So foods to introduce first:
Takikomigohan is a j.a.panese rice dish seasoned with dashi and soy sauce along with mushrooms, vegetables, at, or fish. Nikujaga. A j.a.panese dish of at, potatoes and onion stewed in sweetened soy sauce. Oden is a j.a.panese winter dish consisting of several ingredients such as boiled eggs, daikon, konjac, and processed fishcakes stewed in a light, soy-flavoured dashi broth. Hamburg steak is beefsteak that is shaped into a patty to be cooked after being chopped. It is closely similar to the Salisbury steak. Chawanmushi. A savoury egg custard al. The custard consists of an egg mixture flavored with soy sauce, dashi, and mirin, with nurous ingredients such as shiitake mushrooms, kamaboko, yuri-ne (lily root), ginkgo and boiled shrimp placed into a tea-cup-like container.
Unfortunately this chapter isnt really about food, but these do get ntioned, so I thought I would ntion anyway.
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Now that Im a middle schooler I can walk about on my own, and theres a place that Ive always wanted to go to. The ho that I lived in, in my old life. The world that I live in now is almost exactly the sa as my old world. Even the landmarks and station nas and addresses are the sa. But there are so parts that are different. Naturally Suiran Academy is the first difference, and then there are the families, societies, and people that appear in Kimidol. Only, aside from these, it really is just like the place that I knew. In that case, just maybe, the ho that I lived in, and my family, might be here.
Ive always, always thought it. That perhaps, just maybe, I could et them.
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The place I used to live with my family was a town just outside of Tokyo. Together with my parents and younger sister, the four of us lived there in an apartnt. Dad was a normal salaryman. After getting out of the bath, he would wander about in his underwear and get booed by the rest of us. A dad who was just a tad hopeless at ho. Mum was a housewife, and she was good at cooking. Whenever I ca back from a school trip or camp, she would always make the dishes I liked. Takikomigohan, nikujaga and oden. When it ca to my sister, it was hamburg steak with ketchup, chawanmushi, and miso soup with nako mushrooms and tofu. So I would co back ho in the first ti in days, and opening the door I would sll the foods that I loved. Id feel relieved at coming ho. What was it that she made when Dad ca back from business trips? Aahh, it was always beer and the like. Hed say that beer was really sothing, and happily drink it.
In my old life I would always laze about at ho, and Mum would get angry because of it. Why was it that when people tell you to go study before you get to it, you lose all motivation? When I wasnt around she would clean up my room without permission, and wed even fight about it. Even if they were aningless to Mum, they were important to , so how could she just throw them out, I would argue. My little sister was a shrewd one. She was smart enough to run away when she saw getting yelled at. Whenever adults told to bear with it because I was the older one, or give things to her because I was the older one, I would always wonder why in frustration. Sotis I hated her a little. But on nights that we saw scary things on television, we would sleep in the sa futon together. And when we went to the toilet, we would hold hands, and then wait outside singing songs to calm each other down. For my coming-of-age ceremony, she gave a bag and zori that she bought with money from her part-ti job. With a laugh she told to pay her back when it was her turn. Dad was always lazing around on the couch. He was like a beached seal, really. Mum would tell that I was like him. But on weekends, even if it was just close-by, he would drive us places. We went to the ocean or the mountains to play. The road safety amulet charm that I bought on a trip would hang from the mirror of his car.
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I arrived at the station of my old town. The front of the station seed the way I rembered it. The large supermarket, and a few other little things were changed, but it was still a nostalgic view. The distance to my ho was ten minutes by foot. After leaving the main street and entering the residential zone, it was on the 7th floor of an apartnt complex.
Just a little further. Just a little further. After turning this corner
It wasnt there.
In place of the familiar brick apartnt complex, was an old, beige building. Neither the ho that I lived in, or the family that I lived with, had been there.
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I had the family car pick up. The first train ride in a while had been nerve-wracking. Having a car take to and from is a lot easier. Once I get used to this, I really cant return to being a commoner. Because this lifestyle is going to continue anyway. It cant be helped.
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When I ca ho, Oniisama was there for once. Hes been busy ever since he entered university, and lately I dont even see him at dinner. Because Oniisama was relaxing on the living room sofa, I sat down by his side and clung to him.
Mn? Whats wrong, Reika?
Nothing really. I just wanted to cling to you. Please dont mind , and continue reading your book.
I rubbed my head into his arm. And he sat there, silently accepting .
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When I was there I knew it, I thought. I knew that this was the world of a manga, so of course they wouldnt be there. But I had hoped. If I could see them, once more&h.e.l.lip; I wanted to tell them that I loved them.
I should have had Mum teach how to cook. I wont be able to taste her food again. I never helped her do anything after all. This is my punishnt.
I should have gone to watch baseball with Dad. Instead I wasnt interested, so I just stayed in my room to read manga. Since I was just his seal daughter anyway, I should have at least lazed about in the living room with him.
I should have been kinder to my sister. When she used my accessories without permission, I seriously grabbed her and fought. I was the older sister, so I should have just let her.
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Im sorry. Im so sorry. Im sorry for being useless. I want to see you. Just once more, I want to see you. Im so lonely. Ive always, always been lonely. Dad. Mum. Yuka-chan&h.e.l.lip;
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Apparently I had drifted off before I knew it. Id been laying on the couch with a blanket on . Was it Oniisama who covered it over ?
There wasnt anybody in the living room right now.
Its the Kisshouin house. Im Kisshouin Reika. My family right now is Otousama, Okaasama, and Oniisama.
This ti Ill treasure them. Ill definitely protect them. Thats what Ive decided.
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Oh? Youre up, Reika?
Oniisama ca back into the living room.
Ehehe.
So I jumped at him.
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