*An UnExPeCtEd EmAiL*
MiDNiGhT BrEeZe PaRt 2
The year was 1998. I had just finished Los Angels High School and was excited about the real world. By that time I had already moved out of my parents house and was staying at one of my friends apartments. Even though Seta lived like a freaking pig, it was home to me. The week before I had gotten out of school I had sent an email to my mother saying that I had finally passed high school and was on my way to the outside world and beyond. Throughout the whole ceremony I did not see my mother or my father. I had been a bit worried that they didn't get my email, or just didn't decide to come. I wouldn't blame them knowing that their only son had moved out of their house by the age of 16, but they could neither stop me.
I had been longing for the special moment to be free at last. But as does freedom and moving away comes, there came the thought of money. How could I, me Sietaro afford to live with my best friend? My aunt Haruka had owned a little sushi restaurant off the pier in L.A. and was at the time looking for a new assistant manager. Though the job did include roughhouse work and such I didn't mind much at all. Anything to get paid and away from my parents. At school I was more the antisocial type of guy. I didn't really like knowing to many people. It was a weird gene I seemed to inherit from my grandfather who had acted the same way as well.
Well seeing that my parents had not come to see me walk the stage, and knowing they probably didn't care either, I had gone out that night to a party down by the beach at one of my girlfriend's house. It was around 8 in the late afternoon when I had arrived at Crystal's house again for the second time with all my Dj equipment ready and set to go for the commotion that lay ahead. It took me no more that an hour to set up and just in time for the graduation party to begin. The night was full of beer bottles, people doing rocket chugs, body shots, and lots and lots of throwing up.
The following day I had gotten up around 1 or 2 in the afternoon to check my email when a very strange thing happened. Just as I was about to sit down on my chair and begin my madness on my computer a ring came from the door. I had shouted out 'Go away' though my hangover was killing me, but the ringing just continued. Finally after about 15 seconds of ringing I got up and went to the apartment door to see that it was a fat chubby guy in a Fed Ex uniform. He handed me a small box in my hands and was looking around as though not to he were trying to ignore looking at me. I then realized that I was standing at the door naked. I slowly began to blush though I really didn't give a damn at that time. I had told the guy the wait at the door and went back inside that apartment to put on some cloths. When I came back out the Fed Ex guy was munching down on a bag of Doritos. He handed me the release form for the package and then walked off down the stairs leaving a trail of broken chips behind him. 'Thanks for the lovely mess u left' I thought to myself as I closed the door.
As I was going back to my computer my cell phone begun to ring. "Can't I get a little time to myself? I swear", I said as I went over to the side of my bed and answered my phone. I didn't recognize the number so I ended the call to stop the annoying loud ringing. Again it rang just as I was about to sit down in my comfy chair. I ran over to my cell phone furiously and picked it up with out looking who the call was from and answered, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT!" There was a silent pause for some time and then came a voice I had never heard. It sounded very horse at first but became clearer and clearer by the second. It sounded as though an old woman had been talking through the phone trying to test out if her call had worked out or not. "Hello..."said the female voice. "Hello who is this?" I asked. "The question is my boy who is this?" I had stood there silent for some time before the old woman began to talk again. "My Keitaro how you've grown in the past few years." said the female voice. "How did you know my name?" I asked. "You need not worry about that but I have called to tell you that your de******... *Static...line cuts off*. "What hello, hello, hello." I took the phone away from my ear and ended the call. Who was she I asked to myself. What did she want to tell me before she got cut off? Oh well I thought ' It was probably another AT&T lady trying to get me to sign up with there service or something.' I sat down in my chair and logged on to my computer. As I was scrolling down on my email checking if I had any new mail a message popped up telling me I had just received an email from SwE3TChOs3NoNe@Neojapan.net. I had never heard of a Neojapan emailing program before so I decided to click on it just to see what it was. The window popped up with only a link on the web page. Curiosity got to the best of me and I click on the link to see what would happen next. Windows media player had popped up and just as I was about to close the window I sentence came up that freaked me out. It read 'Do not close this window. The download will begin momentarily.' The thought crossed mind on what the hell could my computer be downloading. Just as my senses were coming back to me the window of Windows Media Player had begun to play the file. At first the window went black and then suddenly as if waiting for me to edge myself closer to my flat screen the video begun to play.
