Chapter 240 - They deserved to die

Four years ago in Kyoto, Japan...

Hana had that shy look young women often wear, but it was never morose. Always behind those slightly pursed lips was a smile just waiting to be tempted out. She didn't have anyone except for her grandmother who died after she graduated high school.

Hana decided to start working instead of continuing to college until later on, when she was about to leave her grandmother's house and sell it, she found a letter and a huge amount of money enough inside an envelope. 

In the letter, her grandmother wrote so many things and also about the money she saved so that she could go to college. Her grandmother wanted her to be successful.

Reading the letter made Hana cried and it also gave her a reason to keep ongoing. Her decision was firm. She wanted to make her grandmother's dying wish come true.

And so, Hana went to Tokyo to study. The sight of the city and how busy the streets were different from the place she lived in. She had a hard time adjusting to the big city but she wasn't going to give up.

The University she entered was filled with diverse students. It was hard but she was driven by the d.e.s.i.r.e to become successful. 

Hana was able to make new friends and one of them was the man she fell in love with, Kuroda Genta.

During the middle of the first semester, she confessed to Genta, and he reciprocated her feelings. The first few weeks of their relationship went well until semester break came and Genta invited her to his place.

If she had a chance to go back and decline his offer, she would do it but the naive Hana, blinded by her love for the man accepted it. There, her nightmare began.

Genta's two male friends were waiting at his place and when she arrived, at first they were being friendly to her until she got drunk. The three men took advantage of her drunk state.

She woke up later that night with her whole body sore. She was inside a dark room, alone. She was blankly at the ceiling as she recalled what happened. That night, Hana badly wanted to end her own life. They ruined her life why should she continue to live? She couldn't bear to continue living with this kind of humiliation. She wanted to die until she was snapped out by the laughter that came downstairs.

No... She shouldn't die right now. The people who deserved to die were the men downstairs.

And so, driven by hatred and revenge, Hana got off from the bed and went downstairs, n.a.k.e.d.

There were only two men in the living room, they were watching movies and were drinking as they did.

She entered the kitchen to get a knife and waited for the opportunity. She knew that if she rushed to kill them now, it would backfire on her. They were two men that could easily overpower her.

It didn't take long before the two men fell asleep. They have been drinking since earlier so it was expected. Hana didn't waste the opportunity to kill them the moment they were down. She stabbed them again and again as she poured out all her anger on them.

She was covered with blood so she went to take a bath to clean herself before she rummaged the place and stole the money she found inside.

She knew that she shouldn't stay in the country. She needed to leave just so she won't be caught.

Just when she was about to leave, she saw the third man entering the gate.

Hana clenched her fists tightly as she glared at him. He was the coward who backed out. Even if he didn't harass her, she still hated him for running away, for not doing anything to help her out of the situation. He didn't do anything to stop his friends from defiling her.

"K-Kobayashi-san..." The man, Satoshi Keita was looking at her in surprise.

Hana stared at him with dead eyes. She took out the knife from inside her bag and pointed it to him. "Come here, let me kill you too." She took a step forward to which Keita took a step back in response.

"You... killed them?" 

"Of course. They deserved to die."

Keith clenched his fists tightly as he stopped taking a step back.

Hana was caught off-guard when the man in front of her suddenly gave her a deep bow. "I-I'm so sorry! I-I deserve to die for not helping you! I should-"

"Shut up!" Hana raised the knife, her eyes filled with tears as she looked at him with spite. She wanted to stab him right there and then but her hand wouldn't stop from trembling.

She wanted to kill him. She really does but... she couldn't bring herself to do it. She hated him but it wasn't enough for her to kill him like his friends.

A clang was heard as she dropped off the knife. She walked past him and ignored him. She didn't have the strength to kill anyone anymore. She just wanted to get out of the cursed place and forget everything that happened. She needed to get out of the country and start anew.

Hana thought that she would never see Keita again until... She saw him at the airport. He said that he wanted to follow her and to make up for his mistake. He was willing to do whatever she wanted.

At first, Hana ignored him but she soon thought of the spending so she decided to make him work for money while she enjoyed using it for the things she wanted.

She arrived in China with Keita to continue with her studies but a few months after, she found out that she was pregnant.

She went to see a doctor to schedule an abortion but things didn't go her way.

"What do you mean that I can't have an abortion?"

"The baby inside your tummy is already big. Having an abortion now will cost you your life. You should have come here at least a month earlier."