The Chikamori Selfacy (A Reboot)
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Generation One
Chapter Five
A Day of Respite (Part Five)
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In the morning it was downpouring rain. Haruo and River needing to get a few more courses under their belts decided to home-school until they aged up to young adults, so thus in the morning braving the wet, they headed down to the city hall where they signed up for home-schooling and got their first homework that needed to be completed.
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Haruo and River went to the food booths having been famished during their walk to the festival grounds. Haruo and River both got grasshopper pie to deal with their burgeoning hunger, a rather delicious delicacy of mint ice-cream, Oreo pie crust and a chocolate shaped like a grasshopper along with a mint gelatin icing; both of which were exceedingly delicious for Haruo and River. Haruo decided that for lunch he would try the pulled pork sandwich. River informed him that it was delicious as she’d tried it before and that he really should too.
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After they ate, they tackled their homework together so that they could get it done for the next day where they would take it back down to the city-hall and get their new assignment for the following day.
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After they had finished their homework, River had the idea to test the love tester again. She looked over at Haruo when the meter shot all the way up to the very top and set off the heart; their eyes met...while a small smile played about both their lips. “I guess...that’s pretty much that...” She smirked at him as they walked away towards the roller-skating rink. Haruo took that moment to put his arms around her and kiss her tenderly.
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Bebe, having aged up to young adult, had managed to get a job in the education field as a playground monitor...considering that she had a few preparatory courses before she could deal with going to university for an education degree, had spent the morning reading a book on handiness and was now famished. She decided that she would come down to the fairgrounds and have herself a grasshopper pie to take some of the edge off her hunger.
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River and Haruo spent the whole day at the fairground at Central Park taking advantage of all that the festival had to offer them, playing on the roller-skating rink for a long while. When they were done at the roller-skating rink, River and Haruo decided to head for the photo-booth tent to get a photo of themselves at the spring festival. It turned out nicely and each of them got a copy of the photo set in a nice frame. It was well worth the time to have the photo taken as it would be a nice memory down the road.
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When it came down to it, they were in no hurry to get home from the festival. It was worth it to spend time away from the madhouse that was their home. With Mayumi blowing the top of her own head off like a nuclear explosion, it was safety to be away from her as much as possible. And, frankly, Bebe came to join them as they pulled out their fishing rods and decided to spend some time fishing. In fact it was nice to see that Bebe still found that they were fun to spend time with even though she had broken through the teen barrier to become a young adult with a life to live and a real job to earn money with. In fact. Two of their friends, Holly Alto and Noel Allan had become young adults along with Bebe. Holly was at the park as well even though they hadn’t talked with her as she was more Bebe’s friend than River’s. When it came time to go home, Bebe took the taxi as she explained, “I’ve got work tomorrow, so I’ll see you two back home...later...” she smirked at the both of them. Haruo and River decided that they would walk home together as they had a lot of things to talk about but they weren’t ready to go home yet and wanted to stay out a lot longer than they had originally planned.
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Ultimately, River and Haruo managed to delay their return by going to watch a movie that River had wanted to see for some time, “Balloonists I Have Loved”. It was romantic schlock, but anything for River, Haruo thought, and proceeded to watch that said chick-flick, hopefully it wouldn’t rot his brain too badly. But then again, it didn’t seem to do that for River. Maybe it was just those of the male persuasion who ended up with brain decay when it came to girlie-flicks.
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After the movie they headed over to Hogan’s which was very quiet as Jared Frio wasn’t there. He’d been chastised by the owners and his hours reduced after his confrontation and argument with Marty Keaton which had got back to the owners who promptly threatened to can him if he didn’t knock off with the aggression against his customers. So Haruo and River had a nice peaceful dinner.
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The one thing that Haruo and River discussed on the way home was the option of Haruo taking one of the bedrooms on the McIrish's side of the triplex. River brought up the idea as her mother had discussed that option with her. He figured he didn't want to use that option right away but to have that option available should things get too untenable at home.
By the time they had discussed matters they were nearly home. Since it was late, again they wouldn't be able to cuddle on the chesterfield that night.
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Somehow, they managed to evade Haruo’s mother heading up to what they called their room; Haruo kissing River passionately as they split up at the door resolving to utilize the door that led between Haruo’s room and River’s suite, leading her to whisper in his ear, "just you wait till we become young adults..." she purred and licked his lips with her tongue following that up with an impassioned kiss of her own.
