Saturday, May 1, 2010

Arigatou...

A group of young adults sat huddled together around a small fire,bearing the cold of the upcoming winter, one girl lean forward and said,
"My friends....let me bring you into the fire and tell you a story of a girl...a lonely girl who found joy in her own way.." she said, the fire crackling away.

Along the corridors of a old school, still majestic,walked a lonely figure,her hair tied up into a pony-tail,she was not very tall,not very pretty or very cute. She was just an average school girl of sixteen. Her hands brush over the walls of her school,humming to herself and pondering her own thoughts, you see this girl from young was quite lonely,her classmates shunned her for she was not at par with what they were talking about and it was also because she spoke broad English. But she knew how to speak their language...she just didn't want to. Luckily for her,she found a friend who like her was shunned due to the same reasons, they became friends immendiately and soon they were best friends even the other had a sister who had also became her best friend. Then they went to the same high school, though they were separated by their classes,they always meet during recess and wait for each other after school. This girl was not quite lonely anymore yet she felt empty inside.
Years gone by and now,where our story began she was sixteen and gathered a group of friends who had the same hobbies and likings as she was and called themselves the Drain Gang.

The group of adults laughed,so did our narrator,"Yes...pretty funny,isn't it?" she said

They enjoyed themselves in their aged old school,they went through thick and thin...However one particular year when she was seventeen, she was placed in an obstacle so painful she felt as though all hope was lost. She was never really happy because she felt her father did not love her,she felt isolated and left out, but this year it was even more painful...Here I have to apologise,it is not right for me to reveal her secrets that she only revealed to those closest to her but please feel her pain.
Her friends help her through the obstacle and she was able to stand up and smile once again. Then school was over,they were separated. Again,fortunately this girl when to another school with most of her drain gang friends and joined a particular society that made her feel really at home. By now her father was already outstation for he needed extra jobs to support the family,this girl muddled through her pains with a smile on her face. In the society,however there are times when she feel so lonely that she wanted to cry out in pain but she bear it and put on a smile, now that school was really over. She now sat here and tell her friends this story that they know so well...and held onto a saying she thought of herself," I do not need pity all I need is understanding....I am not a poor person because physically,mentally and relationship wise I am rich for I have my friends and my family..."

The girl looked at her friends and say with a smile from her heart," Thank you for being an understanding person...I love you guys...soba ni ite kurete arigatou...thank you for being by my side...arigatou na.."