˜”*°• She Was There •°*”˜

His stomach growled in starvation. It has been a long time since he had eaten, ever since he was chased out of the orphanage, he was finding it hard to live on his own.

"Damn it..." His face fell hard on the ground.

"I'm gonna die of hunger." He muttered.

Atsushi was now desperate for food. Their words struck him to the bone. His mind kept on repeating their words, their words of insults.

"Get out, you good for nothing!"

"No orphanage would welcome the likes of you!"

"The world would be a better place, if you'd just die in a ditch somewhere!"

Their words hurt him, he was abused by them and he had suffered so much.

Their actions left a scar on him. A scar that will forever remind him of the horrid things that he had endured and suffered throughout his life.

They made him feel weak and he doesn't deserve to live, there are times when he thought that they were right, but...

But he, was determined to stay alive.

"Shut up!" He repeatedly yelled.

He had enough of their nonsense, he will proved them wrong. "Die in a ditch?" He asked no one in particular while clenching his fists

"I'm not gonna die!"

"I'm gonna live, no matter what it takes!"

He won't die, he will live. He won't easily give up on hope, Atsushi won't give them what they want.

At first, he thought of stealing from people but he didn't have the guts. Until, he decided enough was enough and he resolved to rob the next man he sees.

"I'll rush the first person who comes along and rob them of everything they've got!"

He waited for a millisecond until he gasped and turned around. A vehicle speed passed him, making him unable to rob them.

He gritted his teeth, mumbling something that it was impossible for him to rob a speeding vehicle on an empty stomach.

So he moved on to the next victim.

"Next!"

The next one however, were military officers. Who were marching as a part of their training. Chanting,

"One, two, three four!"

Atsushi couldn't possibly rob an army, so he made up an excuse for himself.

"I...I doubt military police'd be toting their wallets during training."

But the next one, he reassured, he will for sure, rob the next one. He quickly turned around, ready to pounce on his target.

"I've got this!"

But the boy was not expecting what he saw.

"Well..."

Almost immediately, he saw a man floating down the river. "I can't possibly count him." His eyebrows were twitching. Atsushi was confused on what to do. He was supposed to rob people, but he didn't expect this!

"Y-Yeah, I'll pass, please."

He stuttered and pleaded, as if the whole scene would disappear in an instant. The boy was sweating bullets, what to do?

What to do?

Until he saw the man being eaten by a murder of crows. He was now itching to do something.

Atsushi shook his head and decided to finally do something.

"Fine!"

He rushed and jumped on to the river. Atsushi swam towards the man, as he got hold of him, he swam back to surface.

Atsushi panted, as he and the man were now on land.

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'I saved a life?'