Sunset~chapter 1

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This is my first post for my self
i love comments and suggestions for this
i really would appreciate if you would help me with my language skills
thanks!!

sorry for the Japanese language i cant really help my self coz' I'm a Japanese
I'm really sorry so please help me..
I'm working on this for a few days and now and I'm on chapter 6 already
I'm only gonna post "chapter 1" if you guys liked it I'll post again the next chapters if you want..






“Chapter 1”
INTRODUCTION!!

I was walking and suddenly I glazed on someone walking through I thought it was my best friend who I’ve been longing for so long. It all started in 5th grade she was my only friend back then even thought she is the most popular girl in school back then I can’t understand why, I don’t need anybody but her, she always cheers me up in situations like I’m being down by my parents and siblings. She always say’s “never give everything up you’ve worked so hard and your giving up?” then that smile, I’ll never forget that smile, after she smiles I feel that everything is alright.

My name is Ryokawa Kyoto I’m 15 years old and I’m in junior high walking and going to school. “I’ve reached it I’m in at exactly 9:00” I didn’t expect that on my first day, now I’m walking and trying find my classroom, while walking almost everyone greeted me “ohayo” said Miyabi my friend since freshmen years,
“oh! Kyoto you’re here” said Ryo and
“Oi! Kyo-chan hora! You’re notebook, you’ve dropped it while walking” and this is Katsuo a very funny guy that always reaching out for everybody
“ah! Arigatou! I must dropped along the way,”
I said, then suddenly everyone was looking at us like we were the their boss then they all said “ohayo Kyoto-chan!” I have so many confessions for an everyday boy and I hate it, I’m not a girl hater, I have my first love though I know she never loved me as I loved her. Enough of the chit chat let’s get back to the story. Yay! I’ve found my long lost scarf! It’s just beneath my locker whoa! It’s so hot! I really want some ice cream though I don’t know where to buy oh! There they are my friends I always think of how do we get along with each other I just remembered Miyabi and I always sees each other in the train so I don’t know I think he known that I’m lonely actually we don’t have anything in common he likes lollipop and I like hard candy, I like reading and he likes to be silent at all times and he doesn't even like reading but I’m lucky that I’ve been friends with him, thus he likes cats and I like dogs! Hahaha It really doesn't matter I like him just the way he is, Ryo in the other hand is always been my right hand helping me with stuffs like how to beat the monster in final fantasy! Whoa that’s harsh! I treat him as my big brother besides he is much older than me he’s my senior I think he is just with us because of his brother Katsuo by the way Katsuo is 16 and Ryo is 19 so that’s so far!

“The break is over! Lets get back to the classroom” Katsuo said
“ah hai~!”
we all agreed and went back to the class while waiting our teacher I’ll read my book, while reading I suddenly heard a strange voice It's like someone I know from the past
“Oi! Nakayoshi!! Where are you??”
I suddenly had a flashback and we were playing hide and seek she hid at the branch of the tree I cant find her its almost 30 minutes since we’ve played and I still can’t find her I think I’m starting to cry and then she came down to see if I’m alright.
“KYOTO! KYOTO!” the teacher was calling my name
“ah! Sorry” I explained,
“well then you were daydreaming in my class then answer this problem!”
my teacher exaggerated that much,
“OK if that’s what you want” I go straight to the black board and get a chalk then starting to answer his problem.
“EHHHHHHH!!” everyone was shocked
“Kyo-chan is very smart!! Even though you were day dreaming you manage to answer the problem correctly!” Katsuo shouted,
“Shut up Katsuo! Well Kyoto I see that you were studying at home everyone try to be like him even though he is always daydreaming he still manage to get in the top of the class and he is our student council president he can manage to do these things at the same time”
teacher well explained or humbly asked them to do what I do? I really don’t know! I sat down at my chair and I heard some of my classmates say that I was cool even the boys say so, WHATEVER! I don’t care I get the attention every time. I really just do my best at everything I’m serious at everything.

