Beneath the Spider Lily's gaze

Prologue: Aster's Symbol

Aster's POV

"Wait! If you go there you will-"

BOOOM!!!

"Tsk, why didn't you listen!"

I broke into tears as I saw the sight of my parents' bodies mutilated on the ground, their faces unrecognizable anymore.

"Why? Why can't I stop you from going in that damn car?!"

I wiped my face off and stood back up, my body aching and my clothes half burnt from the explosion. I still smell the scent of burning gasoline and gunpowder from the car.

"Who could do such a thing?" I thought to myself as my tears continue to trickle down my face in a wry expression. "Why would they do such a thing to me? I didn't to anything. What did I do to deserve this?" I kept pondering as I helplessly stare at the burning car as well as my mutilated parents.

Suddenly I felt drowsy as my eyes became heavier and heavier, like a sunflower being deprived of sunlight. As my vision fades I saw a masked figure... A person with a spider lily symbol engraved on the side of their mask. 

I tried to grab on to them but my body just froze and became heavier until I finally collapsed on the floor, my consciousness fading as the masked person walks away. I'll never forgive him, I'll never forgive what he did do me... I resolve to the deepest depths of my soul that I will make him pay.

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I open my eyes to the sorry sight of my rundown apartment, the sound of trains passing, the sound of cars in a busy street and footsteps of people downstairs.

"Ah, it's been already a decade since that happened, the very thing that's motivating me to exist nowadays." I sighed and got dressed, walking around piles of my dirty clothes on the floor, finding which ones are okay to wear and which ones aren't.

"I really should take care of this soon." I thought to myself, sighing at the sight of my dirty clothes.

I went to the bathroom and before taking a bath I took a peek at myself in the mirror.

"Ugh, why do I still look like a girl after all these years? My friends told me to wait till puberty happens but it's been around 5 years since I graduated high school and I still look feminine even to this day"

I continued to stare at myself for another 5 minutes until I eventually got tired and went to finally take a bath.

I opened the faucet but no water was pouring down.

eh?

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Ah fuck.

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fine... I guess I'll just take a shower, I really should get that checked out

After I took a shower I went and got dressed with my barely wearable clothes and proceeded to make breakfast...

I sigh at the face of my empty fridge... No meat... No vegetables... Not even a single damn egg? shit I should get groceries really soon or else I might have to live on canned stuff again.

I went to the shelf and got the instant ramen... I guess this'll be my breakfast then.

As I was savoring my oh so salty meal, I stared at my window, seeing the beautiful cherry blossom trees and the birds chirping with the traffic... Why am I so unfortunate? I thought to myself as I once again get lost in my own thoughts. Thinking about all the shit that happened to me.

As I was pondering about my life... I suddenly got a glimpse of my watch

"MOTHERFU-"