Chapter 10 – Kichi’s Backstory

Kichi's pov

"So, you just mentioned Vietnam, right?" Catalina asked breaking the silence. "What you were doing there?"

"Oh, I just graduated from middle school there," I answered back.

"What? Middle school?" Catalina replied back. "Are you supposed to be here in Japan?"

"No," I responded back with an explanation. "I finished my elementary school education in the Philippines."

"What? The Philippines? You lived there?"

"Yes, because me and my mom were ostracized by society because my father had committed a crime."

"Okay, what crime to be exact?"

To that, I crossed his legs and answered back, "It's murder."

Catalina was surprised to hear that.

I then continued, "He murdered his own partner in his missions for unknown reasons."

"What? Really?" Catalina asked back. "Is he an assassin or something?"

"He is a well-known assassin," I responded. '"Have you heard of the 'Red Bullet'?"

"Yes, I do. He is a deadly assassin."

"My father was that Red Bullet."

This shocks Catalina a lot.

"He is?!" she commented.

"Yes, he became a disgrace after he murdered his own assassin partner," I responded back. "As a result, he was arrested and sentenced to death."

"Oh," Catalina replied back.

"And because of that," I continued on, "me and mom are being made fun of for being a son and wife of a traitor and monster."

"Wow, that might be so hard," Catalina commented.

"So, when I was 7, my mom took me away to the Philippines to restart our lives," I again continued telling my backstory, "At first, she worked as a waitress in the city of Manila, but after meeting up with my stepfather, they got married, and we moved to the island of Boracay to live with his parents. At the same time, my mom decided to study to have a teacher's license so she could make a living. My stepfather is a retired soldier and is now working as a hotel staff member in the island."

"Woah, they might be busy parents," Catalina commented again.

"Yeah, but my older stepbrother, Nathaniel, is always taking care of me, as well as another stepsibling and a half-brother," I responded back in continuing to tell my story. "My grandparents in my stepfather's side used to be with us, but they passed away when I was in Vietnam for junior high school education."

"I see," Catalina replied back as she sipped on my bottle of water. "Did they sent most their money to you to pay for your tuition and living expenses?"

"Yes, but my Filipino relatives did that for me, too," I responded back. "Most of them work abroad."

"Wow," Catalina replied back.

"Yeah, they are so nice to me," I responded back positively.