Saturday December 31, 4 pm On the streets, then in the park
Amanda was furious as she walked down the street with more grace than she typically allowed herself. She wore a formal kimono, though her hair was now loose and flowing behind her like a gold and silver waterfall. She didn't seem to notice the cold, though she hadn't bothered to put her coat back on.
"Ojousama!" came a shocked voice from behind her. Her formal escorts had been shocked when Amanda had walked out of the omiai after announcing that she wouldn't marry the boy she'd met if he were the last man on earth. She had even called the poor kid a warty toad, and she did feel a bit bad about that, but she was too furious to feel bad for long.
"Go away!" she growled at the two women and the one man that were now running to catch up with her. "I said I won't marry that toad kid and I won't. I refuse to be used by that greedy, no good...ugh!"
Just remembering the horrid old man that looked at her with greedy pig eyes made her stomach rebel. The old man had even said that if she didn't want to marry his son, she could always marry him! She was so disgusted that she had gotten up and left right then. 'As if I were desperate or something. I don't even want to get married and I definately don't want to marry someone older than my Papa!'
She ignored the escorts and continued walking, pausing briefly as she spotted a park. She changed her course and went into the park. When she spotted the escorts starting to follow, she turned and glared at them. "If you follow me, I will make you regret it. Go away and leave me alone. Report this if you want, but I know for a fact that it won't matter to Mama or Papa. That greedy pig isn't so powerful that I can't afford to offend." At another glare, they hesitantly backed away and then left, all of them concerned.
Amanda turned back to the park and took a deep breath of the cold air, letting her anger go. She shuddered once in remembrance of the horrid omiai, then let the emotions run out of her. She headed toward a swing and sat down, swinging just a bit, letting the flowing sleeves of her kimono float behind her. 'Such a pretty kimono and it went to waste.' she thought with a sigh, looking down at the beautiful robes she wore. The base color was in black, with silver butterflies flitting around. Purple flowers seemed to fly in the air with the butterflies as she moved, giving the butterflies a place to land. Her obi was a simple light pink that stood out from the black of her kimono. She had looked stunning when her hair was still up, but she's already ripped out all of the pins that had kept the long locks piled up on her head in a complicated style and now her hair was falling in waves nearly to the ground as she sat in the swing. She still had the light make-up on, but she had a feeling that it was not as pretty as it had been before she'd gotten angry.
"Stupid omiai...as though I want to get married before I even finish high school." she muttered under her breath, then she shook her head to clear it and looked up at the sky with a slight smile curving her lips. The look of shock that had been on their faces was amusing at least.
"Ojousama!" came a shocked voice from behind her. Her formal escorts had been shocked when Amanda had walked out of the omiai after announcing that she wouldn't marry the boy she'd met if he were the last man on earth. She had even called the poor kid a warty toad, and she did feel a bit bad about that, but she was too furious to feel bad for long.
"Go away!" she growled at the two women and the one man that were now running to catch up with her. "I said I won't marry that toad kid and I won't. I refuse to be used by that greedy, no good...ugh!"
Just remembering the horrid old man that looked at her with greedy pig eyes made her stomach rebel. The old man had even said that if she didn't want to marry his son, she could always marry him! She was so disgusted that she had gotten up and left right then. 'As if I were desperate or something. I don't even want to get married and I definately don't want to marry someone older than my Papa!'
She ignored the escorts and continued walking, pausing briefly as she spotted a park. She changed her course and went into the park. When she spotted the escorts starting to follow, she turned and glared at them. "If you follow me, I will make you regret it. Go away and leave me alone. Report this if you want, but I know for a fact that it won't matter to Mama or Papa. That greedy pig isn't so powerful that I can't afford to offend." At another glare, they hesitantly backed away and then left, all of them concerned.
Amanda turned back to the park and took a deep breath of the cold air, letting her anger go. She shuddered once in remembrance of the horrid omiai, then let the emotions run out of her. She headed toward a swing and sat down, swinging just a bit, letting the flowing sleeves of her kimono float behind her. 'Such a pretty kimono and it went to waste.' she thought with a sigh, looking down at the beautiful robes she wore. The base color was in black, with silver butterflies flitting around. Purple flowers seemed to fly in the air with the butterflies as she moved, giving the butterflies a place to land. Her obi was a simple light pink that stood out from the black of her kimono. She had looked stunning when her hair was still up, but she's already ripped out all of the pins that had kept the long locks piled up on her head in a complicated style and now her hair was falling in waves nearly to the ground as she sat in the swing. She still had the light make-up on, but she had a feeling that it was not as pretty as it had been before she'd gotten angry.
"Stupid omiai...as though I want to get married before I even finish high school." she muttered under her breath, then she shook her head to clear it and looked up at the sky with a slight smile curving her lips. The look of shock that had been on their faces was amusing at least.