The day had finally arrived. It was time for Elaine to say goodbye to the small village. It was not like she was going away forever but she still had an attachment towards the place where she had grown up and lived with her parents. She also had the memory of her first love or maybe it was appropriate to call him her crush since he went away before she could express her feelings. If fate was willing then she might just bump into him in the streets. This place was filled with bittersweet memories. Elaine smiled as she went over every event.
She stopped a few step away from the house and turned back one last time to look at it. "I am off Mom and Dad. I will be back. Take care of house for me."
"Grandpa, Grandma." Elaine waved at the two elderly couple who were waiting for at the bus stop. "This girl is also leaving us." Mrs. Ron was only trying hard holding back her tears but her old feeble hand couldn't help but tremble as she patted her head.
"Stay safe. The central city is not as bright as it seems. In the dark there are always predators waiting for prey. One weakness and then its game over for the weak." Mr. Ron who had seen the darkness of city could only warn the youngster before him.
"I will take care of myself and I will call you whenever I can." The bus had already arrived. Mina carried her two bags and before climbing on the bus hugged both of them tightly and warmly. "You two please take care of yourselves."
She waved at the elderly couples until they were out of her sight. This was her first time travelling alone to an unknown destination. She was little bit of nervous but she was excited as she wondered what new and exciting things were waiting for her.
She who had never travelled endured the bumpy ride for whole 18 hours for what?? Elaine stood at the bus stop empty handed. Yes she was totally robbed when she was getting off the bus. Like any other newcomer she was at first confused and after realizing what had happened understood the graveness of the situation. Those bags might have been just bags for those goons but they were her means of survival in the new city.
From the corner of her eyes she saw two men running with her bags. She shouted, "Help! There are thieves over there." Elaine pointed at the two masked man. the passer byes looked at her and to where she was pointing and they just walked away. No one gave a damn to what was happening to a stranger they had never met before and it was a normal thing to be robbed at such a crowded place. "It's her own fault." Many of them justified themselves as they ignored her plea for help.
Elaine stood as she stared unbelievably at the people who were unwilling to even show a hint of pity and sympathy. She remembered the old man's word. If she wanted to survive in this city then she had to be ready to help herself anytime. Others didn't matter but she had to be strong enough. "If others didn't come for help then so what? I can help myself." She was not called the goddesses in her school without no reason. Sports was one of her strong point. She was confident in the speed of her legs and the strength in herself.
She chased after the two men who were leisurely strolling down the road swinging her bags as if they were theirs possessions. "Wait right there you scumbags." Elaine shouted at the top of her voice at the two men. They were not expecting anyone to be chasing after them. Seeing that it was just a teenage girl the startled men were relieved as they snickered, "Seems like a young doll is chasing after us." "Maybe we should treat her better, right?"
Overconfident they stopped walking and let the girl catch up with them. "Hey there missy, is this yours?" one of the man shook the bag in his hand as he looked at Elaine his eye full of indecent glances. Elaine might have looked naïve to them but she was in no way naïve like they thought but if your opponent underestimated you then better were the chances of winning a fight. Elaine decided to play along with them.
"Yes, big brother that is mine. You can't just take my things away." Elaine made a very pitiful face outside but she felt like she could puke any moment with disgust. But despite her inner turmoil she continued with her acting. "I will be sad." 'I am god like. My acting should win Oscar.' This was the inner thought of Elaine as she continued to put on the façade of a naïve girl.
"We are lucky today, he he he." The men snickered evilly.
"Big brothers will help you then. Come and take it then missy." Both of them pointed at her bags as they started to walk towards one of the deserted alley. "She is a beauty, isn't she?" The next man whispered, "Maybe we should take her with us as well."
"Shut up. If boss finds out he will take her and we will be left with nothing." The next man retorted directly refusing the offer.
"Oh it works perfectly for me as well." Elaine silently followed behind them. She could hear their conversation and felt herself feeling even more disgusted and wanted to punch two holes in their brain but controlled her impulse. She needed the right time to take action. Some people who had seen this knew the two men were some kind of criminals and the girl was in trouble but no one was strong enough to stop her or even warn her. Elaine could see their looks but it didn't affect her anymore.
