She had told her that, according to a Mrs. Oosei (who lived in the next district over but had been visiting friends in Nerima), who had heard it from a Mrs. Tanaka (who ran a vegetable shop in Nerima), who had been told in good faith by a Mr. Lee (who owned a small apothecary in the shopping district), who had been drinking at a bar last night with a Mr. Iida (who had seen the whole thing), a certain pillar of the community had come out of the closet with his gay lover in Nerima. Nodoka had been scandalized by the whole thing, but it wasn't until she heard the name of Soun Tendo that a feeling of dread came upon her.
There had been... suspicions... in the past that she had chosen to ignore. They weren't blatant so she could pretend that they didn't exist. That her husband had left her for years to go on a martial arts journey. That when she had finally tracked him down to a house where his old training partner lived, he was constantly gone. That when she had come to stay at the Tendo home after her house was destroyed, her husband spent more time with his friend than with her. That after they had acquired a new home, her husband had chosen to stay with his old training partner.
But last night, Soun and Genma apparently weren't content to hide it anymore. Last night... in a bar... in front of all those people... they had... they had...
Nodoka once again dropped her cloth-wrapped bundle. She stopped, and bent over to pick it up. Her hair was becoming more frazzled. Fortunately, she had finally made it to the Tendo home. She stood in front of the sign declaring that challengers should enter through the rear door. That made her eyes twitch a bit. Yet another thing she had ignored in the past. Well, no more. She was going to get some satisfaction for her questions. One way or another.
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(Posted Fri, 21 Feb 2003 23:32)
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