It is a good day to start with. Well, at least for everyone in school. Not for this pretty yet rebellious, impulsive, bad-mouthed teenage girl named Kagura. She's just 16 years old. Actually old enough to know how to do good behavior. But never did she ever do something that good, we can call this rebellious phase. Everyone must have experienced it, but not seriously this bad like Kagura had done. Right now, she is in the cafeteria with her-so-called classmates. It's lunch time. She thinks she and her-so-called classmates will talk something good with her during lunch like any other girls. But she's totally wrong.
She's in the middle of adding free spicy honey mustard to her burger from cafeteria. She stares at her burger blankly. She thinks everything in her life is so boring. She needs something new, something challenging, but still can't find it and with whom she will do it. Until she finds a thing she own called phone vibrating. Guess who send her a message? Her classmate, who is literally sitting in front of her. Seriously, like she is literally sitting in front of her and she just sent her a message saying "This burger sucks today."
"Is this from you?!" asked Kagura intimidating. She's showing her phone to a blonde girl in front of her.
"Yea, why?" asked a blonde girl nonchalantly, busy with her phone.
"What the fuck?"
The blonde girl stares weirdly at Kagura. She doesn't know what her-so-called classmate meant. She just wanted to send her a message and doesn't want other girls hear about her cursing to a burger. It sounds inappropriate.
"What?"
"I'm here. I'm literally here."
"It's free?"
Kagura takes her phone and smash it hardly to the floor. The phone cracked and she leaves it there. She then takes her bag and left the unfinished lunch, the cracked phone, the table, and the girls. The so-fucking-called classmates. She hates them. They made her day worse than any other day. Maybe there's something wrong with her head.
Her gazes stop at someone who is eating his lunch calmly while listening to some old songs with his headphone, very quiet, and no friends around him. She knows his name but never talked to him before. She overheard someone from her class said that this guy is a bit weird. Between nerd or freak. But one thing she knows from her classmate, he loves playing with his skateboard, always alone, ironically. She thinks he is actually really handsome, he can be an idol. It is such a big waste considering his nerdy behavior and less sociable. She approaches him who is sitting not far from her table.
"I've seen you skating." She lied. She never saw him playing skateboard even once.
Sougo puts his headphone down. He stares at Kagura for a while. He's a bit surprised there's a pretty girl with vermillion hair and ocean eyes approached him out of sudden. He's waiting for another words from this girl.
"You're pretty shit."
Damn, this girl is pretty dangerous with a goddamn tongue, he thinks.
"Fuck off."
Deep down her heart, she actually thinks this is really embarrassing. She never meant to say those embarrassing words. She just wanted to say hello or some quirky things like that. She cursed herself for being a bitch. She thinks he just saw her weirdly and didn't think anything weird about her. But it's definitely wrong. She doesn't know who he truly is.
He is Okita Sougo. He is 17 years old. He declares himself as a freaking sadistic psychopath. His parents passed away when he was born. Someone who is generous enough took him from the orphanage and decided to take care of him like his own child. His adoptive father is Hijikata Toshirou, Sougo called him politely as Hijikata-san, but everyone else called him Tosshi. There was no intentional reason for Tosshi to take care of him, he just wanted to have a child without marriage, that's all.
When he grew up, Tosshi didn't think there's something wrong with his kid. He was just too quiet for his age. Other kids on his age would play with their friends in his kindergarten. Running, shouting or even laughing out loud that every mother would shut their ears. Sougo was different. He wasn't interested in socialize with other kids. Tosshi took him to other playground but the result was always same. It took Tosshi to a conclusion that his kid loved to play by himself.
On his early days, he lived his life in boredom. He was so tired of his adoptive father's old jokes that even a ghost could not laugh. He wanted to punch him on his face every time he threw away his not laughable-fucking-jokes. Tosshi spoiled him with expensive facilities, but it's not changed everything. He still feels empty and lonely. Until one day, to get him out from his boredom, he put his left hand in a high temperature frying pan. It burnt his left hand, Tosshi cried that day. But Sougo finally felt something that could overcome his emptiness. A scar that is quite big left on his hand. He felt good with the scar. It made him feel alive that he is a human.
On his 10th birthday, he asked Tosshi to buy him a Katana, Kikuichi Monji. It was a samurai, very expensive one, that only few pieces in Japan. To know that Sougo asked his very first present, Tosshi felt it was a miracle. So he bought the samurai for him without even ask what it is for. He thought the samurai was just for display in his room. Little did he know, Sougo killed several animals with his very first samurai. The first one he killed was a butterfly, he felt so wrong. But the second time and the other next times, he felt good and consciously addictive. But then he felt bored again as he only killed animals. He demands another big one, like human. To proof that he really IS a sadistic psychopath.
Today, the time has come. There's this girl, a pretty petite girl who approached him out of sudden. He doesn't know who she is, and he . . And suddenly this girl said that she saw him playing skateboard. Really? He never saw someone else other than himself on the court. She must be joking.
He must be out of his mind, knowing that he agreed to accept Kagura's request to be her boyfriend. He doesn't know what has happened to her head, asked someone random who never even talked to you to be her boyfriend. It felt weird actually. But well, this girl can be his next victim. So there are already some images in his mind about how his-so-called-new-girlfriend is going to die. He could already feel joy where he imagined her painful face when he stabbed her hard with his Katana. He will play along with his figure as her boyfriend and then do his business. Maybe ask her come to his house tomorrow will be a good idea? Seems Tosshi will not be going home sooner tomorrow, he said there will be a meeting with his clients until evening.
