Chapter 18

It was 2 days before Kimi's birthday So Tommy went to the airport and got 2 tickets to Japan then the day before her birthday he said here she opend it and saw two tickets to Japan she asked her mom and dad if she could go to Japan with tommy and they said yes you canhe said the plain Leaves tomorrow at 2am so we well go there at 12am and wate until it comes the did the got to Japan at 3pm Tommy said Takushī than they went to her dads place they got her dad hears tocking outside and went to see who was there he saw tommy and kimi tommy was thanking the guy in there language by saying Domo arigato her dad said when did he learn to toke Japanese he said for this trip he said that is good and how long are you going to be here tommy said a month because we have are wedding in 2 months know kimi you tock to your dad well i get the preacher that i wont to marry us set up and get afew other things set up she said ok then he went to the back yeard and to meditate to relax

back in the house her stepsister asked were tommy was and kimi said in the back yeard meditating she said iam going to see if he wonts a smoothie kimi said ok she went out and saw him on the phone speaking her language than he said i well be there in 1hour than he hung up the phone and saw her she asked if he wonted a smoothie he said not right now i have to call a cab to pick me up and tack me to the stor in town way dont you go see if your dad needs anything from the stor and she did he said yes she asked what he gave her a list of the things he needs than she said i well go get these things wene tommy gos in to town in 10 minutes he said ok than the cab came and they went to the stor that had the kimono got them he even got one for her to than they went to get what was on the list then he said Takushī than told him were to go they got there he said Domo arigato to the driver and gave him 200$ then went back to meditate

in the house kimi said were is tommy her stepsister said in the back mediating she said ok then went up behind him and said Guess who he said kimi she said yes they kissed kimis stepsister saw and said what art you doing they said they would tell her when she is older she said ok they all went in to the house he gave kimi her kimono he also said he got a preacher that speaks Japanese to do the wedding then she hugged him and said thank you

they stayed there for to more weeks than took her dad and stepmom and stepsister to California than they landed then tommy said you guys can stay at my house for a week they went to drop kimi off than tommy took them to his house they saw his parents and said anata no ni tomara sete kurete arigato his parents said what tommy said they said thank you for letting us stay at your house and said if you need any more Phrases translated just call me down from my room i told the adults they could sleep in the basement for two weeks that night Kimi's stepsister had a nightmare and asked if she could sleep with hem he said wes you can in the morning her mom saw she was sleeping with him he was up and said Kanojo wa aku yumewomita she said hai she got up and he saked what happened in your nightmare she said Ryōshin ga mise ni iku tochū de utareta tommy said Watashi wa karera o mamorunode, sore wa kesshite okorimasen and if it dos you can stay with me and kimi but we well have to teach you English for wene you are around other people except me and kimi she said ok then thry went down stairs and saw that her parints were going to leve he said let me get her breakfast than we well go he asked her what she wonts she said Tamago he asked his mom to make her some eggs she said she could she did than Kimi's stepsister said Domo arigato tommys mom called him and asked him what Domo arigato meant he said it meant thank you she said ok and how to say your welcome tomm said put the phone on speaker and she did he said Dōitashimashite his mom said thank you her parents were shot just after leving the stor lil saw it and went to Tommy and he said call the cops and tell them then call kimi and tell her to meat me at my house but do not tell her what happened i well she said ok and did

he got home and told mallow Kanojo no ryōshin wa shasatsu sa retaga, anata ga nozomu kagiri watashitoisshoni iru koto ga dekiru kimi heard it to they both cryed in to Tommy's shert wene they were done he said Sōshiki no daikin o harau node, hensai no shinpai wa arimasen than kimi said thank you It was the day of the funerals he stared by their side in case they needed somebody to cry on The next day it was the day of the wedding tommy was in his kimono the preacher said Soredewa, tōmasu, watashinokoto o sōrihenshite kudasai.' Soshite, kare wa hanamuko ni kare ga iwanakereba naranai seiyaku o ataemashita. `Watashi wa tōmasupikurusudesu' to tomī wa iimasu. `Yoi' to sekkyō-sha wa itta. `Ima, kinbarī, watashi no ato o sōrihenshite kudasai.' Soshite kare wa hanayome ni kanojo ga iwanakereba naranai seiyaku o ataeta. `Watashi, kimiwatanbefinsutā' wa, kimi wa nobete imasu. `Sate,' to sekkyō-sha ni tazunemashita,`anata, tōmasu, anata wa kono josei o anata no gōhō-teki ni kekkon shita tsuma ni shimasu ka?' `Sōda' to tomī wa kao o akarameta hanayome ni mukete itta. `Soshite kimi, anata wa kono otoko o anata no gōhō-tekina kekkon shita otto to minashimasu ka?' `Sōda' to kimi wa hansamuna hanamuko de mabuta o sagete itta. Sonogo, fūfu wa pātonāshippu no ringu no kōkan o jikkō shi hajime, kesshite otagai no me o hanashimasendeshita. Tomī wa kimi no migotona me de maigo ni natte iru yō de, kimi wa kanojo no bēru o tōshite, tomī ga dōyō ni hansamuna chairo no hitomi o mitsumete ita no o miru koto ga dekimashita. `Sorekara watashi ni ataerareta-ryoku ni yotte', sekkyō-sha wa niyaniya niyaniya ni yamemashita. Tomī to kimi wa, shikiten no okiniiri no bubun ga tōjō suruto dōjini, otagai ni saidai no egao o ukabemashita. Tomī ga kao kara bēru o mochiageyou to shita toki, kimi wa mewotojite kuchibiru o tebanashimashita. Soshite, subete no ai o motte, koibito-tachi wa kekkon seikatsu no saisho no yasashī kisu no tame ni atsumarimashita. Shinkon fūfu ga jibun-tachi no chīsana sekai de jikan o sugoshite iru ma, kaishū zentai ga kansei to shiawasena susurinaki de hakushu o okutta. `Yūjin-tachi' to sekkyō-sha wa, fūfu ga yōyaku kisu kara hanarete ikiwotometa to sengen shi,`watashi wa hajimete, tōmasupikurusu fusai ni okurimasu.'