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Branded
Hotaru mentally screamed, it hurt so much, cutting into her skin. She wouldn't give up though, she wouldn't let them win.
Flashback
It had been weeks since Hotaru had seen the other scouts. She was depressed and she was beginning to drink. They knew it; she could see the hurt looks on their faces when she rejected them. Hotaru's boyfriend Tim had just broken up with her after their four year relationship, and she was beginning to do things the normal, quiet Hotaru would never do. Like wear tighter more revealing clothes, drink, hang out with guys and end up at their apartments at night. That was how she met Zack. He changed her life forever, Zack was in a gang.
End of Flashback
" You can open your eyes now, we're done." Hotaru heard this coming, echolike into her brain.
" How does it look?" she asked.
" Looks great!" came the enthusiastic reply. Hotaru looked down at the brand that had been burnt into her upper left thigh. It was a snake surrounding a heart that had a dagger thrust through it.
" How long does it take for it to stop hurting?" she asked with a pained look in her eyes.
" A long time." Said a man who had the exact some brand on his upper left arm. " Most people scream when they get branded, why didn't you?"
" Because, I'm different then the rest of those people." She replied sarcastically. " And because I don't give a shit."
" Well then it should stop hurting any time now, at least for you." He mused.
" I may not care but, I do feel pain." She replied. Hotaru Tomoe had once been a good girl, now everything had gone wrong for her. Her friends had tried to help but she had rejected them easily. Although she still missed them she had reverted back to ways that she hadn't used since she met them, like using monotone, ignoring almost everyone, even people that addressed her personally.
TBC
Whatcha think? I hope you like it. I'm working on my other fics so I'm not sure when the next chapter will be up.