It was my mother. She was sitting down in one of those fancy chairs looking at the camera "Is it on dear", she said. "Yes", said a distant voice. I then realized that it was my fathers who had been talking in the back round. "Hello Keitaro. What I will be trying to explain to you now in these few minutes may be hard to take in. As of now as u are watching this tape I must say that I am no longer here with you. Ever since you had moved away your father and I have been wondering what we would do without you in our lives. So we had decided to move back to Japan with the rest of my family. At first when we had thought of the idea we declined it thinking that what if something were to happen to you while your were with your friend Seta. Your father and I had a very long discussion about it and came to conclusion that we would be of no help to you since you had seemed to be managing just fine. So we packed our things and left for Tokyo Japan. Your grandmother did not seem quiet thrilled when we came to her because we didn't bring you along. We had told her about you moving out and being 'independent' as you had said. She was very moody at first but gave in that the fact that we had come to live with her. I'll tell you Keitaro, Tokyo is a very beautiful city. Your father and I bought a home here as a retirement seeing as the fact that your father did have the money. You would have loved it here. ~Her bottom lip begins to tremble~. My dear sweet child I am so sorry but as I had said if you are watching this video I am probably gone of to the heavens now. It is not easy trying to tell you this. It never has been. Ever since your friend Aoyama had died I had dared not bring up the discussion of any death situation but this is a manner in which I must present that fact." She had lowered her head and tears began to fall from her cheeks. "My dear love, when your father and I had been visiting the outer side of Tokyo I had begun to show signs of weakness. Now you knowing that you mother is as strong as an Ox, I had broken down. I had been infected with lung cancer. The doctors had told me that I had less that a month or so to live. I was so scared...*more tears begin to form*. I didn't know what I would do. Leaving you and your father. I couldn't bear the news, but I had to accept it. It was my fate. I am here recording this for you my son. My lovely child whom I love so much*more tears begin to fall down her face*. Son I hope that you will do me one last favor. I wish for you to return to Tokyo to see me once more again in the flesh. I may not be alive then but I will surly be happy if you would to do so. By now you probably would have gotten a package with information now explaining about your trip back. This may be hard for you my son to take in but please do as I wish. I want you to be here, and live the life I couldn't, here in Tokyo as a young man. To so many other you maybe a grown up but to me...*begins to break down in tears* to...to... me you will always be my little boy... my little baby boy... *father runs up to comfort her. He reaches out for the camera full of tears but fights through in saying* son I hope to see you here in Tokyo and once again see you in person. I'm sure that you have grown a lot since you left. I know things will be very different now after you see this tape. Its never easy taking this in...since the woman I love will be gone soon...*buckles his head down as if trying to hide the fact that he is breaking down*I will be looking forward to seeing you." * Stretches out his hand and turns of the camera*.
I stood there motionless. Wondering why. I stood up and starting hitting my TV. I just keep on hitting until I couldn't now more. I looked down at my hands and saw that they were bleeding. Bleeding blood that my mother had given to me. I started to break down in tears. Putting my hands around my face to conceal myself. I had reached over to the Fed Ex box and began to tear it open. In side I found two plane tickets to Tokyo that would leave at 7:00 P.M. sharp that very next day. I sat there waiting... waiting for someone to come. It wasn't until my roommate Seta had come home from shopping that I realized I had been sitting there for hours. He came over and asked me what had happened. I did not want to go through watching the video again so I explained to him while in tears what I had just watched some time ago. Seta had the impression on his face like he had seen his own mother die. My dear mother treated everyone with love and respect. Seta knew what I had been feeling at that certain moment in my life.
Later I brought up the thought of going to Tokyo to see my mother one last time. At first he agreed right away, but I told him there was a catch. If I were to go to Tokyo I would have to spend the rest of my life there. Though Seta had only learned a bit of Japanese at the community college, he had stood there complaining about money and such. In the end though he had agreed to come and live with me in Tokyo.
So that night as we packed for our flight the next day I begun to think of all my relatives that I hadn't seen since I was a little child. There were so many people to get requited with. I had explained to Seta that he should show his best respect to all the elders. If he did not do so he would be punished terribly. As we slept that night we talked about how life in Tokyo would be. Vvondering vVat Lif3 vVould b3 Lik3...
