One Summer Makes All the Difference
By: Silent Gothic Lolita
(Beauty Pop)
Chapter 4
Chisami Makes Trouble
Kiri ran outside afer she realized she accidently gave her scrapbook to Narumi and his friends. All her photos, her memories, were inside of that book. She ran out of the shop and began to chase after Narumi's black limo. She didn't care if she was going to fall, trip, or bump into someone, all she cared was getting that scrapbook back before the S.P. looked or read anything inside. Mostly because that book wasn't just a scrapbook, it was also her diary! She picked up her speed.
"HEY! STOP, PLEASE!"
But the limo did not stop or heard her. Instead, the limo picked up speed and turn the opposite corner and disappered from Kiri's view. Kiri feel to the ground, gasping for breath after runing for half a yard.
"My...scrap...book...no.." panted Kiri.
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"Look, Naru-Naru," said Kei, "It's a photo of Kiri-chan and her mom!"
"What!?" exclamed Narumi.
Both Narumi and Ochiai moved next to Kei to see the book. True to Kei's word, on the fist page of the book was a photo of Kiri in the Los Angeles Airport. Next to her was her mother, Emi, hugging Kiri was hard as she could. It was the first day of summer vacation, so Kiri still had her layered bob and her I-don't-care-about-anything look on her face.
Kei and Narumi flip through the next two pages while Ochiai, not wanting to get killed by Kiri, sat at the end of the limo with ear plugs so that he wouldn't hear anything. On the second and third page, Kei and Narumi found photos of Kiri sightseeing all over California with her mother. On the third page was a glued piece of paper. It was one of Kiri's diary entries. Kei and Narumi read it in their head.
Dear Diary,
If your wondering were I was, I'm on a plane to Los Angeles! My dad had paid a one flight trip ticket to California so me and my mom could spend some quality time together. He didn't even tell me about it until I got home from school. He packed all my stuff and set it outside the doorstep. I couldn't even change out of my school uniform! I wonder why I don't just push him down a flight of stair? I hate traveling by plane, the food stinks, you can't move around, the bathroom smells and I get airsick easily. It's been about two hours in this stupid mental bird
NOT TO SELF: Lock dad in a room for 5 hours...tied up with ropes...upside.
Another two hours till I land, oh joy! I hate this day.
-Kiri Koshiba.
Kei flipped the next page. He stopped on page 4 and 5 were there was 3 pictures inside the flower-border papers. Narumi's and Kei's eyes widen. In the first photo was a picture of Kiri but her hair had grew down passed her shoulders and was slightly darker then it was. It was a head shot so she was wearing a faded brown sweater with a Indian feather necklace. Her brown eyes shone with life and happiness. And finally, she had a smile on her face, a real smile!
Then next photo was a picture of Kiri in front of Hollywood & Highland mall. The mall was really busy, there were people going in and out of the doors that you couldn't see the doors or take a small peek inside. Kiri was setting on a metal bench near the front doors in jeans and blue tank top while munching on a ham and cheese pizza in one hand and twirling her favorite pair of scissors in the other hand. Her hair was let loose with a small braid on each side intangled in a red ribbon. She had on light red lipstick and some pink blush on.
The third photo, on page 4, was a picture of Kiri in her mom's room. She was were the most amazing victorian dress. The dress was a dark violet with red rose pattern sewed in it. The top was sleeveless with a heart shaped neckline. The dress has 2 ft long hoopskirt with about five layers of decorative frills. She had long white gloves with a black rose design on it, three hoop bracelets on each wrist, a teardrop-shaped necklace with a diamond inside, and purple ribbon lace-up high heel. Her hair was curled and pin into her hair. She very annoyed and was holding up a sign saying 'I LOOK STUPID, DON'T I?
"Kiri-chan doesn't like her look," answered Kei, blushing really hard, " But shes really pretty ."
"Yeah, I guess," mumbled Narumi, trying to his blush.
"Look, Naru-Naru! Another diary entry!"
Dear Diary,
It's been a week since I came to L.A. It's been pretty fun, except for the face that my mom hid my scissors! She said she was tired of my plain hairstyle, so last night while I was at a club, she went into my suitcase, got my scissors, and hid them from me. I've tried to find them ever since. She also made me use this new hair growth sampoo so my hair will grown more faster. It already grew about 4 inches already so my mom has been making me put my hair in different hairstyles along with both nice and weird outfits. Gotta go!
-Kiri Koshiba
P.S. Mom sending me to a etiquette school so I can become more social and make friends.
Kei turn the next page. On this page there was 4 photos on page 6 and 7. The picture where mostly Kiri in a cute maid-like school uniform in from of a three stories buildings. The school uniform was a white/black blouse and a knee long black skirt with black Mary Janes. The other photos were of her class pictures and picture of her and other females, likely her friends.
