ii. Japanese Honorifics
"Konnichiwa, Nat-chan." Dan greeted, bowing down in the customary position.
"What does that even mean?" Dan looked up at Natalie and tears filled his eyes. He scooped her up in a big hug.
"Oh, Natalie, I've been waiting forever for you to ask me that question!"
Natalie gasped. "C-an't b-bre..athe..." Dan let Natalie go and pulled out a book from his cupboard.
"You actually know how to read?" Natalie said, raising an eyebrow.
"I'm going to pretend like I didn't hear that, because I'm really friggin' happy right now!" He opened the book.
"Now, let's start with the basics...of Japanese honorifics."
Half an hour later, Dan was still explaining to Natalie the use of the word '-san'; when Amy walked into the room, holding an apple.
"What's up, Natalie?" Amy said, taking a bite out of the red fruit.
"Dan's teaching me about those words he always uses..."
"She's horrible at them! You gotta work harder if you want to learn Japanese in three weeks, Nat-san."
"But I don't want to learn Japanese! I'm OK with being skilled in English, French and Latin."
"San?" Amy interrupted. She smirked a smirk which would have made any Kabra proud. "Shouldn't you be calling her with a '-chan'?" She said, all googly-eyed.
"S-shut up!" Dan said, turning beet-red.
"-Chan? Hey, Dan says that for me too sometimes."
Amy's mouth turned into an 'O'. "You do?!"
"Why? What's wrong with it?"
"Well,"
"Amy, I'm gonna kill you!" Dan said, leaping from the sofa he was sitting on. Amy dropped her apple and ran out the door, Dan hot on her heels. Natalie just sat there with a puzzled expression on her face. She then saw that Dan had dropped his book. She picked it up and scanned through the pages; when she finally reached on the article she was looking for. As her eyes scanned the book, a small smile formed on her face.
Dan really likes me?
For all of you who didn't understand, '-san' is generally used for acquaintances and friends, while '-chan' is mainly used for children, but can be used for various other things, like in this case, 'lovers'.
I hope that it was clear for all of you.
I just made this for fun; so don't flame me or anything.
-Ghost-chan (Yes, you can call yourself 'chan'. I checked.)