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the tragedy really sadden me and I hope all of the family victims will have a strong heart.
well then,
Let's continue shall we,
KnB is not mine in any way..
There was one time when my imoutou knew I was beaten up by someone pretty bad. My lips were bleeding, my face was bruised badly and a few blue and black colours marred my pale arms like blossoming flower.
I sat beside her bed after coming out from the emergency room and since all the hospital staff knew me, they immediately spread the news to my sister and my parent.
She was mad and scolded me harshly, telling me that I was clearly stronger than them and why didn't I retaliate back?
I replied by giving her a small and painful smile as my wounded lips sting badly.
I looked down to my wrapped arms and noticed my bruised knuckle that contrasted greatly with my pale skin.
My hand lightly touched my face, feeling my cheek swells a bit and the rough surface of the white, clean gauze that covered my wounded cheek.
"Just for you to know, you did leave the part where I did punched and K.O them by just a single punch..."
"But you didn't fight them properly just like you always do...You fight defensively without giving more damage and you got the damage..." she pouted and gently, she brought her small hand towards my cheek.
"I've changed imouto, I'm not my old self and those people aren't bad as you think...There are no bad people, only bad situations..." I said to her and grasped her hand with a smile.
She looked down to her lap and bit her lips a few times. I chuckled at her cute behaviour and patted her head gently.
"They just beat up the wrong person, for your information, nothing big really..." she jabbed her small finger onto my wounded cheek and I winced in pain.
"Ouch!"
"It's big, Nee-chan, there are three people who beat you up using a baseball bat and you said it was nothing! How could you be so lenient about it!"
"Heh, new word there, lenient, where did you learn that?" I asked with a toothy grin and she jabbed again.
"Ouch! Alright, alright, it was big okay! Geeze...And yes, I was lenient because they are such a pathetic people. They did apologize to me earlier and guessed what?" I wriggled my eyebrows up and down.
"What?" she replied with an annoyed look.
"I got three more friends! Although they assumed me as their leader of some sorts..." I shrugged my shoulder leisurely, "Well, I don't care about that though..." she face palmed and jabbed my arm hard.
"OUCH!What's that for!"
"It's for being an idiot..."
"I'm not...Anyway, it's better than finding more enemies, right? Forgive and forget..." I said happily and she just rolled her eyes with my statement.
I just wish that she can act more like a three year old kid...
"Let me teach you more about life and today, it's all about forgiveness..."
She groaned. "Here we go again..."
I brought my index finger towards her nose and poke it hard.
"Those young men earlier are the same age as me and they are abandon by their parent and living in the slump. They say, some guy with black, long hair had beaten up their younger brother and accidentally, I looked almost the same from the back and didn't notice these-.." I looked down to my rather un-developed chest and she snorted out.
"Heh, no wonder they assume you are a guy...Your chest just like a flat board"
"Ah!I'm not! And it will grow big someday and I'm only 13!" I said loudly.
"Anyway, I want to tell you a quote I learned from a drama story,
'We're so busy thinking about our own bruises, our own scars, we forget how to forgive. But, if we just take the time to peek into someone else's world, even the unforgiveable, can be forgiven...'
A story, well, a Korean though and the title is quite beautiful too, Spring Waltz..." I explained with awe.
"You and your Korean obsession..." she sighed and shakes her head.
I grinned widely. "Well then, I will just give this Shinee poster to mom then..." I brought my gaze somewhere else and she tugged my shirt harshly.
"Where!Can I have it, please...pwease?" she pouted and her blue eyes widen even bigger than before.
Aigoo, those eyes!
Ah, I'm blind!
Blinded with cuteness!
"Alright, alright!" I shoved the rolled poster to her and she hugged it tightly.
"Geeze..." I ruffled her head roughly.
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"So much for Shinee..." I shrugged my shoulder lazily and continue to choke hold my dad neck and pulled his left arm back while hearing him groaned in pain and suffocation.
"I love my job..." I pulled his arm harder and he groaned even louder. My mother was acting like a referee and slapped her hand on the floor for a few times.
"One, two, three...YOU'RE OUT!" she blew the whistle and brought my hand up while I was sitting on my dad back.
"If you do something like that again, dad, there will be no mercy for you..."
