Rika felt the crunch as her boot smashed into the man’s face. She didn’t have time for this; she was supposed to be going somewhere when this asshole had decided he liked the look of her. She had warned him, but they never listened, not when it was a sixteen-year-old girl talking, so she had kicked him, first in the nuts, then the face. The guy staggered backwards, and Rika, glancing at his watch, growled in frustration, she was gonna be late. Damn, damn, damn, damn. Hurrying out of the alley and down another she ran as fast as she could towards the school.

Skidding to a halt and gasping for air, Rika looked up, hearing music drifting on the wind, she grinned, she loved music, following the sound she found a boy sitting on the steps playing a guitar. Plopping down next to him Rika closed her eyes. Letting the sound wash over her.

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