One of my little filler chapters. I hope you enjoy it!
Getting to know you Extra 2: Natsuki's past.
Natsuki waited until Mai had gone to bed before logging on to her computer and starting a chat with Shizuru.
Duranthesilver: You still up?
F. Shizuru: Yes. I told you I would wait for you… You know you don't need to do this, right?
Duranthesilver: Yeah, but… I want to.
F. Shizuru: All right.
Duranthesilver: My mother left when I was six, or so my father told me. He stayed around until I was ten, telling me all about how horrible my mom was. He drank all the time, hitting me if I tried to defend him… Anyway, when I was nine, I ran away from home and met Yamada. Yamada had gone to school with my parents and had been in love with my mom. He was hurt when she chose my father, but was still good friends with my mom. I told him about what my dad said and he got angry, told me my mom loved me more than anything, and if she left it would have been with me. He promised to find my mom, and get me away from my dad. But I had to go home for now. So, since I liked Yamada, I did as he said and went home.
(Natsuki started a new chat, since IM's only allow a certain number of characters.)
During my absence my father realized I was missing, and as soon as I came In the door he was yelling and beating me, telling me I was worse scum than my mother. I was sent to bed and then ignored for several days. I went to school and told my teacher I fell down the stairs and that was why I was bruised. They didn't believe me of course, so between them and Yamada a case was set up to get me out of my father's custody. I learned during all this that Yamada was named my godfather per my mother's will, which we only read because we found my mother…
Natsuki had to pause there, letting Shizuru's mind soak in what she was saying.
F. Shizuru: Oh god… Don't tell me…
Duranthesilver: Yeah… They found her body buried out near her favorite cliff, the car down in the waters below. My father was arrested the day I turned ten, and Yamada took me in. I couldn't have asked for a better birthday present than to get away from my father, but knowing my mother was dead only made it feel like the worst birthday ever, and I told Yamada I never wanted to celebrate my birthday ever again.
F. Shizuru: I don't imagine you would. I see why you speak so strongly about my father…
Duranthesilver: I don't mean to… but yeah, that would be why. I stayed with Yamada until I was fifteen, and then he put me in an apartment and set me up with a bank account that he could put money into. From then on, he supported me from America and I lived on my own.
F. Shizuru: Why didn't he take you with him?
Duranthesilver: I didn't want to leave Japan. My mom's buried here, and I wanted to go to Tokyo U like she did.
F. Shizuru: I can understand that.
Duranthesilver: Yeah… Well, that's why I was hesitant about talking about my family. You're only the second person that I've told outside those involved.
F. Shizuru: Thank you Natsuki.
