I said NO to Tokyo
Daichi opened up the white envelope curiously.
At the same time Kaori watched him anxiously.
Daichi's eyes ran across the page of the letter and soon enough his seemingly emotionless face turned into lines of anger in his forehead.
"Kaori" he spoke "What were you thinking!" He shouted.
Kaori hated seeing her dad angry, she wanted to cry at her fathers harsh reaction but she knew if she did it would show weakness.
"How could you cheat on your final exam!" He snapped slamming the paper onto the table.
"..I just wanted to do well..." Kaori mumbled.
"If you wanted to do well than you should have studied harder, Like Sora" he yelled.
She hated it when he compared her to Sora. Sometimes she even felt that Daichi liked Sora more than her because if Sora had cheated during a test, he would most likely be forgiven by him, but had one of those 'Just don't do it again' kind of talks obviously.
"Well then, If your truly sorry then you can pay with your pocket money to resit the exams because me and Shizuku won't" Daichi said placing his hand on his hip.
"Ok..." Kaori sighed "Will I still be able to go to Tokyo?"
Daichi gave her an astonished look and then glared back at her.
"Of course not!" He snapped "If I can't trust you playing in the sea and taking an exam then I definitely don't trust you going to Tokyo!"
"Fine! I'll go by myself!" Kaori yelled as she stormed out the room.
Kaori went to her room completely heart broken.
She had been looking forward to going to Tokyo ever since her parents both agreed to it, and she had even saved up loads of money towards it to buy lots of souvenirs to make it memorable.
She dismally jumped onto her bed sinking into the mattress.
Well what now...? She thought still upset, Maybe I'll go to the secret rocks, that always makes me feel better when I'm down, She thought to herself.
So she got up from her bed and peeped out from her bedroom door.
She really didn't want to face her father again, not when he was this angry, but thankfully the coast was clear so she sneakily crept down the corridor and raised her hand to open the solid wooden door.
"Where are you going?" A voice said making her jump out of her skin.
Kaori quickly spun round towards the voice to find Sora staring at her with his 'This looks suspicious' expression written all over his face.
"Uhhh" Kaori said searching for an excuse.
"I'm going to Tokyo" she lied
Sora shook his head in disbelief "But dad said-"
"I know!" Kaori snapped back "But I'm going anyway, and nobody is going to stop me"
Kaori loved messing with her brother, because he was so innocent and gullible!
"Bye!" She said trying not to laugh at the lies that she had created.
"But...What about your stuff? Like clothes and stuff?" Sora asked.
"I have already packed them all" she smiled "There outside"
"Oh..." Sora said "I'm still telling mom your running away though"
"I'll be back tomorrow, she won't even miss me!" Kaori told him playfully.
"Ok then, if you say so" Sora said walking away.
Maybe I should pack a bag? Kaorithought suddenly, then I could pack some snacks and bring some toys with me!
Kaori thendashed to her bedroom and picked up her purple rucksack and frantically started picking up things to put in it.
Sunglasses...Notebook..Pens...toys...picnic blanket...swimsuit...what else? She thought to herself, Oh yeah food!
She quickly went back to the kitchen euphorically.
She was about to raid the fridge but then she noticed some mochi and some peach and sesame cookies which her grandma had sent her, so she grabbed a tupperware from the top shelf and popped a few in.
That'll do, she thought.
She then took her water bottle from the kitchen table and filled it with some juice, that was also conveniently on the table.
She put the Tupperware and water bottle into her rucksack and then she was prepared for her mini adventure!
When she got to the door she looked back once more to check that nobody else had seen her, which they hadn't, the hallway was completely empty...
Meanwhile at the Tamaki Clinic...
Daichi had just arrived back after doing some house calls while Shizuku had been left to do clinic duty.
"it's been very busy today" Shizuku told him as he entered through the door "I've never seen so many tourists in need"
"There was nothing serious was there?" Daichi asked.
"Not really" Shizuku replied calmly "Just a few wasp and jelly fish stings, oh and a few scrapes and bruises"
Daichi pulled up a chair next to Shizuku "Have you read that letter yet that we got from Kaori's teacher?"
