The Chikamori Selfacy (A Reboot)
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Generation One
Chapter Four - "Close Neighbours Make for Tense Relations"
Part Five
Monday, June 6, 1988,
The last two weeks of school before graduation. There were final exams and it was a lot of cramming that needed to be done. Nothing more had been discussed about what happened at the Spring Festival and they appeared to be willing to let the other have their thoughts to themselves. After all, they really needed to concern themselves with exam preparation so that they could pass the provincial finals.
Examinations under stress were not ideal for Haruo and he knew he'd be batting middle of the pack in terms of marks so he was resigned to the fact that scholarship was not in his cards.
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When the kids came home from school and another battery l, Fiona and Yasunobu were seated on the couch watching a television show, with Mayumi standing right next to the TV looking angry.
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That did not bode well so Haruo and River went immediately to the table and started working on their homework eager to not arouse the ire of Haruo's mother. After all, Haruo's mother wouldn't hesitate to disrupt their studies so that they wouldn't be able to get anything done. She wouldn't care either and blame them for it even if it was her own actions that caused their failure in the first place.
After all nothing was Mayumi's fault. She was perfect in every way and the whole irritating part of it was that no-one acknowledged that she was God's gift to humanity. That lack of respect was insufferable and Mayumi hated everybody for it. She wanted to make sure that every one knew that she was the epitome of education and that she should be teaching as a tenured professor teaching University level literature in UBC, instead of as some hack-rate baby-sitter in some skid-rated two-bit school in some godforsaken municipality in B*msquat, BC.
But Mayumi's ire was not directed at them THIS time. It was directed at Fiona for sitting beside Yasunobu. Yasunobu was HER possession and woe betide the person who dared to poke herself between Mayumi and her possession.
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"Just WHO do you think YOU are?!" screeched Mayumi "You...you brazen hussy." she rounded on Fiona who recoiled in surprise, narrowing her eyes wondering why this insane woman was yelling at her just for sitting beside Yasunobu. They were just watching television, it wasn't like she was horizontal on Mayumi's bed telling Yasunobu to give it to her. Evidently this crazy woman equated sitting on the couch as destroying the sanctified bonds of marriage.
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"What in the bloody blue blazes are you going on about? Mayumi?" Fiona asked her, her tone dryly acid. "Yasunobu and I were just watching TV. Then you come out all bent out of shape."
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"I know what you were thinking about doing...you shameless tramp..." Mayumi snarled as she glared daggers at Fiona. "You think you can sit on my couch with MY husband, you weren't just watching TV, you were hitting on him."
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Fiona smiled a wicked smile as she thought for a brief second So that's what that ogre thinks, she thinks I'm going to take her husband away from her.
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Both River and Haruo were silent, not saying a word as their two mothers fought not more than ten feet away from them. Their heads were buried in their study notes for the Algebra 12 final exam the next day. Both River and Haruo did their best to not let the fighting distract them.
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Mayumi screeched, "I don't know why we keep an open door policy in our triplex if you are going to come over here every single day and invade my space...and...and...and chinwag with my husband..."
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Fiona nearly laughed in Mayumi's face as she thought ...and you treat him like a possession...instead of a husband, how do you think that makes him feel?
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"YOU people should keep to YOUR own space..." she ranted at Fiona. "That's why this place is a TRIPLEX and not a single family home."
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Fiona rapidly was starting to lose interest in Mayumi's ranting. During a moment that Mayumi took a breath, Fiona jumped in, "Are you done ranting, you pompous windbag? If you're not, I'm going to inform you that I'm rapidly growing tired of your ranting and your insinuations."
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"Why you...you Botoxed B... Brainless...B..Bimbo!" Mayumi shrieked in outrage. "You couldn't satisfy a flea ridden mongrel." she threw one last insult.
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As the insult registered on Fiona's face her lip curled with disdain. Poor Yasunobu caught in the middle of this catfight could only stare, his eyes wide open and near-stupefied.
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"Well, I'm sorry you think of your husband as a flea-ridden mongrel because I'm sure I could satisfy YOUR husband more than YOU ever could, you conceited Crow-Faced Hag!"
