Disclaimer: I do not own Daa! Daa! Daa/ UFO Baby… I'm just nobody who is making a fanfic or in other words… I am just using its Characters to my plot. I also don't own Mazda and Nokia, this is just a fan fiction right?
Author's Note: This fanfic is not dependent on the original plot (there's no UFO) of the story so… this story is new to me… I mean that this style of fanfic is new to me. I hope you all like my second fan fiction! Just to let you know, Flames are accepted in all my fan fiction. Constructive criticism is very nice too.
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Author: Hiroyuki11
Anime: Daa! Daa! Daa/UFO Baby
Title: Awkward Love
Summary: Kanata is rich boy, who is raised by a maid.But one day he almost hit a young girl named Miyu by his car. He met his childhood friend whom he asks to marry him. Will he accept the destiny that was given to him?
Chapter I: Weird Agreement
Miyu Kouzuki, an 18 years old girl, is entering college at Heiomachi, she has emerald colored eyes and she has a long blond hair that covers her whole back. One morning she woke up at the sound of her alarm clock, she opens her eyes only to shut them off quickly as the light from her window is shinning, she covers her eyes as she slowly opens them, at first she blinks several times as she adjust her vision at the light that was coming from her window. She slowly sits up from her bed as she turns off her alarm clock. There was a loud cry nearby a cry of a baby, but the girl does not seem surprise at the cry of the baby. (thanks for radhika best andmauvecate for pointing out my mistake)
"This light is so irritating, maybe I'll ask mom to buy a curtain for me" The blond girl murmured to herself as she stands up and was rolling her futon to the left until it forms a big roll. Her room is a mess and a lot of books were scattered around and she seem not bothered by it. She went to her door and as she turns the knob to the right and slowly opening the door, she peeps thru the gap she made in her door and checking if the coast is clear. When she confirms that nobody was around she sneakily tip toed to the bathroom but someone grab her shoulder.
"And where do you think you're going young lady?" Said a red head woman around her late 30s' looking annoyed while holding a 1 ½ year old baby boy, the baby was also blond just like the girl. The older woman was breast feeding it while holding it with her right hand while the other one was holding the blond haired girl.
"Err… Going to take a bath now Mom!" The blond haired girl said while struggling from the grasp of her mother but with no avail, she calms down and looks at her mom.
"Miyu dear… I'll ask you for the thousand times; please don't use that alarm clock again" Miki pauses as she looks at the baby whom she was breast feeding at that time then continues "If it's not for me, then please do it for your brother, he always wake up early in the morning because of the damn alarm clock we bought for you!" Miki roared at her daughter.
"But Mom, I have to wake up every morning to advance review for my college" Miyu said as she sweeps her mother's hand from her shoulder. "Beside… It's my first day at college today. I can't afford to be late!" Miyu said getting annoyed.
"She has a point, dear" said A blond haired man around his late 30s'. Miki glared at her daughter before nodding. While the blond haired man smile at Miyu. He was wearing glasses.
"Thanks Dad!" Miyu said, as she smiles at her father and went quickly to bathroom (there is only one bathroom at the house) Miki glared at her husband.
"Don't spoil her!" Miki roared at her husband. After that Miki and Yuu went to the living room with Lou.
Meanwhile at a large mansion. Was a boy sleeping comfortable in his king size bed, he was a son of a rich man who own many companies, the boy was 18 years old, He was Kanata Saiyonji. Suddenly there was someone who is waking him up, he slightly opens his eyes, he saw a maroon haired woman (Remember The mother of the house wife that Bawmeow always using/copying well, that's her, In my memory, Bawmeow only uses her once in the anime) around late 50s'. Then he closed his eyes again and shifted position and he covers himself with a comforter.
"Master Kanata! Master Kanata! Please wake up now! It's your first day of class!" The Maid (Yup! She's a maid here in my fanfic) pulled Kanata's comforter, and the air conditioner in the room made the rest of the job to wake Kanata up. He jumps as soon as the cold air touches his skin; he looks around and saw the maid smiling at him.
"Oh it's you, Yune, what are you just telling me?" Kanata smiles at the maid as he scratches his head.
"It's your first day at school today, and I was just waking you up Master Kanata" The Maid, Yune smiled at Kanata as she picks up Kanata's clothes that he would be wearing that day at school.
