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The most shocking possibilities happen in real life, not in art
I'm kinda shocked. Although this is a quite long story, hopefully it will be some easy reading and, if you can't be arsed to read all the way through it, there's a summary by the end of the post (which doesn't have all the drama, but helps you understand what's going on).
All names but mine - Lira, and my girlfriend's - Kaoru, have been changed for privacy sake. You all know my name anyway, and there is no point in changing my girlfriend's name, is there? 
» #1 Look-a-likes
It's a survival technique, I reckon. Whenever something new appears in front of us (images, sounds, creatures), we start making thousands of comparisons with whatever we had seen/heard/dealt with before. There were some German gestalt nutters who got seriously deep in this sort of study actually. Come to think of it, it's does kick ass, but we get some innacurate conclusions every now and then anyway, so how do we know?
Friday, at night, Kaoru and I went to a pizza parlor, where a friend of hers was celebrating her birthday. The place was completely packed, we could barely walk in there. However, amidst the crowd, I saw this guy who looked exactly like the brother of my godson. Except for the forehead, otherwise I could swear they were the same person. And we ended up finding sits beside him, so we started doing what people do in restaurants: chatting and eating.
His name was something like "Carlos Hikari". He did have narrow eyes, so a Japanese name wouldn't sound as strange if his name didn't mean "shine", which is utterly "feminine" both here and in Japan. The guy he was talking to was openly gay, so I just thought it was something related to that. He was silent most of the time though, and one of the few exceptions was after we had all paid the bill when he said: "Hey, you're going to the rural area, aren't you? I live near Kaoru, it seems, do you guys want a lift?"
» #2 Going Home
My car was in the repair shop and we were wondering indeed about how we would get to Kaoru's farm, where we would spend the weekend, so we accepted his offer.
The gay guy was hilarious - I never got to know his name, so sorry if it sounds offensive, and "Hikari" was very focused on driving, so he didn't speak much (again).
Being from the rural area, and living close to her farm, Kaoru thought she might know someone from his family. Politely, she asked whether "Hikari" was his surname. Then we had a rather strange answer:
"No, not really, I don't know what my surname is. I mean, I do have my mother's surname, Pereira, but I've never met my father".
"Huh? Did he...?"
"No, he's not dead. My mother and my father had an affair, even though my father did have a fiancée... my mother was more of a step fuck buddy."
"Blimey... and then?"
"When my mother got pregnant, so did his fiancée, and, well, he made his mind. My mother is Brazilian and his fiancée was Japanese so his family would obviously support the fiancée and would as well get rid of my mother."
"So you're clueless about his identity?"
"I do know his name is 'Patrício Tetsuo' but my mother hates him to death, and told me not to look after him. The only reason she added 'Hikari' to my name was because she thought... I don't know, she excepted me to have narrow eyes, so I would seem to be less of a bastard child. Hey, you could be my sister - I'm 19, how old are you?"
Kaoru: "I'm 26, sorry mate"
"Oh"
» #3 Patrício Tetsuo
What puzzled me is the fact that, as I previously mentioned, the guy did look like my godson's brother. The name he said, Patrício Tetsuo, is indeed the name of my godson's father. The guy is 19 years old... so is my godson. However, my godson's mother was Cantonese-blooded actually (although they all look the same anyway ). The cities are 50km apart, but if I date my girlfriend who lives there, he could as well have an affair in such place.
His father is your average hard-working clumsy guy though, a guy you'd never expect such thing from, although he was part of a major Brazilian band in the 70's, which doesn't help much to his stereotype. A hippie turned into a businessman? Maybe.
As we say in Portuguese, I've got a flea behind my ear. The pieces seem to fit perfectly, yet I can't be sure of anything. And it's my own godson. The thought of not being able to investigate it bugs me, although it might be better this way, right?
» Summary
- I met a guy who looked like my godson's brother.
- He's a bastard child.
- He said the name of his father is the same name of my godson's father.
- Every conclusion was based on "impressions" rather than "conclusions".
What would you do if you were in my shoes?
edit: Spelling, but probably there are more errors anyway
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Last edited by Lira on Aug-05-2005 at 15:43
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Makes it easier for parents, I reckon 
