Thanks to Kenji Sato for the translation and editing.
Dear Diary,
Since I don't have a close friend with whom I can shamelessly talk about the events and feelings in my life, I relax by writing them down.
My name is Buse. I am a dark-skinned twenty-seven-year-old university graduate, who has been married for two years. As the first child of the family, I was brought up in a circle of love. I have to admit that I was a little spoiled.
My mother is fifty-four, my father is fifty-six years old. They are the most compatible couple you will ever see.They are two people who do everything together in life still madly in love with each other like the first day they met. I love them very much.
I have always envied their love. I always prayed for a good person to meet. Luckily, my husband Aykut is very interested in me he is very fond of me. He never interferes with my dressing style, my travels he trusts me very much, but he is very jealous of me. I make jokes to piss him off from time to time.
I grew up with my brother Okan, who is five years younger than me, in a small family of four people. Our house in the two-storey garden was inherited from my grandfather, and though old, holds very good memories for us. I was born and raised there. It was very difficult for me to leave that house. When I left the house for the last time as a bride I had to go to the hairdresser again because I was crying so much.
Even in my university years I couldn't bear to be separated from my family. Even though I studied in another city I immediately came back to my family when I had the opportunity. While my friends from school were wandering around with their boyfriends during their spare time I was focusing on my studies.
Even though the moans of my roommate who had sex with her boyfriend in the next room may have led me astray I didn't go beyond a few kisses and caresses with my boyfriend at that time. Because I was an attractive well-formed girl, there were many men around me who wanted me. I had a few boyfriends but none of them could go beyond small touches. I had given my maidenhood to the man whom I met in a friend circle and then fell in love with my husband.
After school, I started to work as an accountant in a car dealership thanks to a friend of my father. About a year later, I met my husband Aykut and got married. After my marriage I continued to work even though my husband did not want me to work much. Aykut works in an international company dealing with foreign capital. His salary and working conditions are good. The money I earn for this is left to us. We are saving to buy a house with a detached garden. To sum up I am satisfied and happy with the course of my life.
My little brother Okan is a kind, emotional and somewhat-shy young man. He has one or two friends even though he is a university student. He is quiet. My mother and father keep talking about the need for him to open up to the world more, that it would be good for him to socialize.
When I was single I tried to socialize with him by going to concerts, movies and the theater with him so that he could get over his shyness and be more active. Even though he was eager to spend the whole weekend in front of the computer in his room I managed to convince him by showing all my monkeyness. These efforts yielded results. Okan turned into a more social person.
Because of my grandmother my mother and father go to the village to visit her once or twice a month. No matter how much my father insists that she live with us or with my aunts the old goat always refuses. Maybe she doesn't want to leave her comfort and habits.
Aykut was going to Ankara for the weekend for a business meeting. On Friday, I stopped by my parents after work because our homes were close. My parents were getting ready to go to the village again. My mother wanted me to take care of my brother while they were away. When Aykut came in the evening we all had dinner together. He said that if Okan didn't have any plans that he should stay with me for the weekend so that both he and I wouldn't be alone. Okan didn't seem like a volunteer at first.
"Maybe you've found a girlfriend and you want to spend time with her?" I teased him.
Okan threw a pillow at my head and said, "May my sister stay with me"
I missed my old room, so I got approval from Aykut and said, "Okay, I'll stay here."
While my parents went on their way, Aykut returned to our house since his plane was early in the morning we had said goodbye there that night.
Okan and I went to our rooms and slept like in the old days. I did housework during the day. Thanks to Okan, I cleaned the house as he helped me a lot. In the afternoon while I was drinking my coffee at the kitchen table Okan came and massaged my shoulders. I felt like I was being held all over the massage was that good.
"Sister, if you are not very tired there is a place where we hang out with our friends in the evening Let's go there and have some fun and dance, the bill is on me," he said.
My husband Aykut did not like dancing he did not like discos or clubs. He always made excuses not to go to the hotel disco even on our honeymoon. This would be a welcomed change for me I had not danced in a long time. When I saw Okan's excitement I felt happy.
"I need to take a shower first. I'll let my husband know so he doesn't get cranky. I'll tell him we're going to the cafe so don't make me a liar" I said.
Okan insisted that I use the shower first. I was a little suspicious because it was an extreme insistence. He had had voyeurism since he was little.
I think it was five years ago, I caught him watching me through the keyhole while I was taking a bath. I kicked his ass. While I was taking off my clothes and waiting for the water to warm up, I lifted my breasts and shook them in front of the mirror. Aykut likes my breasts very much. While I was looking for hair on my legs the dark shadow under the door caught my attention.The bathroom door key was missing. I walked to the door naked as if I was going to open it. The silhouette at the bottom disappeared. Although he tried to be quiet I heard footsteps on the carpet. He was peeking at me. Would a person look at his own sister? He must have seen everything.
For some reason I didn't fall for it. I wouldn't be angry tonight. I would warn him in a suitable language tomorrow.