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COMING TO REALIZATION

II- the Pheasant's eye

The next day was still usual for him. It was their lunch break, and he's now on his way to the school's rooftop garden to look at the flowers, when he opened the door wandered around, he saw Tenshi bending at her knees looking at the pheasant's eye as she wrote down something in her notebook.

"Sanada-san" he greeted, the girl bowed in recognition. "So, you're also in-charge here?" he asked

"No Yukimura-san. Our home-room teacher asked me to write down my observations here in the school's garden." She replied totally engrossed in her task.

"Sou ka~ and you're writing something particularly about the pheasant's eye?"

"Ie~ I'm done with my observations before you came; I'm just trying to draw these pheasant's eye." She responded. "Ne~ Yukimura-san, are you familiar with the story of the red-coloured pheasant's eye in Europe?" She asked, as she pulled her notebook, urging him to get and take a look at her drawing.

"Oh~~ yes, of course I know it. Why'd you ask?" he said, looking at the paper with a bunch of red-coloured pheasant's eye drawn in it while bending beside her.

"Betsuni, if I could recall the story my nee-san told me, its name originates from a man called Adonis in the Greek mythology that Aphrodite loved but was killed by another goddess. . ."

"He was killed by a wild boar sent by Artemis." He continued, the girl beside him looked at him and smiled, then returned her gaze towards the yellow-coloured flowers. "And according to what I've read, Aphrodite poured Adonis' blood in those flowers that's why its colour was red in Europe."

"Ah~ that was rather painful for Aphrodite." She sighed; Seiichi looked at her giving back the notebook.

"Is there something bothering you, Sanada-san?" he asked, his eyes were filled with concern.

"ie~ I'm just wondering, how it feels to lose someone or something so dear to you." Seiichi was struck by Tenshi's statement.

"I-it's really painful Sanada-san. To lose something that you strive hard to defend." He said, a single tear fell from his blue orbs, reminiscing his defeat. Tenshi offered a handkerchief when she realized her mistake.

"I'm sorry Yukimura-san. I never intended to hurt your feelings. . ." Tenshi apologized

"It's okay, you didn't say anything bad. I just remembered something similar that happened." He replied with a weak smile. "Thank you for lending me your handkerchief, I will give this to you tomorrow." He added, trying to change the topic.

"I know what you mean. Genichiro felt that way too, but he didn't falter because he knows that you can come up with it and stand up again, Yukimura-san." She said, as she moved a little closer and rubbed his back hesitantly. Seiichi's smile widen

"Thank you, Sanada-san." He said.

"Don't blame yourself, Yukimura-san. Even if you are entitled a child of God, it doesn't mean that you can't be beaten by anyone, right? I'm sorry if I'm out of my limits but I can't help it. I-I just want you to realize that it's not the end yet, you're the team captain of the tennis club, you must act accordingly. It's okay to be depress, but your depression should push you to try again ne~? For the sake of those who are concern to you, for the sake of your team, you must not dwell on your misery, Yukimura-san." Seiichi remained speechless; Tenshi pulled her hands away from his back and stood up, and walked towards the garden's door when she heard Seiichi spoke.

"Seiichi; just call me by my given name, Tenshi-chan." She turned over her shoulder and saw Seiichi smiled, she smiled back and nodded before she continued to walk. When Tenshi's out of his sight, he remembered every single word she said, and the smile on his lips broadened. "I guess another try isn't that bad, thank you Tenshi-chan." He mumbled to himself before he too got up and headed back for his afternoon class.

A/N: If you happened to watched Pair Puri vol. 5 Seiichi was the one who told about the legend of pheasant's eye to Shitenhoji's Shiraishi.