Chapter 04 of Listen To My Heart
"You get out this instant!" Rika hissed furiously to Sendoh once they were alone in her room.
Sendoh had to smile.
"It's not as if I wanted to come!"
Mrs Kawamura poked her head around the door. "Getting along well? Come along, I've made some bento for you two."
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"Man, why don't you let me woo her then?" Koshino laughed when Akira related their relationship to him.
"C'mon, I mean, we still can date although we are cousins right?" Sendoh frowned and thought of it.
Koshino turned serious. He stared at Sendoh and asked, "Akira, your mum is the old-fashioned type and will surely not approve of this! You must understand too that Rika doesn't like you much."
"I still want to date her." Akira shook his head stubbornly.
"Well then, try asking her to the annual Ryonan dance. It's just next week. sigh, which girl should I get as a partner?" Koshino pondered aloud.
Sendoh grinned.
"Thanks for the brilliant idea!"
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"What kind of flowers does Rika like?" Akira cornered Michi after school.
Michi laughed. Sendoh had been pestering her all day at school with questions of Rika's preferences. She had also been trying rather unsuccessfully to flirt with him, but he had not noticed.
She finally gave up.
"Rika? She is really weird. Guess what? She just loves a wrapped-up vase with bright orange and red berries, a few stalks of sweet sakuras. Throw in some violets, forget-me-nots and some angels' breath." Michi sighed.
Sendoh stared at Michi blankly.
"Bwahahahahahaha!" he exploded in laughter. "That girl sure has weird but unique taste!"
The next day in school....
"Rika, will you please come with me to the dance?" yet another guy asked confidently, brandishing a bouquet of red roses at her.
Rika looked distastefully at the flowers, tossed her head, and walked away.
One could almost hear the boy's heart break sorrowfully.
"Hey!"
Rika stopped and turned around to see Sendoh running towards her.
'Dear God, not another of those idiots! I don't want to go to any silly dance at all!' she screamed silently.
"My dearest, beloved Rika, will you please accept this and come with me to the Ryonan dance?" Sendoh knelt down on a knee and gave her a beautifully- wrapped up gift which looked suspiciously like a vase.
The surrounding people broke into laughter.
Some girls screamed and went, "Akira, please don't!"
The boys went, "Yet another fool. what a pity."
Rika glared at him. Her face was red with embarrassment as the rowdy crowd began to cheer, "Open it, Rika! Open it!"
She could feel her face burning as Sendoh looked up at her expectantly. 'I'm not his dearest, beloved!' she cried in her heart.
Her smooth, long fingers mused over the white ribbon and untied it slowly.
.
. The wrapping paper slipped off smoothly to uncover a sweet-looking vase which was made of delicate, blue-stained glass.
Arranged artfully were the few stalks of flowers which she had adored since she was a small child. Rika looked at the gift and gasped.
The crowd was astounded. Did it mean that Rika would accept Sendoh as her dance partner?
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////// Thanks for reading! Sorry that I didn't update it quick! Please review. (
"You get out this instant!" Rika hissed furiously to Sendoh once they were alone in her room.
Sendoh had to smile.
"It's not as if I wanted to come!"
Mrs Kawamura poked her head around the door. "Getting along well? Come along, I've made some bento for you two."
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
"Man, why don't you let me woo her then?" Koshino laughed when Akira related their relationship to him.
"C'mon, I mean, we still can date although we are cousins right?" Sendoh frowned and thought of it.
Koshino turned serious. He stared at Sendoh and asked, "Akira, your mum is the old-fashioned type and will surely not approve of this! You must understand too that Rika doesn't like you much."
"I still want to date her." Akira shook his head stubbornly.
"Well then, try asking her to the annual Ryonan dance. It's just next week. sigh, which girl should I get as a partner?" Koshino pondered aloud.
Sendoh grinned.
"Thanks for the brilliant idea!"
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"What kind of flowers does Rika like?" Akira cornered Michi after school.
Michi laughed. Sendoh had been pestering her all day at school with questions of Rika's preferences. She had also been trying rather unsuccessfully to flirt with him, but he had not noticed.
She finally gave up.
"Rika? She is really weird. Guess what? She just loves a wrapped-up vase with bright orange and red berries, a few stalks of sweet sakuras. Throw in some violets, forget-me-nots and some angels' breath." Michi sighed.
Sendoh stared at Michi blankly.
"Bwahahahahahaha!" he exploded in laughter. "That girl sure has weird but unique taste!"
The next day in school....
"Rika, will you please come with me to the dance?" yet another guy asked confidently, brandishing a bouquet of red roses at her.
Rika looked distastefully at the flowers, tossed her head, and walked away.
One could almost hear the boy's heart break sorrowfully.
"Hey!"
Rika stopped and turned around to see Sendoh running towards her.
'Dear God, not another of those idiots! I don't want to go to any silly dance at all!' she screamed silently.
"My dearest, beloved Rika, will you please accept this and come with me to the Ryonan dance?" Sendoh knelt down on a knee and gave her a beautifully- wrapped up gift which looked suspiciously like a vase.
The surrounding people broke into laughter.
Some girls screamed and went, "Akira, please don't!"
The boys went, "Yet another fool. what a pity."
Rika glared at him. Her face was red with embarrassment as the rowdy crowd began to cheer, "Open it, Rika! Open it!"
She could feel her face burning as Sendoh looked up at her expectantly. 'I'm not his dearest, beloved!' she cried in her heart.
Her smooth, long fingers mused over the white ribbon and untied it slowly.
.
. The wrapping paper slipped off smoothly to uncover a sweet-looking vase which was made of delicate, blue-stained glass.
Arranged artfully were the few stalks of flowers which she had adored since she was a small child. Rika looked at the gift and gasped.
The crowd was astounded. Did it mean that Rika would accept Sendoh as her dance partner?
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////// Thanks for reading! Sorry that I didn't update it quick! Please review. (