~EnD oF PaRt 2! ~
*~.: It like 3 or 4 in the morning* yawn* . pretty tired. Took me a long time to think of all this stuff right here. Hmmm hope you ladies and gentlemen like it. Sorry for the little mess ups here and there. I tend to write really fast and not look at what im writing most of the time. Thanks for the reviews though. It really helps ^_^. The next chapter won't be as long but I'll make sure to make it up to you readers. R/R thank you ^.^:.~*
Tony
MiDNiGhT BrEeZe PaRt 2
The year was 1998. I had just finished Los Angels High School and was excited about the real world. By that time I had already moved out of my parents house and was staying at one of my friends apartments. Even though Seta lived like a freaking pig, it was home to me. The week before I had gotten out of school I had sent an email to my mother saying that I had finally passed high school and was on my way to the outside world and beyond. Throughout the whole ceremony I did not see my mother or my father. I had been a bit worried that they didn't get my email, or just didn't decide to come. I wouldn't blame them knowing that their only son had moved out of their house by the age of 16, but they could neither stop me.
I had been longing for the special moment to be free at last. But as does freedom and moving away comes, there came the thought of money. How could I, me Sietaro afford to live with my best friend? My aunt Haruka had owned a little sushi restaurant off the pier in L.A. and was at the time looking for a new assistant manager. Though the job did include roughhouse work and such I didn't mind much at all. Anything to get paid and away from my parents. At school I was more the antisocial type of guy. I didn't really like knowing to many people. It was a weird gene I seemed to inherit from my grandfather who had acted the same way as well.
Well seeing that my parents had not come to see me walk the stage, and knowing they probably didn't care either, I had gone out that night to a party down by the beach at one of my girlfriend's house. It was around 8 in the late afternoon when I had arrived at Crystal's house again for the second time with all my Dj equipment ready and set to go for the commotion that lay ahead. It took me no more that an hour to set up and just in time for the graduation party to begin. The night was full of beer bottles, people doing rocket chugs, body shots, and lots and lots of throwing up.
The following day I had gotten up around 1 or 2 in the afternoon to check my email when a very strange thing happened. Just as I was about to sit down on my chair and begin my madness on my computer a ring came from the door. I had shouted out 'Go away' though my hangover was killing me, but the ringing just continued. Finally after about 15 seconds of ringing I got up and went to the apartment door to see that it was a fat chubby guy in a Fed Ex uniform. He handed me a small box in my hands and was looking around as though not to he were trying to ignore looking at me. I then realized that I was standing at the door naked. I slowly began to blush though I really didn't give a damn at that time. I had told the guy the wait at the door and went back inside that apartment to put on some cloths. When I came back out the Fed Ex guy was munching down on a bag of Doritos. He handed me the release form for the package and then walked off down the stairs leaving a trail of broken chips behind him. 'Thanks for the lovely mess u left' I thought to myself as I closed the door.
As I was going back to my computer my cell phone begun to ring. "Can't I get a little time to myself? I swear", I said as I went over to the side of my bed and answered my phone. I didn't recognize the number so I ended the call to stop the annoying loud ringing. Again it rang just as I was about to sit down in my comfy chair. I ran over to my cell phone furiously and picked it up with out looking who the call was from and answered, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT!" There was a silent pause for some time and then came a voice I had never heard. It sounded very horse at first but became clearer and clearer by the second. It sounded as though an old woman had been talking through the phone trying to test out if her call had worked out or not. "Hello..."said the female voice. "Hello who is this?" I asked. "The question is my boy who is this?" I had stood there silent for some time before the old woman began to talk again. "My Keitaro how you've grown in the past few years." said the female voice. "How did you know my name?" I asked. "You need not worry about that but I have called to tell you that your de******... *Static...line cuts off*. "What hello, hello, hello." I took the phone away from my ear and ended the call. Who was she I asked to myself. What did she want to tell me before she got cut off? Oh well I thought ' It was probably another AT&T lady trying to get me to sign up with there service or something.' I sat down in my chair and logged on to my computer. As I was scrolling down on my email checking if I had any new mail a message popped up telling me I had just received an email from SwE3TChOs3NoNe@Neojapan.net. I had never heard of a Neojapan emailing program before so I decided to click on it just to see what it was. The window popped up with only a link on the web page. Curiosity got to the best of me and I click on the link to see what would happen next. Windows media player had popped up and just as I was about to close the window I sentence came up that freaked me out. It read 'Do not close this window. The download will begin momentarily.' The thought crossed mind on what the hell could my computer be downloading. Just as my senses were coming back to me the window of Windows Media Player had begun to play the file. At first the window went black and then suddenly as if waiting for me to edge myself closer to my flat screen the video begun to play.
