Vanessa Elvia

The night wasn't really beautiful

"You-you! What are you doing?" Vannesa is shocked when she sees that person is Key Van. Soon he told Key to go inside.

"Why did you come like this? Your condition doesn't seem to be all right either" Vanessa was a little anxious about Key's messy state.

"Vann I'm okay, just been chasing some people on the street." Vannesa really did not understand what Key said. What do people on the street mean?

"Hahaha, I was actually just passing in front of the people on the street but I don't know why I was chased by them, to take cover from them I stopped by here." Key explained in detail to Vanessa. But Vannesa is not a fool to be lied to, she believes Key has previously met with more serious problems than he told her.

*A few hours ago. Gang 6

"Key, you're just trash. You've been in that seat for a long time every night. Don't you have a house." Several men approached the long chair occupied by Key.

"Shut up, you know what?"

"Oh you're still evasive! I'll let you know where you are." One of the men came forward to deliver a blow to Key. He managed to avoid the blow.

"Dare to dodge, huh?" Key had been ripped off by those people. Until finally Key tried to run, after a while he could hide from them.

"Damn! Nightlife there is never peaceful." Key sat under a fairly large tree.

Key has a slightly strange habit. He would leave at night with a modest appearance and join the people on the streets. They thought Key was an incapable person, but that was exactly what Key wanted. Seeing the condition of the people whose lives are under him, and without being realized by those people.

Wush...

The night wind blew, plus the afternoon that had just rained, adding to the cold of the night. Key decided to go to the Vannesa boarding house, which happened to be not far from there.

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Vannesa makes a hot glass of tea for Key and himself. I realized the weather that night was so cold.

"Key I don't have any food, I only have cassava chips that I bought during my lunch break. And here's tea for you."

Vannesa handed Key a glass of tea, and 2 packs of cassava chips.

"Huhah, you're not afraid of starving to death, are you? You even gave me your food stock?" Vannesa put her lips together, and Key laughed at Vannesa's behavior.

"Vannesa I'm not really serious. I'll replace your hard cassava chips, with better cassava chips." It is true that there is something wrong, it feels hard when bitten. But Vannesa did not care because after all it was only the price that did not drain the bag.

They were both silent noiseless, they just enjoyed hard cassava chips and also drank their tea. According to Key, cassava chips have expressed simplicity in life. That is if we can accept, then as hard as any trials can be passed.

"I've eaten the food you gave me Vann. I'll pay it back now. How about we take a walk tonight." Key while putting his hand in his hoodie bag. While Vanessa tidied up her glass.

"Alright I agree Key. But you'll have to take me home later."

"Well, my friend Vannesa, after all, we will not go too far. Also home is not too late."

Vannesa looks enthusiastic, she wears a jacket and also wears her favorite knit hat. Then they both went for a walk.

Key and Vannesa walked in accompaniment, they walked to a place, accompanied by their laughter. They did not realize that there was a pair of eyes watching them from a distance.

"really so? Heh, it's useless." The man finally decided to leave from there.

Vannesa turned to the right across the street, she felt that someone was there. But it doesn't look anything.

"What Vann?" Key followed the direction of Vannesa's view. "There's nothing." Vannesa and Key continue their journey.

"No Vann we're almost there." Key smiled at Vanessa. "Already Vann, look in front of it." Key pointed at the scene in front of him.

Vannesa according to Key "Eh this? It's exquisite. It turns out that on the edge of town there's a very beautiful place." Vanessa didn't stop looking around. He didn't think Key could find the place. Even compared to looking from the building or the top of the building, looking from where it is now more beautiful.

"Vanessa, every night here is beautiful, isn't it?." Key said without looking at Vannesa. Vanessa just smiled bitterly.

He remembers a memory of when he was alone without friends and the support of others.

*Flashback

The night was the same as now, the rain soaked the earth in the afternoon and made it cold at night. Vannesa walked alone in a slightly quiet alley, usually filled with pedestrians, but not many people were there.

"Hey miss? We can accompany you through this cold night." Vannesa is confronted by several men who look very creepy.

"What do you want? No. I don't want to." Vannesa was really scared back then. It's just that the people around don't care about it, they pass like they never see anything.

At that time Vannesa really felt himself destroyed. Not daring to fight, even fighting is impossible. He wanted to run but his body felt powerless, he was too scared.

"You are such a fool! Just face me, if you win this girl will be yours." A man came and stood in front of Vannesa. He didn't know what to do, he just hid by the tree.

Vannesa sees the man fighting and manages to defeat the bad guys.

"You okay?" Ask the man who helped her. "Thank you, sir, I'm fine. You're hurt, I can treat your wound as a sign of my gratitude." Vannesa sincerely said that to her rescue.

"Hahaha, you're so innocent. What if I'm not a good person? What if I was fighting with them because I wanted you too?" Vannesa was surprised, it was true what the man had just said. He cannot trust anyone else.

"Little Miss, I'm the one you should be afraid of, the power I have is vast. I can kill anyone who gets in my way, like you just did."

Vannesa is completely devastated this time, who would have thought she had even met a murderer. He's getting shrunken, he can't possibly escape now, he's sorry he didn't just run away when this guy was fighting criminals.

"You know why I didn't kill you? Because you're different. Join me, you'll be able to protect yourself." Vannesa was surprised by what she heard. "Being killer? I see people are scared." Vanessa spoke in her heart.

"Sorry sir, I don't think I can." "You said you wanted to thank me, didn't you? You can thank me by joining me, this injury is nothing compared to what you will experience later."

"I instill you a belief, miss. You can trust people even if they're evil, but as long as you can help yourself when you feel oppressed. Or, you can't trust anyone else. You just have to believe in your own abilities. The second is the same, in the future still need self-help. Standing on both feet is better."

Vannesa thought for a moment, What the man said is all true. As long as he had the ability of his own, he could defend himself under any circumstances.

"Alright I'll join you." The man smiled with satisfaction. It was from then on that 16-year-old Vannesa began to rely on herself, becoming the mobster that people feared when she set herself up.

*Flashback off

"Hey Vann what are you thinking?" Key pats Vannesa on the shoulder, Vannesa drifting in her past memories.

"Nothing, I'm just enjoying this beauty. I'll be back, you too go home I don't want to trouble you to drive me." Vannesa immediately stepped away from Key.

"Heh you asked me to drive you now you don't want to be escorted? All right then it's up to you. Women's mood is really weird." Key was still standing where he was while thinking about the changing nature of Vannesa.

Vannesa went straight back to her boarding house. He changed clothes and slept, he liked and hated the night at the same time.