{FOHC} Chapter 9: All She Wanted in Life

Aki had just gotten a call from her father saying to run to his office. So she excused herself from her house and immediately ran to her car. She drove to her dad's office while nervous, it had been so long since he called her for a meeting. A hologram flashed as Aki saw her father and greeted, "Hey fahter, how's the business meeting going?

"It's going okay. I can't wait to tell you your mission, you're going to be so excited, a spoiler, it includes killing. Exciting, I know?" He said as Aki's eyes filled with excitment, "Yes! Who is it? I can do it for you, father!" Her father paused for a few seconds and said, "Luna. The person you live with, her parents are a pain in the ass. I want to shoot them but I want to wait until it hurts them most. And Luna's vulnerable now, right? No one to protect her. You could kill her in her sleep." It felt as if Aki's world had stopped moving. Her thoughts were crowded.

All she wanted was to make her father proud, so she accepted when he asked her to follow the path of an assassin. That's all she wanted in life, to make someone proud. All throughout her life she had no one to support her but herself, but that doesn't mean she was lonely, Luna was there to help her. No way could she kill someone who was there for her more than her parents will ever be. But she was willing to throw it all away for her parents love. "Yes father. I'll do it tonight." He said something she never in a million years Aki thought she'd hear. "I'm proud of you kiddo. I love you and goodbye." Aki stood there like a statue, unable to move. She began to cry from feeling too overwhelmed. From her father saying that he's proud of her, to killing the girl she loves. Although she doesn't want to choose between killing someone she loves or her parents love. Is there a choice? Perhaps there is. 'There must be. I don't want to kill her but I don't want to make my parents disappointed again. Her, or my parents? Who will be there for me for my darkest days? Will it be my parents or Luna? As a kid the only person there to comfort me and help bandage my dad's cuts when he used to hit me was Luna. Only her. So if I choose to make my parents proud over her, will she be mad at me? What will she feel? Disappointed? Frustrated? Anxious? I would too. But why did she start hating me? Oh god, I'm crying again.'

She wiped her tears and began walking to her car, thinking of how she'll do it. She got home and it was silent. She went up to their shared room and knocked. Luna answered and Aki began to burst into tears. Luna asked, "What's wrong?" Aki stayed silent for a few minutes and then said, "Nothing, can we just talk?" Luna agreed. They stayed in the room for hours until one of them slept. Could that be a big mistake?

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