Life is not good for all people, I’m one of those unlucky people.

I had a perfect life until I turned 8, my mom and dad got divorced and my mom married a new guy. I had made a mistake of choosing my mom and not my dad...I often wonder if I had chosen dad would my life been much simpler and better? But then if I went with dad I wouldn’t have met him.

My name is Watanabe Reo. I have this best friend who always treats me gently when I have scars that I get from my step-father every day, his name is Kobayashi Asahi. My best friend who I had gradually fallen in love with and I was sure that if I told him he would still be my friend and not be like most of the other people(like spreading rumours). I had gathered all my courage to tell him, but once I see his smiling face I get so nervous that I can’t tell him and I end up telling him that I was just fooling around.

Right now I’m at his house sitting right next to him and playing video games, he is too close, I can smell the shampoo that I had given to him. Summer vacation rocks man!

“Hey, I know I’m handsome but if you don't focus on the game you’re gonna lose, you know”

“You and handsomeness are worlds apart dude”

“Yeah, yeah but the popularity of mine in school says it all”

“Right”

GAME OVER

“Looks like I won again”

“That’s not fair, even though you were not concentrating on the game you still won, are you sure you’re a human Reo?”

“What else would I be? Look at the time, I need to go home now, see you later”

“Bye”

That was the last time I saw him, the 17th summer. I had spent the entire time with him playing games and reading mangas. I never knew what horrors were there after I left his home that day. I enjoyed it while it lasted and hence starts our story.