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Bloody Snow
AiEiNoTenshi
Chapter 2: Crazy for Letters
Footsteps. Footsteps all over the place. It's so crowded in the corridor. All the students of the school seems to be gathering there. There's something there, something they're all interested in. Two boxes, two black, steal boxes attached to the white walls at the end of the hallway. They're all busy getting through the crowd to put their precious letters on it and for some, to get their letters from the other box; their reply letter, the answer to the letter they dropped in the other box yesterday, or the day before yesterday.
He walks through the crowd, surprised that the people, especially the girls ignored him. The very famous Uchiha Sasuke , joins a crowd mostly consisted of girls, practically and totally ignored by them? They acted as if he's not there or as if they do not know him. They're all busy and crazy about the letters.
"Oh my! I've got a silver letter!" A guy yelled in an announcing manner.
"Me too! I can't believe this!" A girl shouted just as loud as the boy yelled.
"This is our luckiest day! Bloody Snow just sent us silver letters." Happiness and excitement can be easily seen on their faces. All of them are so happy because of those silver letters.
'Silver letters? What the hell is that?' He thought with a grim facial expression as he exited the crowd.
He proceeded to his classroom and as soon as he stepped in, he noticed someone. Someone he has never seen before yet seems quite familiar. At the last row, a girl sits but he couldn't see her face because she's looking out the window. All he could see is her messy, lifeless, pink hair.
"Teme! What's up?" His blonde friend greeted with enthusiasm.
"Dobe." He replied dryly as he tore his gaze away from the mysterious girl.
"Hey quit calling me that!" The blonde yelled annoyingly.
He ignored his rants. He sat down on his chair beside the blonde with a blank facial expression and then asked, "Who's Bloody Snow?"
"Huh?" His friend was surprised with his sudden question. "Bloody Snow? You do not know him?"
"That's why I'm asking, dobe."
"Hey I said quit calling me that! If you don't stop that then I won't tell you anything I know about Bloody Snow." He ended his statement, crossing him arms on his chest then looking away from him.
"Fine. Tell me."
"Curious, huh?"He teased.
"Just tell me already." He said, obviously annoyed now.
"Okay, okay. Well, he or maybe she is very popular here in school so I wonder why you do not know about him or her?"
"I wonder too. Wait, you do not know whether Bloody Snow is a boy or a girl?"
"Hey, no one knows of his identity so most just refer to him as him coz it's safer to use."
"Why?"
"Well, he never tells or even gives clues of his identity."
"Mysterious." He silently commented.
"Yes, very mysterious and very popular because of his letters."
"Yeah, I've heard about letters."
"He's the best adviser, they say. You could write to him about your problems and then he will give you the best advice. That is just according to what everybody says. Well, almost everybody in this school writes to him and there was also a rumor that the principal also wrote to him once. So practically, even the faculty likes the idea so they just allow it to continue."
"Have you ever tried to write to him?"
"Well, yeah, before."
"How was it?"
"Hell, he didn't reply to me."
"Why? What did you write to him?"
"I wrote, 'HI! Can I get your number?' And that's it. He didn't reply to me. So mean." He pouted playfully.
"You're hopeless." He sighed.
"What?! What do you mean?"
"Nothing."
"I heard you said something!"
"I didn't."
"But-"
"Naruto, shut up. I have one last question."
"What?"
"What's with the silver letters?"
"Silver letters? Why? Have you seen one already? Oh my! I wanna see one too." He protested with craving in his eyes.
"Hey! You're going crazy! What's with those silver letters?"
"Those are the most precious letter of all. Bloody Snow sends those in special days."
"Special days?"
"Yes, it doesn't necessarily mean there's an occasion. It's just something very special."
"Why? What's special?"
"I do not know yet. Those who were given those special letters treasure it so much that they won't even allow anybody else to look at it."
"So mysterious."
Dear Bloody Snow,
I'm sorry it took me a few weeks to write this letter. I did what you advised me to. I took my time. I thought of this carefully and I made up my mind. I really need to tell someone about my problem.