"Yes..." he slump his face on the carpeted floor and groaned loudly.
I fisted bumped with my mom and punched her shoulder gently, she does the same thing and it symbolised our bond as sisterhood, I mean, mother and daughter-hood...
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Sixteenth day:
Hello sixteenth day, yesterday was a bit bad, wet, a few bruises and a sudden victory?
Haha...but in the end, I got my satisfaction by using physical method in which I wrestled my dad the moment I stepped out from my room after changing my wet attire. It was a surprise attack as I sneaked from behind and take hold of his neck before kneeing the back of his knee and he came tumbled down on the floor.
My mom at that time had already prepared wearing a referee shirt and a pink whistle around her neck...
...and of course I won in the end and I did my victory dance with mom...on top of my dad back.
Ah, music to my ears...
Right now or I could say today, was such a lovely day. I was walking alone in the school ground, obviously, although there were a lot of people watching me right now and sometimes the guys would winked their eyes to me or tried to talk to me and the girls would gape and gawked at my ridiculous height.
I mean, who could blame genetics?!
Oh, I forgot...
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...Mom can...
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"I have no idea why but in my opinion it is one of the problems that I have right now..." mom said suddenly out of nowhere and rubbed her chin. I give her a side glance while my eyebrow was raised to my forehead.
"Your point is?" I asked her.
"What I was trying to say-"
"Was?"
"...Is trying to say right now, that is, I'm short..." I turned my body fully towards her.
"Mom, I thought we have this discussion before...Did you watch those 'Make me a Supermodel' reality show?"
She looked down to her feet and biting her finger shyly...
Urghh, my eyes!It burns!
"Mom, stop doing that...You are already stepped into the 40's and it really burn my eyes somehow..." I rubbed my painful eyes and held up my open palm to her.
"Dad, grab this woman and give her lecture about 'the talk' we had about height..." My dad rushed quickly into the kitchen and grabbed my mom by the waist. He threw her over his shoulder and mom started to act aggressive by hitting my dad back.
"I curse you genetic!I'm short because of you, curse you! I blame genetics!Mom!" annnd she blame my grandmother or her mother.
Psh, what are you, five!?
"Ah, Katarina, I'm going to Kyoto this weekend..." my dad said as he held my struggling mom firmly.
"Have fun then..." I replied back without looking.
"Well, you are coming with me this weekend because your mom is busy with her Woman Association...Yeah..." I sighed and nodded my head, waving my hand up lazily.
"Alright, alright..."
"Thank you Katarina!"
I sighed and straighten up my back and at that moment, the cupboard on top of my head made a contact with my head hard.
BAM
"Ouch!SHIT! THIS *BEEP*" I held my head and groaned painfully.
"LANGUAGE!" I heard my mom chided from upstairs.
"SORRY!" I groaned painfully.
I was trying to find my left ear ring on the kitchen counter and I have to lower my head to avoid hitting the wooden cupboard above me but it seems that I forgot about it for a moment...
"Damn, being too tall doesn't help either!" I cried in pain and rubbed my head soothingly.
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She really was something, my mom, but that what makes her unique and different and I'm really proud to have her as my mom...I hope she doesn't read this journal...It was embarrassing though...*blush*blush*
Alright, wait, where am I?
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"Huh...Where is this place?" I rubbed my head in confusion as I watched the unusual surrounding. I closed my journal and placed it inside my pocket.
It seemed that this place was a bit far from the main building and a bit scary...
The surrounding was quiet, too quiet and there was no sound of birds or other animals and it makes me suspicious with the surrounding.
I sensed this place was somehow a still place, as if the time in this place was halted and the aura around here was dark and depressed.
Death had happened here before...What happened here?
Wait, what was that behind the bushes?
I looked to my left as I heard a rustling noise behind it. I came closer towards the green shrubs and peered behind it but I saw nothing.
I sighed in relief and rubbed my chest soothingly. I smiled and shrugged my shoulders happily and turned my back only to meet a frowning face.
"KYAAA!" I thrust my fist forward in a quickly movement but the frowning face managed dodged it quickly.
"Oi, calm down girl!" a voice called out and as I look closer it was the blonde senpai.
I brought my fist down as I take a deep breath, trying to calm my beating heart.
