[THE GIRL WHOSE LIFE] - I

[THIRD PERSON POV]

On a clear day, a girl was walking on a street full of people. She looks extremely happy for the mere reason that she gets attention from many students in her school, including her classmates. Today, most of her classmates approached her, and some of them even tried to become her friends, especially the boys.

She is this happy because --

She had always had trouble adjusting to her school because of her looks, which included black hair in two braids and rectangular-shaped spectacles, from the day she started middle school till now.

She just looked like a typical nerd, and she was. She has no friends, is not good at studies, is not good at interacting with others, and gets easily bullied by others. She also dislikes idols or famous people because she knows she can never become like them.

But today, in high school, her thinking somewhat changed because she changed herself for the better, and it only happened because of her mother. And she is very grateful to her mother as she was the one who came up with this brilliant idea.

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After some walking, she stopped at a bookstore to buy her favorite novel. She started reading this novel last month but became captivated by this as soon as she started reading it.

When she entered the bookstore, everyone present inside turned their faces to take a peek at her— Mostly men, though.

'He' was also one of them.

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She walked toward the counter to ask about the whereabouts of the novel she wanted to buy. The guy standing there has a creepy expression on his face, but he does not do anything weird; he answers her question about where the novel is. She thanked him and went to the specified shelf.

"Oh, here it is."

She muttered this under her breath as she spotted her favorite novel on a full shelf of novels. She quickly grabbed the book and held it. Just as she turned her body, someone called out to her.

"Hello there..."

"Hmm?"

When she felt someone was standing just beside her, she turned her face in his direction. There stands a guy who is about 20 years old, or around that age; he has blonde hair and has the nastiest features on his face.

The girl found this guy handsome and charming because her heart started beating just after hearing his voice and looking at his face. He has a smile on his face, which she finds attractive enough that it makes her not see directly into his eyes.

"Um, etto, um..."

"Haha... So cute..."

The girl again tried to say something to the guy, smiling brightly at her, but due to her nature, she did not find the courage to say anything. To which the guy replied by calling the girl a cutie.

This whole thing caused the girl to blush very badly; she started to look down at the ground; her whole face turned red like a tomato. She sometimes takes a peek at his face while looking down.

Watching this expression of the girl,  the guy's smile suddenly turned into a devilish smirk, but the girl didn't even notice that.

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"Well, cutie, let's go somewhere else. There are many people here, and the number of people is also growing rapidly. So, shall we?"

"Um... O-okay"

The girl paused for a second to think about whether she should go with him or not, but when she saw his smile once more, she gratefully accepted his offer. Her heart flutters every time she looks at him. She knows that it's not good to trust any stranger, but in her mind, she thinks that the guy beside him does not seem bad. So it's fine.

As soon as they left the shop, they started to walk in a certain direction.

The girl has already lost herself, as she is blushing like a girl in love, and her heart is also beating very fast. Because the guy is holding her hand as they continue their walk, she doesn't even know where he is taking her, as it seems that the girl is enjoying her time.

On the other hand, the blonde-haired guy is doing calculations on how he would have s*x with her, use her, and then maybe earn money from her by selling her body. He has some experience with these kinds of things—falling innocent girls into his trap and then doing whatever he wants. He has done many other wrong deeds as well, but no one has ever caught him red-handed.

The girl didn't have a single bit of knowledge about his inner thoughts, about how evil he was, about how he would destroy her whole life, or about how she was just too innocent and naïve for her age. As she continuously thanks her mother that she has successfully made a 'friend', who is holding her hand tightly, She is too naïve.

As they continued their walk, they, at last, stopped in their tracks. They are now standing in the innermost part of the alley. The darkness resides in the alley, as nothing is neatly visible here, as only there is some light coming from the houses. The girl is having some difficulty seeing even though she is wearing her lenses, not her usual spectacles, but she is having some difficulties.

While the guy is looking directly at the shivering girl, His smirk also gets large as he loves this type of expression on an innocent girl's face. The guy tightened the grip on her hand; she shivered more at this, but she smiled a little at his action. So he quickly took out a packet of chocolate that contained some aphrodisiac drugs.