"Oh, that's right! Thanks Yune!" Kanata jumps from his bed down to the floor, he sweeps his chocolate colored hair to the right as he looks at the maid who has awaken him from his deep slumber with his amber eyes. He approaches the old Maid and he taps her shoulder.
"I'm going to take a bath now. You may go now" Kanata said while walking towards his big bathroom.
"Anyway, my grandson is going to the same college as you" Yune proudly told Kanata.
"Oh, that's right! Were in the same age! I'm happy for you" Kanata replied politely and then he entered his bathroom door that is decorated with a dragon's head door knob and the whole frame of the door is highly decorated. As Kanata went to the bathroom Yune started to clean and arrange Kanata's room along with other 3 maids, and they were all younger than Yune.
Meanwhile in the Kouzuki Residence, Miyu has already finished taking a bath, she was wearing a purple colored jumper in a skirt that lands under the knee with a long-sleeved lavender blouse inside, she was also wearing an ankle length lavender sock with purple colored shoes the strap of the jumper is tied by a ribbon in both side. Miyu was also wearing a lavender choker tied in her neck in ribbon, her hair was tied and both sides by the same ribbon in the same way, Miyu looks like younger in her dress. She appeared on the Kitchen/ Dining room (a dining room and Kitchen combined) and her Mother and Father looks at her.
"Nice outfit Miyu" Miyu's Father Comments at her outfit. Miyu was wearing a expensive wedding ring on her left hand on her wedding finger but his parents don't mind it. Miyu said it was given to her, and now it finally fits, she wore it.
"Thanks Dad!" Miyu smiles at her father as she sits down beside his dad, and she picks up a big fat cat that has brown spots on it, its right ear is brown and the tip of the tail is brown also. She rubs its head and the cat looks at Miyu, it has purple colored eyes like, Lou.
"How are you doing, Bawmeow?" Miyu smiles at the cat as she rubs the chin of the cat, Bawmeow closes its eyes and rests at Miyu's Chest. (Miyu was hugging the big fat cat in her chest or I mean Bawmeow XD)
"Too bad, it's only the outfit looks nice" Miyu's Mother smirks as she said commented at her daughter. Miyu's face flushed with anger, and she glares at her mom even on her back. Miki looks at her daughter and giggles.
"Just joking, you look gorgeous in your outfit, dear" Miyu's Mother smiles at Miyu.
"Thanks Mom! I think I must be going now! I'm going to be late!" Miyu stands up, Puts Bawmeow on the table and puts bread in her mouth and went to the door, she opens it and when she is outside, she waves at her parents and her parents' wave back at her. She slowly closed the door, making sure that his baby brother won't wake up. (After Lou have been breast fed, he sleeps)
"She is getting beautiful and beautiful as the time flies" Miki said while looking at the T.V. screen.
"I guess she must be famous in their school" Yuu replied to Miki while sipping a green tea with his right hands wraps on the side and his left was holding bottom (err… Japanese Tradition)
THUD
Yuu and Miki looks at Bawmeow at he sabotages the breads. (There was a tray full of buttered bread in the table) Yuu quickly picks up Bawmeow and puts him far away from the table.
"You know, this cat is really annoying sometimes" Miki said coldly as she cleans the mess it has made.
"This cat is like Lou brother you know! And Miyu will kill us when we throw him out!" Yuu said while smiling feign. (With a sweat drop)
"Well, being born at the same time and having the same color of their eyes is not enough! THAT THING is a cat and Our Lou is a human" Miki said getting angry.
"Well, that's why I said 'like'" Yuu said coolly as he approaches his wife and wraps his arms in her neck from behind and Yuu whispered something to Miki, which made Miki smiles mischievously. (Err, I don't know what your mind works but, it isn't WHAT you are thinking right now)
Miyu approaches her bicycle, she unlocks it (her bike was chained on their front gate, in case of thieves) and puts the chain on her small bag (the chain was small and shorter than usual chains) at first she drags her bicycle until at their front gate, she looks at both side (looking if any incoming cars are approaching) when she saw that nobody was coming so she rode her bike and started to paddle her bike.
Meanwhile at the Saiyonji Mansion, Kanata was also finished with taking a bath and he left his room, He was wearing a black jacket with hood in it, along with a cream colored pants, he was also wearing a black shoes. He went to the dining room only to see the empty seat on the long table, one of the seats has some plate and many various breakfast, like pancake, French bread, cookies, cakes and many more foods.
