23:59 Thursday 30 July 2008 Thunderstorm
Hello.. future me? I'm not sure haha, it feels weird to write to myself.
This is my first diary entry.. Mama gave it to me yesterday actually. I meant to write in it earlier but I didn't know what to, so I asked Mama. She told me to write whatever I liked, it would be my secret book that I can read again when I grow older. A.. diery? I think I got the spelling wrong.. but that's how she pronounced it.
Since I can write about anything.. I'll write about today. I read a storybook in the library today till I forgot about the time and it was suddenly sunset. It was a very interesting book. The story was about a girl with amnesia after being abandoned by her parents, she was an unwanted child whose mother was a prostitute and her father didn't want to take care of her because she wouldn't carry on his family name since she would be someone else's wife instead. So the father and mother agreed to dump her deep in the woods and leave her to die, they lied to her saying they were going to bring her to her favourite candy store.
That's all I managed to read before I noticed the librarian informed me that the library was closing soon and she was locking the doors. I felt embarrassed.. I didn't notice the time. I remember quickly putting the book back where I got it, apologizing and rushing out the library. I never got to remember the book's title, hopefully I can still find it tomorrow..! Then when I got back home it was already night, since the walk home was long. Mama and Papa were worried when I reached since I never go home late without telling them beforehand, but afterwards I got to eat Mama's katsudon. Her's is always the best, I bet even in the future hers will still be my favourite. I love Mama and Papa, they're really kind.
Nothing much happened after that, I did my homework, played with Vicchan, helped with the onsen, brushed my teeth and now I'm writing this on my study table with the table lamp I got from Yuuko and Takeshi for my birthday last year. There's some empty space left in this page so I'll write a little more!
Everytime I'm going to walk home from school and going back home, I always pass by a flat bridge that's above a stream that leads back up to the mountain tops. I don't know if I was seeing things, but I first saw a ghost last month. I don't know whether they were a boy or a girl, but it was a beautiful person with long light.. grey hair tied in a ponytail. They were slightly taller than me and was wearing a dark grey long sleeve t-shirt, long blue jeans and school shoes I think. I thought they were a normal person at first, but I saw a couple walk through the ghost. I got really scared.. so I ran past them the first time.
After that, every day when I pass by, I always see them just standing there. Sitting by the edge of the bridge and looking at the mountain, I don't know if they move much.. I've only seen them lower their head to look from the mountain to the stream below. I got more curious since all Yurei did was stand there (I nicknamed them 'Yurei') but Yurei never seems to know I'm here. Or maybe they're ignoring me? I tried reading up about ghosts and I think they are a spirit that might not be able to move on to the afterlife. I'm scared to approach Yurei since no one else can see them, but I really want to help them.
I don't know why. Did I help Yurei in the end, in the future?
Anyway, to future me, I'm 15 years old this year, grade 10. How old are you now? Did I get into college? I hope you and everyone are doing well, oh and remember to feed future Viccchan his favourite treat for me! Tell him I love you for me, I'll do it for you too tomorrow before I go to school.
Goodnight.