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The next day, I continued my repair on the windows. It wasn't surprising to see that once I opened the window and looked at the outside wall beside it, there were bullet holes. I wasn't quite sure what Mr. Hatsune did or where he even was, but I knew it was better to keep my mouth shut in these sorts of situations than to start asking questions and lose my job. Luki told me rumors about Mr. Hatsune working as a doctor for white collared criminals. Although, knowing Luki, he was probably just running his mouth. Whatever the family did, it paid bills and it paid mine. I didn't have a right to judge them or raise my suspicions. For all I could know, those bullet holes could have been the result of a gun accident.
I continued to replace all the broken glass in Miku's bedroom as she watched me from her bed. She was really reading though but often would look up from time to time to look at me. I paid no mind to it as I continued my work. However, the silence became overbearing after a brief amount of time and I spoke up. "So... how are you today, Miss?" I asked without making eye contact though I could feel her peering into me.
"I'm fine, just mildly bored," she said as she closed her book. I looked up from the window and over at her.
"Well, why don't you go hang out with your friends? You don't seem much younger than me."
"I don't believe in consoling myself with pathetic beings who party late and smoke their parents' cigarettes behind the school building for perhaps smoking and disobeying their parents is the closest thing they'll get to having not just their peer's attention but awaken part of their parents' numb heart for them though they know the only reason why they give any shit about their presence and well being is for the welfare check that comes in."
"Um...wow. I've never really thought of it like that before."
"Most people don't," she said as she turned back to her book and turned the page. I bit my lip and sighed to myself. No more question, I noted to myself, however I knew I'd forget that rule later on.
It was around three once I finished all the windows. It took a long time for all the plane glue to dry. I sighed to myself as I sat with Luki outside and ate a sandwich. We talked for a bit and I learned my next assignment was to work on Ms. Hatsune's fireplace which made sense. It was kinda trashed. Although, I didn't like the fact I had to continue working in Ms. Hatsune's room. She was beginning to irk me.
"So, what did you think of her, Mikuo?" Luki said as he took a bite of his sandwich.
"Who?"
"The Princess. Who else?"
"The princess?"
Luki sighed, "Miku. The daughter, you dense wall."
"Oh... she... creeps me out when she's alone."
"Huh? How?"
"She seems like... she's two faced. At first she's really nice and all smiley in front of her mother and myself but once we were alone, she became a bit... um,... I don't know how to explain it. Emotionless? Psychopathic? She's beginning to irk me..."
Luki shook his head and smiled at me, "you got it all wrong, Mikuo."
"How?"
"She's just smart, you know. She isn't like us... She comes from money and people who come from money aren't as emotional as us. It's like they have sold their heart for their cold hard cash."
"That makes no sense..."
"It does though. Think about. You're rich and you want to stay rich. You deal with many people and have to learn how to get along with them all so you can continue getting rich. You have to learn how to be smart, be quick and never be clingy cause once you're clingy, they'll see your weak spots and destroy you. Thus, you must build a high and thick wall around your conscience and heart. It's the only way no one can break you."
"I see..." I said quickly as I looked away from Luki and thought about what he had said. Perhaps it was true. It'd explain why a rich man could be so deaf and a poor man could cry so loud. Where rich people really that bad? I thought to myself. I shrugged it off and looked up at the sky from the garden I sat in.
Good or bad, all men walk under the same sky...huh?
I returned home later that day with my pants and shoes dusted with wall dust and bits of cement. I couldn't bare to even walk to the kitchen and kiss my mother hello and just collapsed upon the couch. She still, however, walked over to me and kissed my forehead. She looked better today. Her face was washed and her hair was up in a bun as she cooked in the kitchen. She was even humming.
I looked at her curiously from the couch. "You're in a good mood today," I said as I changed from English to Japanese. "Why?"
"I got a day off today from both my jobs. I spent a lot of time catching up on sleep and treated myself to a nice lunch."
"You had enough money for it?"
"Of course I did. With your new job, I didn't have to worry about spending a dollar or two on myself," she said with a smile. I smiled lightly at her.
"Yeah, just don't go too crazy. I don't know how long I'll have this job."
"You better keep it! I swear Mikuo, you are a smart, strong boy. You're fluent in English AND Japanese. I'm not even like that. Plus you have done your schooling. You should figure out a way to stay in there."
"Oh yeah? Even if it means getting along with the daughter they have?"
"Of course. You should do that first. The more attached they get to you, the harder it'll be for them to let you go."
I sighed a bit and looked up to the ceiling. Attached? If Luki said that they can't feel like we can, they can't get attached to me. Unless... I use the fact that Miku is a girl to my advantage...
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