Ghost School

Life of Izumi: A Tragedy

Destiny took away all my hopes and desires. An ordinary little hope and desire, yet it means so much to me.

I just want to be with my family in full. There is a mother and a father, and if I want to have a sister, it will be a boy or a girl. But that desire never happened to me.

Then at the age of 8 years, my hell life began.

On my 8th birthday, my mother gave me a thick book with a hard brown skin. I gave the book as my birthday present.

"Izumi, happy birthday. Earlier on Izumi's 5th, 6th, and 7th birthdays, he was given nothing. So this time I bought a book for Izumi"

"Thank you, mama! But is it okay, Mama bought this? The book looks expensive" I asked

"It's okay. This is indeed appropriate for Izumi who likes to read and write, so mama bought it"

"alright. Thank you, mama. I'll take good care of him"

"Yes, equally~ Izumi should be the spirit of learning, yes. Izumi had to hold first place in school for mama's sake"

"Yes!"

Suddenly, a man approached us.

"Liliana! What are you doing?!" Shouts from a distance

My mother and I turned to the source of the voice.

I immediately flinched looking at the man.

"Pink black hair! That's gotta..." I was surprised

"Kirein, what's wrong?" Ask mom

And it's true. That man was my father who I've been dying to see.

His condition looks bad. His skin looks pale and under his eyes there are eye bags.

My father walked toward us with a slight stagger, then hit my mother.

"I asked you what you did, why ask back?!" Shouted dad

"What did you buy?! You know we owe a lot of family. You might even buy some useless stuff!" Shouted dad and kept beating mom

"Kirein, please stop..." Mumbles mother in pain

"Just answer!" Shouted dad and grabbed mom's long hair

"Iuzumi's... Today is my birthday. So I bought it as a gift..." Mumbles

Father then glanced at me who was stunned and did not believe what I saw.

"You bought that book for this shit?" Ask dad

I immediately gasped so in disbelief at what I just heard.

Dad looked back at me and pulled his hair.

"Rather than buying a useless item for that trash, you better give me that money to buy wine. You didn't know my head kept dizzy all this time?!"

I pushed my mother down and walked over to me.

"Hey boy! You're the one who whined for your mom's present, right?" Ask dad

I just kept quiet and couldn't make any sound. My eyes began to tear with great fear.

"I asked you to whine to your mother for a present, right?!" Shouted dad

I immediately flinched.

"Ti's... No.." - No..." Gumamku stammered

"I don't like people lying! Tell me the truth!"

"A... I didn't ask for it...." I muttered while lowering my head

Plaque!

Dad hit me right away until I fell.

"Cirein! It's okay you hit me, but not Izumi! Izumi was a child" Shouted mother and immediately hugged me.

"Yes! I really wanted to hit you from the very beginning we met!" Shouted dad and hit mom back

"Quick say!! You're the one who leaked the company secrets and corporate plans to your old father, right?!" Shouted dad

"No. What am I doing it for?" Saying mother firmly

"Don't lie! Otherwise, how could the enemy company make a product that is very similar to the one we designed?!"

"I know! You must have approached me in the first place to bring me down, right?! You and your family, I won't forgive you!!"

"What's.... What's all this mean?" Thought

"Kirein, you must know I was dumped by my own family. My current family is just you and Izumi"

"That was indeed your plan to make me sure that I would actually marry you and not divorce you afterwards! The old me who was so stupid didn't understand your family's cunning tactics"

"That's not true!"

"Oh~"

Dad went away and came back with a knife in his hand.

"Then I kill you. If what you said wasn't a lie, your father wouldn't care about your body. But if what I say is true, your father would have at least wanted me to live in prison forever"

"Let's prove whether you're lying or not"

"Kirein, please think carefully. What about Izumi?"

"I don't care about the useless trash of my relationship with you"

I who was previously confused and frightened, now turned into a huge anger towards my father.

Not only did not regard me and beat me, but father also tortured, insulted, and kept shouting at mother. And now even dad tried to commit murder against mom.

If asked to choose between father and mother, I would definitely choose my mother who had been beside me all this time.

Whatever I'm gonna do to help mom.

Whatever it is!

As soon as I saw my father lift the knife, my heart that had been cracked from the beginning was instantly shattered into pieces. A hope that was like a speck of fire in my heart was instantly scorched and left nothing behind.

At that moment I immediately knew the reason why my father never appeared in front of me. That's because from the beginning you didn't think of me.

Out of deep anger at my father, I lifted the thick book given by my mother and struck it with all my might in my head.

Instantly, my father fell down.

"Cirein.... Cyreine.... Why don't you wake up? Kirein!" Shouted mother and shook father's body

Mother continues to shake the body of the father but the father did not wake up.

My mother put her finger in front of my nose.

"It... No way, right?" Mumbles

"Kirein, get up, Kirein!! Kirein!!!" Shouted mother

"Curein!!!"

My father died in my hands using a book given by my mother.

Then an autopsy was performed on my father's body.

"The deceased died from a very hard impact on his head. Plus from the beginning on the brain of the deceased there is a problem due to severe stress and drug addiction, it makes the deceased immediately die"

"Most likely, the deceased was in a bad condition due to drugs consumed, then fell due to loss of body balance and accidentally hit his head until he died"

"No.... This is impossible...."

Since then, she has kept herself locked up in her room. So do I who feel guilty about my father's tragedy.

No one knows that I killed my father but me and my mother. My father's death was also thought to be due to drug addiction by people.

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A few days passed and she kept herself locked up in the room without eating.

I became concerned about my health, so I decided to meet my mother with food.

"Mama, mama eat first"

I put a bowl of soup on the table next to my mother.

Mother who had been pensive now glanced at me.

The mother who had previously looked lethargic suddenly turned so furious the moment she saw me.

"You! Husband's killer! Get out of here!!"

Mom threw the bowl I was carrying and kept throwing things around me.

"You're not my son! Don't you dare call me mama!!"

"That hair!! You took it from Kirein!! Give me back Kirein!!"

That's so....

Because of my father who died suddenly, mother so continue to be dissolved in grief to forget the 'Izumi' that he protected and guarded all this time.