"Yune! Where's my pumpkin soup?" Kanata asks the maid who was now approaching him holding a tray with a bowl in it.
"Here is your pumpkin soup, master Kanata" Yune smiled at Kanata mischievously.
"Whoa! That was fast! I was just calling you second ago!" Kanata said while opening his mouth, with a mock surprise.
"Actually, I was on my way here when you called me, sir" Yune grin at Kanata after she told him the truth. They both laugh at the fact…. If it's not for the maid uniform you could actually mistook them as relative. Well before Kanata was even born, Yune was working at the Saiyonji premises as a maid, and a very loyal one. When Kanata's Mother was still alive and Married Housho, Yune was her personal Maid, When Housho is always working; Yune was there for Kanata's Mother, in time Yune treats Kanata's mother more than a friend (or a Maid, I mean). Their relationship to each other is like a mother and child. That's why Yune treats Kanata as her own Grandson. She was taking care of Kanata in place of her late Mother, who died when Kanata was a little boy.
"Can you read my mind?" Kanata said while smiling at Yune. Kanata looks around, if his father was there. "By the way, where is my father?" Kanata said while picking a tray full of cake, handed it to Yune.
"He left early, he has a meeting coming. So he's really busy right now" Yune said while she takes the tray full of cakes and she smiles at Kanata.
"Here" Kanata gave her another tray, this time it was a combination of a cookies and French bread. "That's good, eat well, it's my treat today" Kanata grin at Yune as he handed her a tray.
"Thanks master!" A maid came out from the kitchen and heard what Kanata's speech.
"Why is it, everyday is your treat?" said a younger maid as she came out following the previous maid. She was just sixteen, and she was new. She was beautiful and energetic. But you can see that something is wrong with her, She was pale.
"That's our Master Kanata, a generous boy… Just like her mother use to do when…" Yune trailed off as she reminiscing about the past. 'Just like his mother, huh' Kanata thought
"… C'mon! Since Dad is away, let's all eat at the table! Call all the maids! Kanata ordered the youngest maid. The youngest maid runs to the kitchen energetically. (Such a kind-hearted boy, being born in a rich family, he sure is humorous, generous, and was actually very intelligent)
While he was waiting for the other maids to come, he opens his PDA, and he saw a message. It is from his childhood friend, Santa sent via e-mail.
From: Santa email address>
Subject: Cool Antique Shop!
Kanata my man! I heard that there was a newly open Antique shop near the Heiomachi Department! Cool! And rumors said that they also have records there! I hope they have Jackson 5's first album! Dad says that I should attend at Heiomachi University! That's a school, where the entrance exams are nearly as hard as Tokyo University! But I passed! (My Dad's influence) ha! Ha! Ha! See you there! Let's meet up at Heiomachi Department at 18:30(6:30PM) this evening! See you bud!
"H.U. huh? Well that's a good school, but I can pass their exam even without Dad's help!" Kanata told Yune with pride in his tone although it faltered as he remembered that his father enrolled him in that school with his influence over the school. 'Damn him! Don't you trust my grades! I'll show you! I'll be the best student there!' He looks at door, and he saw that the other maids are coming. Well, at least 30 of them are here. The long dining table can hold 50 peoples.
"Well, Santa hasn't change, he's still the antique freak" Kanata said while smiling, as the youngest maid sit into the chair next to him. Kanata was in the middle (I mean... Like a King, and other side was his father's seat) and at the edge of the table, Yune and The youngest maid were seated.
"Well things do change Kanata. It may look like he hasn't change because the important factor of him was still there. But a part of him had change" Yune said in a poetic tone and voice. Kanata looks at Yune. He was puzzled at was she just said. 'Santa hasn't change, it is just his appearance! Yeah maybe that's what she meant!' he was thinking hard when suddenly a cough (feign) brought him back to the dining room. He saw that nobody was eating their food. The maids are actually waiting for him to start eating... (How thoughtful of them! )
"Oh, sorry everybody! I realized that you were all waiting for me. And now without anymore delay" Kanata pauses for a dramatic effect and continues. "Itadaimasu!" After Kanata said that, the maids were all digging of their plates. Kanata looks at them with content in his heart, for Kanata nothing tastes better than the food for the heart. (A VERY VERY kind-hearted boy!) All the maids there respect him more than his father. So in the end, it is a dream job for every maid in town, to be admitted to the Saiyonji Mansion. But, if there is a heaven in the Saiyonji Mansion, there is also hell! Housho, Kanata's father was so strict about the food to be served and almost everything else. It's seems like he wants the maids' lives in the mansion a living hell. Well he used to be a kind-hearted man before his wife died.
