"Chapter 2: Jiro's Girl"

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It was April 10th, 2007, and I was only Twelve Years Old and watching TV when My Dad came into the living room and was wearing a strong cologne and I asked, "Ew! What's that smell?"

Jiro said, "I put too much on, didn't I?"

I looked behind Me and saw My Father wearing a black blazer, a white button-up shirt, khakis, brown loafers, and had his mauve hair combed and I asked, "What are you wearing that stuff for Dad? Is it My Birthday already?"

Jiro shook his head and said, "No, it's not your birthday, sweetie." and I asked, "Is it your Birthday?"

Jiro then said, "No, it's nobody's Birthday. I'm going on a Date."

At the time, I didn't know what a Date was, so I asked My Dad, "Oh cool, when are we leaving?"

Jiro laughed and said, "I'm sorry Kohane, but you can't come." and I was disappointed, and Jiro told me, "Look sweetie, a date is when two people who like each other, go out together and eat to see if they truly like each other. If the date goes well, then those two people like each other, but if the date goes bad, then it means one of them or both of them don't truly like each other. But dates are only for teenagers and adults, kids are absolutely not allowed to go with the couple."

I then asked, "So who's the person you like?" and Jiro answered, "Well if you must know, she's a woman I met while eating at the cafe down the street. Her name is Hanako Suzuki."

I then asked him, "Where am I going? Am I staying here?" Jiro sternly replied, "Absolutely not. You're staying with Akiko until I pick you up."

I then got upset and said, "But Dad, I wanna meet Hanako too!" Jiro replied, "You will meet her soon, but she doesn't know about you yet."

I then went upstairs, got dressed and My Dad took me in his car and drove off to Akiko's house.

Once we got to Akiko's house, Jiro knocked on the door and Akiko's mother Mifune Shinya answered it and said, "Jiro-san! What brings you here?" Jiro replied, "Hey Mifune-san, I wanted to know if you can watch Kohane tonight, I got a date."

Mifune then said, "Of course! She can stay here any time."

I then entered the house and saw Akiko sitting on the couch watching SpongeBob and I said, "Akiko-chan!"

Akiko was ecstatic to see me and said, "Kohane-chan!" and ran up to hug me and Jiro said, "I'll pick you up before Midnight, sweetheart."

I waved Dad goodbye as I watched him go back in his car and speed off.

Later that night when I was eating dinner with Akiko and Her Family, I accidentally spilled my water cup and went to clean it up, but Mifune said, "I'll clean it up Kohane." but I said, "It's ok Mifune-sama, I can clean it up."

I then grabbed a towel and tried to clean the stain up but as soon as I touched it, the water went through the towel and converged onto the palm of my hand which surprised Me and the Shinya family and I asked, "What is this?"

The water that was converging on my hand then turned frozen solid which startled me and I accidentally dropped the ice and a huge ice puddle formed on the floor and Akiko said, "Oh cool! You have a quirk too!"

I was confused and asked, "Quirk?"

Akiko then made her nails grow long and she scratched the ice puddle, and it got cut into five individual pieces and I was surprised and said, "Woah! That's awesome."

We then heard a knock on the door, so Mifune opened it and saw Jiro and asked, "How'd the date go?" Jiro answered, "It went perfectly, and I managed to take her home with me."

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