Dear Diary: Life After The Bathhouse

by violintides

A diary kept by Chihiro about what happens after she leaves the bathhouse. There will be many chapters. Will she ever see Haku again? What happens with her friend, Kuri? And who is this Izumo guy? Please R&R. Haku X Chihiro X Izumo, my O.C.

4. Chapter 4

A/N: Chapter 4. Some time progresses between the last chapter and this one. Let's see what happened...

"Dear Diary"

(life after the bathhouse)

by:

ViolinTides

Dear Diary,

Haha, I can't believe I found this old thing. I had lost it when I was younger and thought maybe it'd gotten thrown away. Here it is, though, stored away in some dusty old box. Well, I suppose that means it's time for some updates, right?

I'm now 16. Reading through this diary and noticing the dates, it appears it has been 5 years since my visit to the spirit world. That trip changed my life forever and I feel it may have been for the better. When I went in, I was a scared, whiney, crybaby of a little girl. Now I am more fearless, more willing, and more able to do things on my own than I would ever have been without that experience.

My parents are still alive and kicking, but they fight a lot. It seems not many couples stay married anymore. Maybe it's just my experience, but I've heard them talk of divorce, and I'm not an idiot. I know what that will mean: Two seperate houses, two seperate schools, two seperate lives. I sure hope that never happens.

Oh, and I made a friend. Yeah, only one, but one friend is better than none, right? Her name is Kurishita. We just call her Kuri for short. She's 2nd chair in my orchestra. Yes, I still play the silly violin. I don't know how much longer I will be able to though. The instructor/conductor and I don't exactly see eye-to-eye. I can be a little abraisive at times, but I try not to. Either way, I did make 1st chair and I have a solo to work on so I dont have much time to finish writing this.

Kuri and I hang out only once in awhile. We're not exactly "Best friends" or anything like that. We just hang out before and after orchestra. We practice together. Sometimes we have classes together. Either way she is a great deal of fun to be around.

My love life is, sadly, pathetic. I have never gone on a date still. None of the boys are really 'jumping' to get me. No one is really interested in asking me out. I dont even really know any guys who might like me. It's no big deal anyway. I'd have to turn them down.

My heart still belongs to a special dragon.

Love,

Chi-Chi (Kuri's nickname for me.)

Please read and review. Any and all suggestions/comments/flames/etc are welcome. You are welcome to email me as well. violintides at hotmail dot com. Thank you for reading!