After a while, Kanata has finished eating breakfast, he ate pumpkin soup, pumpkin cake, pumpkin pastry, and a pumpkin juice. (Err... Pumpkin Mania?) Kanata stands up, and walks towards the main entrance. And he sits on the stairs there. He looks around to see a 2 black limousine, and 1 dark blue 1995 Mazda RX-7 a two door, rear wheel drive car. And a few moments Yune sits beside Kanata.
"Yawn... It's so early! It's not even 7 in the morning!" Kanata said to himself as he steps on the accelerator harder, he was near the school. 'Have I forgot something?' he checks his pockets then his cell phone drops on floor, Kanata was going to ignore it but his phone rang, he was tall, so he tried to reach his phone with right hand (he soften his step, so the speed decreases) he reached it and he looks at it, 'Yune?' "What does she--WHAT THE!" he looks to the front to see a bicycle crossing, he lets go of his cell phone and uses his right hand on the steering wheel, and he step on brakes (fortunately he installed ABS) while his left hand pulls the hand brake, Kanata's car almost flip as it drift sideways and hit the bicycle and the rider was hanging on the roof of the car. Kanata opens the door and approaches the poor civilian, when he it, the civilian was a girl, with a blond long hair with she tied on both on her side. He was going carry her, but she moves down and she gave a piercing death glare at Kanata with her emerald eyes.
"What the hell! Are trying to kill me!" The girl roared, while pointing her finger at Kanata. She continues "You bastard! You big oaf! Don't you know how to drive your car!" The girl was shouting endlessly at Kanata.
"Miss I'm ver--" Kanata was going to apologize but was cut by Miyu.
"You're just showy and want attention! Now you got this attention you want!" Miyu roared as she pointed at the crowd gathering around them. 'This blabber mouth is driving of nuts, annoying... Annoying... ANNOYING!' Kanata shouted as his head. His anger rising, his chest tightens, his eyes returns the death glare at the girl. But the girl did not flinch, so he clenches his fist.
"Listen, I just wanted to say sorry, and I will pay for any damage I had done" Kanata pauses and bows at Miyu. "I'm very sorry" Kanata apologizes to Miyu with sincere. He tried is very best to control his anger. Kanata was like a mine(bomb) that, if you step over the boundary... You're dead! But nonetheless Miyu steps over the boundary by another sentence.
"PAY ME! NOT ALL PEOPLE WANTS MONEY! ARE YOU INSULTING ME!" Miyu shouted so loud that people around her puts their hands at their ears. Many civilian applauses Miyu for he bravery but click! (uh-oh... -ducks and covers ear-)
"WHAT THE HELL! YOU'RE ANNOYING ME! YOU DON'T KNOW ME! I'M NOT PAYING YOU TO FORGET THIS ACCIDENT! I'M PAYING FOR YOUR BIKE!" Kanata points at Miyu's bike that was almost dismantled. Kanata withdrew his wallet from his pocket and opens it, he withdrew five 1000¥ and handed it to Miyu. Miyu absent-mindedly accepted the money, and after that Kanata went to his car and slams its door and starts the car (he let go of the clutch so the engine died) and he drove away from the scene and just went straight at the path.
"Damn! How can I go to school like this!" Miyu cursed her bicycle. So in the end she walks while dragging it. 'Maybe I said harsh words at him. Oh well, I didn't expect him to say sorry' Miyu sighs as she walks at the sidewalk and she puts the 5000¥ in her pocket 'The next time I see him I'm going to return his money to him' Miyu thought.