“YOKATTA!!!!!” someone shouted after the class
“Yay! Hontou ni yokatta! Our school’s over could we go in your house??” Miyabi asked
“Sure if you want to” I said
“yatta!!!!”
everybody is exited while walking home I’ve bumped into this girl that I think I’ve known her since before but I don’t know when?
“Aki-chan!”
a girl come over to her and gives a letter. I suddenly remembered her name Akane Aki my best friends name I knew it from the start I felt something unusual but I never consider her as my best friend besides she is not here at Japan she is in America studying, her parents told her that if she didn’t study abroad we will not see each other again. Is that true? I’ve been ignoring the fact that she had been abroad just for me? Or I’m just exaggerating myself like any other time.
“Oi~! Kyoto! Are you alright?” Ryo said,
“Ever since that girl bumped you you’ve been like that are you alright?” he added
“iie! I’m all right Hahaha, ah! Were here!” I’ve changed the topic so early
“com’on let’s go in”. I live by my self my dad bought me this condo for myself and my caretaker I think he doesn't want me to see his girl lying on his bed in the morning or so.
“Ah this is my caretaker Suichiro Magi he has been a father to me since birth but, he’s very childish so just forget about him for a while”.
“Oi! What are you talking about?? Eh?? I’m not the childish! **Pout**”Suichiro being a child again. “After sometime they all leave and I was always being left alone.
“Oi Oi are you forgetting something??”
“Eh?? What??” I asked,
“I’m here! And I’ll never you leave you alone alright?”
“Oh wakatta wakatta!!”I dragged my bag out of nowhere then a picture of Aki and me when we were kids.
“That picture reminds you of someone right? Kyoto?” Suichiro suddenly leaned at my back
“is she your girlfriend? First love? Or something?” he added
“Oi~! What are you talking about? You’ve known her since the day she was born!” I began to talk about her suddenly I’ve been pranked by my caretaker how long he’s been sleeping at my back? Yay! I might as well sleep I’m very tired it’s been a long day. **Yawn**
“Oyasumi” Suichiro exclaimed “oh!” I said and we both have a nice sleep. ”Eh~! Why are you crying?” a girl suddenly ask “Because I thought that you’ve leave me behind while I’m trying to find you” I replied
“I will never do that you know that you are my best friend why would I try to leave you behind you’re such a cry baby!”
“gomen! Ha! Hora! Hahaha I've tricked you! You’re it!”
“Eh~! Nandatte??” “Hey!”Hey! Wake up you’re school’s about to start!” Suichiro exclaimed and nagging me to go to school early “You even didn’t say ohayo!” I said to him “oh fine fine! I’m going!”

I’m finally here at school I came up to my classroom coz I know it’s already 9:05 and I know I’m late. “Gomenasai! I’m late!”
“Ah Kyoko-kun you’re just in time to meet the new students of this class” my teacher said after I came in a rush. “Konnichiwa! I’m Atsuko Ran nice to meet you all”
“I’m Akane Aki we both came from America and returned here in Japan for studies”. I’m shocked; she could be Aki-chan I’m in a very shocking situation right now.
“Ah Aki-chan could sit right next to Kyoto” the teacher tells her.
“ Oi Kyoto-chan” Katsuo whispered,
“She’s cute! Give her to me ok? Hahaha” he added.
“Ah. Mouchiron!” I replied while smiling and thinking over things that what if she is my longing best friend I know that,
“Oi Aki-chan, it’s your first day of class and you were doing the sorts of things that you want to do?”
“If you’re that fantastic and don't bother to listen to my topic, answer this question on the board! make sure that you're answer is correct”
“Hai hai wakatta wakatta! You don't have to nag me like that I know the answer”
“oh!” everybody was shocked
“we thought that only Kyoto-kun could do that equation but you too?”
” “EH~~”.
Suddenly all of the students came in a rush to her as they asked so many questions I myself has my own questions for her I want to know if she was the real thing or not, or maybe its just a coincidence that we have a student here named like my best friend and that explains all of this nonsense that I'm thinking.
“Ne she’s pretty cool huh?” Katsuo came to me very exited
“The class really like her now and her friend Hahaha” why do I have the feeling that I’m getting jealous it’s really like I’ve known her for my whole life and something like that. Katsuo asked
“ Why are you so red?”
“Ah! No I’m not!” and then we end the whole day of laughs but I really cant stop thinking of her, how? When? And why? Would she go back here? Is this for real? Does she know me? Do you think she stills remembers me? While I’m thinking Suichiro came and said “did you see her?"

“She’s growing pretty well huh?”
“You knew?”
“Yes I know I talked to her parents last night I think she is the one occupying the penthouse”
“well I think she doesn't know me anymore, she didn’t even talked to me at school how could she remember me?”
“You know even though you think that someone might forgotten you, you should really talk to them for you to know if she forgot you or not right” he ended the conversation and left. Should I go to her? What if she rejects me and tell me that she doesn't know me anymore how could I accept the fact that she could be anyone else what if she changed? She’s not the girl that I known my whole life? What am I going to do? Should I give up?




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I'm really nervous about this..
['__']Reiko :shock:




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Hajimemashite. Jimi- Howaito desu.

And that would be about as much Nihongo as I remember from college. I apologize if it was done...poorly.

Either way lets get on to the reason for the reply. You're work is fine. It reminds me a lot of my own writing. It's fairly easily followed, although you might add in some breaks in the dialogue with descriptions of things going on and/or emotions being felt to give an extra emotional draw.

Since I'm assuming English isn't your primary language given you said you're Japanese, the sentence structure is actually really impressive. I think it's probably better than my favorite professor's and he's 50+ (he's Taiwanese.) and I realize that Japanese and Taiwanese are not the same, but I was just making a point of saying you're sentence structure is good for still learning English. (There I go over explaining things)

There are a few spots where it's kind of hard to tell who exactly is thinking what without re-reading, though I assume it's generally the *narrator or POV character*. With a bit of editing I think it could be really great and I look forward to reading the rest as it's posted.

Good Work--

Ja.




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Arigatou!..hontou no arigatou!!..
thanks for the compliment..and for the correction really^^
Well yes english is not the primary language here and english is absolutely my favorite subject
and i love writing thanks again for your suggestion^^


['__']Reiko



Patience is the strength of the weak, impatience is the weakness of the strong.
— Immanuel Kant, Philosopher