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That was a declaration of war if he'd ever heard one and Haruo sure didn't want to end up in the middle of this pitched battle so he looked over at River,""River, When we're finished studying, you wanna go upstairs and play video games together?" Haruo asked nervously gesturing with his shoulders as to let River know exactly what he wanted to avoid.
"Yeah...anything to get away from this..." River muttered staring down at her study notes. Would Haruo's witch of a mother ever shut the hell up?
...probably not until her wind ran out. And even that was up for debate.
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"...AND if you think of your husband so little, maybe he needs a REAL woman to show him some REAL loving... What do you think of that, you little snot-nosed witch! Maybe I should take him away from you to teach you a lesson." Fiona snarled in Mayumi's face. That was a mistake...if she thought that Mayumi would back down. Since Mayumi had the evil/mean-spirited combination, she won the fight.
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But she didn't get off easily as Fiona, when she got up and dusted herself off, slapped the ever lovin' bejeepers out of Mayumi.But she didn't get off easily as Fiona, when she got up and dusted herself off, slapped the ever lovin' bejeepers out of Mayumi.
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...and that was going to make for one tense household that night...well...except for the four upstairs...
Generation One
Chapter Four - "Close Neighbours Make for Tense Relations"
Part Five
Monday, June 6, 1988,
The last two weeks of school before graduation. There were final exams and it was a lot of cramming that needed to be done. Nothing more had been discussed about what happened at the Spring Festival and they appeared to be willing to let the other have their thoughts to themselves. After all, they really needed to concern themselves with exam preparation so that they could pass the provincial finals.
Examinations under stress were not ideal for Haruo and he knew he'd be batting middle of the pack in terms of marks so he was resigned to the fact that scholarship was not in his cards.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R4XKtZTFvE0/X94ibrxI_DI/AAAAAAAAleQ/-ZH11zcTSP8FkxIde6KuQB9AujVYsIeNgCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/Screenshot-146.jpg
When the kids came home from school and another battery l, Fiona and Yasunobu were seated on the couch watching a television show, with Mayumi standing right next to the TV looking angry.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9PgXSQQaAss/X94iz-x_WTI/AAAAAAAAleY/tLg4T-OL5Xsa5u1aelT0roDUljUJ0ScBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/Screenshot-148.jpg
That did not bode well so Haruo and River went immediately to the table and started working on their homework eager to not arouse the ire of Haruo's mother. After all, Haruo's mother wouldn't hesitate to disrupt their studies so that they wouldn't be able to get anything done. She wouldn't care either and blame them for it even if it was her own actions that caused their failure in the first place.
After all nothing was Mayumi's fault. She was perfect in every way and the whole irritating part of it was that no-one acknowledged that she was God's gift to humanity. That lack of respect was insufferable and Mayumi hated everybody for it. She wanted to make sure that every one knew that she was the epitome of education and that she should be teaching as a tenured professor teaching University level literature in UBC, instead of as some hack-rate baby-sitter in some skid-rated two-bit school in some godforsaken municipality in B*msquat, BC.
But Mayumi's ire was not directed at them THIS time. It was directed at Fiona for sitting beside Yasunobu. Yasunobu was HER possession and woe betide the person who dared to poke herself between Mayumi and her possession.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8zWzVAXklFE/X94jvl7-ekI/AAAAAAAAlew/qBE5TjsfSOUcgnv0Db6XwLJYolsIbu-jQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/Screenshot-151.jpg
"Just WHO do you think YOU are?!" screeched Mayumi "You...you brazen hussy." she rounded on Fiona who recoiled in surprise, narrowing her eyes wondering why this insane woman was yelling at her just for sitting beside Yasunobu. They were just watching television, it wasn't like she was horizontal on Mayumi's bed telling Yasunobu to give it to her. Evidently this crazy woman equated sitting on the couch as destroying the sanctified bonds of marriage.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-owQK9_L17Fw/X94kEhogubI/AAAAAAAAle8/9PDnIO9-sxcWkSMO2eyKTEKIVMywjDQpQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/Screenshot-162.jpg
"What in the bloody blue blazes are you going on about? Mayumi?" Fiona asked her, her tone dryly acid. "Yasunobu and I were just watching TV. Then you come out all bent out of shape."