I wiped my face soothingly and breathe out slowly.
"Miyaji-senpai..." and my legs suddenly wobbled and I grabbed his arms since he was the only one here.
"Ah, hey, what-...what's wrong" he stuttered and his arms was flailing nervously.
I gripped his arms and I straighten my legs quickly. I let go of my grip and take a few step back.
I rubbed my head nervously, "Haha, senpai. Sorry about that...I was shocked by your face..." I said innocently.
His forehead was creased slightly.
"I mean I didn't realise you are here senpai...Tehehe..." Fuh...
"Hey, you are Takao girlfriend, right?" he said with a quirk of his eyebrow.
"Yes, I am his girl friends...friends only..." I explained.
"Yes, I'm only his friends and not his girlfriend that goes out on a date with him and no, I'm not disturbing him practise or anything..." I added with a nod.
He was taken aback with my words and blinked his eyes a few times.
"Yes, I know you are only worried about your Kouhai but I don't think Tako-chan love life would make him unfocused with his practise. He has his own life and he should know how to manage it...You should trust your Kouhai for once..." I think I have blabbered something that I shouldn't, but, seriously, his colour was way too obvious...
His eyes widen, "Huh..." he said.
"Senpai!" I looked behind him and saw Tako-chan running towards us like a happy kid he was. He noticed me and jogged lightly before standing leisurely beside senpai.
"Ah, Kathy-chan...What are you doing here with senpai?" he asked with a suggestive smile and wriggled his eyebrow.
"Oh, I just meet him here because I was lost?" I said awkwardly.
"Haa, okay..." he looked at me suspiciously with his furrowed eyebrows.
"Right, senpai?" I asked the stunned senpai and he nodded slowly.
"Well then, we better head out, this place creeps me out..." I rubbed my left sleeve while looking around me intently.
"Are you cold Kathy-chan? Your face looks pale..." Tako-chan asked worriedly. I shake my head a few times and pulled senpai and Tako-chan hand.
I walked hurriedly while pulling them out from this place.
"Wait what are you doing!?"
"Kathy-chan!?"
I pulled their hand until we arrived in front of the gym after a few minute of fast walking.
I released their hand and exhaled loudly.
'ohgodohgodthatthingphgodohgod' I was rambling inside my head while I wiped my newly formed cold sweat on my forehead.
"Kathy-chan, are you okay? You're shivering...Are you cold?" Tako-chan asked worriedly as he holds my shoulder firmly.
"Tako-chan, does...does Japanese ghost always have long, black hair that floats in the air?" I stuttered and looked around me carefully.
He looked at me weirdly and narrowed his eyes to me.
"What are you suggesting?"
"I see it...that...Oh god..." I grabbed my long hair and pulled it desperately. I squat down and looked down to my feet.
"Kathy-chan calm down, what did you see exactly!?"
"She must have seen it..." Miyaji –senpai said suddenly and I looked up to meet his eyes.
Wait, does that mean he saw that too?
"What...What did you mean by that?" I asked him again.
"No, I didn't see it but I've heard rumour about that place and the sighting...It is common in that place and it was uncommon to see that during the day, unless, you are not an ordinary people..." he said and his eyes narrowed down to me. I was sweating nervously since he was looking down on me.
"Wait, do you mean by the 'ghost of the long haired girl behind the old building'?"
"Wait, that place earlier is the 'behind the old building'?" I looked up to Tako-chan. He nodded and pulled my arms slowly as he brought me up.
"It's just a rumour Kathy-chan and it must be your imagination..." he said with a toothy smile. I smiled back to him and ignored senpai glare at the back of my head.
I hope it was a rumour...and I wished it was but...
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"KYAAA!" I thrust my fist forward in a quickly movement but the frowning face managed to dodged it quickly.
"Oi, calm down girl!" a voice called out and as I look closer it was the blonde senpai.
I sighed in relief mentally and suddenly, I noticed something behind him.
A girl wearing an old uniform and she was smiling but more to smirking. Her messy, dark black hair covered her eyes and it only showed her creepy smile. Her face was pale, as pale as the snow and her exposed neck showed a dark vertical line across her neck clearly.
It looked almost normal (for a ghost) except for her straight, dark hair that floated around her and it look as if it crawled in the air towards me.
