Chapter 3:

新しい人生  Pt.1 (A New Life)

二個目の命 (second life)


6 A.M.: I wake up from a hardly fulfilling nap to get ready for school. It starts at 8:30, but I have some things I got to do before heading out.

I think I haven't mentioned this before; I have a younger sister named Haruka, but everyone calls her Haru for short. We only have a three-year age gap, so it's not so tiring.

So as soon as I wake up, I wake Haru up too. We live in the same room, and our schools start around the same time.

After I wake Haru up, we go to the bathroom and get ourselves ready. Then I head to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the family. Today, we are having Tamagokakegohan. (Raw egg on rice) All I have to do is steam the rice and set the bowls.

By the time I finish making breakfast, my mom usually wakes up. (6:40) Our mom sometimes works until midnight to make money for us because she is the only person we have. Our dad left us for some other woman when we were young. And since then, our mom has been working multiple jobs to make money for the family. So I do most of the housework while my mother goes to work. (Sometimes Haru helps me with some of the chores, but that's rarely ever.)

After I finish eating, I brush my teeth and get ready to head to school. It would take me over an hour to arrive at the new school, so I have to hurry to get to the train in time!

To be continued. (Pt.2)