A Voice Forgotten

Groceries

Chapter 6: Groceries

Daniel sat down on his chair, elbow on his desk while his fist supported his cheek. His eyebrow furrowed down, mouth frowning as he continued to stare at his closet. He didn't know why or how, but Natalie insisted on visiting his family for a little while after Friday classes. She had been in his closet doing God knows what. All he cared about was that the sooner she got out the sooner she'd leave his home. He grunted already becoming impatient. "Are you done in there?"

There wasn't a single reply just his closet door receiving a small beating, a sign for him to be patient. Soon after that the door slid open with an ecstatic Natalie. "I found it!" She held up a small hair pin between her two fingers.

"Great congratulations," Such sarcasm was expected from Daniel. "Get out of my closet and go home." He spun himself around in his chair focusing back on his homework.

After sliding the closet door shut, Natalie placed her newly found hair pin on the side of her hair. "What are you doing?"

"Homework of course," As he flipped his notebook onto the next page he gazed on the topic of his task. English Literature and the famous terrifying book: The Devine Comedy.

"Oh~, Devine Comedy! That was an interesting book!"

"You actually understood that book? I couldn't even get through the first five pages..."

The Devine Comedy, Dante's Inferno, had been one of America's famous literature books even Japan decided to get a hold of it. Despite being translated from Italian to English to Japanese it was all to confusing for Daniel. All he knew was that there was a man named Dante and he was Italian, or he assumed.

"Don't tell me you didn't understand such an easy literature book? I'm not surprised..."

"Why you...then tell me what's it about?"

Natalie jumped onto Daniel's bed, sitting down on her knees with such an intense look in her face. "Dante, the main protagonist in the English literature, was a man of curiosity. Dante himself ventured out to depths of Hell seeing the seven levels of sins that one can commit to enter Hell. The seven levels of Hell that he saw were Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Sloth, Envy, Wrath and Pride and their unbearable punishments...do you understand so far?"

"Yeah," Daniel hadn't known when or where or even why, but Natalie's explanation that involved sketches of things that were all bunny related weren't making anything sensible. "I just don't understand why your drawings suck so much."

"Shut up and appreciate my explanation!" With such passionate anger, Natalie deliberately slapped Daniel's face as hard as she could. Half of Daniel's face experienced such brutality it throbbed fiercely. He clenched his teeth together, grunting at Natalie.

"Brother!" Olivia's voice was muffled, but loud enough to hear through the door. She suddenly rushed inside Daniel's room. "Brother, can you go into town and buy me some ingredients for tonight's dinner? Nobody is home so I thought of asking you! Natalie can go if you feel lonely!"

"Don't say such ridiculous things, Olivia!" Daniel got up out of his chair walking up to Olivia, grabbing her shopping list from her tiny hands. From his room to outside, Natalie followed Daniel quietly into town feeling ecstatic about grocery shopping. "You seem cheerful today."

"Why shouldn't I? It's a beautiful sunny day, the temperature is nice and-,"

"That's a bunch of crap," He muttered loud enough for Natalie to hear. She had been discovered so quickly.

"Fine, fine! I just can't imagine a person like you shopping for groceries so I thought I'd come and entertain myself."

"You have too much free time in your hands, you know that?"