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orchids
/in a pickle
disclaimed
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A long time ago,
we promised to wait for each other
I waited
You continued to walk on
A silly person who waited for a long time in vain
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Did I wait for nothing?
Or have you walked too far?
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He donned the honey-layered wig, and the pseudo-locks brushed slightly at his face. It tingles and itches, but the foreigners seem to find it a funny joke, and they pay more anyway, which was good.
Slipping his feet into metallic-pink pumps, he flicked his hair back, glimpsed at his twin in the mirror, puckered his cherry lips and strutted his way out like a professional.
A veteran.
Putting on his flirty falsetto voice, he welcomed a regular.
"Hey Johnny, looking real good…"
"Looking good back at yourself, Ranka-san!" His client gurgles throatily.
He gives him a peck on the cheek and proceeds to entertain his client with a tray of innuendoes, gestures and witty talk.
He returns home exhausted, and very drunk.
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She was a little concerned, but mostly disgusted.
"Otou-san, I told you not to drink excessively." A frown was plastered on her face as she placed a luke-warm towel on his forehead and pushed a mug of hot green tea into his hands.
"I told you to wear more feminine clothes too." He retaliated, his cheeks flushed.
…You never listened.
She scowled darkly.
"Sometimes, I wondered who the parent was."
"…"
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He was always irresponsible, leaving the house-cleaning to her, having cold lunches and quick dinners and sleeping through breakfasts.
He always doted on her, buying her lacy and frilly girly clothing, a tad bit similar to the ones he wore in the cross-dressing bar, though less revealing.
He always communicated with Kyouya, informing him with splats of Haruhi's history and in return, received bits of her faring in school.
He always spent his paycheck buying one roll of ootoro, so that he may just see how her lips would uplift and how her eyes would possessively stare at it and how she would relish it morsel by morsel. After eating it she realised that they had no money to pay the rent and would worry more.
He always wanted to be a responsible double-roled parent, physically and mentally.
She always disliked what he did.
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A long time ago,
we promised to wait for each other
I waited
You continued to walk on
A silly person who waited for a long time in vain
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Did I wait for nothing?
Or have you walked too far?
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A silly person.
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"You were always the one taking care of me, why wouldn't you let me take care of you?"
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"We would be sleeping on the streets, if you were the one maintaining the house."
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"….I guess." With a last backward glance, Haruhi switched off the light and the room transcended into cold darkness, and the door closed softly behind him.
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He always failed to be a mother and a father.
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"I guess…" he says, murmuring to the darkness swirling around him, and the air that seemed to be so empty, empty, empty.
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Orchids is the English meaning of Ranka. Please comment. Thanks.