A Complete Lack of Composure
Cast:
Poisony, Kamaki Poiko - age 24
Girinma, Kamaki Rintarou - age 28
Kamaki Meiko - Girinma and Poiko's daughter - newborn
Kiriya, Irizawa Kiriya - Poiko's brother - age 19
November, 2009
Girinma paces back and forth in a hospital corridor. His eyes are bloodshot, and he has a pamphlet in his hands that he is slowly shredding into confetti. In the same hallway, Kiriya is sitting calmly on a bench.
"Bro, calm down. This is why they kicked you out."
"How can I calm down?! My wife is giving birth in there! Three-quarters of all women die during childbirth!"
"That statistic is not remotely accurate."
"It feels accurate! What am I going to do if I end up with a baby and no wife?"
"Name the kid Rintarou Junior?"
Girinma pauses abruptly in mid-stride. For that briefest of moments, he even stops shredding his pamphlet.
"What if it's a girl?"
"Kamaki Rintarou the Third."
"Are you... making fun of me? Now? When my wife, your sister, is in mortal peril?!"
"Yeah, but you're already making a fool of yourself. Poiko is going to be fine."
"You don't know that!"
The door of the hospital room swings open, and a nurse beckons. "You gents can come inside now."
For all Girinma's doomsaying, Poisony is actually unhurt. She holds the newborn in her arms.
Girinma stares at the sight before him.
"Is it-"
"My love, this is your daughter. Her name is Meiko."