Shizuku nodded in response whilst she was filling out some clinic documentation.
"She told me on Thursday" She answered.
"What! You knew and you never told me!" He said trying not to yell.
"Yeah, She was worried you would be angry" Shizuku said looking up from her papers "She is deeply sorry about it"
"I bet she is, She could have got expelled!" He grunted back.
Shizuku took her eyes off her work and sat up in her chair,
"Do you think we are putting too much pressure on her?" She asked.
Daichi remained silent unable to think of a suitable response.
"She said she only did it because she got anxious. She really did want to do well" Shizuku sympathised.
"Maybe I have been a bit harsh on her" Daichi sighed.
"I'm such a bad father" he muttered to himself.
"Don't say that Daichi" she said placing her hand on his shoulder.
"My parents were strict with me when I was a child, So I don't know how else to treat them..." He told her hopelessly.
"Maybe you shouldn't be so hard on Kaori, She is doing the best she can" Shizuku told him as she glanced back at her work.
"Maybe I should go apologise?" Daichi told himself, "I will find her once I have finished my house calls"
Kaori sat on a large boulder as she watched the sea waves crashing to shore.
It was a beautiful day today, The sun was out, the sky was cloudless and the air was pretty warm except for the occasional light breeze from the sea.
Kaori took off her backpack and lay it on the rock next to her.
She undid the zip and then took out her Kagayaki doll and the Tupperware containing her snacks.
After a few moments of solitude, she then heard pitter patters of footsteps coming closer and closer.
"H-hello?" She spoke anxiously.
"Hi!" Replied an unfamiliar voice in the distance.
"Where are you?" Kaori shouted.
Kaori quickly got up onto her feet to trace where the voice had come from.
She then saw the face of a young girl appear amongst the trees.
"Who are you?" Kaori asked.
"Hi! I'm Megan!" The girl replied in a bizarre accent.
The girl appeared out from the trees revealing her beautiful long ginger hair and lightly speckled face.
The girl was wearing a plain pink tee and some scruffy blue denim overalls, as though she had been dressed for something very practical.
"Are you...British?" Kaori asked confused. Kaori could usually identify accents of people from China or America but this accent was very unfamiliar to her.
"No!" The girl cried sounding quite offended "I'm from Scotland"
"Ohh..." Kaori replied, She had heard of the country before but she had never met someone who was from there.
"What have you got there?" The girl said looking at her backpack.
"Just some stuff" Kaori replied "Do you want a cookie? My grandma baked them"
"Yummy!" She said as she walked closer.
Kaori opened up the Tupperware and handed her a cookie.
"Mmmm" Megan hummed as she took a bite.
"Why are you all alone?" Kaori asked.
She paused as she took another bite of the cookie and then replied "I can't find my brother anywhere, so I decided to find the hotel I am staying at but now I'm even more lost!".
"Oh...I can help you!" Kaori grinned "I live here!"
Megan sat down on the rock as she swallowed the last piece of her cookie.
"I might stay with you for a while" She told her "I don't really like my brother, he's so bossy and mean.
I hate parents".
"Me too, they don't understand anything!" Kaori moaned.
Kaori sat down next to her and put her Tupperware back into her bag.
"I like your doll" The girl commented.
Kaori blushed and forgot she left it out "Oh yeah" she replied awkwardly.
"It's meant to be the pop star, Kagayaki".
"Never heard of him!" Megan giggled picking him up.
"Really?!" Kaori replied in shock "He's really famous over here!"
Megan took a closer look at the doll "Maybe you could show me some of his music some time?".
"Ok!" Kaori replied "Shall we go now?, I'm sure my mom won't mind"
"Megan! What on earth are you doing!" Shouted an angry voice.
A tall man came marching over to the rocks and grabbed Megan's arm "I've been looking all over for you! I was worried sick thinking I'd have to call the police!" He growled in a gruffer sounding accent than hers.
"Sorry Ross..." She cried apologetically.
"Come on!" He yelled tugging her arm.
"Bye!" Megan shouted as the man practically dragged her along the rocky path.
I didn't even get to tell her my name or ask her which hotel she was staying at, Kaori thought to herself rather disappointed.