It was a day like no other, a day that would never be forgotten. However, it started normally. In fact, the day began with the usual mainstream morning run. Rei woke up during early dawn, took a shower and headed out for the run with his typical enthusiasm. He loved sprinting and watching the sun rise. The sky's colors always reminded him of his early days which were filled with smiles and the unforgettable memories of the friendships he once established. He suddenly came to a stop; the sky's color wasn't the same anymore. Clouds covered up the dreamy sky with its thick cottony fluffs. It wasn't long before his pumping enthusiasm turned into an unsettling feeling. It was as if the sky was telling him something wasn't right …. Something was not in place.
He immediately shrugged that feeling off, Rei was never one who's easily influenced by irrational or unreasonable things, He had always been the person who puts logic above all. The type of person that favored his brain over his heart. The walk back to his house felt lengthy. The inevitable reason behind that was that he was deep in thought which was rather unlikely of a professional runner like him. Nonetheless, his line of thoughts was scattered when he heard a thundering squeal. He recognized it was that of a woman. He followed the sound, it lead him to a dark ally. A woman was getting beat up by a bunch of teenage guys who were pretentious enough to seem like a group of 50-year-old thugs. Instantly, he began feeling numb … his legs grew worse with every plea of help he heard that woman yell out. It was as if he's paralyzed, he wanted to help. He did. His brain was telling him so …. The part of him he often chose to believe but his heart began jogging back the old memories. The memories he decided to bury and abandon, but he couldn't. They were too painful to forget. No matter what he was feeling no matter how many mixed emotions were in his heart he still had to do the right thing even though he couldn't take a step forward he just yelled out with all his might in attempt to give the woman a chance to escape and so she did, which only meant one thing. Rei knew well enough that he was about to become the punching bad for these low lives.