The man in the darkness crying *⁠･⁠゜ﾟ⁠(⁠^⁠O⁠^⁠)⁠↝

I, Zenkaku Hotoke, a 21 year old drop-out, ran away from my abusive father about 20 days ago, i had been living with my friends for 5 days each. But now that i've stayed with my friends, their mothers hate me because i had tattoos on my arms, cuts on my legs, bruises on my face and i usually wear dark clothes, i had no where to go. My phone ran out of battery, i couldn't call for help, i couldn't look for hotels because i had no money, i needed shelter and food as fast as possible. Begging was of no use because who even pays attention to beggars in Japan nowadays, i decided to find a quick job, i roamed around the city in search of help, i kept my stuff in a dark alleyway no one dared to go near even, i didn't know why but who cares? At least my things wouldn't get stolen, i found a 'self serve' restaurant just some distance away, i went in and asked the manager if i could serve some food to the other customers, he said "go ahead" so i went in the kitchen and made Macaroni & cheese and grilled Haddock. "The food was amazing!" squealed the family i served, i got tipped 80¥ and i got paid 1,000¥, even though it was a self serve restaurant, i got money from it doing what all other restaurants do. My new boss's name was Yasha Chi, he offered me to help customers make better tasting food, i accepted the job request, i did the same all day and around at 9:15 pm, i heard a sob from the alley way i decided to stay in. I have to specify, i didn't thoroughly check the alleyway before plopping my stuff there, i thought someone gathered the courage to enter the 'haunted' alleyway, "hey! is somebody there?" i called, a strange man emerged from the darkness with tears in his eyes. "Don't you know, this is my spot, take your things and leave." the man demanded in a wobbly voice as he tossed my bag to me, "i didn't know this spot belonged to you, i just really need a place to stay because i-" "I do not care, just go somewhere else!" he replied in a higher pitch, i lowered my head, "my mom committed suicide 8 years ago because my dad abused her horribly, she escaped in her way, i escaped in my own way, he took his anger out on me every 20 minutes...he told me it's my fault my mother died, i've ran for 5 miles i think now, i really need to rest, if you want money then i- " i was about to finish my conversation but he just started crying again, "w-what's wrong?" i questioned. He plopped down on the grown as it started raining, "today i...saw an old friend of mine die today, even though i was in front of him, i couldn't save him..We were the bestest of friends, his last words to me were "wait for me in heaven?" but the catch here is, i'm a villain, there's no way i can go to heaven...." i stared at his eyes, they were full of pain and anger, the quirk i have is 'the 7 elements', i opened my bag and took out a pack of cigarettes. I sat next to him and offered him one, he accepted and i lit it by activating my fire element.

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