Quick Info

This series contains sensitive topics such as death, suicide, and murder.
This story may or may not incorrectly capture the culture of the setting correctly.
If you find grammar errors, or any other issues with the story, feel free to contact me at hishikawa2425@gmail.com
This is one of my first stories written, so like every other starter, my illustrations and story writting will not be flawless. Please comment any suggestions so I can get better

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Prologue

Six Years Ago…

To me, April 9

Why? Why did the world have to do this to me? Everything just … everything I knew just vanished before my eyes. Today was the day everything fell apart. It was a rainy day, I guess. Does rain bring bad luck or something? I have anger that I just… can’t control but I don’t know how to let it out. I can’t imagine that I would have the courage to be able to make it and write today’s journal. Today was a huge mess that all started with a stormy cloud of rain.

My family left today to go shopping at a mall. In the middle of our shopping trip, it rained. The forecast didn’t say it would rain so we didn’t bring any umbrellas. While we were waiting for the rain to stop, a well-known bad guy arrived where we were waiting. We hid in a nearby store, but the bad guy started heading towards us. In a desperate attempt to save me, my parents lead him away and acted as a decoy. I didn't know because they lied to me When I came out, my parents were both shot and killed. There was blood everywhere. The bad guy left after that. I don’t know what to do, and as of right now, I still don’t know what to do.

What will end up happening to me? Will I be able to survive? How will I make money? I don’t want to go to an orphanage.

Things don’t really work the ways you want. When a normal day turns into a disaster, can you say it was predictable? But if I survive this disaster, there’s one lesson I learned that I can’t afford to forget. It's motivating to write this, even though I just want to curl into a ball and cry my eyes out.
“Tomorrow is unforeseeable, so cherish the weather today.”

You must not forget this, not until the day you die.

Love, Youngjae