He has already decided on an idea in his mind for how to break the girl completely. That is :

He will offer this chocolate to her, she would take it and eat it, then the drug will start to take effect on her, and then... Also, if he has to use some force on her, then he will do it. Because in his mind, there is only one thing going on: he wants to have s*x with her at this instant moment.

"Here, have some chocolate..."

"Hmm?"

The guy gently tapped on the girl's right shoulder to turn her attention back to him, and she turned her head backward to see him. He then showed her the chocolate he had been holding for some seconds and gestured for her to take it. She was confused by all this, as to why he had chocolate in his hand and what does this even mean. But she accepted his chocolate as she did not want to be hated by him.

"T-thank y-you s-so --"

As the girl was going to take the chocolate from the guy while thanking him, there came a boy younger than her. His age seems to be about 12 or 13 years old and is smaller in height than her. He is wearing a costume consisting of a black T-shirt and black trousers with black shoes.

[HERE COMES OUR MC]

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"I am tired, I truly am... I mean, who would have thought that she would be a Shota-con, huh?... Tch, Tch."

[SHOTA-CON: A M*ILF WHO IS ATTRACTED TOWARDS YOUNGER BOYS... lol]

He muttered these words while looking at the ground, looking lost in his thoughts as he completely ignored both of them.

He walked and walked until he stood in front of them, then he raised his face, nodded his head two times muttered something along these lines, 'She is just a crazy woman, huh?'

Then he turned his body and sat on the other side of the pair by taking the support of the wall behind him.

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"YOU..."

"Hmm?"

The guy who was watching and observing the actions done by the boy until now shouted to call out to him. The boy, who settled himself on the ground doing something on his phone, raised his head to look at the guy who called out to him.

"Wha -- Oh, I get it. Here, take this 100 yen coin, okay? Leave now. Let me take some rest."

The boy stood up from his original position. At first, he wanted to ask why he was being called out, but then he suddenly took a 100 yen coin from his back pocket and threw it in the speaker's direction.

"YOU BRAT..."

This makes the guy angry with the boy. So, he shouted once again at the boy. But the boy has another way to look at these things.

"What? Want some more, huh? Sorry, I can't, okay? I also want to live, you know... Oh, man. Don't make that kind of face. This will only make me look bad. Tch, okay take this also. Here, catch it... Ah, good boy. Now, shoo..."

The boy was surprised at the guy's persistence in shouting, so the boy again took out a 100 yen coin from his pocket and threw it to him, making the guy catch this coin also, as he did with the previous one. And the guy did make the pose of catching and he did it.

"Oh, good catch man. Now, take your girl out from here. Got it?"

"YOU FUCKER... WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE ME DO, HUH? I WILL NEVER LEAVE. YOU LEAVE, BRAT. AND TAKE THESE COINS BACK..."

"Oya. You are not a beggar, huh? I see, I see... But you know what, if anyone else sees your face, they would think of you as a beggar... No, don't be angry... I am just stating facts. But, what's that? Hmm, is that chocolate?"

"YOU... YOU... IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS. JUST LEAVE, I SAID"

"Ah, no, no I will not leave."

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[??????????'S POV]

What is going on? What the hell happened just now? How did things come this far? How can I be this naive? And why am I the one to get caught by someone like him? I didn't do anything wrong to him or anyone else, so why? Why GOD? Why?

"--i?"

"..."

"--ki?"

"..."

"SAKI?"

"Hmm?"

My mother kept calling out my name while hugging me tightly and slowly wrapping her hands along with a towel around my shivering body. On the other hand, I was just lost in my thoughts, ignoring her presence.

My mother's appearance can be said as terrible because her tears kept coming from her drenched eyes. She kept apologizing to me, again and again, even though it was not her fault. She didn't do anything wrong, but she finds herself guilty for me being in this state.

It's all my fault for believing that stranger from the very beginning. It was my naive thinking because of which things go this far.

If only I didn't believe that guy, if I only didn't find that guy's smile charming, if only I didn't accept his wish to come along with him here in this alley.

Yeah, if only I didn't --