BnS- Chapter One [12/17]
one: my noisy childhood friend
[September 1999]
“Kyaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Taihen! Taihen! Tai- BUKKK!!” Tsurara rubs her forehead- reducing the pain caused by that door of the Chinese restaurant. “Itteeiiii.. baka!” she curses the door. Well, she is the one who should be blame actually, because practically a door could not bang people, but people always do that. Suddenly the door is sliding open. Then, Katsuhisa-san; the owner of that restaurant look outside and found her in front of the entrance. “Ah! Tsurara-chan! Doshta no?”
“Tou-chan! Masaki wa?”
“H-he is home. Your temple is swollen!”
“S-sou?? Ah, nothing actually.. he is at home ne? okay, okay..!! Jaa ne Tou-chan!” she runs to his house which is about 200 meters from the restaurant- leaving Katsuhi-san san in confused. She finally arrived at his house and without bother to knock the door, she rushes entering the house. (Daijoubu. That house is already consider her second home) Direct to the kitchen to find Makio-san who is currently cleaning the dining table. “Kaa-chan!” Tsurara greets her with a high tone from the back.
“Tsurara-chan! You startle me! Shhh.. Yuusuke is sleeping..”
“Ah! Gomen. Gomen!”
“Have you eat your dinner?”
“Un.. half-way though because mama said- un. Not important! Kaa-chan, kaa-chan.. masaki wa?” she asks as she take one karage- Masaki and her favorite food. “His room- he is packing his- Tsurara-chan??” Makio-san couldn’t continue because Tsurara already left her and rush to Masaki’s room upstairs. Knock the door, and straightly open it. “Ojamashimasu~~” she announce with a big grin on her face.
“Woah! Tsurara!”
Masaki quickly hides his R-rated magazine under his pillow. “I told you so many times to-“
“Hahaha.. you don’t have to hide those magazine from me, baka.. because I know you the same day I know my mum.. Owh, you already finish packing your stuff? Ne, nande you didn’t tell me that you will go to Hawaii? That is unfair, you know”
“Omae sa, before you accuse me, tell me where did you go this evening?”
“Swimming class. Why?” she asks back and takes a bite of karage. “That’s why I couldn’t tell you- I went to your house but you are not there- so I told mama” Masaki explain while he stands up, put back his magazine in the locked drawer and walk to her. He tries to snatch the karage from her but she manages to ‘save’ her favorite food from this monster. “This is mine! There are lots more at the kitchen- go and take yours”
“Stingy!” he jolt out his tongue to her. “I’m not!” say her and she takes her place on his bed. “Why are you going to Hawaii by the way?” she asks then continue eating. “I don’t know, Johnny-san called me to Jimusho.. he asked me either I have a passport or not- I said yes. Then he asks me to go to Hawaii tomorrow morning”
“Tomorrow?”
“Un”
“Haiya!”
“It’s for my job, Tsurara..”
“Hmm… ne sa, what happen when you go there- suddenly they will declaring you will debut?”
“You and your stupid imagination. Baka! Hawaii dayou. Who am I to debut there? Plus- debut?? Hahahaha.. My intention at first to join JE jimusho is just to play basketball with SMAP-san- you know that right?”
“Owh, come on Masaki.. it was 3 years ago.. it was a history now.. you once told me that you also want to debut, ne? So- perhaps.. Johnny-san had saw your talent, and yeah- Aiba Masaki- DEBUT!!!”
“Baka~”
They giggle. Slowly, Masaki walks to the window and on one of the two chairs there; feels the night breeze. They stay silent for a moment. “Oi! Doshta no, Masaki?” Tsurara asks. Concern. He didn’t answer but throw her looks at outside. He can see the neighborhood from there. “Masaki! Oi. Doshta?” She leaves the bed and sits beside him. “Daijoubu?” she asks again. Masaki turns to her, look at her for a few seconds and look away. Tsurara waits. “What if I really debut?” he speaks out his worry. Then sigh deeply. “Eh?”
“What if I really debut? What will happen to my life?”
“W-well, you will become famous then! Super Idol Aiba Masaki! Sughoiii!”
“Can I be one of the stars up there?”
Tsurara suddenly laughing hardly. “What?” Masaki frowns. “Hahahaha.. n-nandimonai.. you suddenly sounds romantic out of the blue.. hahahahaha..”
“I’m serious, Tsurara” say him firmly.
