OUR YOUTH

Eating or Being Eaten

-In 2022-

BYURRR!!!

One bucket of what was immediately spilled on a girl wearing a uniform. She was shaking — shivering in the cold. It is not ordinary water but water mixed with ice. A round of laughter that sounded so loud. That poor girl can only be cornered in the corner of a decayed wall.

“HAHAHAHAHAHA …”

"Oh, my God! So wet," said the girl wearing the same uniform, with long hair with a sadistic smile. "It's been recorded, right? We'll upload it to go viral. Yuhuu! Hahaha!" she added while squatting in front of the poor girl.

Sounds like sobs, and makes her face turn sadder. Slowly tilt her head sideways — staring coldly at the girl wearing the name tag 'Karina Rabella'.

"Oh, my God, fuck! Don't cry, it's not fun, hmmm ..."

Suddenly the hair of the girl named Karina was pulled back until her head looked up. The whole body was soaked, and so was her wet-looking hair covering half of her face. Look into the angry eyes of the injustice he's feeling right now, blushing like burning coals. The old scars were still visible on the cheekbones and the tips of his lips, they hurt a lot. No mercy.

"Clara, come on! Somebody's coming!" whispered one of them, she's a short-haired girl with big eyes — popping candy in her mouth. She's the girl who recorded what happened when Karina was doused with ice water.

"Oh, shit!"

Her face was upset — looking cynically at Karina, who immediately took her eyes off Clara. With her brute, Clara throws Karina's head against the wall.

BUGH!

Karina could only endure the pain in her heart, covering half her face with her hands. Tears of sorrow glistened the traces of civilized men away from her. A cold night with a roar that's been echoing in the sky ever since. Karina could breathe a little more relief, her fear gradually faded, when she only stayed behind the school. Trying to hug her own body, a cold feeling poked around her body. The blue lips can only scream for help in her heart.

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Flashback~

-In 2021-

"FIGHT!!!!"

"GO!!!"

"HAAAAAAA!!!!!"

Two different camps. Attacking each other, under heavy rain, doesn't paralyze their anger to hurt each other. A look of revenge and anger, beating each other mercilessly. Bloodstains spread on black asphalt roads that were also wet with rain.

The students still wear their respective uniforms as robes of greatness to maintain how strong they are. Like the battlefield, sharp weapons like small knives, and cutters don't hesitate to carry wooden sticks as swords destroy opponents.

Only with his bare hands, he can take out two people at a time in seconds.

'Lucas Gent'

The name was written on the name tag on his shirt. His eyes seemed confused looking for someone invisible within his reach. Lucas starts to panic and worry. He had trouble finding among these many men, keeping Lucas off guard until he was hit hard on his back with wood.

BUGH!!

Lucas fell on the asphalt while enduring pain that seemed to crumble his spine. Reflecting his eyes so quickly saw an enemy who was about to hit him again. Lucas immediately protects himself by crouching. The student's black skin hit Lucas with a long-sized blunt wood. If Lucas doesn't escape immediately, he'll die quickly.

NGIUNG NGIUNG NGIUNG!!!

The siren sounded from afar, but it was clear that it belonged to a police car that started approaching where they were fighting. As big as Lucas's eyes saw the unwary enemy, Lucas quickly grabbed the student's leg and fell hard on the asphalt. There's no time to run away from the police if he fights the guy. Lucas rushed away from the crowd, looking for a safe place to hide.

"BACK UP!! EVERYBODY!! BACK UP!!"

Keep running, scared that if he gets caught by a police officer, it's gonna be a mess. Not only did Lucas's eyes stop thinking about himself, he thought of his friend who had not been seen since, but even before the brawl happened, he was next to her. Worried that the enemy took him away.

Lucas is unaware that he keeps walking until he is on a narrow st and full of dirt that makes it difficult to move. Drenched clothes, shoes, and pants covered with mud. The rain grew louder along with the thundering sound that so showed its wrath. The road is so quiet with huts with so much junk, for the first time Lucas finds out about a place like this.

Lucas snapped — stopping his step at the sight of a woman walking downstairs, her face invisible because she was covered with long black hair that was drooping from the rain. Lucas doesn't know where that woman came from. Her weak move, with one leg, dragged around.

SRETT … SRETTT …

If she's a ghost, there's no way her feet are on the ground, she's just a walking student but she doesn't look fine. She doesn't have to care about the student thing, Lucas continues her journey to find a friend who is currently important to him. Lucas's running with the rest of his energy.

BRAKK!!

His shoulder accidentally collided with a student who almost scared him. The student had a small, thin body. She just got back on her feet, and just walked away. However, Lucas's eyes stopped when he saw a name tag lying on wet ground, the mud turned into mud that made the name tag that looked like the student's name tag dirty. It says 'Karina Rabella'.

Lucas looked back at the student, who had begun to get away from his sight. What kind of feeling is this, why is her aura so full of sadness? A memory that came to mind was when her eyes glanced accidentally into her eyes. Highly Highlighting eyes full of despair and anger. Makes it impossible to escape the shadow of that girl.

However, this was no time for him to think about the student's circumstances. His friend's life is at risk. Lucas immediately rushed — ran back to search before the police came to find him.