Chapter 5 Despair

My weekend was over and I had to go back to kindergarten, and I absolutely hated it, no matter what era children were always annoying always crying over the smallest things.

My mom dropped my off to school by foot because we couldn't drive the car to save money.

"Bye, have fun" she said.

I quietly went in and stepped into my classroom and the first thing I saw was kids showing off their quirks to the other kids, the kids with the "cooler" quirks recieved attention and blatant favouritism from students and teachers alike while the quirkless ones were ignored or even worse, bullied.

A kid came up to me and asked.

"Hey, Shigeo what is your quirk"

"I didn't awaken it yet but the doctor said that I will later" I replied

The kid made an 'o' with his mouth and quietly went back to showing off his quirk apparently he got a salt creation quirk, he could disintegrate his nails and create salt and for some reason the other kids found it cool.

I did my best making it through the classes, I was called the quiet and intelligent kid as I only answered when talked to and always got full grades, if I couldn't answer simple kindergarten questions then it would be a disgrace to my 2 master's degrees.

Finally school ended and I saw my mother talking with the other mothers waiting for me their children.

"Mom let's go" I said as I got close to her

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"How has school sweetie?" She asked

"Boring" I gave my usual truthful reply

She chuckled and said "It is because you are so smart, my little genius"

As we were walking I asked her "mom do you think we will go back to how we were"

"Yes we will, your father is searching for jobs around, it is only a matter of time before he gets one, and besides didn't you promise us that you will help us, so of course we will go back to how we were, especially with your help" She answered, I found it weird how mom was talking ever since we got back from the quirk test but since she is my mother I didn't think too much of it.

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An year passed but things did not get better instead they got worse.

The year was almost over but my quirk showed no signs of awakening we began doubting the doctor's words, my father to cope with the stress started drinking and from his pale complexion and weird behaviour I suspect that he has been taking drugs as well.

One night my dad didn't come home even though it was very late but we weren't worried because he called us and told us that he would be late beforehand, so I just sat there at the dining table while my mom washed the dishes.

Soon the doorbell was rung and my mother

dried her hands and went to open the door, my father limped inside, he was a drinking mess he had a ragged and messy beard, dark circles under his eyes, slightly sunken cheeks and a bottle of cheap alcohol in his right and only hand.

My mother supported him and was about to guide him to the table when he suddenly gave out a guttural roar and smashes the alcohol bottle on my mother's heads, then he pushed my mother to the ground and started ripping off her clothes however he could, my mother and I cried out to him but he didn't seem to listen as he was distracted trying to r*pe my mom I picked up the flower vase kept on the table and did the only thing that came to my mind, I smashed it at the back of his head, he fell to the ground blood flowing out the back of his head freely.

He with some struggle got up from the floor and turned to look at me his bloody face and bloodshot eyes glaring at me as he yelled.

"You! It's all because of you!" he continued" You couldn't awaken a quirk on time that's why we are like this!!!" saying that he lunged at me i jumped aside and picked up a sharp piece that broke off the alcohol bottle as soon as he turned around and jumped at me I plunged the shard into his chest as his eyes slowly lost their light, before dying he said something in a whisper.

"If only you weren't born."

I fell to ground with his corpse over me blood staining my clothes, i pushed the animal's body aside as I slowly got up, my mother just looked at me and my father's dead body in what I assumed to be shocked silence as I slowly crawled over and sat beside her.

"Shigeo, go and wash yourself thoroughly, make sure not a single stain of blood is left on you." She said.

I was surprised how quickly she recovered as I expected her to be more affected by this, I moved on quickly as this wasn't my first time killing someone, in my previous life killing was inevitable if you wanted to survive.

I did as she said and dumped the clothes in a corner of the bathroom, later I came down with a fresh set of clothes.

To my surprise the body and the shards of glass had disappeared and my mother was wiping the blood with a mop.

"Shigeo, quickly pack all the clothes in a suitcase and take all the valuables, we are leaving this house."she said to me.

I nodded and quickly got to work understanding her thoughts.

An hour later all the blood was cleaned and the body was disposed of somewhere only my mother knew.I carried the suitcases and bags filled with most of the things we owned down and put them in the dining table.

My mother now in new clothes held some of the bags along with the car keys.

"Come let's go" she said

We got in the car and drove off towards a nearby motel and checked in a basic room.

I slept as soon as my head hit the cushion due to all the mental and physical exhaustion catching up to me.

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The next day I learned the my mother has managed to sell the house to someone earning us some money.

We checked out of the motel and went out in search of a cheap apartment we could rent.

Soon we found an apartment for 30 000 yen a month and unpacked our belongings.

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During dinner which consisted of instant noodles I asked my mom

"Mom do you think It was wrong to kill him?"

"Don't worry about that honey it wasn't your fault just let mommy handle everything." she said to give me relief.

I breathed a sigh of relief upon realising that my mother didn't hate me for killing her husband.

After eating the rest of the meal in silence we both laid on the futon and drifted to sleep in each other's embrace

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