Confidence
Kasumi has never been afraid to fight for what she believes in, no ifs or buts about it.
By: Rosethorn Li
If Kasumi were good, mother would get better. If she visits her everyday, mother will be able to breath again. If mother can breath, she can talk. Then Kasumi can chat with her and learn from her and have a mommy that's like everyone else's.
I'm sorry, Kasumi-chan. Your mother, she...
No, mommy wouldn't leave. She's over there, right daddy? Mommy's right...over...
There is a body, covered in white. White like snow and mommy's smiles and the rice balls they used to make.
If she smiled, everyone would like her. If she cooked, they would like her better still. Then the ladies next door wouldn't whisper and the children wouldn't stare.
...heard that her mother passed. Tendou-san is left with three daughters.
Not even a son...?
She doesn't like the way they look at her. It feels like she isn't even there.
If she did well in her studies, father would be pleased. If father were happy, he would smile again. If he smiled, Akane-chan wouldn't cry. And if Akane-chan stopped crying everything would be better.
Daddy, daddy, I got a good score!
Ah...That is good, Kasumi-chan.
But that wasn't a smile. Words didn't matter when daddy made that face.
If she is herself, what everyone else says does not matter.
Hello there. My name is Tendou Kasumi. It's a pleasure to meet you!
