[Home]
"......I'm home."
As I opened the door to enter the living room, I ran into my older sister, Yui.
Kasugai Yui. My stepsister.
Ten years ago, my father and stepmother got married, and that's how I met Yui. Unlike me, she's athletic, intelligent, and even beautiful, even from a family member's perspective. I've heard she gets confessed to frequently at university.
At home, she clicks her tongue whenever she sees me. If she's in a bad mood, she'll resort to violence or trash my room.
"......Tch."
Her expression changes instantly as she sees me, shifting from a smile to one of disgust.
"Get out of my way."
"S-Sorry!"
*Slap!* I try to dodge out of her way, but she suddenly slaps me across the cheek.
"......"
"Just go make dinner, you loser."
"......Yes."
"No, nothing. You're so lucky to have a brother like that. I'm stuck with this one. He's a lazy, ugly slob."
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[Chihiro's Room]
It's almost been a year since the bullying began. My body and soul are both shattered. I can't take it anymore.
Maybe one day, they'll stop bullying me. Maybe one day, Sakura-san, Mahima-senpai, and Yui-neesan will go back to being kind, like they used to be.
One day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day... one day...
It seems foolish to hold onto that hope now.
"Maybe... I should just die."
Maybe it would be easier if I was dead. Then I wouldn't have to endure this senseless suffering.
I get out of bed and take the medicine I've been hiding in the desk drawer.
Sleeping pills.
Ever since I started getting bullied, I haven't been able to sleep. I started ordering stronger pills and taking them.
Usually, I take just one pill, but this time I take all the sleeping pills from the bottle and swallow them whole.
"......Ugh."
If only I could just sleep... forever...
Then I wouldn't have to see these nightmares anymore.
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[Heaven]
"Ugh, I'm so bored. Bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored, bored."
Angel Z sits at her desk, swinging her feet back and forth.
Z is a very talented angel.
Her abilities are unparalleled in the history of angels. She can do anything. A once-in-a-hundred-year genius. She's called a monster among angels.
As a result, she finishes her work quickly, leaving her with a lot of free time.
"That's it! I'll mess up a human's life plan just for fun!"
She jumps off the desk and lightly walks towards the shelf where human data is stored.
"Hmm, how should I play... I know!"
Z claps his hands and pulls out dozens of files.
"Let's play a game where I give humans a challenge, and see who survives!
She no longer have that bored look on her face. She's full of life.
"The challenge will be 'get rejected by someone you're close to.' I'll make the rejection level max out. It'll be enough to drive them crazy and they'll die. Humans are so fragile."
She says as she opens the files she's pulled out and gleefully starts scribbling something in them. Her hand moves so fast it's impossible to track.
She quickly finishes writing in the files, at an almost unbelievable speed, and soon reaches the last one.
"Hee hee hee! ...Let's see... the last human is 'Kasugai Chihiro'. Oh, he's cute! Maybe I like him. Good luck, honey, don't give up on the bullying!"
After calling out the last human's name, the angel writes something in that file as well.
"Yes, it's over. Hehe, I'm looking forward to it. Who will survive till the end?"
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"......Ugh."
I wake up to the familiar ceiling. ...It's my room.
......I had a strange dream. I didn't understand what I was doing in it, but it was terrifying.
"......"
The sleeping pills are on my desk. I guess I didn't die after all. I look out the window and see the sky is already dark.
"......I have to make dinner."
With a heavy body, I climb out of bed and head towards the living room.