Sukai stared out into the vast ocean that was laid out in front of her. Her feet were dangling over the metal bridge in which she sat on and her hands clutched a metal support bar on either side of her. To a normal person, she might've looked like she was going to jump and she would've if she hadn't known that the gods were never that merciful to her. No matter what seemed to happen, she was destined to live her miserable life. She swiped a strand of blonde hair out of her face, aggravated.
Someone would think that a one bedroom apartment would cost enough for one person to support themselves, but of course not. She had to pay the price of a fucking car to keep herself afloat. On top of getting fired from her job recently, she had just figured out that she was failing all her classes and will not possibly graduate this year if she kept at it. How could she focus on school if in only 3 weeks, rent was due and she didn't have a dime to her name?
Sukai groaned as she thought of the hell she was going to have to go through again to find another job and to catch up on her school work. She rubbed her blue eyes and laid her head into her hands.
"You gonna jump?" Sukai's head snapped up at the grumbling of a deep voice. She looked at the red headed man in front of her, he was wearing black jeans, a white shirt and a white bandana tied over his head. She looked back at the ocean.
"I have half a mind to", she felt something hit her head and turned around the realization that he just smacked her head. He TOUCHED her, like actually put his hand on her head.
"Don't be an idiot, you don't want that", she wasn't listening to him and just stared wide eyed at him.
"You. Hit. Me", her body acted on its own accord as she got up and stared at his face. His eyes were surprised like he didn't know that it was such a big deal.
"Hey, it was a tap, nothing big", he shrugged his shoulders as if he didn't just touch her.
"Do NOT touch me, got it?" she glared daggers at him as he rubbed his head sheepishly.
"Got it. Got it. No touching as long as you don't do jumpy". She grumbled and turned on her heel, preparing to grumble herself all the way to her shitty house and get some sleep.
"Oi, where are you going?" the red headed man jogged up to her and kept stride with her. Sukai continued to walk as if he hadn't even spoken. He grabbed her arm and when she whipped around he dropped it quickly.
"I just want to make to make you are ok…just.. ugh… just don't think about jumping anymore", he stammered as he tried to find the right words to say. "I'm not good at this stuff, I just don't want to come here one day and find out that you jumped off a bridge"
"I am fine, now can I go home without having a stalker follow me?" the man laughed and turned around, waving as he walked away. Sukai waited until he went around the corner and started on her way home thinking of the mystery man. He was gorgeous in a biker dude way, covered in tattoos and the bright crimson hair really gave off that vibe. It wasn't his fault that he touched her, he didn't know that physical touch gave her the creeps and she couldn't deal with any person's touch without thinking of his touch. His as in her father's touch, she moved out of that hellhole as soon as she was old enough to get her own job. She moved to the other side of Karakura Town. When she saw him in the streets, she walked right past him without a second glance and he did the same. She walked faster as she realized the sun was starting to set and she didn't like being caught in the dark.
Sukai froze as she heard the roar of something in the distance. Her eyes scanned the area for any potential threats and coming up with none she began to walk again until her legs collapsed under her. It felt like the pressure of the entire sky was on her shoulders. She panicked and began to look around again and tried to get up but could barely keep her head up. Footsteps that rocked the floor started towards her and she whimpered and put all her might into turning her head. What she saw almost made her collapse, a monster that looked like it was out of a movie stood 5 feet from her. It had a white mask and a massive body that had a gaping hole in the middle of it. What was this? Such a thing shouldn't exist, doesn't exist.
The monster moaned in delight at the sight of her and sniffed the air.
"Mmmm, I will love devouring you" Sukai stared at the monster with her mouth gaping open. Devour her? …..was that sexual or did he mean really eat her?
"Howl, Zabimaru" she heard the familiar grumble of the red headed male as a long blade extended into the mask of the monster. It howled in pain and dissipated, the pressure on her shoulders finally let off and she collapsed on the floor.
"You alright?" she looked at the straw sandals of the man and slowly nodded as she pushed herself to her feet.
"Fine" she wasn't fine at all, what was that monster? Who is this guy? She stared at him, he had his blade resting on his shoulder and had on a black and white kimono. His brown eyes stared not at her but past her. She turned around to see a short black haired girl behind her. Of course, the bastard had a girlfriend. They all have girlfriends, and to make it worse, she was cute.
"Oh…you were talking to your girlfriend.." she suddenly felt really awkward as she twirled a strand of blonde hair around her finger. She stared at her beat up black sneakers and suddenly felt out of place. She turned on her heel and walked away towards small apartment which was only a block away.
"Oi, where are you going? She's not my girlfriend, just my friend" he began jogging behind her again as he did before. Who was this man? Always trying to talk to her. Nobody talked to her anymore.
"Heard that line before, I am going home and going to pretend I did not just see you slice a monster in half. I need to go find me some work tomorrow before I go homeless" she waved lazily behind her as he heard his footsteps finally stop behind her. She walked up the steps to her house and sighed. What a day. She had half a mind to go back and talk to the biker guy but shook her head and opened her door.
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~Skye