It was my mother. She was sitting down in one of those fancy chairs looking at the camera "Is it on dear", she said. "Yes", said a distant voice. I then realized that it was my fathers who had been talking in the back round. "Hello Keitaro. What I will be trying to explain to you now in these few minutes may be hard to take in. As of now as u are watching this tape I must say that I am no longer here with you. Ever since you had moved away your father and I have been wondering what we would do without you in our lives. So we had decided to move back to Japan with the rest of my family. At first when we had thought of the idea we declined it thinking that what if something were to happen to you while your were with your friend Seta. Your father and I had a very long discussion about it and came to conclusion that we would be of no help to you since you had seemed to be managing just fine. So we packed our things and left for Tokyo Japan. Your grandmother did not seem quiet thrilled when we came to her because we didn't bring you along. We had told her about you moving out and being 'independent' as you had said. She was very moody at first but gave in that the fact that we had come to live with her. I'll tell you Keitaro, Tokyo is a very beautiful city. Your father and I bought a home here as a retirement seeing as the fact that your father did have the money. You would have loved it here. ~Her bottom lip begins to tremble~. My dear sweet child I am so sorry but as I had said if you are watching this video I am probably gone of to the heavens now. It is not easy trying to tell you this. It never has been. Ever since your friend Aoyama had died I had dared not bring up the discussion of any death situation but this is a manner in which I must present that fact." She had lowered her head and tears began to fall from her cheeks. "My dear love, when your father and I had been visiting the outer side of Tokyo I had begun to show signs of weakness. Now you knowing that you mother is as strong as an Ox, I had broken down. I had been infected with lung cancer. The doctors had told me that I had less that a month or so to live. I was so scared...*more tears begin to form*. I didn't know what I would do. Leaving you and your father. I couldn't bear the news, but I had to accept it. It was my fate. I am here recording this for you my son. My lovely child whom I love so much*more tears begin to fall down her face*. Son I hope that you will do me one last favor. I wish for you to return to Tokyo to see me once more again in the flesh. I may not be alive then but I will surly be happy if you would to do so. By now you probably would have gotten a package with information now explaining about your trip back. This may be hard for you my son to take in but please do as I wish. I want you to be here, and live the life I couldn't, here in Tokyo as a young man. To so many other you maybe a grown up but to me...*begins to break down in tears* to...to... me you will always be my little boy... my little baby boy... *father runs up to comfort her. He reaches out for the camera full of tears but fights through in saying* son I hope to see you here in Tokyo and once again see you in person. I'm sure that you have grown a lot since you left. I know things will be very different now after you see this tape. Its never easy taking this in...since the woman I love will be gone soon...*buckles his head down as if trying to hide the fact that he is breaking down*I will be looking forward to seeing you." * Stretches out his hand and turns of the camera*.
I stood there motionless. Wondering why. I stood up and starting hitting my TV. I just keep on hitting until I couldn't now more. I looked down at my hands and saw that they were bleeding. Bleeding blood that my mother had given to me. I started to break down in tears. Putting my hands around my face to conceal myself. I had reached over to the Fed Ex box and began to tear it open. In side I found two plane tickets to Tokyo that would leave at 7:00 P.M. sharp that very next day. I sat there waiting... waiting for someone to come. It wasn't until my roommate Seta had come home from shopping that I realized I had been sitting there for hours. He came over and asked me what had happened. I did not want to go through watching the video again so I explained to him while in tears what I had just watched some time ago. Seta had the impression on his face like he had seen his own mother die. My dear mother treated everyone with love and respect. Seta knew what I had been feeling at that certain moment in my life.
Later I brought up the thought of going to Tokyo to see my mother one last time. At first he agreed right away, but I told him there was a catch. If I were to go to Tokyo I would have to spend the rest of my life there. Though Seta had only learned a bit of Japanese at the community college, he had stood there complaining about money and such. In the end though he had agreed to come and live with me in Tokyo.
So that night as we packed for our flight the next day I begun to think of all my relatives that I hadn't seen since I was a little child. There were so many people to get requited with. I had explained to Seta that he should show his best respect to all the elders. If he did not do so he would be punished terribly. As we slept that night we talked about how life in Tokyo would be. Vvondering vVat Lif3 vVould b3 Lik3...
~EnD oF PaRt 2! ~
*~.: It like 3 or 4 in the morning* yawn* . pretty tired. Took me a long time to think of all this stuff right here. Hmmm hope you ladies and gentlemen like it. Sorry for the little mess ups here and there. I tend to write really fast and not look at what im writing most of the time. Thanks for the reviews though. It really helps ^_^. The next chapter won't be as long but I'll make sure to make it up to you readers. R/R thank you ^.^:.~*
Tony