Protecting the Family Honor
A micro fiction about how you can't choose family...
When Shigeo drowned in a well, Yuriko thought it bad luck. After Raiden succumbed to a fever, she was heartbroken. She tore her breast at Jirou’s funeral and cried endlessly for Daiki. So when Fumio began to court her, she went immediately to the family shrine.
“Please,” she prayed. “Protect Fumio, so that I may finally marry.”
The ancestors cast their eyes over the hapless Fumio, just like they had each time Yuriko came to them with a name.
“Too lazy.”
“Too ugly.”
“Not good enough.”
The next day, Yuriko heard the dreadful news about what, unfortunately, happened to Fumio.
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Alison McBain
Alison McBain writes fiction & poetry, edits & reviews books, and pens a webcomic called “Toddler Times.” In her free time, she drinks gallons of coffee & pretends to be a pool shark at her local pub. More: http://www.alisonmcbain.com/
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