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That was her
Chapter 1: An unlovable daughter
It was dark and silent as Akane made her way toward the train station. Her long coat covered her well, something she didn't expect from Kasumi. She always gave her clothes that either didn't fit right or were ugly. That's when she noticed it; there were no buttons on the coat.
"Damn." Akane cursed softly. "And they said it was going to rain tonight …"
The thunder clapping from far away only answered her worst fears and she sighed. She dropped her bags when she suddenly felt the first rain drops on her forehead.
"What am I gonna do?" A long pause followed as she stood in the street, thinking. "By this rate I'll be soaking wet when I get to the apartment … Shit."
Then it started to rain hard, making Akane take shelter under a tree for the time begin. She silently watched as the rain fell harder and harder. Her thoughts started to travel back to her mother when she felt an icy, cold hand on her shoulder.
Akane shrieked and backed away from the offending hand. "Who was that?" She whispered to herself.
She could only see a shadow of a person but it was enough to tell her who it was.
"You don't hiccup remember you're hiccup old man … hiccup Akane-chan?" Came the drunken reply of her father.
Akane sighed and picked him off the ground he had just thrown himself on.
"Oh, dad." Akane whispered and began to slowly sit him up against the trunk of the tree.
There was a long silence as Akane stared at the rain and Soun stared at his hands. The rain seemed to calm down Akane to the point that she was slowly falling asleep. Soun softly began to cry and then suddenly turned to glare at his youngest daughter.
"How could you!" Soun yelled demandingly. "It's your entire fault Akane! If it weren't for YOU Keiko would still be alive … I hate you. Your fault … I wish you were dead. YOU are not my daughter! GO! LEAVE! … I HATE YOU DAMN IT!"
Akane hung her head low at her father's accusations but couldn't help to stop the tears that were beginning to fall. Falling slowly down her cheeks and down to her chin. He began to yell cruel things at her again but Akane only sat there and listened patiently. That's when her oldest sister Kasumi stomped in front of her. Mud caked her boots as she stood in a puddle and glared at Akane.
"Father, are you okay?" Kasumi asked in a low growl.
Akane stared at Kasumi for some time until her father nodded and lay down on the wet grass.
Kasumi stomped, which caused some mud to hit Akane's face. "You know Akane, I'm glad you're leaving. WE don't need someone like YOU around. Go ahead and leave us, your FAMILY … it's rude, but that's the kind of person you are. You're no sister of mine if you don't love your family."
Kasumi whisked up her father but stopped long enough to glare at Akane once more before finally departing.
She frowned. "I can't believe mother died by giving birth to YOU! … She must be very disappointed in you for acting like this, so selfish. I wish you would have died instead of mother."
Then she left, her feet stomping on the wet grass with venom. Akane stared at her sisters retreating form with unshed tears. Once again though she was alone, in the rain, her bags soaked and her eyes wandering.
The rain became a low drizzle as she sat admiring it with lost eyes. She wasn't expecting another confrontation like that ever again and that bruised her already injured heart. She didn't get up to leave to her apartment when the drizzle stopped; instead she sat there and stared.
"Life can't get any worse." Akane whispered after some time. "Am I that hard to love … mom?"
End of Chapter 1: An unlovable daughter
