The SSS Beast King: Rebirth of the Legendary Predator
Chapter 59: A Petal in the Wind

Chapter 59: A Petal in the Wind

The bell rang, releasing me from the prison I had been trapped in for the last eight hours. I sighed, carrying my bag on my back. I looked around, seeing that everyone else had someone around them to walk them home. But I was still alone.

"But that doesn’t bother me at all!" I said while dashing to get home. It wasn’t like I was expecting a warm hug or someone to wait for me. There never has been and there won’t be anyone who would do such a thing for me. "I wish I had a sibling..." That way, there would be someone for me.

Unfortunately, I was born an only child, so I had to walk the same road every day for eternity, all alone, with only myself and I to keep me company. However, it was calming not to have anyone around who could bother me. The setting sun created a beautiful view.

A petal fell on my cheek, painting it pink. I hand-picked this path solely because cherry trees grow around it. So, when I walk to or from school, I walk under them, with their leaves falling around me.

If I was going to spend eternity alone, I at least had to make it enjoyable, and this was just candy for the eyes.

I opened the door of my house, took my boots off, and yelled to my mother that I was home. But I heard no response, so I just thought she wasn’t home yet maybe overtime? Father hasn’t been home for a while, so she has had to get a job to manage all the expenses.

I have tried getting one myself, but she is totally against it, saying that I shouldn’t be wasting my youth and everything. But I am living my life to the fullest, this is just how I like it, all alone. She always says how whenever she was fourteen she had boys asking her left and right, so she was always busy. Which in my eyes, is not something good, but everyone has a different vision.

Some like to live their life by trying to have no regrets, but in doing it they just create more. "If you live your life chasing something, are you really living?"

To me, living my childhood is just doing what I feel like, which at the moment is watching shows for the whole day. Some read books all day, some play games, and I, sit on the couch eating whatever I can find while watching whatever show catches my eye, and I love it.

I threw my bag on the floor and rushed into the kitchen. There, I caused ruckage, grabbing whatever I could find to munch on. After destroying the kitchen, just like I threw the bag, I threw myself on the couch. Grabbing the remote like an animal grabbing its prey’s dead body.

But as I was about to turn on the TV, I realized it was already on. I had many questions, but the biggest was how I didn’t notice it had been on this whole time... But enough of that, why was it on? Who was watching, and what were they watching?

Mom isn’t home, so then... is there an invader inside! If there is, didn’t I alert them that I’m home by literally screaming that I’m home? I jumped from the couch and ran back to the kitchen where I grabbed a knife. Slowly making my way around the house, skeptical at every corner I turn. My hand shivered around the knife. "Wh-Whoever you are you better know I have a weapon and I’m not afraid to use it..." But as I made my way upstairs, I heard something fall, and out of fear, I accidentally threw the knife in the air, but I was quick to catch it.

It took me five whole minutes to arrive at the point where the sound came from, my feet just didn’t want to move, it wasn’t my fault. It wasn’t like I was scared.

My eyes widened, as I realized the noise came from my mom’s room. But what would an invader do there? Was it a thief, it had to, and it was here to steal something, but why from Mom? I slowly entered, the room pitch black. "The one time I don’t bring my phone." But as I was contemplating my decision, I stepped on something. I looked to see what it was, and to my surprise,e it was... underwear? But why would someone break in just to steal underwear? And why Mom’s instead of mine?!

Does this guy have something for older women or something? But as I turned on the light, my knife ready in my hand, I saw my mother’s face. I started dumbfounded, did she not hear me when I came? Why was she staying in the darkness, and why did she throw her underwear on the floor?

"Oh sweetie, you’re home. How was school?" Really I was speechless, maybe because it wasn’t the reveal I was expecting. Wait, did I want it to have been someone else? No, I’m happy it was just mom, yeah... definitely not disappointed in any way...

"I have many questions... but I’m sure your answer will just be more confusing than the question. But I will ask one, what were you watching?" That was what started it all after all, that the TV was on.

"Oh, it’s just a show your father showed me a long time ago, apparently, everything shown happened inside The Core." I felt disgusted at her words, she tends to cling to much on father, even if he more over abandoned us. But she still loves him like the day they got married. It made me sick, but, it did seem interesting, nothing that my mother would like, so she was definitely watching it because of my father, which only makes me hate him more.

But I guess I’ll give it a try. So not wanting to bother my mother any longer, I just let her do whatever she wanted. Which was crying. She tried covering up, but I could see the makeup damaged by her tears, and the black bags that had developed, the wet pillow. She really missed her father, but it had been a while since he was last here. Since he’s a guard inside The Core. She can’t accept that he isn’t coming back. I do wonder where he is.

Wait, maybe I could find him on the show!

I made my way to the TV which was still playing, and with my eyes examining every detail, I started to watch.

It was... interesting? The idea felt basic, but then again, this was a death game so it wasn’t really basic. The game itself was interesting, and I liked putting myself in their situation. But what really caught my attention was the winner of the game. He looked familiar, and he too had silver hair, but our eyes were different.

We looked alike for some reason, but I couldn’t figure out what made me think that. Also, there was no trace of my father so I had wasted hours of my life watching a generic show that had the twist of having real death sprinkled inside, without that, it was one like many others.

So disappointed, but with something I could think about to sleep, I went to bed, as the Moon was up high in the sky, meaning I had to get to sleep or ill be a walking zombie tomorrow at school.

I sat down on my bed and covered myself with my blanket. But as I was about to fall asleep, I noticed the family picture had fallen, or had I knocked it down? So I got up and fixed it. But as my eyes gazed at the photo, I almost dropped it. In the picture were four people, me, my mother, my father, and another whose face was covered by a crack in the glass. Intrigued, I grabbed the foto from the frame. But to my luck, the face of the figure had been burned off.

But even with its identity hidden, why did I feel such a strong connection to it? Like I had known it my entire life. It was the same feeling I felt whenever I saw that guy on the show. This was so weird, I felt like I was searching for a memory that didn’t exist, it was so frustrating!

"Who are you?" I said while sweat ran down on the picture from my hands. Maybe Mother knows something, I’ll have to ask her tomorrow. I just have to go to sleep for now... but how can I sleep now?

[...]

[The second team has been eliminated. Only two to go.]

’Damn it...’ How did this happen? Just when everything was going according to my plan, something had to turn everything upside down. What now? Have I truly... lost? That can’t happen, I won’t let it happen.

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