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In The Eye of The Beholder: Chapter 1
'I wish I could hurry up and get home…' Kirameku thought. She wore her school uniform, and was on her way home from school. She wore sunglasses, looked straight ahead of her, and used a pole that went up to her waist as a cane. She was blind. Since birth she had been that way. She had ice white eyes, with black hair. As she continued to walk through the crowded streets of Tokyo, she could tell people were staring at her.
Suddenly, a person elbowed her, and she lost her balance. She fell to the ground, and everything in her book bag spilled out onto the sidewalk. She stretched her hand out to try and find her cane. As she put her hand down, another person walking by stepped on it. 'Ow…' Kirameku drew back her hand and began to massage it gently. 'People are so inconsiderate…why won't anyone help me? Here I am, lying on the ground, all my stuff scattered on the ground…and no one stops…'
Tears filled her eyes as she tried again to find her cane. Suddenly, she felt something in her hand.
"Eh?" She thought out loud.
"Is this yours?" A girl handed Kirameku her cane back, and proceeded to put all her stuff back in her bag. 'Her voice sounds sweet…' Kirameku thought as the girl helped her to her feet.
"Thank you so much." Kirameku said as she smiled. Being blind, she didn't know the girls height, so proceeded to stare straight ahead.
"Umm…I'm down here." The girl pointed out.
"I'm sorry, it's just…" Kirameku took off her sunglasses, revealing her ice white eyes.
"Oh! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to-"
"It's ok." Kirameku interrupted.
"My name is Suzuhara Misaki. Pleased to meet you."
"I'm Zouge Kirameku." With that, Kirameku turned away from Misaki and walked away. Misaki followed her, because she was going the same way.
"Na! Y-you're knee is bleeding!"
"I know." Kirameku didn't like people too much. "Why are you following me? I can take care of myself!"
Misaki snapped her head back in surprise. 'She's touchy…' Misaki thought.
"Well it was nice meeting you, Zouge-san." Misaki turned, and headed home.
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"So she was blind?" Shouko asked.
"Yeah! She was really touchy about it…I would've asked her about Angelic Layer…" Misaki bent her head down.
"Don't worry! She might be touchy because people may make fun of her. It wasn't you're fault." Shouko smiled.
"I guess so…" Misaki still felt like she insulted the girl she had met on the street.
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"Mom! I'm home!" Kirameku called as she took off her shoes.
"Good! Dinner's ready!" Kirameku's mom called from the kitchen.
Kirameku walked into the kitchen, and found her seat. She had taken off her sunglasses, and left them on the small shelf on the side of their door. Her and her mom lived alone. Her father died when she was little, so she never knew him that well.
"Oh, honey! Your knee is bleeding! When did that happen?"
"Today when some freak bumped into me." Kirameku normally kept details from her mother.
"Well what are you going to do tomorrow, it's Saturday."
"I'm going to meet Hari at 12:00 at the Piffle Princess."
"The one near us?" Her mother wondered why Kirameku would go look at Angelic Layer stuff.
"Mom, I'm blind not and idiot." Kirameku had sensed the doubting in her mother's voice.
"I'm sorry…I didn't mean anything…"
"Hari's going to ask for an Angel Egg for me, since I'm not so good with people skills." Kirameku smiled. "We're going to try and get a special one so I can read the instructions."
"Ok, we'll leave at 11:30 tomorrow morning." Her mom said as she began to clean up.
'Finally! I'm going to have an Angel of my own, and prove those bullies at school wrong.'