Somewhere, Kanata was sitting at a café, and drinking green tea. He was cooling off as he sits at a quiet place at the city. He tries to forget the girl in his head, but he face keeps on coming to his mind. 'She's beautiful... Wait! How can I think that she's beautiful! Maybe I hit my head too much!' Kanata punches himself three times in the cheek (I hit myself to keep me to keeps things on the track!), making it red. The people around him look at him. When he realized that, he smiles feign and stands up leaving three 100¥ coins at the tray. (Keep the change! He's really rich!) But he heard his cell phone rang again. He went to his car and searches his cell phone, and found it under his seat. He looks at it again. It was the same number. He pushes the answer button and puts his ears.
"Hello, I almost hit someone with my car, so why did you call. Yune" Kanata said while standing beside his car.
"Is that so? I'm very sorry, but it seems important. Your PDA is here with me and has a message. Should I read it for you?" Kanata's eyes widen 'I forgot my PDA! So that's why I felt uneasy when I'm driving. Oh well, there is nothing I can do now' Kanata thought.
"I left it, well, sure you can read it" Kanata was now sitting in his car as he closes the door and starts the engine. Yune pauses for a moment.
"Hello? Yune, are you still there?" Kanata frowns.
"I'm still here. It's just that I have trouble using this... There! It's from your father"
"From father? What does he said?" Kanata raised a brow.
"Hmmm... I understand. Kanata, here's your father's message..." Yune pauses for a second "Your father wants a man-to-man talk with this evening at his room at 9"
"Man-to-man talk… hmmm, sounds fishy to me. I think Dad has done another idiocy this time" Kanata said as he turns on the car's air con.
"Yeah, by the way aren't you at your school now? The opening ceremony should start anytime now"
"Very well, I'll be coming home around 8 in the evening. Santa and I have to go out, and maybe eat as well" Kanata replied.
"I see… Well takes care then Master Kanata" Yune hangs up.
Kanata then left the café, as he drove his way to Heiomachi University. In a few minutes he entered the school, the security guard ask for his Identity, when he said he was Kanata Saiyonji, the guard startled as he quickly opens the gate. When he entered at the school campus, many students looks at his car, many are impressed, and some girls eyes are shinning with a '¥' (Materialistic girls) and the boys too are envying him. But Kanata doesn't care about what people thinks of him, as soon as he found a parking space, the better. After a while he found a parking space and he wasn't surprise to see a red Rx-8 parking next to him. 'It's Santa's new car, he just showed it to me a week ago. I wonder where he is right now' he thought as he fitted his Rx-7 on the parking lot beside Santa's car.
He steps outside his car only to see a lot of people looking at him, some of the girls gasp as they saw Kanata. But Kanata just ignores the girls, and went to the gymnasium, it's big, and many students are going inside so Kanata concludes that the ceremony is held there. When he entered the gym, a teacher (or Kanata concluded) approaches Kanata. She has purple eyes and a black hair with a glint of lavender and with a length that ends in the middle of her back.
"You must be Kanata Saiyonji. I'm Ms. Mizuno. I need your signature, please sign here" Ms. Mizuno said politely as she smiles, and then she handed Kanata a pen and a list of students. He signs his signature at a blank before his name. After that he handed back the pen and the list of students back at Ms. Mizuno.
"Thank you Mr. Saiyonji. Please follow me" Ms. Mizuno smiled at him and then turns around, making her hair sway back and forth as she walks to the to the front. And Kanata followed Ms. Mizuno, he was puzzled. At last they have reached the front row, Ms. Mizuno pointed at the blond girl, who was wearing a purple- 'Hey! That's the girl I argue 30 minutes ago!' Kanata glares at Miyu.
"Mr. Saiyonji, please sit beside Ms. Kouzuki" Ms. Mizuno smiles and then left, leaving Kanata and Miyu. Miyu looks at Kanata with a graceful smile that made Kanata blush a little. 'Whoa! What the heck was that! Does she have split personality!' Kanata was puzzled at the sudden change of the girl who made him lose his temper. Kanata has on choice so he sits beside Miyu, at first he looks at Miyu at the corner of her eyes, and after a while. Kanata gathered all his courage and spoke.
"So... I'm very sorry for this morning" Kanata was now looking directly at Miyu. But Miyu doesn't budge, it's like Kanata wasn't there at all. But before he could say anything, Miyu cuts him.
"I've forgiven you. And then I'll forget it in one condition" Miyu said coldly... And without looking too! Kanata was getting annoyed as her reaction. But Kanata has a thing about keeping his emotions from surfacing. But Miyu recently got thru his barrier. And the recent events are still on him so he feels hatred towards Miyu.