Her smile widen, "You can see me..."she said in an eerily girl voice that sounded like it was echoing inside an empty hall.
I brought my fist down as I take a deep breath, trying to calm my beating heart.
I wiped my face soothingly and breathe out slowly.
I can get through this...but, I haven't encountered with this kind before, a Japanese at that!
"Miyaji-senpai..." and my legs suddenly wobbled and I grabbed his arms since he was the only one here.
"Ah, hey, what-...what's wrong" he stuttered and his arms was flailing nervously.
I gripped his arms and I straighten my legs quickly. I let go of my grip and take a few step back.
I rubbed my head nervously, "Haha, senpai. Sorry about that...I was shocked by your face..." I said innocently and looked behind him. There was nothing behind him...
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"Haha...a rumour huh..." I said with a fake laugh. I glanced towards the blonde senpai and he still looked at me with his eyes narrowed.
"Senpai, I know you wondering about me but if you have some question you can asked directly and don't asked it inside you head..." I said as-a-matter-of-fact with a single nod to his direction.
He startled from his silent thoughts and his cheeks redden after my sudden remark. He brought his gaze somewhere else and coughed awkwardly.
"Nothing..." he stated sternly and walked inside the crowded gym.
"Is your senpai secretly a very shy person, Tako-chan?" I asked as I look at his retreating back and his blonde hair that swayed along with the rhythm of his confident step.
"Hmm, maybe...I don't really know since he had this terrible temper-..." I give a side glance towards Tako-chan.
"OI, STOP LAZING AROUND!" Miyaji senpai voice boomed inside the gym loudly.
"...Yes, he is not a shy person..." Tako-chan continued and shrugged his shoulder up.
"I don't know about that Tako-chan...But, he might be one..." I said as turn my head and looked further inside the gym as I watched them stretched their muscle before practise. I tilted my head to the side.
He looked bad because of his temper but he did that just to remind himself not to lower his guard down like his other friends and team member...A very strict person to other people and to himself...
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...and that kind of person...Is my dream man...
I slapped myself mentally and quickly shoved Tako-chan towards the entrance of the gym.
"You better start now before he suddenly explodes..." I chuckled lightly and Tako-chan waved his hand before lightly jogged inside.
"Don't forget this Friday, alright Kathy-chan!" he yelled loudly.
"Alright!" Tako-chan did inform me about his team practice match with other school, Kaijo high school, if I'm not mistaken and I have the chance to watch them play this Friday.
I sighed tiredly and slipped my fingers into my dark straight hair.
"Well then...let's have a small talk...Shall we..." I turn my body side way and noticed the same girl behind me.
She smiled widely showing her jagged teeth.
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"...after that he said to me that I wasn't her type and then he just walked away just like that and that's why I was sad and crying my heart out, OH GOD IT WAS A DISASTER I TELL YA!" Well then, I didn't expect her to be this talkative, I mean, she looked like a scary and mean type of ghost but the moment she opened her mouth she was talking and talking and talking non-stop!
I think the quote 'don't judge a book by its cover' can be used to a ghost too.
I laughed nervously and moved my face a bit far from her since her hair was ticklish and moving randomly in front of my face.
"So, do you have boyfriend yet?" she leaned closer to my face and I move my face far from her before pushed her face away from mine.
"No and not getting one in the nearest time, thank you, since I never had a bf before and why aren't you moving towards the other side? I mean, you realize you are dead but still being bound here, in this school..." I asked and watched her lips turned into a small smile.
"It's not that I don't want to move to the other side, it's just I really loved this place dearly and I had decided to become this school guardian..."
"..Or this school rumored ghost..." I added. I noticed she pursued her mouth in front.
"Those kids are afraid of me, seriously, just because of this hair of mine...Sheesh, such dorks really annoyed me greatly..."
"Heh, dorks..." I chuckled lightly and crossed my arms in front of my chest loosely.
"But, you do realize the longer you stay here the more negative energy you will absorb around this school...Still, it's weird though, you still have your original sense just like a normal human have...Did someone purified you somehow?" I glanced up to a tree branch where the girl was standing. Her hair was spread around her and it moved around her space with a fluid and gentle movement.
