Dear Diary: Life After The Bathhouse

by violintides

A diary kept by Chihiro about what happens after she leaves the bathhouse. There will be many chapters. Will she ever see Haku again? What happens with her friend, Kuri? And who is this Izumo guy? Please R&R. Haku X Chihiro X Izumo, my O.C.

5. Chapter 5

A/N: Chapter 5. Poor Chihiro... Read up and find out about it.

"Dear Diary"

(life after the bathhouse)

by:

ViolinTides

Dear Diary,

I write on these tear-stained pages with a shaking hand. Let me explain why to the best of my heartbroken abilities.

Kuri and I were heading home from orchestra practice this past Friday. We decided to go grab a cheeseburger at a local 'hangout' that most teens in our area went to. We ate cheeseburgers, fries, a few milkshakes and had a great conversation. Judging from the dates on the entries, I never did inform you of me acquiring my license. Well, now you know, so I drove everywhere on my own pretty much. Kuri is 17 and has had her license about a year longer than I, so I did not worry when it started to pour and she said she'd be fine driving home.

She wasn't. She probably would have been fine had it not been for the other people on the road last night.

A man, in his late thirties, had just gotten divorce papers from his wife. He came home to find his things packed, she was gone, and ontop of the suitcase sat a pile of papers for him to sign away his marriage. Apparently that shocked him and he went out for drinks.

There is a bridge in Tokyo, a famous one. The sad part is that the name slips my mind right now. I can barely write this with proper grammar, much less remember the name of some stupid bridge.

Anyway, the rain made it hard to see in the dark while driving. The man did not have his headlights on and he was drunk as a skunk. Poor Kuri had not drank a single bit of alcohol, but had noplace to go when the man slid out of control; the bridge made it so she had no choice but to slam on her brakes, which really did no good.

I end this entry with the hope that no one ever has to go through this loss. Kuri is dead, she is gone, my parents don't even care that I mourn the loss of the only true friend I ever had. They demand that I go to school tomorrow.

I'm not going.

For Kuri,

"Chi-Chi" ... Chihiro

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