Letters Home (revised)- Correspondence 1
‘That’ll shut her up good.’ Hiruma smirked mockingly and shoved the letter in an envelope and stamped it. ‘And it will shut that fucking old man too.’ So Hiruma sent the letter and washed his hands of the ordeal. No one had said anything about it until one day about 13 days after the letter was sent, Sena approached the Sergeant (fearfully, might I add).
“Ser-sergeant Hiruma, sir!” Sena saluted while he fumbled over his words. “I have m-mail for you, sir!”
The only mail Hiruma ever received was usually from commanders giving him maps and whatnot. With a small roll of the eyes, Hiruma held out his hand expectantly, waiting for the large manila envelope to be placed in it. Instead, much to his surprise, there was a small, white envelope with carefully crafted cursive on the outside proclaiming the letter to be his for all the world to see.
With a puzzled frown, Hiruma opened the letter immediately and started reading.
Youichi-
Mother said that you wouldn’t write me, she told me you were such a horrible, unhonorable man that couldn’t keep a promise. You probably can’t imagine the look on her face when she found a letter from you in the mail. Father told me it was rather priceless.
I knew that I could count on you to prove her wrong!
The fact you actually sent me a letter seems to be the only thing that anyone’s gossiping about these days. No one wants to talk about the war, or how people might be doing out there. But we always have the radio running, even during the night, to see if there’s been any news.
This war has really sucked the life out of this town. Everyone’s so quiet and somber. Just goes to show what happens when you take all the young men away.
They started rationing food. It’s really rather confusing what they choose to be rationing and not. Gasoline and meat I understand, but I don’t really get why they’d ration coffee….
Would you mind telling me how things are going out there? The radio is usually full of politicians telling us about why we are fighting and occasionally there will be some announcement, like the rationing….
I hope you are well and safe out there.
Lots of love,
Mamori A.
“What the hell?” Hiruma muttered, dazed by the fact Mamori actually bothered to send him a reply. It sounded just as chatty as she was whenever he had been in her coffee shop (one of the many things that pissed him off about her).
“Sir?” Sena asked, hoping to be dismissed.
“Don’t tell anyone about this.” Hiruma ordered as he tucked the letter away into his uniform.
“Yes sir.”