It popped in my head and I had to start writing it. I should be updating my other stories...and I will...I'm just adding more...I really am bad.
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He is completely alone in the world. He lost his parents, his only friend, the house he grew up in, and everything that was ever a reason to live. He had to drop out of school to work, but he was still a kid. He couldn't pay the bills with what little he earned and soon the water and electricity was shut off. It wasn't long after that that the house was taken from him and he was forced onto the streets. He should have been taken into foster care or something, but no one noticed his existence as usual. He lost his job around the same time. He couldn't find another without a home. He tried begging for money, but he was invisible to people. His morals wouldn't allow him to steal either. All he had left were a few items packed in a back pack slung over his shoulder. He had no one. He had nothing. There was nothing left to live for.
And that's how he ended up on the roof of the tallest building he could find. No one noticed him walking through the fancy building so no one stopped him. The people on the street below continued about their business as usual. He wondered if any of them would even notice when he hit the ground. Would he still be invisible? Would his body remain there until it began rotting and the smell finally caught someone's attention?
He took another step so his toes were hanging off the ledge. His tears poured from his cheek and he wondered if any of them landed on someone down below and if they noticed the little drop of water.
He closed his eyes. He inhaled. He shifted his body weight forward. He fell.
Akashi was not in a good mood to say the least. As the CEO of one of the largest corporations in Japan, he was a busy man and he really couldn't stand incompetence. Unfortunately for the man known as the 'Red Emperor' or 'Demon Emperor', today seemed determined to test his patience. The executive of a partner corporation had arrived 30 minutes late for the meeting that morning. To make matters worse, said executive had reported his company's profits were down by 20% since last month because he had made a bad business decision…..the very descision Akashi had told him not to make. In the end, he broke off the partnership. He didn't actually care about that. There were plenty more where that company came from, and better ones with better executives too. That company had been falling apart for years and he only kept it around so long as gesture of faith in loyalty. No, what he cared about was the fact he had to waste so much damn time for the fool! Then the incompetent new secretary from down the hall spilled her coffee on him leaving him with a slight burn on his leg and her out of a job. No, today was not going well at all.
Now that he had a break between meetings, he decided to head up to the roof. It was a good place to clear his head, which he needed to do since he had an especially important business deal to attend to in an hour.
The red head opened the door to the roof letting his features relax as the cool autumn breeze drifted across his skin. He stepped into the open space.
That's when he saw it, or rather him. A scrawny boy in dirty tattered clothing probably a few years younger than Akashi. He stared at the boy for a moment. How had he gotten passed security and what was he doing up here in the first place?
He didn't have to wait long for the answer to the second question. The boy took a step closer to the edge and leaned forward.
