Well, if this chapter title is not a big enough clue...
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SWEAR TO ME!
Hiratsuka Shizuka was done for the day in Sobu High, but she just had received word that someone was looking for her. She was in her usual attire, black pants with a white shirt and black vest.
She went down the stairs and headed for the school main entrance. Past the shoe lockers, she stepped out of the building and she found the person who was looking for her.
It was a woman with blonde hair down to the shoulder, in a purple blouse and a peach dress.
"Excuse me, are you Hiratsuka Shizuka?" She asked.
"Yes, are you the one looking for me?" Shizuka greeted in a professional tone.
"Ah yes, yes I am. My name is Kurosawa Ayano." The woman bowed.
"How can I help you Miss Kurosawa? Are you a parent?" Shizuka asked.
Ayano answered, "No I'm not Miss Hiratsuka." She took a breath again, "But…I'd like to speak to you about the man you're dating."
Shizuka's heart skipped a beat. Her brows knitted a bit. "I'm sorry? Who?"
"The man you're seeing. Watanabe Kengo." Ayano said.
Shizuka inhaled deep through her nose, "Ok, I'm going to stop you there first. I'm not going out with this guy. How did you know Miss Kurosawa?"
"I'm his ex-fiancée." She bowed her head again. "Pardon for the assumption?"
"No it's ok." Shizuka kept the conversation professional, "You're his ex-fiancée?"
"Yes. I'm sorry to drop in on you like this. But I really need to speak to you." Ayano said.
Shizuka nodded, "I see. Would you please come inside and we can talk in the teachers' lounge?"
The two were then sitting opposite each other on the couches in the lounge. And Shizuka started to clear things up.
"Ok here's the thing, I'm not going out with this guy. My parents tried setting me up with him through some dumb dating agency nonsense, without my knowledge lucky me." Shizuka rolled her eyes at that part, "We met, tried a couple of dinners, but in the third dinner I told him that he and I just aren't fit for each other."
"I-I see." Ayano said. Shizuka took note of the timid demeanour she was having. "I-I found out about you through an old co-worker of mine. She's a very good friend of mine. She heard about you, when she overheard Kengo talking about you to the other workers in his department."
"Ok, so why seek me out?" Shizuka crossed her legs and asked.
Ayano looked at her in the eye, "To put it frank, I want you to run away as far as possible."
Shizuka's expression had suspicion instantly, "Pardon?"
"I know it's not in my place to say this as a stranger, but I had to warn you after what I had went through." Ayano began to give her story.
"Up till two years ago, I was in a relationship with Watanabe-san. We met each other's parents and we got engaged." Her head drooped down, "He was kind to me back when we were just dating. But then, after we got engaged he changed completely. When I told him about the friends I wanted to invite for the wedding, he refused and talked down about my friends and would not have it. I thought he was just in a bad mood at that time, but it wasn't the case."
Shizuka leaned, listening intently.
"Each passing day, he treated me worse and worse. He wanted me to quit my job, he berated me on anything. My cooking, my punctuality, anything. 'You're hopeless.' 'You've got a lot of nerve making me wait.' 'Are you stupid or what?' 'A third-rate university graduate for you.' 'You're so useless.'"
Ayano breathing turned shaky. Shizuka went to get a glass of water for her, "Here." She handed it to her.
"Thank you." Ayano took the glass and had a sip.
Ayano continued her story, "I couldn't take it anymore, and I told him I wanted to break off the engagement. He wouldn't have it, I got out by getting my parents involved. But then…harassments came. My family received twenty large pizzas but we didn't order any. We had silent calls, all sorts of tricks in the book. I was stressed out so much that I couldn't go into work for days and I had to quit my job altogether. But it didn't stop."
Ayano took another gulp of water to calm her nerves, Shizuka kept it professional listening to her story.
"I had to start seeing a doctor. My parents were suffering too. I thought that his harassments might never end, like it was all hopeless. And finally when I chanced upon him and confronted about all these cruelty, when was going to end, what more could he possibly do?" Ayano took a second to catch her breath. "He just looked at me like I was some piece of garbage and walked away without saying anything."
Shizuka's jaw had lowered by the end of her story.
"He had been doing everything from a distance, I figured that because I looked so pathetic had destroyed any obsession he had for me. And my suffering ended."
Shizuka asked, "Couldn't you do anything before it got that bad? Did you go to the police?"
"I did. But they told me that the anti-stalking act was still pending and hadn't been revised yet. They couldn't do anything without solid proof. But it's different now." Ayano gave Shizuka a begging look. "Please Miss Hitasuka. Go to the police before you end up like me. I'm still seeing a doctor over all this, I don't want anyone else to suffer the same."
Shizuka's eyes drifted to the side, she had a deducing look. She said, "After I told him no, some days later he bumped into me and asked if I had blocked him online. I gave him back the gifts he got for me. Next day I saw him outside the school, and again. The school warned him never to show his face again. Then the office was getting silent calls."
Ayano stood up from her seat. "Those call Miss Hiratsuka, it's him. Please you have to-"
"Thank you Miss Kurosawa." Shizuka stood up and bowed, "Thank you very much for your time and this warning. I can take it from here."
"Miss Hiratsuka? What do you mean by that? You need to go to the police-"
"Ah you don't have to worry about me Miss Kurosawa." Shizuka placed a hand on her shoulder. "I…well I have a friend who can help me set it straight with this guy."
"I-I don't understand."
"Just trust me ok? I promise you I'll be fine, thank you for your concern." Shizuka respectfully said and walked her out of the school.
"Please go home and rest well Miss Kurosawa." Shizuka bid farewell and they parted. Shizuka then whipped out her phone and sent a text.
'I need to meet with you.'