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"I know what you were thinking about doing...you shameless tramp..." Mayumi snarled as she glared daggers at Fiona. "You think you can sit on my couch with MY husband, you weren't just watching TV, you were hitting on him."
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Fiona smiled a wicked smile as she thought for a brief second So that's what that ogre thinks, she thinks I'm going to take her husband away from her.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1y-nwKp9owE/X94l62EwEQI/AAAAAAAAlfY/4sNGwDC19u4kGxdKptFlSw_Bj43v0VfDACLcBGAsYHQ/s0/Screenshot-182.jpg
Both River and Haruo were silent, not saying a word as their two mothers fought not more than ten feet away from them. Their heads were buried in their study notes for the Algebra 12 final exam the next day. Both River and Haruo did their best to not let the fighting distract them.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b82NNvQQGEw/X94mSwRADoI/AAAAAAAAlfg/Y-xpH_rxEoYt_Dl7BjdoR4spJdHSNdYYgCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/Screenshot-168.jpg
Mayumi screeched, "I don't know why we keep an open door policy in our triplex if you are going to come over here every single day and invade my space...and...and...and chinwag with my husband..."
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Fiona nearly laughed in Mayumi's face as she thought ...and you treat him like a possession...instead of a husband, how do you think that makes him feel?
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8zWzVAXklFE/X94jvl7-ekI/AAAAAAAAlew/qBE5TjsfSOUcgnv0Db6XwLJYolsIbu-jQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/Screenshot-151.jpg
"YOU people should keep to YOUR own space..." she ranted at Fiona. "That's why this place is a TRIPLEX and not a single family home."
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WgGacZeUBTI/X94nqsFGOII/AAAAAAAAlf8/xymk2HE3DIsJlKUfL-zsVx86flSv2aoGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/Screenshot-163.jpg
Fiona rapidly was starting to lose interest in Mayumi's ranting. During a moment that Mayumi took a breath, Fiona jumped in, "Are you done ranting, you pompous windbag? If you're not, I'm going to inform you that I'm rapidly growing tired of your ranting and your insinuations."
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"Why you...you Botoxed B... Brainless...B..Bimbo!" Mayumi shrieked in outrage. "You couldn't satisfy a flea ridden mongrel." she threw one last insult.
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As the insult registered on Fiona's face her lip curled with disdain. Poor Yasunobu caught in the middle of this catfight could only stare, his eyes wide open and near-stupefied.
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"Well, I'm sorry you think of your husband as a flea-ridden mongrel because I'm sure I could satisfy YOUR husband more than YOU ever could, you conceited Crow-Faced Hag!"
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That was a declaration of war if he'd ever heard one and Haruo sure didn't want to end up in the middle of this pitched battle so he looked over at River,""River, When we're finished studying, you wanna go upstairs and play video games together?" Haruo asked nervously gesturing with his shoulders as to let River know exactly what he wanted to avoid.
"Yeah...anything to get away from this..." River muttered staring down at her study notes. Would Haruo's witch of a mother ever shut the hell up?
...probably not until her wind ran out. And even that was up for debate.
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"...AND if you think of your husband so little, maybe he needs a REAL woman to show him some REAL loving... What do you think of that, you little snot-nosed witch! Maybe I should take him away from you to teach you a lesson." Fiona snarled in Mayumi's face. That was a mistake...if she thought that Mayumi would back down. Since Mayumi had the evil/mean-spirited combination, she won the fight.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--LdtrifiYdA/X94vVzKn6eI/AAAAAAAAlhA/o4JB1ELc25oLBTUqx6MUeGSCPyS0dml9ACLcBGAsYHQ/s0/Screenshot-190.jpg
But she didn't get off easily as Fiona, when she got up and dusted herself off, slapped the ever lovin' bejeepers out of Mayumi.But she didn't get off easily as Fiona, when she got up and dusted herself off, slapped the ever lovin' bejeepers out of Mayumi.
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...and that was going to make for one tense household that night...well...except for the four upstairs...
