Chapter Two:
Bitter Love:
There’s more
chaos in the world. It just hit without warning. Couples were arguing
everywhere. Girlfriends were throwing out their boyfriends. Weddings were called
off. Everyone was breaking up left and right.
Meanwhile, the
Academy was just now noticing that something was wrong.
Noiz was in her
office when there was a knock on her door.
“Enter,” she
said. She looked up to see the door open. Katie stood in the doorway in tears.
Noiz lowered her pen.
“Katie, what’s
wrong?” she asked. She let out a loud wail.
“He’s so
stupid!” the Finnish girl yelled. Katie broke down crying. Noiz got up and ran
over to her.
“Shhh! Shhh!
What’s wrong? What did Daisuke do?” she asked. Katie broke down crying on her
chest.
“Talk to me,”
Noiz said, trying to stay calm. She could barely make out what Katie was saying
through her tears.
“Whoa, whoa,
whoa,” the kitty headmistress said. “Slow down. Catch your breath.” Katie closed
her mouth and took a breath. Noiz waited patiently. Katie finally looked up at
her.
“Okay,” Noiz
said. “Talk to me. What’s going on? What did Daisuke do?” The Finnish girl’s
lips quivered.
“He’s so
stupid!” she wailed.
“What did he
do?” the kitty headmistress asked. Katie slowly shook her head.
“I… I… I don’t
know!” she shouted. Katie broke down crying again. Noiz frowned and sighed. What
the hell was going on? She just let the girl just cry it all out.
Katie wasn’t the
only one.
Yes, there were
other couples in Japan breaking up and fighting. It was mostly the women
attacking their lovers. Yes, it was the women. The men didn’t know what was
going on. As the day wore on, it was only going to get worse. That’s right. It
was about to get worse. Really worse.
The academy was slow on the uptake. But it was there. And Noiz was just now starting to see it. It all started with a knife and some shouting.