Winter, 2011
11:27 p.m


She walked through the streets alone, naturally she didn't mind. Orihime was used to it. She carelessly carried the bag with cookies, and with each step her knee hit it, crumbling them. While she hummed a song that she had just made up she walked past the alley. As she kept walking she heard footsteps that were not her own, and by the sound she could tell it was a man, and just as she was turning around something grabbed her from behind.

"Move an inch and I'll slit your throat." A young man whispered in her ear. Although it was only a whisper, the sadistic voice made her feel fear she had never felt before.

The voice then told her to walk back towards the alley; she did as she was told. The alleyway was dark and humid; it smelled like piss and dirt. The voice sounded young, almost like a high school guy. She was thrown into the wall which made her groan. She couldn't quite see the face of her attacker for the light was shining right behind him. He was about 2 heads taller than her, with an athletic built. Her eyes then focused on the knife, which was glimmering in the darkness.

He got closer, and put his hand on the wall, right beside Orihime's face.
"W-what do you want?" she asked, in the most confident way she could manage.
"Little girls like you shouldn't be walking alone at night." He said, ignoring her question. His breath stunk of alcohol and cigarettes.

Disgusted she cried, "d-don't you breathe on me!" She closed her eyes and pushed him, and tried to run. He grabbed her by the collar of her coat and swung her around. The light now shined on him.

He was in his early 20's, Orihime guessed 22. With emotionless grey eyes, and a defined jaw line. He grabbed her by the neck and put his knife to her face. With her right hand she tried to remove his hand from her neck, he then put the knife to her wrist, and cut her.

At first she didn't know. She stared at her hand, at first bluntly, almost with the same emotionless eyes as her attacker. Then the blood started to seep. More and more blood. As the red stuff dripped down her hand her eyes widened in horror, her mouth slightly opened and then everything turned pitch black.