On Saturday morning, Keiji's uncle came to visit his family. He drove his car into the parking lot, as Keiji made his way outside to go and greet him. Keiji secretly thought to himself that if he knew about the visit ahead of time, he would've planned a great surprise for his uncle.
"Hello uncle!" Keiji shouted, walking towards his uncle's red car. "How've you been?"
"Hello Keiji," said his uncle. "I've been good. What about you?"
"I've been really good!" Keiji snapped back, shaking his uncle's hand. "Shall I help you bring your stuffs inside?"
"Sure," replied his uncle, as he opened the back trunk. Keiji helped carry his suitcase and his laptop inside the house. In the kitchen, Keiji's mother made several dishes: bread, spaghetti, and salad. It smelled so good in the house.
"Mom's cooking dinner," Keiji said to his uncle. He turned the TV on and there was a football show going on. "So, what do you want to do, uncle?"
"Hmmm…," thought his uncle. "I think I want to take a nice, warm bath."
"Okay," Keiji responded. He quickly thought of an idea. He laughed so hard in his head. As he guided his uncle into the guest room, he quickly ran downstairs. He went into the garage and opened the garage door so his mother wouldn't know what he was up to. Then he opened the freezer and started digging for a bag of ice. Well, actually, two of them. He quietly snuck into the front yard, tiptoeing to make sure that no one saw him or the joy will be over. He was pretty sure that no one saw him.
"Keiji! What are you doing?" said a familiar voice. It was a girl named Nene from school. She lived across the street from Keiji and they had known each other since preschool. She had a little white Pomeranian puppy beside her. She got it from her aunt who was a fashion designer in London.
Keiji flinched as his eyes approached her. He quickly thought of an idea. "Uh, nothing. Just carrying these two bags of ice inside," he said, chuckling, and scratching his head. "It's nothing big. Really."
Nene gave him a suspicious look. "Are you up to no good again, Keiji?" she asked, putting her hands on her hips.
"NO!" he shouted. "That's not it. You see, I have to get ice for my mom because she's making thai tea with boba drinks."
"Are you sure?" she asked again.
"Yeah," he replied. Then the funny part came into his mind. "Hey Nene, I think you should go to the bathroom."
"Why?" she questioned.
"Cause I think you're on your period," he said, trying hard not to smile. "And I'm serious."
"You liar!" she exclaimed, as Keiji nodded his head yes.
"Don't believe me then," he told her. "Don't be blaming me if you embarrass yourself around the neighborhood. It's pure red and I think it's starting to turn brown now."
"Ew, Keiji! Don't you dare lie to me!" she shouted, covering her butt. Then she quickly picked up her puppy and ran home across the street.
Whew, he thought. That was close! Then he quickly went inside the house and ran upstairs. His uncle still wasn't out of the room yet. Yes, he thought again. He walked to the nearest bathroom and went in. He poured the ice all over the tub and laughed so much, in a quiet way though. Then he started the water and made sure that it was super cold. Pretty soon, the tub filled up. He quickly went to the room that his uncle was in.
"Hey uncle," he started, "The waters ready so you can take your bath now. Sorry for the long wait though."
"Oh okay," replied his uncle. "Thank you so much Keiji. After we eat, I'll take you to go buy a new pair of shoe."
Oh boy! I love new shoes! He thought.
"Okay," he replied. Then, an even better idea popped into his mind. Before he knew it, he ran back into the bathroom and hid under the sink. He could fit under the sink because it was so big. He also had a camera in his pocket and he put it on video mode. He snickered a couple times before his uncle came in.
He did not wait long until his uncle came into the bathroom. Keiji smiled and spied on his uncle. His uncle first undressed himself and was butt naked. He went to pee first, without noticing the ice in the tub.
"Oh, say can you see? By the dawn's early light?" sang his uncle, as Keiji smiled so big. He hekka laughed on the inside but forced himself not to make a noise. "What's so proudly we hailed…"
Keiji continued to laugh on the inside. After his uncle peed, he flushed the toilet and started to sing a different song.
