A Secret Biological Part of Me

Chapter Eight

Aiko stared at the photo. The profile picture was a picture of a Japanese girl with blond hair in a ponytail. Her smile made her brown eyes shine bright as she stared right at the camera.

Confused, she slowly accepted the request but then began to snoop through her profile. Laura's favorite hobbies were soccer, reading, and painting. She was in Year 9. Her favorite subjects were English and art. She also has a sister and a mother and father. Finally, she dislikes mathematics.

All of this was similar to Aiko, especially the description about Laura's favorite subjects, year, hobbies, and family wise. The only thing that was different was the disliked subject and the extra family member.

A box suddenly blocked her way as she continued to try and search through the girl's profile.

Laura: You must be Aiko Fujimoto as it says upon your profile
Aiko: I am. I honestly don't know who you are though.
Laura: My name is Laura Takahashi. I'm a girl who is an activist for LGBT people and books are my whole world.
Aiko: Books are interesting. My sister does get mad at me sometimes since I usually read a book or study instead of actually trying to go and "have fun." My sister actually went to China for the summer and when she returned, only to hear that I have been reading and studying for almost all of my summer, she got angry and complained that I should of been going outside, partying and having fun while I can.
Laura: You only live once and I guess your sister is trying to advise you to live without caring about studying or school and stuff like that.
Aiko: My sister is always the kind of person who is more free spirited and hyper than I am. In my family, I'm called the quiet wolf since I like to keep quiet and I like to keep to myself sometimes. Now however I still do keep to myself but since I met a new friend, me, him, and my sister have been hanging out together with my sister trying to get me to "spend more time with him." 

For a long period of time, Aiko and Laura went on about how Amaya is and how Laura's sister is, comparing and contrasting both families. It seemed as if there was another Fujimoto family. Both moms were wild, lazy, positive, strict, and caring. Both sisters were hyper, wild, free- spirited, lazy, and happy. Laura and Aiko had many similarities between the both of them. The chat kept going on and on well until Laura typed something different.

Laura: So I've seen you around the halls with Hokuto. Are you two dating or anything?
Aiko: No. We are just friends. I know it may not seem like it but we aren't dating. To be honest, sometimes I feel as if we are really good friends. He is a gentleman towards me and my sister and I'm actually shocked that he could tolerate me. 
Laura: How come you say that?
Aiko: My sister is more of the outgoing person so she actually had some friends throughout our schools years and I always ended up eating in the bathrooms or just not eating at all as I stay in the library. I have poor social skills due to the way I am and what I've been through and I can never really start a conversation with someone but I was shocked when I met Hokuto and ended up becoming friends with him. All because of a small incident. 
Laura: Oh yeah, I forgot. it was all over the school that you and him bumped into each other. Also, I got a question. What have you gone through that could make you seem like a social potato?
Aiko: That's actually something extremely personal to me and I don't like to talk about that with people I've just met.
Laura: When would feel comfortable sharing your experiences? I would like you to share yours sometimes so i could share mine. We may even have a relation between our experiences.
Aiko: I'll think about it. Maybe if you do share your experiences I may begin to feel more comfy but it depends really.
Laura: I'll also think about that. anyway, I must log off. My parents want to take me and my sister to a five star restaurant. Peace!