The sun was almost disappearing, clouds were filling the sky, and the rain was on its way.
Hirastuka Shizuka on a rooftop was accompanied by her companion in the shadows behind her with arms crossed. She dug her hands into her pocket. She turned and faced him, her brown coat flowing parallel with his sinister cape. His menacing red eyes fixed on her.
The Huntsman, Hikigaya Hachiman.
Shizuka requested to meet with him at a place of most significance to him, in his Crime Alley. Taking her up to the Crime Alley's roof Huntsman listened to the situation from Shizuka.
"Hmm, so that's his name, Watanabe Kengo." The Huntsman said.
"Yeah, that's it." Shizuka nodded showing him a photo of his face from her phone.
"Hmm, he doesn't look like much." He scoffed.
"So you say, but his ex-fiancée would see it different." Shizuka said.
"And this happened to her two years ago, before I began." He scowled.
"I know. But you're here now to help."
"Why didn't you tell Captain Yin?" Huntsman asked her.
"Um, well…if I go to the police I might end up being in the papers you know?" She shrugged, "And well you could get things wrapped up faster."
The Huntsman made no response to that. Shizuka then said, "Ok, this dirtbag is a criminal. And you 'hunt' criminals like him. He is an enemy to all women, he's done heinous things to another woman and to me already."
The Huntsman remained silent, only letting out guttural, "Hmm."
Behind the mask, he wondered about the label 'an enemy to all women'. Considering a number of foes he fought before were women. And they were always the ones who started the altercation.
"Help me out with this alright? I'll treat you to ramen? Ok, Huntsman? For me?" Shizuka stood in front of Hachiman. Despite the mask and armour she had no discomfort standing with him.
"For you." Hachiman said.
However, he then said, "You need to be bait though."
Night has fallen, Shizuka had gotten the courage to send Watanabe Kengo a text to meet him by a hostess club near the red light area. On the roofline, she had a protector watching her from above.
The stalker has been stalked, by the Apex Predator.
And there the prey has appeared, Watanabe Kengo. In an office suit, looking smug and full of it.
He came to her, thinking as if he was going to have things his way. He asked if Shizuka asked to meet for recompense. Instead what he got was a very angry, verbal telling off from her. Warning him that he had better stop with his nonsense and leave her be.
Taking Shizuka by the arm, he said, "Playing hard to get is pointless Shizuka. Let me give you some advice. Nothing good will come from taking this kind of attitude with-"
Shizuka shook his grip off her and gave him a tight slap. "Let me give you some advice! If you persist, I'll call the police and it's you who will be deep in it!" She raised her voice.
She turned and stormed off, into emptier streets. With a clap of thunder in the sky, the rains came down.
Kengo for his part still had his face stinging after the slap, his face turned angry and he clenched his fists. His eyes had a crazy look. Seeing Shizuka walking off in the distance, he started to follow quickly.
He stalked behind her watching her bringing her phone up talking to someone and walking further into the alleyways. He would not have a woman talk to him like she did, he picked up his pace.
The rain was making the area darker. When she turned around however and finally spotted him, she gave a fearful face, as if thinking she was in trouble. Kengo relished in that fear, feeling empowered by his delusional superiority over her.
Shizuka staggered away trying to get away from, and his walk turned brisk, she stumbled away into a turn, the alleyways were empty. A rumble of thunder roared in the sky.
Feeling confident Kengo chased after her, taking the turn and he had cornered her. Or that was how he thought it would be. Shizuka was not there at all.
Stepping into the dark alley, he suddenly felt his foot ensnared, hoisting him up fast. He screamed, "WHOOAAAAHHH!"
He was brought upside down right to the top. And with him, was a shadow with dark red eyes snarling at him in the rain.
"You cannot hide from me." The Huntsman growled, grabbing Kengo's hair tight he pulled his head to face him close.
"Ah! Ahh!" Kengo panicked.
"You've been stalking that woman for days!" The Huntsman said with snarling teeth.
"I-I…I wasn't! I-I don't know what you're talking about!" Kengo whimpered with his arms flaying about. "I swear! I swear to God!"
"SWEAR TO ME!" The Huntsman bellowed. The wire holding Kengo up went slack, and Kengo fell down head first.
"AHHHHHH!" He screamed, the floor came to his face fast. But then he slowed down just four feet off the ground. And instantly he got hoisted back up again, "AHHHHH!"
He was met with the Huntsman's red eyes again. He gripped Kengo's hair again. He hissed, "You are done for!"
"AHH! I-I'm sorry! I won't! I won't! Please! I swear! Don't kill me please!" Kengo cried out again.
Huntsman twisted his grip tighter. Another hand caught Kengo's wrist and put it in a hold and applied pressure.
"Ah! Ah! I'm sorry please! I'll stop! Just stop!" Kengo pleaded.
The pressure on his wrist lock stopped. Huntsman snarled, "If I find you again, I'll break the other one."
Kengo asked, "The other wh-"
His wrist snapped, "Ahh! Ahhhh!" He then went down fast, back to the ground. Just as his head was about to hit the floor, the wire around his feet held up. The snare released him and he plopped to the ground.
Back on the roof, the Huntsman stepped away from the edge. Unbeknownst to Kengo, Shizuka was watching the whole scene at the back.
"You weren't supposed to see that." He said to her as he stood by her side.
"Oh God." She winced, the rain was still showering on them.
Hachiman reached up to his collar and unclipped the cape. In a swift movement Shizuka suddenly found herself cloaked and hooded from the rain.
"We have to move away from here now. Fast." A cape-less Hachiman said to her walking away.
"Uh…Uh right." Shizuka said, huddling the cape on her.
Yeah, I admit I was reading Domestic Kanojo which got this idea for me. Heh, hope you enjoyed this.
