林の中で①

「いやぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁ！！！！！！！！！」 「誰か助けてぇぇぇぇぇっ！！！！！」 雑木林の奥から女の子の悲鳴が聞こえてきた。 恐る恐る近づくと、女の子に男が覆いかぶさっていた。 女の子に見覚えがある。クラスメイトの女の子だ。あまり話したことは無いけど 可愛いと評判の女の子だった。男は悲鳴を上げる女の子を黙らせようと 彼女を何度も殴りつける。見る見る女の子の顔に痣ができ、鼻血が噴き出した。 女の子の顔が痛みと恐怖に染まり、股間からチョロチョロとお漏らしをしているのが分かった。 当時の僕はまだ幼くて「強姦」の知識がなかった。 気の弱い僕はただただ「大人が子供に暴力をふるう」シーンを見て怖くて 助けを呼びに行くことも出来ず、物陰で震えながら光景を盗み見る事しかできなかった。 ……。いや。違う。男が彼女の服を捲りあげた瞬間、彼女の オッパイが目に飛び込んできた。膨らみのもないまっ平らのオッパイ。 僕は初めて見る同世代の異性の半裸から目が離せずにいたんだ。 "Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!" "Someone help meeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!" A girl's scream came from deep within the thicket. Approaching cautiously, I saw a man on top of the girl. I recognized the girl. She was a classmate. I hadn't talked to her much, but she was known for being pretty. The man tried to silence the screaming girl by repeatedly hitting her. Bruises quickly appeared on the girl's face, and blood gushed from her nose. The girl's face was contorted with pain and terror, and I could see she was wetting herself between her legs. At that time, I was still young and didn't know what "rape" meant. Being a timid person, I was simply terrified watching the scene of "an adult inflicting violence on a child," and I couldn't even go for help. All I could do was tremble in the shadows and steal a peek at the scene. ...No. That's not it. The moment the man lifted her clothes, her breasts came into view. Flat, shapeless breasts. I couldn't take my eyes off the half-naked body of a woman my age, something I'd never seen before.