When my mother took me home, I tried my best to convince her I was fine. “Mother, I’m fine now. My arm doesn’t even hurt anymore,” I glanced at her, and regretted that I did. She looked furious. A flitter of hope crossed my mind, maybe she was sick of Keiji too. “I don’t believe you! How could you do that?! I didn’t raise you to act like that!” she screamed psychotically, and slapped me across the face. All I could do was look at her, shock clearly showing on my face. “You deserved to have your arm broken! You’re an embarrassment to me!” she hissed. I couldn’t believe my ears, was this really my mother? “The doctor will be here soon,” she whispered as she turned and walked into the house. “I don’t really think that was fair.” I looked around to see where the voice had come from, and saw Haji sitting in a tree. “Heh, what’s up with you and trees?” I tried to sound cheerful, but I could feel the tears brimming in my eyes.
~Keiko
I looked at the girl, and could see she was trying her best not to cry. I sighed and jumped down from the tree I was sitting in. “What are doing here anyway?” she asked me. “You dropped this,” I reached into my pocket and pulled out a little stuffed tiger and held it out to her. “Oh, I didn’t even know that I had lost it. Thank you so much,” she grabbed the tiger and smiled up at me. “Cute,” I whispered before I had a chance to stop myself. “Huh? What did you say?” she looked confused. “Nothing!” I said a little bit louder than I had intended, and she flinched. “I have to go,” I called out as I ran away, leaving her standing there. I could feel myself blushing... What the hell was wrong with me?
~Haji
I though this is what Haji could sort of look like. But his hair's a sandy colour.
“Feh, the zodiac banquet,” I said to no one in particular. “It’s not like I wanted to be there anyway,” I’d convinced myself. I sat quietly in a tree outside the main house, watching as everyone arrived for the banquet, I’d even seen when that ass, Keiji, had beaten up... what was his name again? Kohaku or something like that. The girl with him, had begged for Keiji to punish her instead, I didn’t really understand the point of that. Keiji had grabbed her and pulled her inside, leaving Kohaku, just lying there. After that, a couple of people came out, and took Kohaku with them.
When they’d left, I heard an uproar coming from inside the main house. I couldn’t make out what they were saying, all I could tell, was that a girl was yelling at Keiji. A few seconds later, someone came running out of the main house. As they came closer to the tree I was sitting in, I could see it was a girl, probably only a year younger than me. She sat down underneath my tree, and started crying. “What’s wrong,” I asked her before I could stop myself. She looked up, surprised, and I could see a red mark on her cheek. “Nothing,” she replied, and went to stand up.
I jumped down from the tree, and landed in front of her. “It doesn’t look like nothing to me,” I said, crossing my arms. She went to say something, then decided against it. “Who are you anyway? Only Sohma’s are allowed at the main house,” she questioned me. “I am a Sohma,” much to my displeasure, I replied. “A Sohma?” she looked confused, “but I’ve never seen you before.” “Not many people have,” I smirked. “Hmm, Really? So what’s your name?” she looked at me. “Haji, Haji Sohma,” I told her grimacing. “Haji? Well Haji, It’s nice to meet ya,” she smiled, “I’m Keiko.”
~Haji
Name: Haji Sohma (haji means shame/disgrace)
Age: 15
Personality: Pretty much like Kyo was, he only wants to be accepted as a member of the zodiac. But he doesn't have a grudge against the rat.
Background: No mother or father, they abandoned him when he was young
Looks: short sandy coloured hair, yellow-ish eyes.
