Saturday, September 17, 2011

“Brother From Another Mother” a-not-so-short story


Plot:

Ink and Chris are racist rebels in high school. They have their gangs and peers. Chris is in the states and Ink is from Thailand. Their lives overlap when Ink is forced to leave Thailand and enters the high school where Chris is.
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Do things happen for a reason? Or are we just randomly rambling on Earth? Does God really have a plan for all of us? Or is it all just a lie? Do people we meet or things we do have any impact on the course of our lives? Do they even matter? Are they significant? Or are they not? Is it fate or just a fucking coincidence? These are questions that people ask themselves everyday and no one seems to have an answer.

Chris is a white racist rebellious kid in a high school, living in the center of the world, Manhattan, New York.  He thinks he owns the world and no one can touch him. He wanders around school, asking for people’s money. He doesn’t give a fuck what anyone thinks of him whether it’s his teachers, classmates, his beloved gang peers, or his family. He is invincible.

Everyone is scared of Chris. No one would dare to touch him, talk back to him, or even look at him in the eyes. When Chris asks for something, they would do anything in their power to get whatever Chris wants. They will beg, lie, or even steal for Chris. Because they know what they’ve got themselves into if they don’t do what Chris says. A fucking brutal beating. And this is how whites escape a beating from Chris and his gang. But this is not the case for those little midget Asians that turn up to school with glasses and books everyday at school.

Chris hates Asians. No one knows why and no one asks him about it. He hates everything about Asians. He hates the fact that they go Ching Chong Ling Long Ting Tong at each other. He hates the fact that they have tiny slanted eyes. He hates the facts that they eat rice. He hates the fact that they don’t speak English. He hates every fucking thing about them.
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“Who the fuck do they think they are? They all fucking come to our country and make it their own. And everybody likes them. They act like they care about school but all they really want is our girls with tight Asian pussies, those white motherfuckers,” Ink expresses his hatred for white people in his little high school in Bangkok, Thailand, while passing a cigarette to one of his gang friends in a toilet during a lunch break.

“What the fuck are you looking at? Got a problem? Piss off and don’t tell the teachers or I’ll fucking kill you,” a kid walked into the toilet surprised to see five of his classmates smoking and drinking alcohol. Like Chris, Ink is the king of his school. He beats up little kids and steals their money. He sneaks in cigarettes and alcohol every now and then. He doesn’t give a shit what his teachers or parents think of him. He is invincible.

Everyone is scared of Ink and his peers. When Ink comes to school, everyone makes way for him. They will stop whatever the heck they’re doing and just stand still because they are so fucking scared something will happen to them. “Whoops, sorry bro, didn’t see you there,” Ink intentionally pushed a 9th grader down while walking to his morning class and laughing his ass off.
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Chris and Ink are like the same person. They are racist. They beat up everyone at school. They don’t care what anyone thinks. They are the leader of their respective gangs. And everyone is scared of them including their teachers, gang friends, or even parents.  But there are two big differences between them. First, Chris is in New York City and Ink is on the other side of the world, Bangkok.

 The second difference is their parents. Even though both their parents don’t give two shits about them anymore, they still give them a bed to sleep on until they are 18 and go off on their own. But all this is about to change now. Ink is 16 years old, into his 11th grade in high school, and his parents have had enough.

They can’t wait two more years until Ink turns 18. They can’t tolerate him going around torturing everyone and hurting everyone around him anymore. So they decide to send him to the place he hates the most, where he will change, learn, and find out how lucky he is to be among friends and family. And that place is America, a country full of white people. They hope America will discipline Ink and return him as a changed kid who got his priorities straight.

“What the fuck mum? I don’t want to go to that shithole. What if I get killed and hanged by those white niggers? Don’t you care about me anymore? Aren’t I still your only child? Fucking hell, this is utter bullshit.  Why do you have to torture me like this? FUCK,” so there he was, swearing, crying, and screaming his hearts out, on his way to a great adventure in a land far far away crowded with the type of people he hates the most.

It’s a freezing morning when Ink arrives in the center of the world, New York City. The airport is busy as usual. People are walking in their own pace, with earphones plugged into their ears, not caring about anyone else and almost walking to each other from times to times. Middle aged men are walking around with their winter jackets slash suits, always looking like they are late for work or probably having a bad day at the office.

So Ink calls for a taxi at the airport, heading to the address on a piece of paper his parents gave him. “Oi, fuck off. I was first,” Ink stepped into the cab. “To east side community school, and please hurry I’m late for my school interview”
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“Can you please stop now? What am I going to tell my parents? I’m bleeding,” cried an Asian student while suffering from a wicked beating from one of Chris’s gang members. Yes, that’s right. Chris doesn’t like to get his hands dirty. He doesn’t want to talk, touch or have anything to do with those Asians. But he loves seeing them in torture. “Eh! That’s enough. Are you fucking stupid. We’re just torturing him no trying to fucking kill him. What if I get in trouble or in jail for that matter? Use your brains for fuck’s sakes.”

“I heard there’s this new Asian coming to our school tomorrow,” Chris closes the toilet door leaving the Asian helpless on the ground. “Yeah, fresh meat everyone, be ready to get your hands on him. He thinks he can just come to our country and make it his own? He fucking made the wrong decision. I’ll teach him a lesson he will never forget”
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It was during class that Chris and Ink met. “Mr………uhmm, sorry I can’t pronounce that. Anyway, this is Ink everybody. Make him feel welcome,” Ms Mansfield, English teacher, checks the roll. “I sure will,” Chris turns to his peer then looks at Ink like a piece of meat he’s going to eat for lunch. Ink looks back and maintains the eye contact for a while. ‘Got a problem? You’re mine, white boy,’ Ink thinks inside. They both don’t know what they’re in for. They’re about to meet a brother from another mother.

