Chapter4:
You Still Catch My Eye
A/N: Okay, so to be truthful, I stopped writing this story... awhile ago *shifty eyes*. Now that I'm actually getting reviews on this fanfic, I think I'll have to blow the dust off of it. That's one of the reasons the chapters are so... short... Sorry for the wait. Just please be patient with me! A
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The room was filled to the brim with people. Some Go fanatics, others well... they didn't even know why they were there.
Hikaru walked down the snow-covered sidewalk. Far behind him, Sai was chiding himself for bumping into her. He sure doesn't look very happy. In fact, he looks like a nervous wreck. Hikaru looked at Sai, worried, from the corner of his eye.
"Sai? I'm really worried about you. What's wrong?"
Hikaru turned around. As he waited for Sai to answer, he pulled his scarf closer. After a while, Sai spoke up.
"N-Nothing. I'm fine." Sai looked at the ground. With all his heart, he wished he was stuck back in the Go board. Okay, that was going a little bit too far back on the pity meter, but even so, he was exaggerating. A lot.
Hikaru looked at Sai a while longer, and then walked into the Go Institute. The place was colorful. Green, red, and gold sprinkled the entire room. Hikaru spotted Akari waving. He began to walk, only to see Sai not following.
"Do you want to stay here?" Hikaru asked sympathetically. Sai nodded, and then feeling guilty as ever, Hikaru went over to Akari, who surprisingly, had come with Fuku, Isumi, and Waya. Sai spent his time looking at the ground and wishing Asami wouldn't come. But just then, he looked up to see Asami standing right in front of him. She was dressed in a beautiful long red dress.
"I hope I look alright." she asked shyly. "You look... beautiful." Sai smiled at her. And to his surprise, he didn't have to force it. Was he really falling in love with her???
"I'm really sorry, if I was kind of... forceful. I'm really not like that. Will you forgive me?" She smiled a little.
"Of course."
Sai found himself coming closer to her. In his head he was wandering, 'What the heck was wrong with me???' He was moving closer to her and acting as if they knew each other. "Would you like to play a game of Go? I'm just a beginner though." Asami asked after a while.
How would he move the stones? Sadly, Sai had to turn down the offer. It was one of the hardest things he had ever done in his life. "I can't play." Sai half-lied leaving an explanation up in the air.
"Oh." Asami saddened. "Would you like to just... talk?" She asked, forcing a smile. "Okay." So they talked in private. Sai learned so much about Asami. She seemed to know so much about the Heian Era and the poetry they wrote back then and everything. And then, she composed a poem of her own for him. The poem was beautiful and elegant. And that's all it took; Sai was now in love. And they both knew it.
They were sharing ALL of their darkest secrets with each other, when Hikaru walked over to them and said it was time to go. Sai had already zipped his lip, so Hikaru didn't think he was talking with Asami. Just sitting close to her.
"Okay." Sai replied sadly. He didn't want to leave Asami. He had had so much fun. "Well, I'm glad we know everything about each other." Asami grinned. (except of course, that Sai was a ghost) She smiled at him. (Hikaru was waiting for Sai as he talked with Waya) Sai looked a little uncomfortable. He really loved her and he wanted to tell her but, she might get scared and leave him. Sai nodded, still with his nervous look on.
"Well, I guess you have to go. I do too." Asami stood up and then, to both of their surprise, Asami leaned forward and placed her lips against his. They were both shocked. But Sai was in Heaven. He walked out of the Go Institute completely lovestruck. I guess that did do the trick. Hikaru said to himself mistaking Sai's lovestruckness with happiness. Sai couldn't wait to see her once more.