Ayumi: Kiyomi....i think i'm in love wi-
Kiyomi:(Interrupts) Please don't say that word whenever i'm around.
You may think i'm overreacting, but i'm not. I don't like to hear, see, say or write the word and it didn't start now. It started 13 years ago. My mom said she loved me, my sister and my dad and she would never leave us. But that day....that day..... my mom divorced my dad after a huge fight and left us. My dad didn't want to take care of us so he left us too. Ayumi begged and cried but he refused to stay.
Ayumi:(Crying) Please dad, don't go, think about my future.....think about Kiyomi's future.
Botan: Ayumi,to be honest, i don't see anything in you and Kiyomi's future. All i can see is you and Kiyomi growng up exactly like your mother.
Ayumi:(Crying) Why don't you want to take care of us anymore? Why don't you want to live with us?
Botan: I don't want to live with people who will still betray me. Now GET LOST!
Then he pushed her. She fell, breaking her waist and i rushed to her side as dad almost left.
Kiyomi: Onii-chan(big sister), are you okay?(She cried in pain and i looked at dad who was about leaving with his luggage). (Crying) Dad...don't you love us anymore.
Botan: I don't love you. And i NEVER will.
Then he left leaving me heart broken and i promised myself to never fall in love...with anyone.
Ever since that day, i didn't like hearing the word "Love" because it reminded me of what happened that day and i despised love because it broke my family apart and left Ayumi heart broken.
We called our relatives but they didn't want to take care of us too. So Ayumi decided to take full responsibility, we owned the house so we didn't have to pay rent bills and we attended a private school on scholarship which covers our fees from elementary to high school so we didn't have to pay school fees. So since our house and school fees were already covered, our relatives only gave us money for food and allowance. It wasn't small and it wasn't big...just normal.
Ummm....where was i again? Yeah, i was here:
Ayumi: Oh please stop being soo stonehearted.
Kiyomi: I'm serious.
Ayumi: Okay. I'm falling for a guy and he asked me out and i agreed. His name is Aoki and he has blue eyes and he's very charming.
Kiyomi: Falling for guys will just hurt you.
Ayumi: Oh please, stop overreacting. Falling for a guy isn't bad. This is Tokyo in the 21st century, there are cute guys here and it isn't bad to fall for a guy. Don't worry, when you get into high school, you'll know what i'm talking about.
Kiyomi: Don't say i didn't warn ya.
And guess what? They didn't break-up. It's been 6 years and they're still in a relationship but this time i'm in high school(a 2nd year student). And Ayumi has graduated from high school and college and is now working in a company as a receptionist and Aoki works at that same company as a staff so they come back home together and he has dinner with us all the time and sometimes he stays for the night or goes home. But it was actually fun having him around, it felt like i had a big broher who watched and cared for me.
During the years, i grew up with a hobby of writing stories. I found it as a way of expressing my cold feelings and Ayumi was usually interested in them. She was always the one who supported me but in first year of high school, i got new fans.
That day, i was rushing to go home before a huge storm because i always forgot to bring my umbrella. I was in a hurry so i mistakenly left my storybook, i didn't realise it until it was night when i was about to write in it. I checked my bag but i didn't see it. I checked my bookshelf, my room and the sitting room to see if i left it there but it was no where to be found. I went to chek in Ayumi's room to see if it'll be there, only for me to see Aoki on her bed and Ayumi ontop of him.
Ayumi:(Surprised)Kiyomi, it doesn't look like what you think.
Kiyomi: Where's my book?
Ayumi:(Confused) Your book?(She said while getting up).
Kiyomi: Yes.
Ayumi: Which of them?
Kiyomi: Tears and Pain.
Ayumi: I thought you took that one to school.
Kiyomi: Oh no no no no no. This can't be happening.
Ayumi: Have you checked your bag?
Kiyomi: Yes.
Ayumi: Your shelf?
Kiyomi: Yes.
Ayumi: Maybe you left it at school. You could check your desk tomorrow when you get to school.
The next day, i checked my desk but it was empty, i didn't see it. I was already fumming in anger, ready to pounce on any of my classmates that took the book. But during recess, our class hotie, Akio and assistant cheerleading captain, Hinata. Approached me.
Akio: Um...are you Kiyomi?
Kiyomi:(Angrily) Yes, is there any problem?
Hinata: Are you the author of this book?
Then she brought out my storybook.
Kiyomi: YES! Oh My God! I've been looking for this book.
Akio: You left it when you were about going home yesterday, we wanted to keep it for you but we ended up reading it. We are so sorry.
Hinata: So what happens next. I'm dying of suspense.
Kiyomi:(Confused) Do you guys...like it?
Akio: Yeah, it's amazing.
Hinata: What happens next?
And that's how the 3 of us became friends. We would talk during recess, after school and go home together. And sometimes Hinata and i would have sleepovers at my house, sometimes hers. Even if the whole class wondered why Akio and Hinata would want to be friends with someone like me, i didn't really mind it cause i liked having them around.