<Natsu's POV>

This day couldn’t possibly get any worse. I know that most freshmen feel the same way on their first day in college, but mine just took the cup. I honestly even considered taking online classes. Atleast nobody would be sitting at the back of the class telling the while world I have a vagina right between my groin and backdoor.

It was an accident. I was busy taking a shower‚ and then someone walked in on me and he saw me. Yes‚ he caught me with a dildo in my had and saw how I tried to stuff it up my…I don’t think I should go into detail with that.

How I got there? Well it’s pretty simple actually. Everyone in college brags about how they are no longer virgins‚ I indirectly was under a little peer pressure and thought that I would atleas seem cool‚ if I also wasn’t a virgin. I’m gay‚ wear glasses and I’m probably one of the most least attractive guys in school. Can’t do any harm if I wanted to try and atleast seem cool.

All my life I was alone. Father dead, mother dead, brother dead and sister dead. I can till remember that day‚ I dream of it every night and sometimes I wish that things could be different. That I could have a home to return to. Atleast I won’t feel so alone‚ knowing I have a family that loves me unconditionally and would accept me regardless of my flaws.

I was only five when it happened‚ but at that age I was pretty observant. I noticed things easily‚ like how Mom and Dad faught day and night. How dad brought in some strange lady and how I could hear her moaning from his room. I was innocent still and didn’t know what was happening‚ but those memories never went away and as I grew older it all eventually made sense to me. My father never loved my mother and would often make it a habit to sleep with other women behind her back.

That day I was on an outing with my bestie and her parents. Just had a trip to the zoo and it was honestly the happiest day of my life. I mean‚ I love animals and even at that age I was fascinated by them.

But when they took me home‚ it was on that night when it happened. They were on their way to my house and then the car suddenly drove faster. Both my bestie and I looked out the window to see why and then I saw it. My house up in flames and my little sister banging against the window from inside‚ crying for help.

I wanted to help her. I wanted to go in and get her out of there‚ but nobody let me. I was dragged away from the house and no matter how many times I kicked and cried‚ I didn’t go closer. I was pulled away.

People carried buckets of water and came with their hoses to take the fire out. But by the time they reached the bedroom‚ it was already too late. On that day my life completely changed…

Crack…

That sounds like a twig that just broke. I looked down and saw what it is and as soon as my eyes noticed that I am no longer standing on the tile floor of my dorm‚ I looked around. I’m in some forest. How did I get here?

I blink and push my glasses up trying to think. Only then do I remember walking out of my dorm and then just leaving the building. I kept walking and walking‚ I saw the forest and now I am here. I’m in the Eastville forest.

I smile at myself and continue walking. I’ve been so deep in thought that I didn’t notice where I was going. I do know where I am now‚ these trees are taller than the ones you find when you walk in. That means I’m close to the lake‚ I have to go there‚ being here already has a calming and soothing effect one.

The lake is literally the most beautiful sightings in Eastville‚ other than the zoo. It’s like a scene from the movie Twilight and although not many come here‚ I make the efforr to visit this place. It’s because people don’t come near here‚ why the lake stays so beautiful. All people do these days is pollute and ruin everything. Some parts of nature are meant to stay the same.

I still wonder why nobody often comes here. It’s hard to imagine that such a beautiful place wouldn’t attract tourist.

I kept walking and took careful steps over the roots and branches. I eventually find the glistening waters of the lake and then go closer. Pushing a few branches from my face and then climbing down a rock.

As soon as I land‚ I hear this strange sound coming out of nowhere. I didn’t hear it at first‚ but now I can clearly hear it. It sounds like someone is beating something against the soil‚ like digging a hole. I wonder if I should go and check what it is.

Curiosity takes over and so I find myself walking to the source of this strange noise. I walked and treaded carefully‚ not to be seen yet by anyone.

Once I knew that I was close enough‚ I hid behind a tree and slowly peeked my head out. And then I saw what I was not supposed to see.

Three men standing around a deep hole. One of them dropping‚ what looks like a dead body‚ into the hole. I have seen things in my life‚ terrible things. Like watching my house burn while my sister is inside it screaming for help. Trapped in hell while I helplessly had to stay and watch. What could possibly be worse than that?

But what I see now‚ I don’t know what came over me. I just turned around and I started to run.

I didn’t dare look back and I only ran pass a few trees before my lungs already began screaming for air. I was out of breath so quickly and mostly because my breathing became intense the moment I saw what I saw back there. Someone just got murdered and three people are burying him there.

What if they saw me and that happened to me too? I might have nothing in my life right now and I also am not afraid of death‚ I am just afraid of the ways to do and dying like that is not a part of my bucket list.

Once I felt like I ran for long enough‚ I slowed down and then stopped. Quickly holding onto the nearest tree before I lean against it and try catching my breath.

That was close. All I need to do now is act like I never saw what I just did and then go on with my life. Maybe never come to this lake again‚ but I can’t do that. I have to report this to the police‚ it’s the right thing to do.

I need my phone. So I quickly reach for it in my pockets and take it out.

As soon as I did that‚ a hand came out of nowhere and suddenly grabbed my wrist. I flinched at the sudden action and looked to see who this might be‚ freezing once a set of crystalline blue eyes were looking at me.

The man stood tall over me‚ like he literally felt like a giant. Maybe I am exaggerating‚ but that’s just how the intensity of his gaze felt on me. And the grip on my wrist hurts a little. It started to hurt so much that I lost my grip‚ and let my phone slip out of my hand.

It’s then when I finally see it. His face‚ his body‚ the way he stands and also the dirt and blood on his t-shirt. He’s the one who dropped the dead body in that ditch.

But that’s not all‚ I have seen this face before. No fuck everyone knows this face‚ everyone is afraid of this face. He is one of THEM.

Simuel Abara‚ a member of the Abara Trio. A gang feared by everyone and most importantly‚ not the kind of people I wanted to get mixed up with. They just murdered someone and I saw them try get rid of the evidence. I am a witness. My life is over.

Simuel has a devilish smile on his face. His grip only tightening more‚ to the point where it felt like my wrist was about to get snapped in half. “Well, well, well. Look what we have here.”