Partners in crime

Chapter one:

MEETING HER

*ANNOUNCEMENT*

Manila e no furaito 401, Philippines wa genzai, tojodesu. Subete no jokyaku wa, geto 5 ni susumimasu.

(Flight 401 to Manila, Philippines is now boarding. All passengers, proceed to gate 5)

I heard the board announcer say that,

well I guess that's my signal.

I gotta go.

in a few hours i'll be in the 'perlas ng silanganan'

but just not for a vacation, but I think it's for good.

aaarrgh!

I don't hate the country, okay?

it's just that, all my life i've been in Japan.

and now, I need to live in my other country.

my dad's a japanese.

my mom's a Filipina.

They met here in Japan.

Fell in love,

had me.

and now after 16 years of being in Japan.

they're kicking me out of the country.

*FLASHBACK*

"kondo wa nanidesu ka?"

(what is it this time?)

I asked.

my dad, just sitting in the dining room, drinking his tea so early in the morning.

my mom eating her favorite filipino breakfast.

it's a bread.

I don't know what it's called but it's a bread k?

"What is it kaa-sama?" I repeated myself.

it's just 7 in the morning here at Tokyo, Japan.

where I reside.

but here I am, in front of my parents when I should be in my room, still sleeping.

and yes, annoyed is written all over my face.

"look, if you just woke me up for nothing, i'd just go back to sleep. I am tired. "

then I turned my back on them.

don't get me wrong.

I am not always this rude.

especially, when my dad is all over this respect thing.

it just started when they tried to arrange me for a marriage meeting.

it's a common thing here in Japan, but I am not that old!

i'm only 16 and I hate it because it's only for convinience.

I may not look like it but I too, don't want to marry just because my parents told me so.

what? you think only girls are like that?

tondemonai!

"Come sit here, Hiro."

my mom said in a calm tone of voice.

tsk, kusso.

I think I already know what they're about to say.

so when I sat down I immidiately said,