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In three days they would face graduation and the rest of their lives. As Haruo turned his footsteps towards his parent’s suite, he realized that his life wouldn't be complete without River. After all they'd spent the majority of their lives together already. Would it not be natural to spend the rest of their lives together as well? She was the light of his life and the logical progression of their relationship was to be the culmination of those years together.
It was a monumental decision. But he felt he was able to figure it out. Was he able to take the final step?
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When he reached home and headed upstairs, he knew that he had to make that decision. His mother would try to marry him off to a woman of her choosing; a puppet from which she could continue to exert control over him. Did he want to continue to allow his mother to have those chains around his neck; to continue to pull the strings on everything that he would ever do in life? If he was ever going to get control this would be the time to do it.
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He needed to make the decision. As any red-blooded male he loved his freedom to do what he wanted and go wherever he wanted with no checks and balances. But he rationalized that he wasn't going to be tied down with River. They were going to be together willingly; that he was to have the woman he loved be by his side for the rest of their lives; to support her and to stand side-by-side as equals. And his mother wouldn't be able to control River as she was too strong mentally to ever allow another person to manipulate her.
But would she be willing to tie her life to his, to spend their life together. With his mother being the type of person she was, any lesser woman than River would turn-tail and flee. But would River be able to have the strength and internal fortitude to willingly withstand the barrage of abuse from his mother after his mother realized that she would be unable to ever get her claws into him again? That very act of rebellion against his mother's wishes to control him would send his mother into a fit of narcissistic rage.
How dare he have any semblance of independent line of thought? How dare he attempt to break the shackles that Mayumi had spent nearly eighteen years meticulously and painstakingly placed on him? What right did he have to go against the plans she was intent on seeing through in order to make his life completely hers?
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Well, if his mother thought that she could control him, she had another thing coming. He was not her slave and he would not be held to her edicts. He would go out in the morning and get what he needed to put his plan into motion. He did not want to give his mother the opportunity to thwart his plans.
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Haruo slipped into his room, shut and locked the door; he slipped off his clothes and got under the covers of the bed. It was very much a cocoon of warmth around him. And he barely noticed that River had slipped into the room and had joined him in the bed. Her arms, her body and his pleasant thoughts surrounded him as he dropped off to sleep.
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(end Part Five)
Generation One
Chapter Five
A Day of Respite (Part Five)
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In the morning it was downpouring rain. Haruo and River needing to get a few more courses under their belts decided to home-school until they aged up to young adults, so thus in the morning braving the wet, they headed down to the city hall where they signed up for home-schooling and got their first homework that needed to be completed.
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Haruo and River went to the food booths having been famished during their walk to the festival grounds. Haruo and River both got grasshopper pie to deal with their burgeoning hunger, a rather delicious delicacy of mint ice-cream, Oreo pie crust and a chocolate shaped like a grasshopper along with a mint gelatin icing; both of which were exceedingly delicious for Haruo and River. Haruo decided that for lunch he would try the pulled pork sandwich. River informed him that it was delicious as she’d tried it before and that he really should too.
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After they ate, they tackled their homework together so that they could get it done for the next day where they would take it back down to the city-hall and get their new assignment for the following day.
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After they had finished their homework, River had the idea to test the love tester again. She looked over at Haruo when the meter shot all the way up to the very top and set off the heart; their eyes met...while a small smile played about both their lips. “I guess...that’s pretty much that...” She smirked at him as they walked away towards the roller-skating rink. Haruo took that moment to put his arms around her and kiss her tenderly.
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Bebe, having aged up to young adult, had managed to get a job in the education field as a playground monitor...considering that she had a few preparatory courses before she could deal with going to university for an education degree, had spent the morning reading a book on handiness and was now famished. She decided that she would come down to the fairgrounds and have herself a grasshopper pie to take some of the edge off her hunger.
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River and Haruo spent the whole day at the fairground at Central Park taking advantage of all that the festival had to offer them, playing on the roller-skating rink for a long while. When they were done at the roller-skating rink, River and Haruo decided to head for the photo-booth tent to get a photo of themselves at the spring festival. It turned out nicely and each of them got a copy of the photo set in a nice frame. It was well worth the time to have the photo taken as it would be a nice memory down the road.
