Chapter 3 is uploaded! :D

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Chapter 3: Chrome Dokuro


Mukuro-sama looked at me with a worried look that only I could understand. Bossu also gave me that look but nevertheless, he smiled serenely and said, "Thank you, Chrome."

Heat rose to my face and I snuggled closer to Mukuro-sama and softly replied, "N-no problem, bossu."

'Are you sure, Chrome?' Mukuro-sama's voice filled my head.

Butterflies filled my stomach but after taking a deep breath, I gave Mukuro-sama a faint smile. 'Yes, Mukuro-sama, I am very sure. I believe bossu and others deserve to know about my past.'

He then gave me a face of encouragement.

While taking another deep breath, I closed my eyes very tightly and all the memories I have locked deep inside my head unleashed.


-FLASHBACK-

"Nagi." My head turned to mother's gentle voice and looked at her with curiosity. A man was also there with mother.

A man I have never seen before in my life wrapping his arm around my mother. He smiled at me and I immediately looked down with a blush and whispered out, "Welcome home, mother."

My gentle mother crouched in front of me and wrapped her arms around my shoulders. She said brightly, "Nagi, meet Mitsuhara Teshi. He is going to be your stepfather soon! We're engaged!"

I looked up at my new stepfather and smiled sweetly. "Hello father."

'I have to be nice to him. He has to like me so he will stay and that will make mother happy.'

My real father died. He died when I was four years old from a car accident, trying to save a little child. That day was my birthday. That month was the worst month in my entire life. Mother was a crying mess and our relatives refused to show up at his funeral, saying that father was useless.

We never celebrated my birthday ever since that year but I didn't care. If that made mother at least a little bit happier, it doesn't matter at all.

If having a new husband made her happy, I should be happy for her too. I'll accept him and he looked very nice.

My new stepfather smiled at me once more and said, "It's a pleasure meeting you, Nagi."


-TIMESKIP-

"Father… Please stop!" I pleaded while my new father touched me.

"Be a good girl and stay quiet." He put his large hand on my mouth to muffle anymore sound that I might make.

Rape. This was what the book said. Ever since father married mother, he immediately dropped his mask and started abusing me. Thankfully, he never did it in front of mother.

If mother knew of this, she would be sad and I certainly don't want that. Mother is everything. She hasn't been home often lately since she is busy with her work, but she never forgets to call to check up on me.

So now, it's just father and me in our mansion.

Nobody asks about my bruises on my body. They don't care and bruises are regular thing in my life because of the bullies at school. When mother ask me about the bruises, the excuses I make are the bullies.

Father kept on touching my body, making me snap out of my thoughts. I struggled against his grasp once again but his strong hands kept me from running away. Submitting to his will would make him satisfied but no. I would never do such a thing.

This is wrong.

'Stop… Stop… Stop… Please… Please, father… St-' tears dripped down my face

The closed door behind father opened with frozen mother. A bag from her hand dropped to the ground with a thud and everything was in a slow motion.

Mother was shouting at father, trying to pry him off of me. Father, for the first time, used violence against mother. Everything then became a blur. Black washed over me and I fell unconscious.

-FLASHBACK END-


Mukuro-sama's hands clenched and bossu looked very pained. Even rain man and sun man lost their smile and nobody spoke.

"Back then…" I broke the silence with a whisper. Everyone turned to look at me and my voice found its strength to continue. "Back then, nobody but mother was by my side. I had no friends and neither did anyone truly love me. Then, mother changed after discovering me with father… She no longer was by my side, neither was she supporting me. Nobody loved me and I had to live in the world of… isolation."

"Did… the stuff with your step-father continue?" Bossu croaked out with eyes of fury.

"…Yes…" I whispered while looking down at my feet. Tears welled up as the memory came back.


-FLASHBACK-

It is my birthday and once again, I have to celebrate it by myself. It is also the day when my real father died. Mother gave me a white one piece with a pair of white sandals this morning, which I am currently wearing right now.

HOOOOOOOOONK!

My head whipped to the sound and saw a big truck honking at a little kitten which was sitting at its way. Without a second thought, I dashed to the kitten and shielded it with my own body.

The pain I felt was nothing like before. Even father's rough hands and emotional pain were nothing compared to this. All my bones felt like it was broken and then, all the pain was numb.

"Kyaaaaaaaaah!" a woman's shriek was the first thing I heard.

"Call the ambulance! A girl got hit by a truck!"


-TIMESKIP-

"This better be good for me to be pulled out of the important meeting I was having just now." Father's impatient voice could be heard from outside.

'Father…?' I thought.

"I swear. I don't understand that girl at all! Why can't she understand we have better things to do than coming to the hospital?"

'Ah… Mother's also here…'

"Let's keep this short. The doctor said that Nagi's internal organs were ruptured by the impact and need a donation from same blood type in order for her to live." Father said.

Mother scoffed. "Are you saying I should give my organs for that girl? Of course I will never do that! Why does she fail to understand that nobody wants her to live?"

'Mother…?'

"Then let's just leave. We'll just say that there was nobody willing to donate for Nagi and we did our best to find a donor but failed."

"Great idea. I'll see you at home, anata."

'Mother…? Father…?'

-FLASHBACK END-


"That's not fair!" the cow child exclaimed, surprising us all. He stood up while yelling, "That's not fair! Chrome is nice! Why would you be… is… isol… isolacated?"

"Isolated, Lambo." Bossu told the cow kid very gently.

"Yeah, that!" He exclaimed. "Chrome is nice! She is always thinking of us, instead of herself! She loves all of us and is always there to support anyone who is in need. Why is it that she had to be alone?!"

Storm man gently put his hand on cow kid's shoulder and said, "That's how people are. They are cruel and does not notice the good in others until it's too late."

"She got abandoned by her parents! That so called parents!" Cow kid exploded.

"But hey, we're here for Chrome now. She's not alone. We will always be there for her, right, Lambo?" Rain man gave me a gentle smile.

Cow kid soon gave me a bright smile and tugged at my skirt and said, "I will always be there for you, Chrome! I love you."

The last sentence made my eyes sting and watered and the chest felt like it was on fire. It felt like someone was poking my heart with needles and I could not stand it. I dropped to the ground and tears dripped down my face.


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