Introduction: Part 1

Slamming the door, I enter my house. There was nobody inside since my parents are on a business trip and they won't be back soon. I immediately throw my school bag in a random direction and jump on the sofa in my living room. Looking at the ceiling, I think about the events that occurred within the last 2 days. If I tell anyone what happened, they are going to think I'm crazy. I continue thinking as I slowly drift to sleep, probably my last time.


2 days ago

I smash my head with my keyboard for the 7th time today.

"What am I supposed to do?!" I yell at my computer with Visual Studio opened.

Programming isn't easy, let me tell you that. You try to solve a problem, but in the end you end up with 3 problems, 5 errors and 2 warnings. It was beautiful day today (and it's February), but instead of enjoying this rare moment, I spent 5 hours working on a website.

Oh, wait. I haven't introduced myself. My name is James. But people call me Ivan. Guess why? My grandfather was Russian, he worked in Czechoslovakia as a soldier and met my grandma, who was Polish, believe it or not. They got married and got a kid, my mom. My mom met my dad, who was ethnically Polish, but his father was from Yugoslavia, one of those who supported Stalin. When cold war ended they left to live in the US, hoping to find a better job. 2 years ago we moved to Japan, because reasons. Just kidding, I don't really know the true reason why we moved to Japan. I do know that my parents are in some shady business.

Anyway, I had to go to another school now. I was scared at first, but I managed to fit in very well. Until some moron in my class found out that Nazis called all Slavs "Ivan". Since then, the entire school knew me as Ivan.

I save the project into a different folder, turn off the computer and go to sleep. It's Saturday, so I'm going to sleep as long as possible.

But I don't. It's 11 PM and I'm still awake. Well whatever. After rolling in the bed for 2 hours I finally fall asleep and- wait what's that sound? Somebody is knocking on the front doors.

"WHY WOULD SOME-"I scream before looking at the clock.

Its 8 am. I glance at my computer and realize that it's on standby. I'll take care of that later. I groggily go downstairs and open the door. In front of me stands a girl with pink short hair. She is wearing a red bow and is a bit shorter than me. Her blue eyes (which are really pretty, I must say), stare directly into my soul. She looks worried.

"Hi there! My name is Sayori"

"H-Hi…" is everything I can say. I still can't believe its morning. Wait, I know this girl. I saw her in school few times. Tried to be friends with her, but she never took our friendship seriously. She is always happy and smiling, so Sayori being worried is something new.

"My friend told me that he will be at your house this morning" she says shyly.

"There is nobody inside except me"

"Are you sure?"

Is this some sort of prank? Is somebody going to appear behind me now? Are they filming this?

"Wait, let me check" I say sarcastically, closing the doors and leaving her outside before she can say anything else.

"What a waste of time" I say while going upstairs to my room. I could have slept much more, but they had different plans. Idiots. As I enter my room I freeze in complete shock. An unknown guy is sitting on my bed, he had brown hair and green eyes. He looked like he is around my age, 18. But most importantly, he looked like he was expecting me. I would try to run if I could move.

"Hi there!" says the guy. "Was that Sayori knocking?"

"Who the fuck are you and what are you doing in my house?"

"Oh, I came through that computer" he points to my computer, which is completely destroyed and it looks like it was on fire.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY COMPUTER?!"

"Uhm, yeah, sorry 'bout that" he says, pretending to be worried. "I'll fix it for you. Anyway, if that was Sayori I gotta go.

"You are not going anywhere" I say furiously. He slowly walks to me and without any emotion, takes my hand. I try to retaliate, but he is too strong. He puts a stack of money in my hand.

"Don't spend it until I come back, okay?" he says as he slowly walks outside the room. Before leaving, he turns around and says:

"I'll be back after school"