New York Minute: Down to the Station
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xp_logsLife with her parents in town finally becomes too much.
Harry got up
Dressed all in black
Went down to the station
And he never came back
“~Noriko, I don’t understand.~” Kazue frowned at her daughter. “~Why are you being so stubborn.~”
It had become a familiar sight around the mansion for the last few days; whenever Noriko and her parents were together, it seemed, her mother was lecturing her about something. Whether or not Nori was listening to any of it would have been hard to tell; her usual response seemed to be a sullen silence, eyes averted, which never deterred her mother. Her father, on the other hand, watched these scenes quietly, eyes serious as he considered his daughter. But whatever he was thinking he didn’t say.
“~Why are you doing so badly in your classes? You never did this badly back home? You were far from a good student, but you never failed.~”
Nori just shrugged, emphasizing the American gesture she’d learned, which seemed to make her mother angry.
“~Oh, yes, and let us talk about this. You are becoming so very American, but your English is terrible. Do you never study? Or do you only study with this Julio boy? How much studying gets done then, hmm? Not much, clearly. I don’t think I like you dating a foreigner. You should be focusing on your studies. You’re never going to get into a good college like your brother at this rate.~”
Noriko scowled at this. After all, it wasn’t as if there’d been much studying or ‘studying’ with Julio lately. He really just hadn’t seemed that interested in Nori lately. No one was much interested in Nori lately, unless it was to yell at or scold. Or drag into stupid training sessions with her stupid ‘team’. And her mother was just the top of the list of people who thought Nori wasn’t worth anything and wouldn’t amount to anything and just generally failed at life.
“~Well? Don’t you have anything to say for yourself? Or are you too stupid and lazy to even explain why you’re acting like this? Maybe we should just take you out of this school; I don’t like it and it’s clearly not doing you any good.~”
Nori’s head snapped up at this and without even thinking about it she said, “~No, don’t. I don’t want to leave.~”
“~Oh? Don’t you? Because we don’t really know what you want? You haven’t talked to us, you haven’t told us anything about this place. You certainly don’t act as though you like it here.~”
“~How would you even know?~” Noriko shot back, tired after most of a week of just being emotionally beat on. “~You never asked how I was doing. You show up out of nowhere and I’m supposed to be happy to see you after you shipped me off because I was too difficult. Too embarrassing to have a drugging mutant drop-out for a daughter!~” And she saw her father flinch at this description, but she didn’t care, she just rolled right on, her mother looking startled. “~No, you’re right, I don’t much like it here, but it’s better than home with you.~”
“~Noriko!~” her mother gasped in surprise and hurt. “~How can you say…~”
“~Shut up! Shut up, shut up,~ SHUT UP!” And everyone would have heard that, and Nori just didn’t care. “~All you tell me is what a disappointment I am, how I’m not my brother and he’s so fabulous, and I can’t do anything right for you or for anyone, and I hate it and I HATE YOU! You couldn’t cope so you ship me off to another fucking country so you don’t have to deal with me, but when you come here? I’m still not doing anything right. Well that’s too fucking bad, cause I’m doing the best I CAN. I’m broken and if you don't’ want to deal with it, than fine. But don’t go threatening me to try and make me behave, cause it’s not going to work. Ok? It’s just not. I’m not doing anything because you want me to. Not anymore.~” And before her mother could say anything else, she spun on her heel and stormed towards the front door. “Nori is go out,” she all but snarled at the faces she saw peering at them from down the hall.
Harry got up
Dressed all in black
Went down to the station
And he never came back
“~Noriko, I don’t understand.~” Kazue frowned at her daughter. “~Why are you being so stubborn.~”
It had become a familiar sight around the mansion for the last few days; whenever Noriko and her parents were together, it seemed, her mother was lecturing her about something. Whether or not Nori was listening to any of it would have been hard to tell; her usual response seemed to be a sullen silence, eyes averted, which never deterred her mother. Her father, on the other hand, watched these scenes quietly, eyes serious as he considered his daughter. But whatever he was thinking he didn’t say.
“~Why are you doing so badly in your classes? You never did this badly back home? You were far from a good student, but you never failed.~”
Nori just shrugged, emphasizing the American gesture she’d learned, which seemed to make her mother angry.
“~Oh, yes, and let us talk about this. You are becoming so very American, but your English is terrible. Do you never study? Or do you only study with this Julio boy? How much studying gets done then, hmm? Not much, clearly. I don’t think I like you dating a foreigner. You should be focusing on your studies. You’re never going to get into a good college like your brother at this rate.~”
Noriko scowled at this. After all, it wasn’t as if there’d been much studying or ‘studying’ with Julio lately. He really just hadn’t seemed that interested in Nori lately. No one was much interested in Nori lately, unless it was to yell at or scold. Or drag into stupid training sessions with her stupid ‘team’. And her mother was just the top of the list of people who thought Nori wasn’t worth anything and wouldn’t amount to anything and just generally failed at life.
“~Well? Don’t you have anything to say for yourself? Or are you too stupid and lazy to even explain why you’re acting like this? Maybe we should just take you out of this school; I don’t like it and it’s clearly not doing you any good.~”
Nori’s head snapped up at this and without even thinking about it she said, “~No, don’t. I don’t want to leave.~”
“~Oh? Don’t you? Because we don’t really know what you want? You haven’t talked to us, you haven’t told us anything about this place. You certainly don’t act as though you like it here.~”
“~How would you even know?~” Noriko shot back, tired after most of a week of just being emotionally beat on. “~You never asked how I was doing. You show up out of nowhere and I’m supposed to be happy to see you after you shipped me off because I was too difficult. Too embarrassing to have a drugging mutant drop-out for a daughter!~” And she saw her father flinch at this description, but she didn’t care, she just rolled right on, her mother looking startled. “~No, you’re right, I don’t much like it here, but it’s better than home with you.~”
“~Noriko!~” her mother gasped in surprise and hurt. “~How can you say…~”
“~Shut up! Shut up, shut up,~ SHUT UP!” And everyone would have heard that, and Nori just didn’t care. “~All you tell me is what a disappointment I am, how I’m not my brother and he’s so fabulous, and I can’t do anything right for you or for anyone, and I hate it and I HATE YOU! You couldn’t cope so you ship me off to another fucking country so you don’t have to deal with me, but when you come here? I’m still not doing anything right. Well that’s too fucking bad, cause I’m doing the best I CAN. I’m broken and if you don't’ want to deal with it, than fine. But don’t go threatening me to try and make me behave, cause it’s not going to work. Ok? It’s just not. I’m not doing anything because you want me to. Not anymore.~” And before her mother could say anything else, she spun on her heel and stormed towards the front door. “Nori is go out,” she all but snarled at the faces she saw peering at them from down the hall.
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