Chickarrin Fann

19 October 20XX

Japanese Club

SAAKURU

“Saakuru” is the word for “circle” or “club” in Japanese (that’s サークル in katakana), and I’m a part of Japanese Club (日本語のサーカル)! In it, there’s Jim Gore (who I took Chemistry with), Lisa S (I still don’t know her last name), Duane Swanstone (friends since forever), Shingo Brown (“Just Shingo”), and me, of course!

We’ve been in the club together for a long time. I keep track of all their names and stuff, because, well, I want to remember them the best I can! They sometimes call me the “club historian,” keeping track of activities… old members… new ones… inside jokes, whatever. The joke can get old sometimes, because I care a lot. I hope they know that. That’s what it’s all for!

We get some new people who show up for like, a day or two, but this is the core group. This is the friend group, and you can roll your eyes, but it’s the truth, really. We’re really close.

But anyways, we talk… watch anime… do origami… play games… and a lot of other stuff. It’s lots of fun, and I get to see them all at least three times a week (and also sometimes on weekends). Honestly, sometimes it isn’t even about Japanese culture or anything, but we just sit and talk. That’s where we have “deep” conversations, and that’s what makes our friendship really work. Because we can do fun stuff, but also, things get serious sometimes.

Sigh… but there’s some stuff I don’t like talking about. I don’t always like… I don’t always do well with the whole thing about cutting and… it’s a little hard because it makes me feel weird about the marks on my arms and… I haven’t been wearing short socks a lot because of that… and just don’t bring up my parents, please?

Please (I’m begging you)!