Cursed Girl

She was born cursed.

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"M-Mom, w-what happened to bro–"

"Get away!"

"M-Mom…"

"Get away from us!"

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A terrifying and unnerving curse.

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"D-Dad, Cody doesn't want to wake up."

"… Is it so, dear? Don't worry, he must be sick. Puppies sometimes get sick."

"Will he be alright?"

"… Yeah, he will."

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It was always with her. Since she was a child, condemning her to a life of solitude.

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"Dear, why are you crying?"

"D-Dad, am I a monster?"

"What are you talking about, my princess?"

"B-But that is what my brother said. H-He… He said that I'm a monster."

"… He is a liar. Don't pay him any mind."

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Did God hate her? Then, why was she cursed like this?

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"Dad, where is mom? Why did she not come to see me?"

"… You mother is busy, honey."

"… Mother hates me, right?"

"Of course not. It's just that… She needs time to think things through."

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What did she do to deserve such suffering?

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"Mom!"

"… Hello, baby."

"You came to visit me! And dad? where is dad?"

"… He is busy. He can't come."

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She never saw her father again.

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"You are a monster! You should have not been born!"

"N-No…"

"It's your fault that father can't wake up! Your fault!"

"B-Brother…"

"Are you not going to stop until you kill all of us!?"

"I-I…"

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She was cursed.

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"Die…"

"Die!"

"Die."

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And she could not escape it.

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"That dream again, huh…"

Opening her eyes, the girl looked at the white ceiling with a dazed gaze.

Despite having just woken up, her face was pale, and her eyebags were clearly visible. She seemed like someone that had not slept in days.

"… Only three hours this time." She muttered softly and tried to sleep again.

However, she could not.

Because she was afraid of dreaming.

She was afraid of having nightmares again.

The girl sat up and put on a complicated expression. Looking to the nightstand beside her bed, she saw a bottle with white pills inside.

Sleeping pills.

She hesitated briefly and took out a pill. She then held it in her hand a watched it for a long time.

Lately, this was the only way she could sleep.

Even so, she did not want to take the pill.

Because she did not want to have nightmares again.

'Die…'

'It was your fault…!'

'Your father suddenly collapsed. We don't know when he is going to wake up again.'

She could listen to the voices of the past in her mind. Even awake, these memories tormented her at every moment.

'You are a monster!'

'Monster!'

'You should have not been born…!'

But it was worse when she was sleeping.

Every time she fell asleep, she turned into the innocent, lonely, and sad little girl that she was in the past.

'Dad, is Cody dead?'

'…'

'Dad…?'

She did not want to remember that.

'Mom, why didn't you like me?'

'… I'm sorry.'

'M-Mom…?'

She only wanted to die.

"Yes, I should die." She laughed to herself.

At some point in time, her hand was filled with pills. She only needed to bring them to her mouth, and her suffering would end.

She did not need to worry about pain. She would be asleep, after all.

Neither did she need to worry about someone saving her. Nobody dared to step into the place where she lived.

Just swallow the pills and her suffering would come to an end.

But–

'… Please, no matter what, live. And if possible, be happy.'

The girl's face was covered in tears.

"Dad, it's very hard."

She talked to herself.

"I-It's very hard..."

And let the pills fall.

She wanted to die. Every day, she thought about dying. She only wanted to end her suffering.

She imagined every way to die possible. The painful ones, the painless ones. Some ways were easy, and some others were hard.

But in the end, all of them could free her from her pain.

However, her father did not want that.

He, the only person that never abandoned her, hoped that she could live.

It was his only wish. The only thing he ever asked of her.

The only reason she remained alive despite all the pain she had inside.

"… It's very hard."

With her face covered in tears, the girl swallowed one of the pills.

Soon, her vision became blurry, and she fell asleep.

Once more, back into her nightmares.

While in hundreds of meters around her, everything withered, got sick, and died.

The girl was born cursed.

And her curse had the power to bring death to anyone close to her.