"Every night, in my dreams, I see you…I feel you…That is how I know you go on…," he sang, swinging his towel around the curtains. "Near…Far…Wherever you are…I believe that my heart will….go on…"
Then he grabbed his razor, his shampoo, his conditioner, and his soap . "Once…more… you opened the door," he sang, as he put one foot into the tub. It was so cold that Keiji's uncle flinched so hard and slipped into the tub. He started freezing like crazy!
Keiji couldn't take it anymore. He bursted out laughing, as his uncle screamed and screamed. Then Keiji popped out from under the sink.
"Hahahahahhahhahahhaha!" laughed Keiji. He laughed so hard that he fell to the ground. "Who were you singing to? Hahahahahahah!"
"Keiji! Why are you in here?" yelled his uncle, grabbing his towel to cover himself, as Keiji continued to laugh. He kept thinking about his uncle singing and pissing and then singing again and falling into the tub. It was just too funny!
"Uncle! I'm going to-" he said, as he couldn't talk, due to laughter. "I'm gonna pass out! Hahahahahahah!" He had burned many calories and many tears came out of his eyes. He was having such a good time. His uncle quickly shook his head at him and left the bathroom. Before Keiji knew it, everything went pitch black. He had passed out, just like he said.
He did not know how long he had passed out, but when he woke up, the first thing he thought of was getting a new pair of shoe. He saw his uncle washing the dishes. Then Keiji remembered what happened about the bathroom incident. He started to laugh again, as his stomach hurt so much. He couldn't even laugh right now. Then he heard his uncle Toshiie talking to his other uncle. Keiji's dad, his uncle, and Toshiie are all brothers.
Keiji suddenly jumped up as Toshiie shrieked out loud. "Keiji! Why'd you do that for?"
"Oh, Toshiie, how I was only happy to see you!" Keiji yelled back. He walked to them.
"No, not that!" said Toshiie. "Why'd you fill the bathtub with ice? Huh? Don't mess with my big brother," he said, as he playfully shoved Keiji.
"It was so fun though!" Keiji told him. "He even sang too!"
"When are you gonna grow up, huh? When are you gonna start acting like a man?" Toshiie playfully asked him.
Keiji thought for a second. "Well, to be honest, I think I'm perfectly normal and it's just everybody else that's wrong in the head. When are you going to grow up?" he replied, laughing. He and Toshiie pretended to fight for a bit until the shoe shopping popped into Keiji's mind again. "Hey uncle," he began, as his uncle turned to him. "So um..I was wondering..Are we still going shoe shopping?"
His uncle sigh. "As soon as you apologize, Keiji. As soon as you apologize."
"I'm so sorry uncle!" Keiji exclaimed, giving his uncle a hug. "I promise you that I would never do that again. I only did it cause I missed you truly. Now can we go shoe shopping?"
Toshiie and Keiji's uncle looked at each other and laughed.
"You just wanna get new shoes, you bastard," Toshiie said, laughing. "Watch, I bet after you get new shoes, you're going to start pranking him again. Am I right?"
"Wrong. But I'll prank you if you don't shut up," he replied, laughing. In a bit, they headed to the mall.
It was so crowded inside. They couldn't even imagine how lucky they were to get a parking spot up close to the mall. They walked into a store called "Fresh Kicks".
"Hmm..I wonder if Kanetsugu's working today!" Keiji shouted, looking around the store. His friend, Kanetsugu, was the only one in his group of friends that was literally employed. He worked in the store that they went to. Mitsunari's family owned a restaurant downtown and sometimes, Mitsunari would help manage it.
Keiji walked deeper into the store, as a shiny red and black air Jordan caught his eye. Then a familiar voice called his name.
"Hey Keiji," said Kanetsugu, walking towards him. He wore a white t-shirt with a pair of skinny jean with a baby blue checkered belt that matched his Nike. He also wore his name tag. The store's uniform was a plain white t-shirt, a skinny jean, and a shoe brand of either Jordan's, Nikes, Vans, or Adidas.
"Sup," Keiji replied, as they did their hand shake. "How long have you been workin?"
