✔ Strange Land | China

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-Continued- -Timeskip-

After Yao was done taking a shower, you went in after a few minutes. With a heavy, tired sigh, you tossed your clothes aside and slipped in the water- filled bath tub.

What's with Yao today? What's that scar on his back? And what happened to Kiku when he saw Yao? Do they, by any chance, hate each other? They didn't even say a word. Why were Kiku's eyes so angry and why did Yao look sad? 

All these thoughts ran around your head repeatedly and you sighed yet again.  You closed your eyes and hummed the tune of some song. 

Just close your eyes,

The sun is going down,

You'll be alright, 

No one can hurt you now,

Come morning light,

You and I'll be safe and sound...

You could not take all these questions running around in your head so, you got up, dried yourself up, put on your clothes and walked out of the bathroom. 

"Now, his house is pretty big. Where will he be?" you asked yourself, looking here and there. 

"Well, he likes to cook, so, is he in the kitchen?" you mused as you walked to the kitchen and looked in.

"Not here," you sighed, "What about his room?" 

You walked all over his Siheyuan (Chinese house) and walked to his room. While you admired the garden, you heard a faint voice sing,

Tenchi no hajimari, takusan no bujin ga,

Inochi wo kasanete, rekishi tsumuida aru..

"Is that Yao?" you asked yourself and increased your pace.

Choukou no hotori, ichiwa kago no hato,

Banri no shiro ni wa, hi wa mata noboru aru..

"Is he singing in Japanese?" you whispered to yourself as you heard him sing. His voice became a tad bit louder at the next line,

Wagamama dekita mukashi, natsukashii aru yo..

Ni hao ma, achikochi karada itai aru,

atarashii okashi demo tsukuru aru,

You stopped at his door and listened to him sing sadly,

mezametara ha ga tatanai aru yo!

shishi no you ni isamashiku

muga no kyouchi kurenai ni somaru aru yo!

Watashi itsudemo tayoru yoroshi

Ai yaa yaa...

Since you understood everything he sang (keep in mind that you're a half Japanese), you were about to cry.  You slid open his door a little and found him sitting out there in the garden, looking at the moon.

(If you don't get it, imagine a room in a Japanese house. There are sliding doors that lead out to the garden. Yao's siheyuan is somewhat similar. I mean, the Japanese were influenced by the Chinese and all. So, he's sitting by the sliding door that faces the garden. Yeah, something like that.)

Ano hi chikurin de, mitsuketa kodomo wa,

Takumashiku tsuyoku, sodatte kureta aru...