Tsurara stops laughing right there and then- knowing that she shouldn’t do that. “G-gomen..-” she apologizes but- “Hahahahaha.. still- that is really not you to say those hyperbola.. geeezzzz.. are you already in love with Hawaiian girl?” Masaki click his tongue. Annoyed. He just let her laughing at him. No point to stop this crazy girl. She is-crazy.. That’s why.
After few seconds, Tsurara really stop laughing and look at him who is still look up above the beautiful sky. She takes a deep breath. “Daijoubu Masaki.. I bet, the day you sing on the big stage like Tokyo Dome or perhaps on bigger stage- those stars will envy you because you are brighter than them” she pats his shoulder. Masaki turns to her and she smiles sweetly at him while nodding. “You can do it!” she encourages him again. “Maji?”
“Un. Majide..”
She winks him and throws her karage to the dustbin nearby. “By the way, who will go to the Hawaii too?” Tsuarara asks again after she reached the bottle of water on the table. “I didn’t hear anything about it.. but I heard that two of my sempai already arrived there” he explain while looking at her who is drinking now.
“Sou? Who?”
“Ohno-kun and Sho-kun”
“Sho-kun?? Kyaaa!! Send my regards to him ne?”
“I’m not that close to him, baaka~ you still have crush on him?”
“He is sooooo cute you know!”
“Hai..hai..” he smiles again. “Ne Masaki..” she calls him after a short silent. “Nani?”
“If you really become a star one day- let’s stay be friend ne?”
Masaki turns to her.
“Friend.. with me.. will you?” she asks seriously but Masaki reply it by laughing hardly- as if avenging for what happen earlier. “Nani ka? What are you laughing about? I’m serious!”
“Hahahaha.. that is so not you to asks something like that! geezz.. are you already in love with me, Tsuarara?”
“Heh? In love? With you?? My God.. please~”
Masaki continue laughing harder when Tsurara pouts. “Don’t do that. You didn’t look cute at all. Not every girl can pouts cutely- especially you.. hahahaha..”
“Tsk! Masaki baka!”
She tries to stand up and leaving him but he stops her by snatching her wrist. She looks away when he stares at her. “Oi, Tsurara.. look at me” say him but she pretend not to her him. “You are my friend- forever.. past, present and future.. I promised”
With that, her lips slowly curve to a sweet smile.
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[September 1999]
“Kyaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Taihen! Taihen! Tai- BUKKK!!” Tsurara rubs her forehead- reducing the pain caused by that door of the Chinese restaurant. “Itteeiiii.. baka!” she curses the door. Well, she is the one who should be blame actually, because practically a door could not bang people, but people always do that. Suddenly the door is sliding open. Then, Katsuhisa-san; the owner of that restaurant look outside and found her in front of the entrance. “Ah! Tsurara-chan! Doshta no?”
“Tou-chan! Masaki wa?”
“H-he is home. Your temple is swollen!”
“S-sou?? Ah, nothing actually.. he is at home ne? okay, okay..!! Jaa ne Tou-chan!” she runs to his house which is about 200 meters from the restaurant- leaving Katsuhi-san san in confused. She finally arrived at his house and without bother to knock the door, she rushes entering the house. (Daijoubu. That house is already consider her second home) Direct to the kitchen to find Makio-san who is currently cleaning the dining table. “Kaa-chan!” Tsurara greets her with a high tone from the back.
“Tsurara-chan! You startle me! Shhh.. Yuusuke is sleeping..”
“Ah! Gomen. Gomen!”
“Have you eat your dinner?”
“Un.. half-way though because mama said- un. Not important! Kaa-chan, kaa-chan.. masaki wa?” she asks as she take one karage- Masaki and her favorite food. “His room- he is packing his- Tsurara-chan??” Makio-san couldn’t continue because Tsurara already left her and rush to Masaki’s room upstairs. Knock the door, and straightly open it. “Ojamashimasu~~” she announce with a big grin on her face.
“Woah! Tsurara!”
Masaki quickly hides his R-rated magazine under his pillow. “I told you so many times to-“
“Hahaha.. you don’t have to hide those magazine from me, baka.. because I know you the same day I know my mum.. Owh, you already finish packing your stuff? Ne, nande you didn’t tell me that you will go to Hawaii? That is unfair, you know”
“Omae sa, before you accuse me, tell me where did you go this evening?”
