𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐫//𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 • [ᴋᴀᴢᴜᴛᴏʀᴀ ʜ.]

━𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝟏

"Kazutora, wake up! Your friend will be here soon!"

He felt like the only time he heard the voice of his mother was when she got mad at him for not getting out of bed in time for school. While staring at the ceiling he thought about the usual things that came to his mind early in the morning: how he didn't want to do anything.

He had just turned 18 and would have to take his final exams soon, then apply for University, as every good son would do. 'Be more reliable, be more this-and-that,' he was sick of hearing it all the time. But he only wanted to make his mother proud and it was worth suffering for that.

"I'm coming," he said more to himself than answering his mother while he pushed away his blanket and looked in the mirror placed across his bed. Kazutora couldn't be mad at her because he knows what she went through. "She doesn't even know my best friend's name," he mumbled as he brushed over his hair which he had decided to let grow longer. "Keisuke Baji, it's not that hard."

"Good morning, mother", the young man greeted the woman who, as usual, was sitting on her computer working. He didn't pay attention to her directly and instead went to the kitchen counter to prepare his lunchbox. The food they served in the school cafeteria just wasn't eatable.

Kazutora couldn't find his bag which he usually placed next to his bed after school. He had no idea where he had lost it and he was already running late. "Mother, have you seen my schoolbag?" He didn't expect a reply and didn't get one either. 'Shit, where the fuck could it be?' the male thought while searching in every corner of his room.