The staring doesn’t stop. Whenever Ink and Chris meet, or whenever they’re in class together, they keep staring at each other. It’s a fight waiting to happen. Ink has had enough of it. Ink can’t tolerate being stared by Chris and his pussy friends anymore. He can’t take it anymore. “Come meet me at lunch in front of the toilet,” Ink decides to do something about it to end this once and for all. “And come alone, don’t bring your puppets with you”

Chris doesn’t hesitate for one second. He is sick and tired of Ink’s Asian face. So there they are, in front of the toilet, taking it out on each other. “So what’s your problem, huh? You keep staring at me like I’m a piece of meat,” Ink starts off first stating his curiosity. “Well, I do everything with a reason. And the reason I keep staring at you is I fucking hate you. I fucking hate you and all you people. You fucking come here and make our country yours. Who the fuck do you think you are”

“You hate me? Well, so do I,” Ink takes the first shot right in Chris’ eye. Chris turns red and starts punching back. “Fight, everyone, fight,” a schoolgirl shouts at the top of her lungs to get everyone’s attention so they will come and watch this race war. All the Asians scream Ink’s name and the locals scream Chris’ name. While the two keep punching and kicking and tackling. This is a race war.  

“Sir, there is a fight going on in front of the toilet in the food hall,” The principle’s assistant, quickly told her boss after hearing the news by the school’s janitor. The principle ran to the food hall, furious, to see what the heck is going on in his prestigious school. “What the hell is going on here? Keep eating your lunch or you will all get a detention,” everyone stops screaming and quietly walks away to their tables.

 But the two doesn’t stop fighting. They are still throwing punches. Blood is everywhere, both from Ink and Chris. The principle does not believe what is happening in front of him. He is shocked. “Gentleman!,” The principle angrily screamed at Ink and Chris. Silence. Both of them stopped punching. They look up and the furious principle and slowly stand up.
“You are both suspended. My school does not need racist people like you two. Before you go away and leave my school. You have a detention together. You will be locked up for three hours together and you better sort your problems out. When you come back, I do not ever want to see this happen again.”
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The door is shut. The windows are sealed. Ink and Chris are locked up in a cage with the people they both hate the most. There is no way to escape. They must sit there for three hours with nothing to do and no one to talk to. 5 minutes have passed. 7 minutes have passed. Time doesn’t seem to be on their side. “So, what’s your name?,” Chris throws out the first conversation out of boredom after sitting there for 10 minutes. He can’t believe what he is doing, talking to an Asian guy. But there he is, talking to Ink.

“The name’s Ink,” Ink answered. “What the heck kind of name is Ink,” Chris asks curiously. What the heck kind of name is Chris?” “Chris is a pretty common name, a boring one even. My parents probably ran out of ideas when they named me.” “Well everyone in my country has a nickname. So they wouldn’t have to call each other by their long first names. I guess that answers that.”.

“So where are you from?” Chris finds himself curious about Ink’s background. “I’m from Bangkok, Thailand. You know where that is, right?” “yeah, yeah I do. I’ve seen that Tony Jaa movie. What is it called again?” “Ong bak,” Ink replied. “Yeah yeah Ong bak, I loved that movie.” I love Thai food too. Oh man, I love Tom Yum goong, I’m hungry already.”

Thirty minutes have passed and they are talking like old buddies. They completely ignored the fact that the person they’re talking to is the type of people they hate the most. “You got a girlfriend, Chris? You’ve probably banged all them chicks out there eh? Leave some for me yeh?” “hahaha, yeah sure why not. It’s easier said than done though. With all the girls going crazy for me and all” “Fuck you,hahaha”

One hour has passed. They talked about all the girls they did to the kids they fucked up until Chris touches on a serious subject for once. “Hey Ink” “Yeah?” “I’m sorry for all the things I did and said” “I realize now that I was being a fuckhead” “The same goes for me, Chris” You are not a bad guy at all. Heck I even like you now.”

“It’s just that the world tells us we are not meant to be together, talk together, or be friends. Fuck them, I don’t give a shit about what they say anymore. I will do things I want to do and talk to the people I want to talk to,” Ink expressed his feelings and thoughts. “I thought it was hip and call to hate on Asians. But truth is, you guys are just normal people. Just like white people, there are bad people and bad people. Everything has its ups and downs. Nothing is perfect,” Chris took his turn.

“Right on man, I completely agree with you. Some goes for the blacks, gays and lesbians, they are what they are man. We have no right to hate them.” “Time’s up, boys. I hope you two sort things out between each other and I hope I won’t have to see something like this happen again in my school. Otherwise, you will be expelled. Now go home, and come to school in 2 weeks time,” the principle dismissed Chris and Ink.

“You got any plans for your two week holidays bro? We could hang out sometime, you know. I was just thinking we could both beat some people up or something like that?” “Bro, it’s on. What do you think about beating old people man? I’m so sick of my parents, I have to take it out on someone” “Same here man. Just tell me the time and place and I’ll be there.” “We’ll smoke some weed too yeh?” “Fuck yeah”

Almost everything you do in life is insignificant. Most days of the year are unremarkable. They begin and they end, with no lasting memories made in between. Most days have no impact whatsoever on the course of your life. This event is a significant one for Chris and Ink; one that changed the person they are, and one that they will remember until the last breath they take in life.

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