mean da— Daddy!” followed by Mr. Kentaro’s “Shut up you stupid bitch!”. I was scared. I wondered why Mr. Kentaro was saying bad words to my mom and why my mom enjoyed it. I ran back to my room.

“Huh? Wh-What was th-that Kentaro-san?”

“Ho, So you have enough energy to talk about other things?”

“Ah, Ah, You’re being too rough! I lo— love it!!"

“Yeah! Scream like the bitch you are!”

I reached my room as tears fell from my eyes wondering what I just discovered. I couldn’t sleep after that.

Shortly enough Mr. Kentaro left.

The next day my mother took me to the amusement park.

“My dear Satoru, Your mother will treat you to all the sweets you want today! I have a lot of money now!”

We went to the amusement park.

“Here, take this money and eat whatever you want. Once you are done. Come to this place and wait for Mom.”

After that, she left me all alone. I went to a nearby shop to buy some sweets.

“Satoru-chan, what are you doing here alone?” I turned to discover Mr. and Mrs. Kunai standing behind me. I tell them what my mother told me.

“Hah, I can’t believe she left a 6-year-old all on its own. Well, why don’t you spend time with us?”

We went on different rides and ate different things.

“Satoru, here. Take this candy apple.” Kaede offered.

It was my first time seeing a candy apple.

“What’s this?” I asked.

‘You’ve never had a candy apple before?!” Kaede said as she was surprised. Followed by “Now you have to take it! It’s really yummy!”

“O-Okay.”

“It’s tasty!” I said.

“See! I told you right.”

After that, I went back to the spot. Mr.and Mrs. Kunai also came with me.

“I have to scold her. How could she leave a 6-year-old all on her own!” Said Mrs. Kunai.

Half an hour went past but Mom didn’t come.

“Let’s go Satoru-chan.” Said Mrs. Kunai followed by ‘We’ll take you to your house.”

I agreed and came back. My mom was already back home.

“Oh, Satoru-chan you are back.” She said. Followed by “Hello Mr. and Mrs. Kunai.” As she discovered them.

“How could you leave a child all alone!” Said Mrs. Kunai.

“I’m sorry for troubling you but thank you for bringing Satoru back.” Said mom.

“What do you mean sorry? He’s your son! You should worry more!”

“Yes, I will be more careful next time. Goodbye.”

“Huh! Wha—”

My mother closed the door as she sighingly said “Huh, So troublesome.”

“Go, do your work. Don’t look at me that way.”

My mom changed. She was never like this before. I went back to my room.

Today, There was a knock too. This time 2 men came into the house. I could tell one man was Mr. Kentaro and the other was someone I couldn’t recognize.

They did it again. The sound of hammering and moaning was very intense today.

Every day went like this until 4 months ago. The day my mother finally died from cancer. She was still whoring around after she discovered she had cancer. I turned 16 now. After the death of my mother, My grandmother used up all her savings for me to transfer to Tokyo and got me an apartment and into a good high school called “The NordicForte Highschool”. It’s one of the most prestigious high schools here in Tokyo.

***

I just transferred to Tokyo. The allowance from my grandmother isn’t enough for me to spend the whole month on. So, I started working at a convenience store for extra change.

Today was my first day at the job. Nothing seems different. Until… She came.

A girl with beautiful black hair, A slender body, and Beautiful dark black pupils came into the store. She bought some razors and some daily necessities. I was captivated by her beauty. It was love at first sight.

“Oh, how I miss these small moments when you were standing in front of me. Only to disappear and never show again. If only I could admire you more.” That is what I thought.

***

“7:00 Am”

It was the first day of school. I spent all my night wondering about that girl.
I reached the school. Everything went as typically it goes on every first day of school. Welcoming the first-years and saying goodbye to the third-years.

I headed to my class right after the announcements.

Door slides

There were a lot of different students here.

“Satoru! You’re here!” Kaede and Sakuma greeted me. It was a pretty new environment for me. But seeing people I know made me happy.

The teacher entered the class. The class went silent.

“Before we start, Who wants to become the class president?” The teacher asked.

I girl raised her hands.

“Hoh, May I know your name?” The teacher asked.

“It’s Mirai, sir. Mirai Hoshino.” Said the girl. She had freckles all over her face, with huge glasses. A typical class president if I say so.

Door slides

“Hah, Sorry, sir. I am late.” It was her. The girl from the convenience store. She was covered in sweat as she took heavy breathing implicating she sprinted here.

“It’s your first day. I will let it slide but there will be no next time.”

“Yes! I’ll be sure to not repeat it ever.” Somehow It was convincing enough to tell everyone she was lying. The teacher let out a huge sigh followed by “Go sit down somewhere.”

She headed toward me and sat on the chair beside me.

“Man, I’m so glad I found a Window side seat empty!” She said to herself. As she looked around, Her gaze fell upon me.

“Aren’t you the guy from the convenience store yesterday!” She said while looking at me. I was surprised to find out that she remembered me.

“Uh, yeah,” I replied.

“Wow, Working at such a young age. I couldn’t.”

***

It was lunchtime now. I found out her name ‘Hinata Tsukime’ when she introduced herself to the class. I invited her to the roof.

“So, why did you call me here?” She arrived.

“Uh— So— I-I wanted to say that… that I really like you after I saw you tomorrow and I can’t stop thinking about you!” I confessed.

“Sure.” She replied.

“Wh- Wait It was that easy?” I said unknowingly.

“Yep.” She replied.

“But there's a condition you’ll have to follow.” She said.

“Huh? A condition?” I replied.

“Yeah.”

“You’ll have to hurt me.”

[Chapter 1 End]