Love is War

Chapter 8

My sister and I exchanged glances for a minute, with different expressions in our eyes. Mine, was telling her to go away from me because I am not comfortable with her around. Hers, it’s like her usual expression, when you think shallowly it’s like you are seeing my sister being expressive, but trust me it’s just her façade and its her nature to deceive people, that’s why she is called the man slayer. She killed too many important people by deceiving them, killing them while their back is turned on her That is why I don’t trust my sister because she deceives everyone, including her family. I don’t want to talk about it, but that will still remain in my heart for a very long time and I cannot forgive her.

I frowned, when I saw her smile at me and she said that she wants to talk something. I don’t buy her scheme; I turned my head away from her ignoring her request. Ignoring her was useless when I heard the leaves crunched by feet and her steps becoming louder and louder. I heard the chains clang when she sat on the swing besides me.

“Being here with you sure brings back a lot of memories,” my sister said with her usual calm voice, yet it brings disaster inside my chest.

“Bad memories,” I clarified and clenched my fist on the chains that hold this swing in a steel bar. I did not put much force in it because I could break the chain and fall off the ground. I don’t want to be humiliated again. What happened earlier is enough!

“You still not moving on?” she asked obnoxiously.

“MOVING ON?!” my anger was triggered with that comment of her, like what happened in OUR past is just nothing to her. “Don’t you know how much I have gone through because of you Shane? Do you know?” I raised my voice and I stand up on the swing where I am sitting and faced her. My eye brows almost meet each other because of the extreme rage that I am feeling right now. I can’t just let this past through. She is disrespecting me.

“Chill sis,” she said awkwardly smiling while both of her hands are raised as a sign of surrender.

“Chill?” I asked the laugh. “What kind of joke is that? You come here while I blow my steam, just to reheat it again?” I asked continuously. “You’re such a b***h you know that? Just get away from me!” I said looking at her dead in the eye.

“Watch your words,” she threatened me but I am not afraid of her threats. I am never afraid of her.

“Whatever,” I walked out in our park. I want to get away from here. I stomped on the ground trying to find a quiet place where no one will bother me especially that person. Thanks to her my day is already ruined. I really hate her guts.

I went straight to our front gate where my motorcycle is parked. I think I am in the mood for a relaxing ride around our turf, well anywhere besides the enemy don’t know about my identity except for me being in my berserker persona. If and only if someone or something tries to mess with me, I will make sure that they will regret it for the rest of their lives especially now that I am pretty pissed off. They can be useful on cooling my head and anger releasement inside of me. I put on my helmet and I’m ready to go.

I reached the gate and I ordered the gate guards to open the gate for me and so they did. I got on my motorcycle and started its engine and rev it up before I accelerated outside of our home.

The fresh and cold air touches my skin and almost instantly I felt relax with it. The great scenery in our area even I am driving my bike a little bit too fast. My eyes are focused on the road since I don’t want accidents happening on me. Just seeing the beautiful scenery with just the edge of my vision is enough for me to enjoy this ride.

Oh, I have an idea, since I like some window shopping maybe buying those who I really like. I went to the mall that has just been recently opened. It’s a trending discussion on the social media since the owner of the mall is internationally known for its successful business and his mall features. I think its call ZM, that stands for Zeno Market.

In my location it’s not far away from here so I sped up to reach the said mall because today is its grand opening. I don’t have plans going since it will be a much of a hassle trying to compete with all the people coming today just to get in. Also, the sale that attracted the masses is big but I don’t care since I have the money to buy anything I like.

I reached the mall and as expected the line is long and it will take time for me to get in. I get in line and wait for my turn to get in. I am very thankful that the weather today is pretty cloudy and that reduces the likelihood of me getting a tan on my body.

For a long time, I endured smelling the sweaty odor of the people around me but I remained quiet since insulting them is not a proper for me and being quiet causes us much more complication.

Time passed and I watched the people get inside one by one. The owner is very rich yet he just can afford one guard and narrow entrance. I saw the guard check the bag of the person that is ahead of me and went through the scanner of weapons. I immediately scanned why whole body, because I might be carrying a gun.

I think I will just give the guard a bribe, when I felt my pistol on my waist. Finally, it’s my turn and I immediately hand him a handful of cash and he was very surprised about it. I stare at him using my eyebrows to tell him that he should let me pass. 

Hesitant to take the bribe the guard was faced with hard decision, but in the end, he took the cash and lets me through without any questions asked. It’s very cold inside here, probably because of the powerful air conditioning machines installed inside the mall. I observed the cheerful crowds minding their own businesses. Fast food restaurants are pretty prevalent inside this facility as well as clothes shops. I saw an arcade and I immediately went for it since it’s the only thing that piqued my interest.

This place is popular to kids and adults alike but right now more adults are inside the place. I saw men fighting each other through an arcade battle game. I watched them how they execute their moves since I am pretty knowledgeable with this game. I can’t deny that these two are pretty skilled with the game and they gave me entertainment.

After that battle, I was reminded of myself, this arcade needs the store’s exclusive token. I have a cash inside my pocket and I went straight to the cashier and I told her that I needed tokens. I handed over that cash in the counter and she gave me 20 pieces of tokens and there is 5 more extra.

When I went back to the fighting arcade, it’s just time when I saw their fight about to reach its c****x. I cheered on the dude who is using my favorite character and in this kind of games in arcades, there is only one rule. The one who wins gets to play the game all day long.

Finally, it’s my turn and I took a sit and this guy who has already 7 wins in a row was smiling, he saved a lot of tokens playing against me. I smirked and I hid it so someone can’t see, I’m ready to break and shatter his happiness into pieces. We chose our character and he chose his usual pick, the wooden guy that likes to mimic character movements hence his name. I picked a girl character who is known for its great martial arts and I can see myself in her when you look into her back story.

In her dojo where the men in prioritized by her father and she was disregarded as the heir, because she was the only daughter of the family. She suffered from sexism towards the others and she trained hard to prove something to them until one day, the battle began. Inheriting has one tradition has been practiced in all generations. A battle and the strong gets the treasure. She and the top student of her dad, her father was very certain that the victory will be achieved by his top student despite not knowing that her daughter trained hard for this moment.

The battle began and the battle was ended in an instant when she countered the move of the top student that got too cocky. Everyone was surprised and as the tradition says, she inherits the dojo and competed with world fighting tournament which is the name of the game, where the strongest warriors gather.

Unlike in the story, I cannot do the one shot that she did in her story, all I can do is perform her unstoppable combo in game and the guy I’m fighting is already smashing the keys because he cannot do something about it. I mastered this game because I have one in our home.

He can’t accept his defeat so he entered another token and we pick our usual picks. The fight began and I quickly presses the evade key to avoid his combo and I performed a heavy attack that will throw his character off balance and when he stood up. I started the unstoppable combo I’ve done earlier until his character’s health bar was reduced to zero.

I saw him enraged, and he stood up and stomps his way out of the arcade because of humiliation. After that a kid who is next in line, and I sensed that he is a beginner sat down besides me despite seeing me how I crushed the guy back then shows no fear. He is just here to play the game and to have fun.

I was remined, I have to breathe and to take everything easy, not too hardcore. I was relaxed and happy with the thought and we played giving the kid the respect he deserves.