Ninshin shite imasu (I'm pregnant). I don't know what to do. My boyfriend and I broke up just before I was about to tell him about it. He didn't know about it and I can't tell him now because he just left me. What should I do? I'm too scared to tell it to my parents I know they would blow up in rage and they could even throw me out of the house. I'm just 16 and I've already gotten into this kind of situation. Please, tell me, what should I do?
-shattered mirror-
To shattered mirror,
Save your tears for now. Save it for later coz you'll need it pretty damn bad. You're into a very very serious problem. You should've thought of the possible outcomes before doing that with your boyfriend.
Find your boyfriend and tell it to him straight coz you're not supposed to take the burden alone. You two are responsible for it. You two. Even though you're not anymore in a relationship as before you two now have a strong bond for you two should take care of that baby together.
Tell your parents about it soon after you tell it to your ex-boyfriend. You should inform them of your situation. They will be angry, of course, but that's normal, that couldn't be casted out but no matter how angry they could get, I'm sure they will forgive you and that's when you drain all your tears. From there, they will tell you the best thing to do. Remember, parents are the only ones who truly give unconditional love. Ganbatte!
-bloody snow-
Love…
…I do not know what love is…
…all I know is that…
…it's difficult.
She placed the letter she just wrote in a red envelope; the very first letter she ever placed in a very special red envelope. The envelope has a peculiar scent; a scent anyone will surely admire and envy. She stared in the darkness for a while, absorbing the one thing she just knew about the thing called love. She never knew it, of course, she never loved and she was never loved…yet.
Parents give unconditional love?
Really?
Then I want them back.
My parents…
…do they…
…love me?
He walked through the gates of their school, holding tightly onto something…a letter? He walked fast and went to the crowded corridor. He was able to squeeze in and get in front of the box where he is suppose to drop his letter but wait… there's hesitation in him.
'Should I do this? But- What if-'He sighed deeply as if calming himself. 'I'll just try it. If I get a good reply, then good but if I don't get any reply at all, better?'
Once again, he sighed and then after a few seconds, he finally decided to drop it. So he did and as he did, a strange feeling crept onto him. As he was about to leave the crowd, he notice a young, female student weeping silently while walking out of the crowd. She was holding a red letter tightly near her chest. Again, there was a mysterious feeling that crept onto him.
'Red letter?'
She was in her room; in the dark and dusty little room under the old staircase of their house. She went on doing her routine. She put all her letters on her table and began reading them then writing back. A letter caught her attention. It was an odd letter, totally different from the others. She felt something different just before she was about to open it. It was placed in a plain white envelope; totally plain, not a single writing on the envelope. Then she got the letter inside. It is very neat. Surprisingly, it was written by a pencil, the first letter she ever read written by pencil other than her letters. Yes, all her letters are written by pencil. She never dared to use a ballpen because she was afraid to make a mistake and not to be able to correct it.
Bloody Snow?
I do not know who you are and I don't even know why I'm writing to you. All I know is that I needed to tell someone about my problems and I chose you, hoping this will be kept private, only between the two of us.
I've heard a few things about you and all I can say is that 'you are mysterious.' Your identity, unknown. Your real name, obviously not 'Bloody Snow', unknown too. Mysterious indeed.
I'm a person use to keeping everything to my self. I never told anybody what I feel and that's my biggest problem. I do not know how to trust. I'm scared to be betrayed. Everybody thinks I'm perfect; a person with no problem, without feelings. But I do, everybody does. I'm a human after all so just like everybody else, I can feel. I have emotions, I have a heart and I have lots of problems.
Right now, I'm writing this letter with such sad eyes. I feel so sad that I want to burst out in tears but of course that will never happen. I do not even know the word 'cry,' I've never cried before. Even after my parents died, I never cried. So there goes the perfect person. How can they say I'm perfect knowing I'm alone in this world? My parent died when I was a child and it was my big brother who killed them. Right after that, I've never seen my big brother again. Can they call it perfect? A very tragic story. I was left with all our wealth, yes, and that's why they think my life is good but in reality, my life could be one of the worst lives ever created. My good looks, a perfect mask. I keep my blank face everytime there are people around. I can never show my emotions because I don't want them to think I'm weak and worst, pity me. I can't accept that. I never wanted anybody's pity. Not even yours.
I can't believe I've told you the story of my life. I can't believe I was able to release some emotions. And I feel better now. Arigato.
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