Kiyami

Grabbing her pen and sketchbook, Kiyami walked out of her school, looking at scenery was her favourite thing to do. Kiyami was shy, she loved to share her passion of drawing with nature and her warm personality sparked many animals in the parks. Secondary school was when girls are at their peak of youth. While other girls are playing and gossiping with their friends, Kiyami liked to isolate from other people. This was the first day of school, she may change.

After 3 hours of looking and sketching, she returned home. Her mother was busy cooking. Kiyami also liked to isolate from her parents. Most of the time, she would be using watercolour paints to paint out her sketches. there was no doubt she also loved designing dresses and sewing them. "夕食の時間!(Dinner time)"her mother hollered out. Kiyami took the bowl and went back in.

Kiyami's mom could not stand it anymore. Her daughter had isolated herself for 12 years of her life. Kiyami's mom, more known as miss Yochita was worried sick about her daughter's life. She worried that she would become a misfit and isolate her for the entire life. Mr yochita then entered the door. "ヨチタ、孤立した娘をわざわざ気にかけてくれませんか?(Mr Yochita, will you bother to care about your isolated daughter?)" Miss Yochita burst.

Mr Yochita was a patient and kind hearted father, he would never rush his children in life. So, as anyone expected, he said "大丈夫、彼女はやがて心を開いてくれる.(It's okay, she will open up eventually)" (As a fact, her mother said that every year, and he replied the exact same thing as he said today.)

Since Miss Yochita's husband did not budge, Miss Yochita was determined to make Kiyami open up.

But how?

Miss Yochita found out that if girls had the latest model of anything that was on trend, she would be very popular and everyone would get the model too.

But there was one setback.

Kiyami's family did not know where to get these stuff, and they did not know the models and by the time they studied long enough, the trend has changed. So, Miss Yochita went on a spy, and she managed to keep up with the trend. When she save enough, Miss Yochita bought Kiyami a cool mobile 16. (the latest model of the cool mobile which is on trend) Miss yochita squealed!

A few minutes later, Miss Yochita burst in Kiyami's door which said "入って邪魔しないでください"(Do not enter and disturb).

"ああ! 何が欲しいの?(Ahh! what do you want?) " Kiyami screamed. It was wierd that Kiyami would even respond to her Mother storming into her room.

"何だと思う！クールなモバイル 16 を買ってあげました! (Guess what! I bought you a cool mobile 16!)" Miss yochita exclaimed.

"それは何ですか？(what is that?) " Kiyami asked.

"明日学校に持っていくだけです。電話をかけたり、チャットしたり、ソーシャルメディアを閲覧したりすることもできます。(Just bring it to school tomorrow. you can call and chat and also browse social media!) Miss yochita said.

Kiyami really felt she could not deny her mother's request.

The next day, Kiyami proceeded to her school called "the Japanese-english secondary school"in Tokyo. She took out her mobile and entered this social media platform called "日本社会"or "JS" it stands for Japan Social. she opened it and scrolled down the pages. Some students around gasped at her cool mobile 16.

Kiyami felt a tap from behind, "Hi, is that a cool mobile 16?......."

To be continued......

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