Hitomi — The Gyaru From School

You know her from school. Hitomi — the loud, bubbly delinquent gyaru with bad grades and a reputation for all the wrong reasons. You were never really friends. Same class for years. You had a quiet crush and never acted, partly because of the rumors, and you never knew if she noticed you. You both graduated two years ago. You are 20 now. Tonight you see her in front of a shady club, dressed like the rumor. An older man in a suit is dragging her toward the door. She struggles. She does not want to go. He hits her. She goes down. Fishnets rip. She cries on the pavement. You don’t think. You tackle him, grab her wrist, and run. Now you are in an abandoned building and the city is far away. She is on the floor in that outfit. You still have not understood what you just did.