A peaceful calm morning. The sunlight peaks through the clouds. The stores on the market were opening. The alleyways felt a warm sense. Mr. Yamako opens the door. Behind him Kento was standing. "You came quite early today?" Mr. Yamako smiles while saying and Kento was standing there. He didn't say anything but smiled. Time passed. Customers came and went. Kento's life was going smoothly for the last seven days. He wakes up gets ready for the day and gets back after finishing work. He has recently applied for some jobs but sadly got rejected. Kento has now lost hope of getting any actual job and he thinks he will work here forever. After all a small amount of paycheck is better sometimes. Kento was organising some stuff while Mr. Yamako came to him. "Hey here you go." Mr. Yamako gives him a chocolate bar. Kento looks at him "nah old man it's ok." Mr. Yamako throws the chocolate and he grabs it. Mr. Yamako turns back and walked away. "On the house you idiot. Sometimes take things you want." His tone was always a bit rude but kind at the same time. It's 8:30 , closing time. The night was quiet and cold. Kento was getting ready for the closing and Mr. Yamako called him near the counter. Kento puts on his jacket and takes a soda can. He sits down in front of the counter and waited for Mr. Yamako to speak. "You're having some trouble aren't you Kento?" Mr. Yamako's tone felt warm and genuine. "No old man it's fine." Mr. Yamako puts on his jacket too and says - "Even I used to say that to my old man when I was at your age so I know." Mr. Yamako takes the key and Kento gets up. They both closed the shop. "Don't worry too much. You're young you will find a way or another. But remember Kento, whatever you choose will take you to your destination." Kento feels as if his heart skipped a beat. Mr. Yamako walks off and says - "don't be late tomorrow boy." Kento stood there motionlessly. "Choice." He whispered.
Kento was walking his way back to his apartment. The roads were mostly empty. He sees a drunk guy laying around. A woman passing by. A child playing with his father while walking. He feels empty. The road lights were bright. Some of them flickering. Some of them were broken. It gives Kento a vision of himself. The bright lights was like his future goals which were very hard to achieve. The flickering ones his confusion and the poor decision making rather to flicker or shine bright. The broken ones? His dark life he is in now. He walked and thought about all that has happened. Monica, V, That headquarters and everything. For the past seven days his thoughts were going crazy. "Whatever, I don't care." He whispered. Kento has reached home while running crazy with his thoughts. Opens the door. He takes a shower. He prepared some noodles and ate it while watching TV. While eating his phone started ringing. It's from a friend named Kai. "Yo dude, I really missed you man. Wanna hangout tomorrow?" Kai was his best friend. Kento takes a bite and says - "how about next Monday man? I am really busted this week." Kento didn't have enough money. Suddenly someone knocked on the door. "Yo man I will call later." He hangs up. He gets up and goes to see who it was. It's almost 11:30 and someone coming at this hour didn't feel right to Kento. The knocking didn't stop. Kento holds the door and opens it. Strangely no one was there. He looks around and sees no one. A family that had some children also lived there. So Kento thought the children might have did it. "Damn kids." He yelled with anger. He shuts the door closed.
Kento turns around and hears a sound. His phone is ringing again. He walked down the hallway and gets in front of the TV. His phone was ringing. He bends down and picks it up. Kento sees it's an unknown number. He hangs up. Kento sits down and started eating again. Suddenly he noticed that there's a sound of running water coming from the bathroom. He gets up to check suddenly the sound stops. He stopped. His body refused to move somehow. Suddenly the bathroom door starts to open from inside. Kento panicked and stepped back. He looks around but finds nothing. He sees a screwdriver. He grabs it and holds it. He couldn't scream neither move. As if his body has lost all control. He stood there. The door opens and a man steps out. This is the moment when Kento breaks apart. The man was none other than Scarface. He steps outside. He looks at Kento. His face was wet, he's holding a towel. He steps outside. Kento who was feeling terrified didn't move a muscle. His eyes were inches away from popping out. Scarface throws the towel and he takes his katana out. He points it at Kento. The tip of it looked way more sharp than before. Kento's heart beat raises. His hands started shaking. He steps back. "Wanna talk?" Scarface's tone almost sliced through Kento's heart. "Wh-What do you want?" Kento mumbles. His tone almost felt like a whisper. Scarface puts down the katana. He steps closer. Kento steps back and sticks to the wall. Scarface came closer. "A man to man conversation. What do you say?" A deep tone of death.
The atmosphere was calm and the wind almost felt different. Kento and Scarface sitting face to face. Scarface grabs a can of beer and opens it up. Takes a sip. "I was told to apologise first. So here it goes. I am sorry." Kento was sitting there terrified. He looks at the door. "Don't you even think about running away." Scarface's tone was deep and deadly. "What do you want?" Kento whispers. His grip on the screwdriver tightens up. He looks at him drinking the beer. Scarface looks at him and says - "how about I give you an offer and you accept it like a wise man." Kento confused and terrified. He looks at the door again and looks at him. Scarface leans forward. His hands on the table and he looks at Kento and says - "those bastards from VE already gave you an offer to join them right?" Kento was shocked. How did he know about the VE. He backed away a bit and says - "I didn't trust them. What makes you think I will trust you." Scarface looked a bit pissed but he didn't react. He looks at Kento, his eyes sharp as his blades. He says - "because I know the truth. We know the truth Kento." Suddenly someone knocked on the door and Kento got shocked. He looks at the door. "Go on open it. Someone is waiting to join us." Kento looks at him but doesn't say anything. Inside his mind he's panicking he's traumatized. Kento gets up and slowly walked towards the door. Scarface keeps sitting there and doesn't move. He holds his katana in his hand. Kento holds the door lock and says - "who's there?" The question was pointless. We couldn't expect a pizza delivery for him and Scarface. "Open it and find out yourself Akari." A female tone from the other side of the door. Most importantly she mentioned Kento's last name. Kento opens the door and sees a girl standing in front of him. Her very appearance was very gothic. Her eyes were dark black and she has a tattoo on her neck. She pushed back Kento walks right inside the house. "Scar where are you?" She mentioned Scarface as she walked inside. Kento shocked, still standing there. He looks at her from behind and noticed she had a set of knives hooked in her belt. Kento looked terrified. What's happening here? He doesn't want any of these but he's helpless now. She turns back and says - "you gonna stand there or what?" Her face reaction was too cold. Kento closed the door. "Now then how about we get started." Kento Scarface and the unknown woman. Whatever happens from now will change the whole prospective of Kento. The moment he regrets his choice, his arrogance, his life.