Chapter 4 The New Home and Something Unexpected
Today was my graduation and I felt down. My parents were not going to see me walk down the aisle to college hood. But I had to move on and look ahead not behind me.
The principle called each and individual senior names. It took forever, but soon it was done. We had an after party but I couldn't go. I was ordered to go "home" right away and pack. The next day was the day I was going to move and live for god knows how long with Syoaron.
So I went "home" and packed all the things I needed for the new home. After I was done packing I went downstairs to the doors and waited for my ride. I left the Li's house as fast as when I first got there. Everything in my life was unexpected. I felt like I was just a puppet, everyone could easily control me and I couldn't do anything about it. I think I'm a very weird person because I could always speak my mind in my mind, but never say it out.
I sat silently in the car as the driver rode on through the rainy streets and I was soon going to enter a new dreadful life.
The house was big but not as big as my old home or the Li's house. It was just right. I took my luggage and walked towards the door.
"Excuse me Miss. Kinomoto, the keys to your house." I turned around and grabbed the keys. I bowed to him and then walked to the door.
"Here goes nothing." I took a deep breath and unlocked the door. I slowly turned the door knob until it opened. I let the door swung opened. I looked in to see if anyone was inside. It seemed to be deserted. I picked up my luggage and walked inside closing the door behind me. I didn't know where my room was. I walked around for a little bit and saw the stair case. I went up the stairs and started looking for my room. There weren't many doors down the hallway. There were two doors to the right and then two doors to the left. I went to my right side and opened the first door. It turned out to be a bathroom. I went to the next door and it was locked. I guess that wasn't my room. I went to the opposite side and opened the first door. It too was a bathroom. "So the next door should be my room." I opened the last door and sure enough it was unlock. I pushed the door opened and I could tell it was my room. Everything in the room was white. The boring color white. My walls were white, even my bed was white, the drawers, and the closet door, too. I guess since the color white was the cheapest color, why wouldn't they choose this color? I guess I'll be giving my room a make-over when ever I had the money. Oh yeah, note to self: find a job.
I set my luggage on the bed and opened it. The first thing was a picture of my parents and me. It was just a year before their accident. I set that on my lamp table. I opened the closet to see if there were any hangers and luckily there was. I hung up my clothes. There weren't a lot of things to bring so soon I was done with organizing my room.
I went to explore the house. The living room was big and just right. You know that feeling when you just feel it was right. It connected to the kitchen and there was a back door to the left of the side of the kitchen. Since I was going to take care of everything in the house I might as well start cooking. I don't know if Syoaron was going to eat it, but it was worth a try. I searched for an apron and soon enough I started cooking away.
I set up the table and threw the apron in its drawer. I begin to start eating. I wouldn't want to eat with Syoaron. Who knows what he might do. Throw the food in my face? Spit in my face if he didn't like the taste of my cooking? Just ignore it and walk away? I was sweating just thinking about what he was capable of doing and actually doing it.
"THUDD." I heard the door slam. I stood up and turned around. Syoaron walked into the living room and stopped me at the eating table.
"Do…do you want to eat something?" I was scared now. He looked at me and then set his luggage he was carrying down on the floor and took off his coat. Syoraon walked over to the other side of the table and began taking some rice into his bowl and eating. I watched him as he ate.
I guessed he felt me looking at him because he lifted up his head and looked at me. I looked down feeling nervous now. I could still feel his eyes on me. I shakily took some more meat that I cooked and ate it with my rice. His actions were not what I had expected. It was totally the opposite, but then again it was better than getting hit or spit at or yelled at right?
After a while of silence Syoaron stood up from his seat and probably went to his room because I could hear some steps going up the stairs. As soon as he left I cleared the table and washed the dishes. If it was always like this I could get use to it and just make sure I don't ever talk to him.
My first night in the new home was some what comfortable. I felt a lot better than when I was still at the Li's house. I felt safe and I didn't have to worry about waking up the next day to find myself getting slap in the face or yelled at. Tonight was the first night I slept soundly after my parents' death.