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When it came down to it, they were in no hurry to get home from the festival. It was worth it to spend time away from the madhouse that was their home. With Mayumi blowing the top of her own head off like a nuclear explosion, it was safety to be away from her as much as possible. And, frankly, Bebe came to join them as they pulled out their fishing rods and decided to spend some time fishing. In fact it was nice to see that Bebe still found that they were fun to spend time with even though she had broken through the teen barrier to become a young adult with a life to live and a real job to earn money with. In fact. Two of their friends, Holly Alto and Noel Allan had become young adults along with Bebe. Holly was at the park as well even though they hadn’t talked with her as she was more Bebe’s friend than River’s. When it came time to go home, Bebe took the taxi as she explained, “I’ve got work tomorrow, so I’ll see you two back home...later...” she smirked at the both of them. Haruo and River decided that they would walk home together as they had a lot of things to talk about but they weren’t ready to go home yet and wanted to stay out a lot longer than they had originally planned.
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Ultimately, River and Haruo managed to delay their return by going to watch a movie that River had wanted to see for some time, “Balloonists I Have Loved”. It was romantic schlock, but anything for River, Haruo thought, and proceeded to watch that said chick-flick, hopefully it wouldn’t rot his brain too badly. But then again, it didn’t seem to do that for River. Maybe it was just those of the male persuasion who ended up with brain decay when it came to girlie-flicks.
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After the movie they headed over to Hogan’s which was very quiet as Jared Frio wasn’t there. He’d been chastised by the owners and his hours reduced after his confrontation and argument with Marty Keaton which had got back to the owners who promptly threatened to can him if he didn’t knock off with the aggression against his customers. So Haruo and River had a nice peaceful dinner.
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The one thing that Haruo and River discussed on the way home was the option of Haruo taking one of the bedrooms on the McIrish's side of the triplex. River brought up the idea as her mother had discussed that option with her. He figured he didn't want to use that option right away but to have that option available should things get too untenable at home.
By the time they had discussed matters they were nearly home. Since it was late, again they wouldn't be able to cuddle on the chesterfield that night.
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Somehow, they managed to evade Haruo’s mother heading up to what they called their room; Haruo kissing River passionately as they split up at the door resolving to utilize the door that led between Haruo’s room and River’s suite, leading her to whisper in his ear, "just you wait till we become young adults..." she purred and licked his lips with her tongue following that up with an impassioned kiss of her own.
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In three days they would face graduation and the rest of their lives. As Haruo turned his footsteps towards his parent’s suite, he realized that his life wouldn't be complete without River. After all they'd spent the majority of their lives together already. Would it not be natural to spend the rest of their lives together as well? She was the light of his life and the logical progression of their relationship was to be the culmination of those years together.
It was a monumental decision. But he felt he was able to figure it out. Was he able to take the final step?
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When he reached home and headed upstairs, he knew that he had to make that decision. His mother would try to marry him off to a woman of her choosing; a puppet from which she could continue to exert control over him. Did he want to continue to allow his mother to have those chains around his neck; to continue to pull the strings on everything that he would ever do in life? If he was ever going to get control this would be the time to do it.
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He needed to make the decision. As any red-blooded male he loved his freedom to do what he wanted and go wherever he wanted with no checks and balances. But he rationalized that he wasn't going to be tied down with River. They were going to be together willingly; that he was to have the woman he loved be by his side for the rest of their lives; to support her and to stand side-by-side as equals. And his mother wouldn't be able to control River as she was too strong mentally to ever allow another person to manipulate her.
But would she be willing to tie her life to his, to spend their life together. With his mother being the type of person she was, any lesser woman than River would turn-tail and flee. But would River be able to have the strength and internal fortitude to willingly withstand the barrage of abuse from his mother after his mother realized that she would be unable to ever get her claws into him again? That very act of rebellion against his mother's wishes to control him would send his mother into a fit of narcissistic rage.
How dare he have any semblance of independent line of thought? How dare he attempt to break the shackles that Mayumi had spent nearly eighteen years meticulously and painstakingly placed on him? What right did he have to go against the plans she was intent on seeing through in order to make his life completely hers?
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Well, if his mother thought that she could control him, she had another thing coming. He was not her slave and he would not be held to her edicts. He would go out in the morning and get what he needed to put his plan into motion. He did not want to give his mother the opportunity to thwart his plans.
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Haruo slipped into his room, shut and locked the door; he slipped off his clothes and got under the covers of the bed. It was very much a cocoon of warmth around him. And he barely noticed that River had slipped into the room and had joined him in the bed. Her arms, her body and his pleasant thoughts surrounded him as he dropped off to sleep.
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(end Part Five)
