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@bepsibae
as if being a student wasn’t hard enough, onoda had major bills to pay. the scariest part about her bills, was that she had to pay them directly through yakuza men -- considering that the entire building was owned by a group of men, rather than a land-lord. these men would come around & be sure to collect pay by hand, incase that someone decided that they didn’t need to pay up that month’s rent. she never had the unfortunate situation of hearing what happened to anyone that didn’t pay up their rent, but she’d heard rumors from her neighbors that it was a gory affair.
being a bit short on money, the bespectacled woman desperately search around her apartment for spare coins, anything!! her money laid out on the table, she couldn’t help but desperately count it over & over again, hoping that it would suddenly double . . . triple even. just enough to pay for her rent. that’s what she got for treating herself on that trip to akihabara & now she would have angry yakuza on her tail!! that was . . . if they didn’t gun her down on the spot. it was a terrible thing to imagine.
hearing the knocking at her door, tears started to prick at onoda’s eyes. collecting the money up off of the table, she stuffed it in her pocket & ran over to answer the door. cracking it open, her big, innocent eyes gleamed up at the man -- the same one that came to collect every month. she always simply slid the money through the crack of the door & that was the extent of their interactions . . . but this time she wouldn’t be able to do that. certainly, he would be even more angry if she tried to give him the incorrect amount. as she looked out at him, there was still tears in her eyes, reddened from the crying that she had been doing. every month, she had been on time & exact with her payments -- now this slip up was definitely going to cost her life!!
“u -- um . . . “ opening the door a little more, onoda stood in front of the man with her gaze stuck on the ground, focusing on her feet. “do you mind . . . if i pay you a little late this month.” her words were sad -- clearly nervous to be speaking this in-depth with him. “i know you guys do so much for me, letting me stay here, b --- but --- “ she kept her fingers interlaced in front of her body, she played with them nervously. “i’m really, really sorry . . . “








