[Fic Prompt] In Your Footsteps
Title: In Your Footsteps
Member: Nino
Rating: PG-13
Author: chellie
Summary: Stalkers are not to be taken lightly. They can do so much more than you think they can.
Warning: mention of blood
Notes: This is just a prompt. So if ever you're going to pick this up, do whatever you want, write however you want. ;)
"Mom, I'm going to be fine. Please, stop worrying about me."
"Don't tell me to stop worrying. Stalkers are not to be taken lightly. They can do so much more than you think they can. Shouldn't you move somewhere else? Why don't you come back home instead?"
"I have a lot in my hands right now. I can't just leave work, a lot of people are relying on me," he sighed. "I have to go now."
"Okay. Promise me that you'll be careful."
"Yes, I promise."
It was already 8:30 in the evening and Nino had to catch the 9:00 train to get to work. He grabbed his coat and his bag and rushed to the door.
Like always, when he got to the lobby, he saluted at the guard who had always been so friendly to him. Little did he know that it was the last time he would ever see the old man.
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It was ten in the morning when he arrived at their apartment complex. He was surprised to see police cars and an ambulance, and a lot of people gathered in front. He tried to pass through but it seemed impossible.
"What happened?" Nino asked a bystander.
"They found the guard dead a few hours ago. Heard he was stabbed multiple times."
Nino's sweat grew cold. The situation felt wrong more than it should.
"The police are checking the neighbors, all doors, probably. It's gruesome in there," the man said making a queasy face.
Nino approached a police officer.
"Excuse me. I live here."
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Two days later..
It was 8:30 and it was time to go to work.
He stopped by the lobby and, for a while, looked at the chair where their guard usually sat. Compared to how the lobby looked like two days ago, it looked like nothing has even ever happened. No blood stains, no police tapes.. just flowers.
Nino closed his eyes and offered a silent prayer.
"Hey."
Nino thought his soul might have jumped out of his body. He turned around and saw a man standing behind him, a few feet away. The said man was wearing a familiar uniform.
"Good evening, you must be the new guard."
"Yes, I am. Aiba Masaki at your service.”
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