[April 30] [Gokusen] Beginnings

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Title: Beginnings
Day/Theme: "birds all flew"
Charater/Pairing: Yamaguchi Kumiko, Kuroda Ryuuichirou
Series: Gokusen [Drama]
Rating: G

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It came in a cream colored envelope.

It sat innocently on top of a garish advert announcing the weekend sale at the local fishmarket.

She would have ignored it if she hadn't been waiting for it.

“Where's the mail!” She didn't wait for a response and dived straight to the stack of letters on the table. She snatched it up and crowed. “It came!”

“That young man came to drop it off personally,” her grandfather said as he walked into the room. He watched Kumiko with an indulgent smile.

Kumiko grinned. “Takeda-kun came? Really? How did he look?”

“He was practically floating.”

Kumiko carefully opened the enveloped. “It looks expensive.”

He carefully took a seat. “It sure does.”

She opened the card. It was heavy stock and cream colored like the envelope. She whistled, impressed. “Oh, Takeda-kun...” She ran her fingers over the gold lettering. She sniffled.

“Kumiko...”

“Just the other day, he was getting into fights,” she said, voice thick with tears; “and now, he's a grown man, about to take his begin the next stage in life: marriage.

“Why did my boys have to grow up so fast? First Kuma and his baby and now Takeda and his new bride.”

She sniffed again and wiped roughly at her eyes. “I'm going to confirm...after dinner.”

Kumiko walked away, the wedding invitation pressed against her chest.