Kanetsugu told him that he had been working since 12:00 pm and will be out at 6:00 pm. Keiji looked at his watch and it was 4:38 pm. Just then, Keiji remembered that Kanetsugu was getting paid today. In fact, he got paid every Saturday, including the Saturday that he worked. Happiness ran through Keiji's body as he smiled at his friend.
"Hey, buddy," he began. "It's already 4:38 pm and I haven't eaten anything today yet. And you're one of my best friends too, you know that?"
Kanetsugu looked at his friend, already knowing what he was planning. "I'm sure I am," he replied sarcastically, as Keiji gave him a big smile. "I'm only one of your best friends because I always buy you food and I lend you money. And because I let you borrow my car and I let you copy my homework, huh?" he said, playfully.
"How'd you know?" Keiji replied, laughing. Almost everytime when Kanetsugu got paid, Keiji would bother him to take him to buy something good to eat. Sometimes he even borrowed his money. As he thought of where they should go eat out, he remembered that he had to owe a guy from their school named Masamune Date eight dollars for losing a bet.
"Oh I know," Kanetsugu replied, "Well I'm going to go now before I get in trouble."
"Wait!" Keiji exclaimed, grabbing his friend's arm. He told him about having to owe money for Masamune. And he also pleaded him for money.
Kanetsugu gave him that annoyed look. "Dude, speaking of money, you owe me like ninety five dollars."
Keiji laughed, "Oh…you know…How I just love you! Hahahah!"
Kanetsugu shook his head, walked off, and said, "I'll see you later." Keiji then examined the shoe earlier.
"Hey uncle," he began, as he looked for his two uncles. "What do you think of this kick?"
They both turned.
"It's nice," they replied. Toshiie said that it looked cool. Keiji heard Kanetsugu talking to his boss. In a bit, Kanetsugu carried a big box towards them.
"Pssst. Kanestsugu," said Keiji, as Kanetsugu walked, turning to him.
"What," he replied. Keiji asked him to get size fifteen for him. Keiji had a long foot because he was very tall. He was 6'5. The Maeda's were known to be very tall and they had a dominant gene that made them all tall. Well, at least nine out of ten were tall.
Kanetsugu obeyed and walked to the back room, where all the extra sizes of shoes were. In a minute, he came back out and gave the shoe to Keiji. Keiji tried it on and it fit him perfectly.
"Hey uncle, this one's a killa!" he shouted happily. "I think I want this one!" And so, his uncle bought it for him. It cost his uncle $200. It was nothing compared to how much his uncle made though. His uncle is a 28 year old pharmacist who lived a couple hours away from them. He was on his three week paid vacation; that's why he came to visit them. He wasn't even married yet but he had a girlfriend.
After shopping around at a few more stores, they went to go eat out at a buffet called Osaka Buffet. After that, they finally went home. Kanetsugu couldn't treat Keiji today because he had to go run some errands for his mom. As for the two uncles, they stayed at Keiji's house. They played a few rounds of Call of Duty Black Ops, the zombie game, on Kino Der Toten. On their last game, they got to level 29. It was now 11:45 pm as they all went to shower.
Keiji was the first one out of the shower. He was digging through some drawers in the living room when he found a praying doll. A big smile formed on his face…..
"Goodnight, uncle," Keiji said to his older uncle, as he walked to the room where Toshiie was going to sleep in. "And an especially goodnight to you, my dear Toshiie!"
"Goodnight," Toshiie replied, as Keiji turned off the light and closed the door. Keiji secretly put his ear against the door. He could hear Toshiie climbing on the bed, getting comfortable. Just then, the praying doll started praying as Toshiie screamed. Keiji opened the door, turned the lights back on, and laughed his butt off. Toshiie looked all around the room, as he lifted the pillow that he layed his head on. He saw the praying doll.
"Stupid Keiji! What the hell was that for?" Toshiie shouted, throwing the doll at Keiji. Keiji just kept laughing and said that he did it because he thought it would be so funny, which it was. His older uncle came out of the room and shook his head at Keiji. Keiji waved hi to him and smiled.