She scratched her cheek with her finger, "Hmm, I'm not so sure but there is one guy who always come to my place and lightens up incense for me...That guy with blonde hair, yeah and he's a nice person and always come there to greet me although I never met him before..." she shrugged her shoulder and came flying down in front of me.
"It's kind of surreal to meet someone who can see me and talk to me like this. Most of the time if someone saw me and talk to me, they will try to dispel me from this place or even worst, capture and lock me up in a small bottle..."
"Hmm, those idiotic people don't really understand...They only knew spirits bother people and scare them..." I nodded my head a few time in understanding.
"That's right!" she flew directly towards me before holding both of my hand, "You really understand!Let's be friends, my name is Natsumi and you are?" she looked at me excitedly although I can't see her eyes since her hair blocked it completely.
"Kathy...Call me Kathy..." I laughed nervously.
Well, what do you know...I made a new friend today and it was the rumored ghost behind the old building...I don't think mom wanted to know about this though, but...
...That was pretty awesome...
Tako-chan will be soo jealous if I tell him and I never knew Miyaji-senpai visited her regularly, which was really kind of him...and brave of him...
...and it really added up to his brownie point to become my future boyfriend...
AHHHHHH! I DIDN'T THINK THAT!
AHHH! NOOO!
AHHH!WHY BROWNIES! WHY NOT PIE!?
AHHH!MY FRIEND WAS A GHOST!...is a ghost...
It seems that Natsumi-san had somehow affected me...yeah, that must be it.
Yes, I'm still me and I will not find and have a boyfriend!...yet...
"..and Kathy-chan...Can I tell you something?" I saw her sudden smile on her ghostly pale face.
"What is it?"
"For the first time, I feel really comfortable to be around you and the fact that you are a human, a special one at that makes me happy and I never felt this kind of feeling before and with that, if someday, I want to go to the other side, will you send me off?"
She asked with a sincere smile and I felt something wet and warm trailed down to my cheeks.
"Kathy-chan! Why are you crying!?" She looked panicked and her hands and hair were flailing beside her
I chuckled lightly at her weird action and rubbed my wet eyelash with my hand.
"Ahaha, nothing, it reminded me something from the past..." I looked down to my feet and closed my eyes with a small smile.
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"Nee-chan, if I can't make it, will you send me off to the other side?" my sister pale face comes to my sight and she asked weakly with a small smile upon her pale lips.
"No, you will make it lil sis, don't say something like that..." I grasped her small hand firmly and kissed the top of her hand.
"I don't think I can make it and if...I die, Nee-chan, don't ever forget me and always think of me in your prayers...Alright, sis?" I cried and brought her hand closer to my face.
I swallowed the bitterness inside my mouth as I tried to block out any sound coming out from my throat and nodded my head slowly.
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"Kathy-san...What are you doing here?" I brought my head up and noticed Natsumi was gone and my cheeks were wet with tears. That particular voice was behind me and I think I knew this voice...
Oh no...Was that voice belongs to...
"Midorima-san..."
"Yes, Kathy-san..."
Ah...Why was the timing bad...I thought that to myself.
I wiped my face with my sleeve, took a deep breath and pulled something out from my pocket.
I flicked my wrist as I opened my dark shade and wear it like a boss.
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Enough with the drama tears and I'm not going to recreate a scene from a shoujo manga...I know what you are thinking right now...
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I turned my back slowly with a smile and my dark hair swished to side along with my movement.
"Good day, Midorima-san..." I pushed my shade up with my fingers and earned myself a wondering look from him.
I brought my hand up as if I was shielding my eyes from the sun.
"It's quite bright today, don't you think?" I asked nervously.
"Haa..." he replied weirdly, "But, Kathy-san, it's raining right now..." he added.
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I gaped and pushed my shade down hurriedly and noticed it was dark and raining lightly. I face palm and walked away from him while keeping my blushed face down.
"Not a word..." I whispered harshly.
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Omake:
"Ahahahah!You did what Kathy-chan?!"
"Stop laughing Tako-chan!"
"Hahahaha! Oh god that was humiliating and at the same time hilarious!Hahahahah"
"TAKO-CHAN!" I looked down and close my face with my hands.
Never again, I bring that to school...
"Hik hik hik...you're funny girl Kathy-chan..."
Arghh, not Natsumi too!
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