"Now shall we get started." Both of them had the drooling expression on their face as they extended their lecherous hand towards her. But they had something else waiting for them. With one swift kick she hit one of them on his knees making him fall and kneel down. Before the other person could react she used another kick to hit the stomach of another man. The fat in his fat belly served as a shock absorber only pushing him slightly.
"Tch..you fat ass." Elaine left her cute and naïve girl act behind as she smirked at the man.
"You were fooling us bitch!" The men shouted as they launched towards her but they were no match for Elaine who had trained herself in karate from her childhood. She didn't want to learn but her parents forced her and because she wanted to spend some time more with her first love, a senior in her village she joined the classes with him. She was thankful now towards them and her teacher who was strict but his training was absolutely flawless.
Elaine left the alley unscratched claiming her bags. The two men had swollen eyes and broken teeth as they laid on the ground grunting and moaning in pain.
"Just you wait…." The fat man coughed blood as he cursed under his breathe, "I will not leave you.." and lost his consciousness. The onlookers who were waiting to hear the pleas of girl were surprised looking at the unscathed girl and the villains beaten to pulp.
"Hey young lady, are you okay?" One of the onlooker asked but Elaine replied indifferently, "Don't you think your question is a bit too late?" The man was ashamed and decided to excuse himself before he felt even more guilty. The other people also had a little guilt on their face as they dispersed but Elaine was too busy to notice something so unimportant.
Now that her time was lost dealing with the two scumbags she hurried to one of the busy street that provided rent at cheap price. Elaine was also starting to feel hungry.
"Maybe I will go eat first." Elaine looked around and entered a Ramyeon shop. She rushed in as fast as she could but stopped when a man passed by her. She was in dilemma whether to turn back or not because she didn't want to be disappointed. Ignoring all the reason she turned around only to find no one who could match the image in her mind.
"I thought senior was here…Must have been my imagination … silly me." Elaine lost some of her appetite but her hunger continued so she entered the shop with a long face. She had come here to study and achieve her dream. Love and relationship: these things were not fated for her. Finding her senior was only a pipe dream for her and she didn't have high expectations anyway. Just because she liked him doesn't mean it was gonna be returned. The more she thought the more depressed she felt so she decided to push it to the back corner of her mind.
From a far corner in the street a man looked at the figure entering as he muttered to himself, "Elaine?!? What is she doing here?"
He had to look at her twice to make sure he was not hallucinating but he didn't want to be found by her if she was really Elaine. The girl hesitatingly looked behind her eyes showing the strong desire to see something."It really is you." The man didn't know whether to be happy or distressed that he saw her here.The last time he had seen her she was still a childish young girl always following him and pulling the cuffs of his school shirt which was as white as clouds on a sunny day. Even when he scolded her she used to smile like an idiot without any care.He always knew that girl had some feelings for him but he had ignored it thinking it as a child's obsession."I finally found you." His inner thoughts came to sudden halt when he heard the calm voice behind him. He didn't have to turn around to know who it was. The voice was more mature than before and he could hear the stiffness in her voice as she suppressed her words and tears down her throat.
Elaine finally came back to her senses when her body hit the soft bed.“I actually agreed to come to his house.” Elaine imagined beating herself up for being such a dork and spacing out.She finally glanced around the room. It was neat and tidy with just the right amount of furniture and decorations. She glanced at the willows painting on the wall. It brought back the memory from her past.Elaine had a small argument with her mom so she ran away from home to spend some time alone in her secret hideout but it was occupied by somebody else. She was angry as indicated by her red chubby cheeks. She silently approached the sleeping boy.“He is so handsome.” Elaine gasped as she looked at his face. She extended her small hands to touch his high nose and giggled when he frowned.“Even good looking when frowning.” Elaine was giving points in her heart. She was caught in surprise as the boy opened his eyes staring s
"This chapter contains mature content."“Sophie, Why are you here?” Drake removed the hands from his neck. He dodged sideways when she tried to kiss him. Sophie was little upset seeing him trying to shun her away. Even though she was right before him, he wasn’t paying attention.“You didn’t miss me, did you?” Sophie pouted as she pushed the man against the wall totally unaware of presence of another woman in the house.Sophie was a woman with just the right curves and her body was oozing with sexiness and maturity. In other words she was the ideal woman of Drake. Elaine turned around and happened to witness a woman kissing Drake as she clung to him, her bosom pressed against him.She felt her heart grow cold. Even worse her eye made a contact with Sophie’s who let go of Drake when she saw someone unexpected. Thousands of emotions could be seen passing through her face: surprise, shock, jealousy, hatr
The bus stopped at another stop. It didn’t matter to her where, she just wanted to be away from that suffocating place. She dropped off at that bus stop and walked on the pavement as if she had lost her soul.“Sorry.” She came back from her trance when she bumped into a pedestrian.It seemed like the next person was also in sort of irritation so when he bumped into her he was even more annoyed.“Are you freaking blind?” He shouted at her. Elaine was in no mood to argue with someone so she bowed again as an apology and started walking.“Oii..wait a minute.” The man caught Elaine by her shoulder even though she was slightly taller than him. Elaine was annoyed now. “What is it?” she turned around.Her eyes were red but there was no sign of crying. She was suppressing her emotions. He got it immediately because he had been there.“Want to talk?”“Huh!!!!”