Dear Diary,
After my mom put me in these etiquette classes, I thought I would hate it, but strangely, I love it. I've made two friends, Victoria and Gabrielle (nickname: Vicky and Gabby). Their twin sisters from London who's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bellerose, are fashion designers that were need for movies. Their parents and my mom are working on the same movies, so we see each other often, either in the mall or on a movies set. Vicky and Gabby use me as a model for their design. I don't hate being their mannequin, but don't like wearing 50 different designs every day either. Anyway I'm kinda happy here, I'm getting better grades and I've made more friends then I did in Japan. I just wished I live here but then I could see...him, again.
-Kiri Koshiba
"I wonder what Kiri mean when she said she wanted to see 'him' again?" asked Kei, "Maybe she means you, Naru-Naru. Maybe Kiri-chan has a crush on you like you did when you lost the hairstyling contest in the fourth grade to her."
"S...S..SHUT UP, KEI!" yelled Narumi, "I do NOT have a crush on Mussy-Head!"
"Say what you want, Naru-Naru. I know you have a crush on Kiri, your just too chicken to say it."
"I am not chicken, Kei!"
"Oh, so your going to tell Koshiba-san how you feel?" spoke Ochiai for the first time.
"Yes...no...I DON'T LIKE MUSSY-HEAD!"
"Yes you do," laughed Kei, "Your face is red from blushing so much!"
"KEI, SHUT UP OR I'M GOING TO THROW OUT OF THIS LIMO!"
The car door open and the driver told them that they arrived at the Narumi Mansion. Ochiai and Kei decide to spend the night at Narumi's mansion. They all got out of the limo, walked up the path, and walked inside the house. Once they all got inside, Narumi was hit really hard by a angry blonde blob. It was Narumi's younger sister, Chisami Narumi. She was really angry and started to yell at Narumi.
"Onii-sama, how dare you leave Chisami all alone in school! You were suppose to pick up Chisami! Chisami was pushed by ugly jealous girls and chased by stupid boys! Chisami almost did not make it."
"GET OFF!" screamed Narumi, pushing Chismai away.
"ONII-SAMA! YOU ARE SUCH A MEANIE!"
Chisami glared at her older brother till something caught her eye. It was a beautiful red book on top of a stack of magazine Narumi was carrying. She reached out to grab it until her brother slapped her hand away. She screamed like a banshee at the top of her lungs. Kei, Ochiai, and anyone else in a 5 mile radius covered their ears to block out the sound of Chisami's wailing.
"OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! ONII-SAMA! YOU BULLY!"
"SHUT UP YOU BRAT," yelled Narumi.
Narumi and his friends left the room and walked towards his own bedchamber. Once inside the closed the door so that they wouldn't her Narumi's little sister's whinning. Little did they know, Chisami followed them and open the door just a bit to listen.
"Come on Naru-Naru, lets see the scrapbook! I want to see want Kiri does in her classes," begged Kei as he tried to grabed the scrapbook from Narumi.
"Enough," replied Ochiai, snatching the scrapbook away, "If Koshiba-san finds out we looked into her scrapbook and read her diary entries, she will kills us. And by 'us', I mean you two."
"Okay, okay," answered Narumi, "I'll give it to her tomorrow at school and tell her we didn't look into it! That way, Mussy-Head wouldn't get angry."
"Okay."
Kei and Ochiai got up and walked out of Narumi's room and walked down the hall to the guest rooms. Chisami was hidding behind a large, potted plant. Once Kei and Ochiai went inside their rooms, Chisami came out of her hidding place and peeked into her brother's room to see him at his drawing desk, looking deeply at the scrapbook. He kept fliping the pages, like he was looking for some lost treasure.
Narumi took a picture from the picture and looked deeply into it. It was a pciture of Kir at the End-of-the-Year dance at her school. She was wearing this elegant brown dress that was mostly designed by the Bellerose Sisters. It had criss-cross spaghetti straps with a full skirt that end at of her black Carlo Fellini shoes. Her hair was both curvy and wavy with red and white roses in her hair. She had this beautiful smile on her face that made her glow. Narumi took out his cell phone and a picture of it.
Narumi then turn off the lights and went to bed. He made sure that the scrapbook would be next to his backpack so he would take it to school. Once he soundly asleep, Chisami tiptoed inside and grabed the scraped book and his phone and quietly got out. Then she ran to her room and shut the door behind her. She flopped onto her bed and open the book. She was surprised to see it was the girl that her brother calls 'Mussy-Head' and was the one she thought was a boy, only with longer hair
"Wha...it's the girl that pretended to be a boy," said Chisami, "Onii-sama...likes...her?"
She took out her brother's cell phone and looked inside. Indeed, there was a picture of the same girl. Chisami got this evil smile.
Onii-sama, thought Chisami, your punishment for not helping Chisami is that I will tell ypur crush you secret feelings tomorrow! Along with her scrapbook!