It was born in the darkness and it will stay in darkness. It doesn't even know it's name.
It has never seen light, it doesn't know light. Darkness is all it will ever know.
Until, fate turned it all around.
It was staring into the darkness as usual when a strange square popped in front of him.
It doesn't know how to read, so it has no idea what the thing in front of it said. The only thing he recognizes is a gray box slowly being filled by Blue ones. It knows that when all the gray is covered by the blue, something will happen.
A neet.
A shut in.
A good for nothing.
These are the words that Kiku hears from his maids all the time.
They think that Kiku can't hear anything through his headphones as he tries to beat the next level, but they are wrong.
Kiku's father is the CEO of a major tech company focused on computers and jets, making Kiku its heir.
The new Einstein, people call him. Kiku finished high school at the age of ten and finished college a few weeks past. He excelled at computer programming, just like his father wanted.
Just like his father wanted.
His father hadn't calculated how Kiku managed to skip so many grades. So now that Kiku is unable to be fit in the equation, he is left out.
The last time he saw his father was when he was applying for college.
A skill that he had learned from people like his father is to smile. Pretend everything is alright. If not, then don't make a face.
From Kiku's eyes the world is like a video game. His father is the king of the land and he is the prince. The king shows his citizen his good face, promises years of peace, but behind his back, his army is planning on taking over the world.
Kiku must not show any weaknesses or else his father will hold it against him.
He must not have friends. They would only bring him down.
He must not smile. For he does not want to be his father.
He must stay away from people who might pollute his head with horrible ideas.
He must stay away.
Even though the father and son never meet there is one rule in the Honda household, never go to the basement.
Kiku never questions it, but after finishing his game a thought came to his mind.
Why?
Why, is the forbidden word in the household. Kiku doesn't often find himself saying that word, but he usually wants to know.
Why can't he go to the basement?
His father isn't here, and the maids are busy upstairs talking about him. No one will notice, right? Kiku stands up and carefully opens the door, checking around to see no one there.
No one there. Lithe as a ballerina, he quietly sneaks downstairs to the basement, should he do it? If he gets caught, he will be in deep trouble with his father.
Not that he would notice him or anything. That old man would probably Google a punishment and ask the maid to conduct the first link he sees.
With that in mind, Kiku resolves to go through with the plan. He opens the door and in front of his eyes stands something that he thought was only in movies. It was a laboratory. A heinous science laboratory. In a tube lay two bodies- both around Kiku's age- curled up into a little ball, both of their eyes closed. Kiku concluded that they are twins though not identical. The one on his left looks slightly taller with his hair a long and faded blond, probably because he has never had the chance to cut his hair. Kiku makes out a huge curl in his front that seems to move with the water in the tank. The other was slightly taller though the difference was scarcely noticeable. This one's hair is different, however. He has a bolder shade of blond. In fact, Kiku can see the tint of red in his hair. Unlike the curl, this other has an ahoge sticking out in the front.
Kiku averts his eyes to scan the room instead. All the machinery is high-tech and most likely from his father's company. Why would his father have something as evil looking as this?
Kiku's eyes then turn to a flash drive on the floor. Was it some sort of project that his father was unable to complete? Kiku grabs the flash drive and escapes from this strange room to his own. If he stays any longer, he will definitely get caught. The young man rubs his hands against the flash drive. What was in it?