After school, Sougo is walking her home. It turns out her home is in the same direction to his house. But his house is nearby. She holds his right hand. She feels safe, she feels he could be someone she truly loves. Sougo, in the other hand, feels uncomfortable with her hand on his right hand. He's just not used to it.
"I don't have phone."
"Me neither."
"I smashed it hard." Kagura explained it like it's a common thing. "I hate that thing. So, you won't be able to call me."
"Ok."
"Is it ok for you to not know what I'm doing?"
Sougo just keeps his silent. He doesn't fucking care about her. He only cares about when is the right time to murder her.
"Well doesn't matter. We'll meet at school everyday though."
"Ok."
"Is there any word you can say other than 'Ok'?"
"I think that's all."
"Ok then." Kagura stops talking. Silence lingering their presence. "So.. can i come to your house now?"
This girl is truly one hell of a girl. Very insane, he just accepted her request to be her boyfriend in today's afternoon and in the evening she wants to come to his house? like now? What is she thinking? Having sex on their very first day? There must be something wrong with her head. And to tell you the truth, these two teenagers are purely virgin. They haven't got their first kiss either.
"Ok."
Sougo actually doesn't accept her request. But that shit word just slips out like that.
Now they've arrived at Sougo's house. It's a 2-floors house, warm, clean and well decorated, like a luxury villa. Seems like that, but sadly it's just a regular house. Sougo and his adoptive father seems really maintain their house great. Gladly no one is in the house. Sougo entered his house and goes straight to the dining table, Kagura follows him behind.
"What a nice house, Sougo." She sits on a dining chair.
"Thanks. Water? Syrup? Juice?"
"Just water please."
"Ok." He pours water to a glass. He prepared some chips for her.
"So where's your parents anyway? This house is very clean, thought it's only you living here."
"Hijikata-san's off to work. I only live with him."
"Hijikata-san? Isn't your family name Okita?" She sips her glass.
"He's nobody.. i mean he's my adoptive father. My parents are dead long ago right after i born."
"Oh.. sorry to hear that." She stops talking. "At least you have someone generous you can rely on."
He stares at her, demand her to tell him more of her tragic story. If she tells everything, he can get closer to her and it's easier to stab her with his pointy sword.
"I don't mind hearing your story."
The moment Kagura wants to start her story, they hear a car parks in his yard.
"Oh shit. That's Hijikata-san."
Tosshi opens the front door, and he has a feeling someone is in his house aside from Sougo. He hangs his suit and make his move towards dining table, which is his favorite place to confide. Though Sougo never cares about his problems in his work at all, but he always try very hard to not make him more frustrated.
"I'm home. Sou-kun? Are you home?"
"Welcome home, Hijikata-san." He smiles awkwardly.
"Oh.. never thought you had a friend and you never told me about this young lady." Tosshi's gazes changed from Sougo to Kagura. He noticed her unfamiliar pretty ocean color in her eyes. He thinks she has a very beautiful eyes. No wonder his son has a crush on her.
"Hi, uhh.. i'm Hijikata."
She gets up and bows down to Tosshi.
"I'm Kagura. And i'm his girlfriend."
Tosshi is totally surprised as if his eyes are going to fall. His anti-social, introverted, weirdo adoptive son has a girlfriend without telling him. Well, it's kind of a big achievement for Tosshi that finally his son get to be an adult, but it feels weird at the same time.
"Wow.. you never told me you have a girlfriend, son." He's laughing awkwardly to his adoptive son. "I thought you got dysfunction over there or something."
Sougo thinks it's better to kill Tosshi right now. Better he starts to slit his father's mouth to shut him up. He hates that kind of jokes. Not in front of his prey. Fuck.
"Well, we just got together, Hijikata-san."
"How does it feel to be my son's girlfriend? Well yeah you guys just formed today, though."
"Not bad at all. He's really nice, sometimes bland."
"Oh you need to be with him for a long time. Then you'll realize he's totally all bland. Hahaha."
Sougo keeps silence. He thinks this is the right time to take his sword to slit up Tosshi's throat.
"That's totally suck, Hijikata-san." Kagura sips her water again.
Tosshi's startled by Kagura's strong words.
"I think it's time for me to go home. I don't want to ruin this lovey dovey family moment."
"Let Sougo walks you home."
"Thanks for the water anyway, Hijikata-san. See you later."
Kagura then takes her bag and move towards the front door to get out. Sougo runs after her.
Now they are on the edge of the fence in front of his house. Actually Sougo wants to walk her home, but she stops him. She actually wants to spend a little more time before going home.
"I think your adoptive father is actually a bit nice."
"You think so?"
"He was a bit annoying. But that means he truly loves and cares about you."
"Yeah."
"Anyway have you ever sucked a pussy?"
He clears his throat. Her words make him choking.
"I have." It's definitely a lie.
"I want you to suck mine."
"Ok."
"Tomorrow. I will come here at 11. You ok?"
"Yeah."
Sougo can't think clearly. He can only say "Yes" to whatever Kagura says. And it sucks for him. Even Tosshi can't make him to do so. But whatever, she's only a prey.
"See ya. Thanks for today, boyfriend."
He smiles halfheartedly.
'Oh shit...'
Author's note:
Hello guys! It's my first work in english. It is loosely based on serial netflix The End of The F***ing World. I really like love story of Alyssa and James, their development characters are so good and then i feel Kagura and Sougo would fit for the two's roles. But don't worry i'll change some plots. I'm sorry for the strong language and maybe a bit cringe. I'm still learning ^^. So, please give a vote and comment to make it a better story. Oh, please ignore grammar here! Since i'm living in overseas so my english is not that good^^