Author's Notes: I actually considered discontinuing this because I had no idea what to write for Retasu...but then Mew Mayonaka comes along and gives me ideas! So sankyuu very muchly, and I hope you all enjoy. This time it's not as angsty because I have a soft spot for aquatic creatures. -Huggles.-
Disclaimer: Nope, don't own it. Because of Retasu's apparent shojo manga obsession, I don't own Furuba, Mermaid Melody, Pretty Cure, or SM, either.
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Chapter Three - Stutter
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Dearest Readers,
I know that I'm not very special.
Yes, I'm Mew Lettuce, heroine and one of the five lights of hope for the Earth, infused with animal DNA, for goodness' sake, and that this would make anyone incredibly exceptional. But if you take that away, I'm really nothing. All of my classmates see that.
I wish we were allowed to show everybody that we were Mews. Maybe then people wouldn't tease me so much! They'd be impressed, perhaps, or think I'm a freak, but be too scared of my powers to say anything - how easy life would be!
Constantly, I hear my bullies praising the Mews, including Mew Lettuce. Inside, I can't help but think about how hypocritical they are - they beat and tease the girl that they idolize. How ironic, isn't it? It sort of makes me laugh, but I don't want to laugh in front of them and make them hurt me even more, so I try to choke back the sick, twisted giggles...that's why my speech pattern is filled with stutters.
Sometimes, I wonder if it's really worth it. I should just cackle openly at them and bear the full weight of their scorn instead of stuttering, shouldn't I? Stuttering makes them hate me even more because they think I'm trying to imitate some good samaritan from a shojo manga, like Honda Tohru from Fruits Basket or Nanami Lucia from Pichi Pichi Pitch or Tsukino Usagi from Sailor Moon...
If I were a character in any of those manga, though, I think I'd rather be somebody like Sohma Isuzu or Caren or Meioh Setsuna. Someone who everyone either admires or is too afraid of to tease. Someone with a nicely sized ego, not big, but enough to have no self-esteem issues...
I'd bet they'd laugh really hard if they found out that I read manga. Especially magical girl.
It's not that they have anything against manga...it's just that they think magical girl is too cliched and cute for their more 'mature' tastes, as they say. And wouldn't you have a field day if you found out that your bullying victim enjoys the exact kind of book that you hate?
Oh, one of them is at the door. Apparently they're looking for me...? Oh no, so that's where volume two of Futari wa Pretty Cure went...I'm in for it now. Let's hope I can hold in the chuckles this time as blood gushes from my nose...
Signing out,
Midorikawa Retasu