Kaze no Namidawa: The Diary of Isuzu Sohma
Entry Twelve
Hatori decided to throw me a small barbecue party type thing in Gure-nii's backyard. That was pretty nice of him, except for barbecue normally means hamburgers and hotdogs, and to me, meat tastes like shit. But that would be pretty bitchy of me to say, especially since the whole family was there and showering me with gifts. So, I didn't eat any meat (Especially since Yuki and Kyo were grilling it. Man, those asses fight over EVERYTHING!), but loaded my plate with chips and various salads.
I was sitting at a picnic table with Tohru, Kagura, Kisa, and Hiro, eating my chips and salads and occasionally adding something to the conversation when Hatori, Ayame and Gure-nii walk over to our table, Gure-nii and Hatori carting this huge box.
"For you, our darling dear Rin-chan!" Ayame gestured to the box, which Gure-nii had just dropped into my potato salad. Hatori glared at him like a mean sea horse and I just ignored the potato salad, wondering what the hell was inside.
"Thank you," I said robotically.
"Well, you have to open it!" Gure-nii smirked, rubbing the top of my head with his knuckles. I smiled back and ripped the tape seam of the large cardboard box with the long fingernails of my left hand.
"I don't believe it…" I gasped, pulling the gift out.
"It's a laptop!" Gure-nii told me, as if I didn't already know!
"We all pitched in to buy it," Hatori gestured to the other two. "It has a pay monthly internet connection and a word processor."
"So you can grace us with your works of adolescent literature!" Ayame squealed.
"You mean… you really still want me to be an author? After man bit… I mean, Akito said no?"
"Rin, you should be able to pursue any career you choose," Hatori put a hand on my shoulder and smiled one of his rare, genuine smiles.
"I'm just SO GLAD you chose to express yourself through MY area of expertise!" Gure-nii chuckled.
"YOU CALL THAT SCUM YOU WRITE EXPERTISE?" Kyo wandered over with a plate of hamburgers, carelessly dropping them on the ground.
"We better go before this gets ugly," Hatori said to me, picking up the cardboard box and emptying out the rest of the contents. "We're all very proud of you, Rin. Keep that in mind."
"Thanks, Hatori, and… if you don't mind… can I have that cardboard box?" I asked, feeling kind of stupid.
Hatori and Ayame both smiled and handed me the box, then walked away. I promised myself I would give it to the first hobo I saw.
After admiring my gift for a few minutes, I looked up and saw Hatsuharu at the food table and chased after him, accidentally bringing the box along.
"What's that box for?" He asked, spooning some pea salad onto his plate.
"The hobos," I responded.
"Okay…" Haru said, placing the top bun on his hamburger.
"Hey, I was a hobo for a week!"
"Don't remind me…"
Haru was about to take a bite of the burger when I screamed "WAIT!"
"Haru, that's a burger. That's cow meat."
"So?"
"Don't you feel… like a cannibal?"
"Nope," Haru said as he chewed. "I guess I taste pretty damn good."
True, he does. Even though that sounds kind of gross. His mouth does, okay! Chill out! Meh.
"Besides, did you see Kagura? She had like five sausages."
"What a pig," I couldn't help but say, and we both laughed at my corny joke.
"I heard about your laptop," Haru wiped his mouth. "What's your first book going to be about?"
"It's not really a book… it's kind of like a novella. I already wrote it," I told him, thinking of my diary at home. "It's only twelve chapters, and it's probably like 1,000 words a chapter. I wrote it all down, I just have to type it out."
"So what's it about?"
"Oh, you know. All the crap that's been going on lately."
"And you think it'll be a good story?"
"Yeah, at least, I think. Maybe I'll just like, post it on the internet or something. I mean, if I ever publish it as a book, everyone would find out about the Sohma curse... but nobody believes anything on the internet, so I guess that'll be okay."
"What are you going to title it?"
I thought for a minute.
"Kaze no Namidawa: The Diary of Isuzu Sohma."
-Isuzu Sohma
May 2nd - June 4th, 2006
YAY! I feel fabulous after writing this, and now I have to type out like 70 names of people I'm going to thank!
midnight shadow 333, sakuraloveskyosohma, x Fade x To x Black x Angel-san x, Psych3, The Fall of the Spirited, Edakumi, mousecat, Teh Future Mrs. Kyo Sohma, The Cucumber Lady, Starskysea, MapleRose, riceball, Kaze no Namidawa, Petit-Hana, me, mistress of the west, kuro-chan, melting snowflake, Yellowierd0, Dancing Bear of Love and Care, kanasii kouu V – V., Shiro Aki, Lady-Kitsune-Kawaii, Joey8, lilhazelnutta, shaffer, XSora-ChanX, and anyone else who reviews or puts this on their favorites!
This is the third story I've finished on the site, and the fourth story I've ever finished! That worked out strange. I finished The Sohma Game before I finished this, I think. O.O Ah well. I'm really proud of this story. It's prolly one of my favorites that I've ever written! I guess I DID finish this before July! Hooray! Now July can be a clean slate! Even though I have others still!
That was a really funny story for me, and the fastest I've ever gotten a story up! I just finished It Ends Tonight a few hours ago because this wouldn't upload before, so I feel special now. Thanks for sticking with me, even through the angsty parts! Lots more stories will come from me, so stay tuned!
See ya later!
-Brenna
+The Girly Man+