“Whoaaaaaa……..This is big” Elaine looked totally impressed at the big building. ‘The compound of the university is probably bigger than my whole village’ Elaine thought as she looked at the university in awe.. Yuri looked at totally mesmerized Elaine and gave a low laugh. “Dude, you are seriously acting like a complete villager…ha ha ha.” Elaine, “…..” “Well I am a commoner for your kind information.” Elaine was not offended with his remarks but she was certainly not thrilled. Elaine was greeted by a huge metal gate. That was not the thing that stopped her in her tracks. She looked at the neatly dressed two Armies who stood guard with real guns. “They won’t hurt you until you mess with them..” Yuri leaned to her side and whispered in her ears. “Sheesshhhhh…Don’t whisper to me like that all of sudden.” Elaine was clearly startled when he suddenly whispered in her ears. It was chilly and the wind was getting colder indicating winte
No one spoke a word to each other when they returned back. They had their own thoughts in their mind. Drunk but still a little bit sober Elaine and Yuri returned back to their apartment. As soon as they arrived back home they went for a shower to wash away the sweat and smell of alcohol. After a shower their fatigue washed away and they finally felt alive. “You…….” Yuri glared at Elaine who almost spit out the lemon tea she was drinking. Wiping her wet mouth with her hands she looked at him. “What??” She was totally clueless as to what wrong she had done. “You almost got under a car today and you realize how serious was that or don’t you?” Yuri looked ready to discipline Elaine and her unruly and wild behaviors. ‘This girl Elaine is a dangerous species.’ That was his conclusion after spending an entire day with her. No, he didn’t even need the entire day. Half the day was enough for him. Elaine stood silently her head bowed down in embarrassment and g
The university was surely awesome and big from the outside but it was even more magnificent inside the gate. Yuri was in a casual clothes with an name badge attached to his shirt since that was the rule. The building was not only tall but artistic as well. Designed by a top engineer in the country alongside the best architecture it was truly a master piece. When they were waling together some of the senior students looked at them with weird glances. “Isn’t that the faggot?” “What is he doing with a girl, did he change his taste now?” Another one giggled as they looked at them. Elaine only heard terms like faggot and girl and taste so she didn’t know what they were telling but she knew they were bad and all of them were directed at Yuri. “Yuri, are they whispering about you?” She asked him clearly without beating around the bush. “Well yes, forget about them. On your first day you only need to see good things.” Yuri avoided and changed
Michael had some kind of suspicion that it was going to be something not good. His gut feeling was right after all. “So, you old men decided our engagement even without informing me.” Michael curled up his lip showing a dangerous smile. “Good, very good. Exactly what I was expecting from that old men.” Michael gave an evil laugh that made the temperature in the room drop by several degrees. “Your grandfather is not a bad giuy, he just wants you to get a wife and have a happy life with some babies.” The principal looked at the cold man seated on the couch before him. “Hahahahah. Whether he is a good guy or a bad guy, no one knows it better than you do, Mr. Claude Johnson aka the ex-mafia leader from the most heinous gang The black Rose.” In his voice was a clear enmity and hatred which he spitted out along with each words. “If you expect me to have a marital relation with your granddaughter I am sorry I can’t comply even if you were a respected