Title: Your Worst Enemy, Me
Chapter 1- My New Home
Sunday, 2:00 p.m., the orphanage
I walked in and looked around.
"So this is where I'm going to live, huh?" I told myself so I followed "the guardian" as he called himself.
"I'm Kasai, I hope you'll enjoy your stay, Lain" he said and led me to my room. I did not bother saying anything. I looked around the empty room and noticed something. There was no one there. This meant that I was going to be alone which for some reason made me really happy. I placed my stuff in the closet and in the drawers, closed the curtains to put away the light.
"There." I said to my self. "It finally is my room."
I noticed something on the drawer. A mirror. Yuck. I took my jacket and hang it on, covering as much as I could. I've always hated them, because I had to look at something that was very…how shall I put this? Ugly? No, hideous, was a better word. I looked at the time and rushed downstairs to get my food before there would be no time left.
Same Day, 3:16 p.m., cafeteria
I walked in and looked at the food. Vegetables. Yuck. I decided to skip the food and just grabbed a drink. I sat in a table I found empty, sipped my drink, and sat there playing around with the cap. Could this get any more boringer? Yes, that was a word in my own dictionary. I decided to get up and go outside to find something entertaining. As I walked through the doors my shoulders accidentally bumped into another girl's shoulder.
"Ow, that hurt." The girl said
"Watch where you're going!" said a boy who had an arm wrapped around her waist. He had dog ears.
I didn't say anything and left.
Monday, 1:37 a.m., bedroom
I laid in my bed thinking. I had skipped dinner and been in my room for a while. I felt like I needed some fresh air so I went outside for a walk in the dark. When I came back I saw Kasai standing at the door of my room.
"Where have you been?" he asked in a voice that did not seem so happy.
"I went for a walk." I replied quietly.
"At a time like this?" I could hear his voice getting angrier the more he spoke.
"I couldn't get any sleep"
"I didn't see you get any dinner"
"I wasn't hungry"
"Lights are out at 10 p.m., do not leave your room after than."
I nodded and apologized and before he could say anything else I was in my room with the door shut behind me.
Same day, 6:08 a.m., bedroom
I heard someone knock on my door. I rushed out of the bathroom with nothing but a towel wrapped around me and I was dripping water everywhere. I opened the door slightly and stuck my head out. Of course, it was Kasai.
"Good morning" he said in a sweet voice.
"What is it" I said, not that happy.
"Well someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed, here's your school uniform, but you have a weak off, so enjoy it while you can."
"Thanks," I said. "I'll be sure to drop by hell on my way back." I closed the door and threw my uniform on the floor. He had done the biggest mistake of his life. He disturbed my shower time.
Before I could go back in, I heard another knock. If it is Kasai again, I think I'm going to scream. But it wasn't, it was a girl. In fact, it was the same girl I had met earlier and there was someone else with her.
"Hey there, Kasai told us you're new here, I'm Yoko and this is Shuroi my friend-" before she could say anything else, I quickly interrupted.
"nice to meet you too" and with that I showed her the lovely thing called, the door.
But I did not like this door, no matter how hard I slammed it, it wouldn't make a sound.
I walked back into the bathroom and sunk in the tub. This was the only place I loved, the hotness inside made it hard to breathe. I lay underwater for a while. This, was my new home, and frantically, I will have to learn to like it, it was either this or the streets. I preferred this more.
For once, in a very long time, I smiled.