“Swimming class. Why?” she asks back and takes a bite of karage. “That’s why I couldn’t tell you- I went to your house but you are not there- so I told mama” Masaki explain while he stands up, put back his magazine in the locked drawer and walk to her. He tries to snatch the karage from her but she manages to ‘save’ her favorite food from this monster. “This is mine! There are lots more at the kitchen- go and take yours”
“Stingy!” he jolt out his tongue to her. “I’m not!” say her and she takes her place on his bed. “Why are you going to Hawaii by the way?” she asks then continue eating. “I don’t know, Johnny-san called me to Jimusho.. he asked me either I have a passport or not- I said yes. Then he asks me to go to Hawaii tomorrow morning”
“Tomorrow?”
“Un”
“Haiya!”
“It’s for my job, Tsurara..”
“Hmm… ne sa, what happen when you go there- suddenly they will declaring you will debut?”
“You and your stupid imagination. Baka! Hawaii dayou. Who am I to debut there? Plus- debut?? Hahahaha.. My intention at first to join JE jimusho is just to play basketball with SMAP-san- you know that right?”
“Owh, come on Masaki.. it was 3 years ago.. it was a history now.. you once told me that you also want to debut, ne? So- perhaps.. Johnny-san had saw your talent, and yeah- Aiba Masaki- DEBUT!!!”
“Baka~”
They giggle. Slowly, Masaki walks to the window and on one of the two chairs there; feels the night breeze. They stay silent for a moment. “Oi! Doshta no, Masaki?” Tsurara asks. Concern. He didn’t answer but throw her looks at outside. He can see the neighborhood from there. “Masaki! Oi. Doshta?” She leaves the bed and sits beside him. “Daijoubu?” she asks again. Masaki turns to her, look at her for a few seconds and look away. Tsurara waits. “What if I really debut?” he speaks out his worry. Then sigh deeply. “Eh?”
“What if I really debut? What will happen to my life?”
“W-well, you will become famous then! Super Idol Aiba Masaki! Sughoiii!”
“Can I be one of the stars up there?”
Tsurara suddenly laughing hardly. “What?” Masaki frowns. “Hahahaha.. n-nandimonai.. you suddenly sounds romantic out of the blue.. hahahahaha..”
“I’m serious, Tsurara” say him firmly.
Tsurara stops laughing right there and then- knowing that she shouldn’t do that. “G-gomen..-” she apologizes but- “Hahahahaha.. still- that is really not you to say those hyperbola.. geeezzzz.. are you already in love with Hawaiian girl?” Masaki click his tongue. Annoyed. He just let her laughing at him. No point to stop this crazy girl. She is-crazy.. That’s why.
After few seconds, Tsurara really stop laughing and look at him who is still look up above the beautiful sky. She takes a deep breath. “Daijoubu Masaki.. I bet, the day you sing on the big stage like Tokyo Dome or perhaps on bigger stage- those stars will envy you because you are brighter than them” she pats his shoulder. Masaki turns to her and she smiles sweetly at him while nodding. “You can do it!” she encourages him again. “Maji?”
“Un. Majide..”
She winks him and throws her karage to the dustbin nearby. “By the way, who will go to the Hawaii too?” Tsuarara asks again after she reached the bottle of water on the table. “I didn’t hear anything about it.. but I heard that two of my sempai already arrived there” he explain while looking at her who is drinking now.
“Sou? Who?”
“Ohno-kun and Sho-kun”
“Sho-kun?? Kyaaa!! Send my regards to him ne?”
“I’m not that close to him, baaka~ you still have crush on him?”
“He is sooooo cute you know!”
“Hai..hai..” he smiles again. “Ne Masaki..” she calls him after a short silent. “Nani?”
“If you really become a star one day- let’s stay be friend ne?”
Masaki turns to her.
“Friend.. with me.. will you?” she asks seriously but Masaki reply it by laughing hardly- as if avenging for what happen earlier. “Nani ka? What are you laughing about? I’m serious!”
“Hahahaha.. that is so not you to asks something like that! geezz.. are you already in love with me, Tsuarara?”
“Heh? In love? With you?? My God.. please~”
Masaki continue laughing harder when Tsurara pouts. “Don’t do that. You didn’t look cute at all. Not every girl can pouts cutely- especially you.. hahahaha..”
“Tsk! Masaki baka!”
She tries to stand up and leaving him but he stops her by snatching her wrist. She looks away when he stares at her. “Oi, Tsurara.. look at me” say him but she pretend not to her him. “You are my friend- forever.. past, present and future.. I promised”
With that, her lips slowly curve to a sweet smile.
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