Chapter 1: … 1
This chapter contains mentions of sexual assault and/or rpe. Feel free to stop reading if that will trigger you in any way.
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"Nakamura. Why do you always cry during it? We all know you secretly like it."
I stay quiet. Dad doesn't know anything about what I like and don't like. I'll never answer to his words, let alone anybodies. I just want to stay quiet forever.
Please just let this be over soon.
"Minato, sweetie. Stop teasing the poor little thing. She may try and fight back."
Mom always says those kinds of things about me. She laughs and ridicules me while dad does the physical stuff.
I'm not sure why but she's always hated touching me. Even when I was born she was immediately
nauseated just by the sight of me.
She sure doesn't think that about my brother though.. or should I even call him that. Whenever he's here he just pretends I'm not there. It makes me so angry. He just turns a blind eye to the abuse.
"Nakamura, go to the store and get groceries for your mother." I stare at him in disbelief, "Go on child. Quit staring and get out of here."
"B-but what about money?"
"You think I care? Just go get the damn groceries. Whatever it takes dammit."
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I get the shoes on that nearly slip off every time I take a step and I walk outside. It's odd. We live in a pretty active town but nobody seems to notice my abuse. They just stare at me with cold looks in their eyes acting like I do it to myself.
All the kids my age look at me weird too. I guess I deserve it though. It's not like I try to make friends.
I arrive at the stall where they sell groceries. Of course the merchant looks at me weird too. Whatever, I suppose you could say I'm used to it now.
I grab what's on the list. Some potatoes, bread, and some manju.
I guess that means brother is coming back to visit. Manju is his favorite. They always make me get it when he's coming. It's not fair how they treat him so well.
I look at the merchant and I notice that he's been staring at me the whole entire time. Ugh, how troublesome. There's no way I can run with this stuff before he catches up to me. There are guards everywhere because of that killer that's been going around.
Whatever. I have to run whether I like it or not. Let me just ask for a bag because my arms hurt. Surely he won't suspect anything.
I walk up to the main stall where the merchant is standing. He's looking down at me with disgust. I guess he can see my bruises and my beat up clothes.
"E-excuse me.. could I get a bag?"
"Speak up. I can barely hear you when you're mumbling."
I point to the bags hoping he'll understand what I mean.
"Here. Now pay. You can't just walk off with them."
He scoffed. I can tell he suspects something. I guess he knows the family I'm from, I'm not sure what I expected.
Well, here goes nothing.
I start running as fast as I can hoping they don't see where I go. I look back after I notice the bags change of weight.
Oh no.. I dropped some potatoes.. whatever dammit I can't let that slow me down.
"Hey!! Get back here! Those cost money kid!!"
"Guards!! Send somebody after the kid, I'm gonna go broke if she comes here everyday and steals stuff!! My fellow workers have told me about her and her terrible family dammit!!"
"Sir. We can't send anyone after her. We can't afford to lose the killer if he decides to appear again. Who knows. You could be next."
I look back and notice the merchants fear of not having guards protecting him and his stall from the so called "killer"..
How funny. Haven't they noticed the pattern in who he kills? Stupid people.
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"Nakamura what took so damn long? Give me the bag stupid bitch."
I can see his hand raising. I shut my eyes and hope it's not as bad of a beating as last time..
Wait.. is he?
"You stupid child. I've had enough of you for today. I'm just grabbing the damn bag. Go away and don't bother me until I call you."
"We have visitors tonight so behave. And go take a bath while you are at it."
"B-but..."
"I said get out of here dammit!!"
I guess he doesn't realize you can't go to the bath house without paying. Whatever.. I'll just brace myself for more pain from the visitors tonight.