THE GRUDGE THAT BURNS

Drama of youth

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At 23:00 Hasegawa had just returned from work. He works part time at a cafe. And it now lives in a small boarding house that is quite cheap. Hasegawa Yuuto, forced to do all that for the sake of daily needs.

After bathing Yuuto did schoolwork. Although tired he still lived it without whining to anyone. And what about his parents?. Hase still has a father and a mother, but after he finished Junior High Yuuto no longer lives with his parents.

"Yuto." A subtle voice greeted Yuuto's ears as he was focusing on the task.

"Eh?. You here?. How come you're here?." Yuuto was surprised to see the presence of the figure, and Yuuto still did not realize that the figure was not his usual human, because the figure made Yuuto feel comfortable.

"I just got here, I'm following you but you're too focused on thinking about something. It felt so sad to be ignored so easily." she said while sitting next to Yuuto, she sat down on Yuuto's study table.

"Aa gomen." Yuuto just laughed a little, earlier he did think of something, the monthly cost of his money will be paid, so he made savings for this Week.

"Etto, who did I call you?. You must have a name, right?." Yuuto is still curious about the name of this figure, his face looks funny when asking what the name of his new friend is.

"Call me mikoto." He smiled broadly at Yuuto, inexplicably smiling at Yuuto's expression.

"You just need to be confident Yuuto." He said involuntarily, he felt a comfortable atmosphere looking at Yuuto's smiling face.

"Eh?." Yuuto felt awkward because of Mikoto's remark. He was never confident because of the hurtful taunts from others.

"Well, have confidence?." Yuuto's face looked gloomy, making Mikoto follow along gloomily, he felt guilty for his own words.

"Um, you only need to train yourself Yuuto. Trust me, I will always support you." Mikoto tried to encourage Yuuto, she would not let the sad Yuuto alone. For he felt his own pain, his own pain. He knew how mental he was at the time.

"really?. You're gonna be my friend?." Yuuto felt a little excited, he felt excited because of Mikoto.

"Yes, didn't I tell you, Yuuto?. Call me whenever you want. Then I'll come right then and there." Mikoto gave a confident awakening hope to Yuuto. Just then Mikoto could see a sincere smile from Yuuto, her heart warming.

"Arigatou gozaimasu mikoto kun." There was a sense of relief in Yuuto, he felt the affection of a friend from Mikoto, he unconsciously shed his tears.

"Eh?. You're crying yuuto?." Mikoto became panicked because Yuuto was crying for no reason.

"Aa, gomen, I'm so happy to have a friend like you mikoto kun. You can stay here if you want." Yuuto wiped away his tears, he felt moved because there were people who still cared about him.

"Good, yokatta ne yuuto kun." Mikoto was also relieved, she felt Yuuto's mood improve.

"Ne yuuto's. I'll be your revenge, you take it easy." Unwittingly by Yuuto, Mikoto's facial expression turned cold. He grinned sinisterly, his evil nature as if emanating from a deathly pale body.

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Next day.

Yuuto seemed to fall asleep with Mikoto's presence, he continued chatting with Mikoto's figure to school. Because with Mikoto, Yuuto doesn't feel alone anymore. But, Yuuto did not realize the other students' strange gazes were on him. Gossip has just begun to circulate, that he is not sane anymore because talking alone.

"Ne mikoto kun, are you really a transfer student?." Yuuto asked continuously, it was because Mikoto was wearing a school uniform just like her.

"Don't say anything about me to anyone?." Mikoto continued to let Yuuto enter the classroom.

"Well, himitsu ne?." Reply Yuuto walked first while entering class, he nodded his head. This time I had a secret with a friend. I don't know why it makes him happy. His smile was so wide as to say a promise for secrets.

"Arigachu yuuto." Mikoto followed Yuuto towards his seat. That joking tone made Yuuto laugh amusedly, such a playful thank you sound funny by Yuuto.

"Good." Reply Yuuto with his spirit, he then walked closer to his desk. He did not realize his classmates were looking at him with strange gazes.

But when he was about to sit down, Yuuto's face was sprayed with milk chocolate by Yuko, of course Yuuto was surprised.

Phus!!!

"Yes." Yuuto closed his eyes because of the chocolate milk splash. He stood up from his seat, trying to calm himself down.

"After?." Inner Yuuto felt down, he wiped his face wet with milk, also his clothes got splashed with chocolate milk.

"Yhooo hase kun bastard." Yuko pushed quite strongly on Yuuto's left shoulder. "in the morning you're still mad?." Yuko continued in a mocking tone, making the others giggle.

"You're getting crazy, aren't you?. Until you speak for yourself?." Daiki further heated up the classroom atmosphere, until Yuuto was increasingly stared at by the disgust of all of them.

"What?" Inner Yuuto was listening to Daiki saying that he was not sane?. Talking itself?. What does that word mean?.

The deg!.

Yuuto's heart skipped a beat looking at their gazes. He wanted to cry, he wanted to cry, but he tried to hold it. He looked around him, it felt very tight and painful. And his eyes saw Mikoto's figure in the middle of the crowd of his classmates.

Her lips quivering with that name, she promises Mikoto that she will keep Mikoto's whereabouts a secret. He didn't know why Mikoto asked him like that.

'help me Mikoto Kun, I'm not talking alone' Yuuto held back his sobs, his lips quivering, yet he bit strongly while whispering like that to Mikoto who was standing in the corner.

While Mikoto who noticed that, gave off an unpleasant aura. His eyes reddened, his gaze sharp, he had targeted someone. Just waiting for time.

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During the break.

Yuuto was on the top floor with Mikoto. He enjoyed lunch with Mikoto.

"Eat a lot of yuuto. So you're powered to the next lesson." Mikoto was advising Yuuto.

"Good, wakarimashita mikoto the same." Yuuto replied in a joking tone to make the two laugh giggling.

"Yes as it should be, yuuto. Don't be sad anymore, I'm suffering enough." Mikoto noticed how Yuuto's smiling face was. He already had plans to make Yuuto better than the previous one. "You must immediately repay your heartache to those who have dared to do evil to you." At least that was what was in his heart at that moment.

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