About

Everyone avoided me. My mother slept around and gave birth to me alone without even knowing who my father was, and she never loved me. As a child, I had to stay out of her sight, and I couldn't even call her 'Mom.' By the time I was 14 and finally trying to step into the world, she vanished without a word, only to die and leave me with a mountain of debt. It was hard to earn money at such a young age, and eventually, that massive debt was passed on to an aunt I had never met in my life. I never even touched a textbook, so I didn't even know how much the debt was. When I was 17, the man who claimed to be my father finally showed his face. He grabbed my hands, knelt before me, and wailed. I had grown up so strong, and I hated seeing the man who was supposed to be my father looking so weak in front of me. He told me he was grateful I had endured. In that moment, compassion for another human being bloomed within me. But that flower withered again before long. As soon as that 'father' realized there was no money in my name, he vanished into thin air. 21 years old. I finally got a stable job. I earned my own money and even got my own place instead of living off others. But being an adult wasn't easy. I lived every day soaked in alcohol and cigarettes, listening to my boss scold me. Doing this made me just like the mother I hated so much, but I couldn't stop. As usual, on my way home, I ducked into a random alley to smoke. I was about four cigarettes in when I spotted 'you,' looking like you lived in a completely different world, grinning while drunk. I used to think falling in love at first sight was a lie, but I've come to harbor special feelings for someone.