"Thanks... What's the condition?" Kanata replied while looking at her face. But Miyu still doesn't look back at him.
"Forget what happened this early this morning. Forget that you almost killed me, forget that we met... Just forget everything. And this ceremony is the first time I met you" Miyu said calmly. Kanata was confused by the condition Miyu said to him. 'What the heck! Is she nuts! This in my favor! What is she-' Kanata was surprised that the ceremony has already started.
There are other students sitting beside Kanata and one of them has pink hair, her curly pink hair covered her whole back, she was serene and very beautiful. The girl notices Kanata's gazes, so she looks at Kanata's eyes and a shade of pink was forming on her cheek. The girl smiles at Kanata, which made Kanata blush as well. Kanata looks away in embarrassment. 'Does she know me? I don't remember seeing her… hmmm… I can't see her face from here but...'
After an hour the ceremony finishes and the students are now getting up. After Miyu and Kanata stands up and was going outside when suddenly, three people approach them, 2 girls and a boy. The boy approaches Kanata, while the two girls approach Miyu.
"Hi ya, Kanata!" it was a boy with black hair, who was wearing blue sweater with a white collar.
"I've just read your e-mail this morning. I turn it off at 9 PM, so I can have a good night sleep" Kanata grins at Santa's expression.
"Anyway, let me introduce you, to these lovely ladies" Santa said as he moves away to show 3 girls, one of them is Miyu. Then Santa looks at them too, he was surprised to see another girl. He ought to show the two girls, not including Miyu.
"Nanami, Aya, who's this cutey?" Santa charmingly asks the two ladies. The three girls stop chatting at once when they heard Santa. Nanami frowns but when she saw Kanata, she smiles and started introducing her ex-classmate. Nanami was the one with short hair and Aya has her hair pigtailed on her back.
"Oh, I forgot! How rude of me. Ahem... This girl is Miyu Kouzuki. We are from the same class last year. She's very intelligent. She's our class honor student and she's a scholar too! Many teachers were amazed at her" Nanami said enthusiastically. Miyu blushes at the introduction but she never objects.
"She's also the president of the student council and did a great achievement on the school. She tutors students after classes, and helps them in their personal problems. But most of the boys want her attention so they pretend to have troubles. And her break time was always spent on the library, she never leaves a book" Aya said more enthusiastic than Nanami. Aya points her fore finger at the side of Miyu, only to see she was holding a book in her right hand sideward.
"Also, she is beautiful, kind, helpful, sociable... She's a perfect model student. To be honest, I kind of envious of her" Nanami confessed. And Miyu doesn't seem surprise by it.
"I am honored to hear you two. But I'm not special, I'm a human too. I make mistakes" Miyu smiles gracefully and then took a quick look at Kanata. Kanata understands the meaning of Miyu's quick look at him. 'Now I understand the condition. You have an image to protect... But why?' Kanata looks at Santa.
Santa was busy gazing at Miyu and was almost drooling. Kanata was going to talk to Santa when he saw the pink haired girl walking to their direction. The girl was wearing a combination of white and plum dress with frills at the end of the skirt. She was wearing a round locket around her neck, she also has pink lips, and her cheeks are a little pink as she approach Kanata... 'She's drop-dead gorgeous' Kanata thought. But she stops two feet before Kanata and Kanata was slightly captivated by her appearance. He looks at the locket 'I've seen that locket somewhere. Huh? What's that written on her locket? Hmmm...'
"I... I'm sorry to interrupt you... Are you Kanata Saiyonji?"
Now, I feel content with this chapter and I truly enjoyed writing it too. I want you to enjoy reading too, and I want you all out there to leave a comment or review even if it's a flame and constructive criticism. I realize that I need it to evolve in my writing, so I ask you to find my mistakes on this chapter and PM it to me. About The New Life, if you want to know what happened to it, check my profile. Jan ne! –Hiroyuki11 (anyway! This is long for a first chapter! XD 5000! Hehehe)
Next on Awkward Love: Meeting an old friend
Kanata meets a childhood friend, and he told her that he would marry her if they meet again, the girl said. Kanata's Father had a man-to-man talk to Kanata, Kanata was shocked and angry to know what his father plans for him.
