Everyone in Japan loved her and was the talk everywhere she went, but she felt like it was time to take a break.
" You were wonderful tonight!" smiled her manager giving Mei a thumbs up. " Y-Yeah..." mei sighed looking away. " Mariko I'm gonna take a break.. there's something that I need to figure out for myself..."
Mariko didn't know what she meant by that, but she nodded. " Take all the time you need..."
Mei nods.
The truth was she wasn't scared of anything, or the pressure wasn't getting to her, it was the feeling of being lonely. April 1, 2015 Up in her bedroom, the alarm clocks wakes up signaling it was time for the girls to wake up.
" Mei time to get up!" called abbi, right across from mei. " This is senior year!" Mei got up, and tripped on the bedsheets, and fell on the floor.
Mei got up, and they headed to the closet to get on their senior school uniforms. Mei had to admit, she had never been so nervous in her entire life. They headed out the door, walked down the sidewalk, up the hill, and finally up the steps to the school.
On the way home, Abbi and Mei were walking into town to help Mei catch up on what been going on in Japan.
When a familar voice calls out Abbi's name. " Abbi!" yelled Ken.
Abbi turns her head. " Yes?" " Who's your cute friend?!" ken said blushing. " Hey A-" Mei turns her head towards Mei, and the wind started to blow.
Ken started to blush a little more, his ears starting to turn red. " Hey.. K-Ken... long time no see..." giggled mei, trying to forget what she told Abbi when she arrived in Japan. " M-Mei is that you?!"
Mei nods in response.
All of a sudden Akihiko crosses the street. " Hey Abbi-" Aki turns his head and looks at Mei. "Mei!" smiled Akihiko.
" Aki you knew about Mei being back?" trying to process this by himself. Ken grabs Akihiko by the collar, about to punch him in the face. Mei and Abbi gasped.
Ken sighed, and let go of Akihiko's collar, and ran away.
After a while, the day was coming to a close, and Akihiko waved goodbye and headed in to the restraunt for his night shift.
As Mei and Abbi went home, dinner was ready at their apartment. Abbi's parents came and prepared dinner for the four of them. At the dinner table, everything started to get akward, so Abbi's father spoke up. " Mei something wrong dear? Your food is getting cold..." asking concerned.
Abbi was chewing on the fish.
" We bumped into Ken..." Mei set her bowl of rice and chopsticks down, and looked away.
" Mei that boy always talked about all the time, wondering where you were, and when you'd come back..." explained the dad. " There were some days where he'd have swollen and bruised hands..." ~Flashback~ Ken kissed Mei on her cheek while waiting to drive off.
Ken walked up to Mei, and kissed Mei on the cheek. " Please come back... ken said having tears in his eyes, then wiping them away.
~ ~ ~ Mei stood up and ran out the door yelling, " I'll be right back!"
Next thing you know, there was a downpour. " Dang it, I should have brought an umbrella with me!'' Mei thought.
Up the next block, and the first house on the right was Ken's. Mei rang the doorbell, and Ken's mother answers. " Oh why hello Mei..." " I-is Ken home?"
His mother nodded, and called up for him.
" Ken honey, you have a visitor!" smiled his mom. " Okay mom I'll be down in a sec!" ken called down as he was reading his comic book. His mom looked back at Mei. " Come in sweetie, you must be cold..." ken's mother explained wanting to warm her up with a hug.
Five minutes later, Ken came out of his room, and walked down the steps.
As Ken got halfway down the steps, he stops, and was about to walk back up, when his mom yelled at him. " Kentin look who came yo visit you! You can at least say hello to her, and give her a hug. She came walking in the downpour outside, that's the least you can do!"
Ken sighs, and walks down and walks past Mei, heading into the kitchen to grab a quick snack.
" Kentin that's no way to treat a friend!" yelled his mom, getting madder by the second. Ken looks over at Mei. " Last time I checked, she was no friend of mine!" ken yelling back.
He heads on back up to his bedroom and slams the door.
Ken's mom sighed. " I swear that kid is never grateful..." Then she started to think. " What's gotten into him?"
" I'm afraid its my fault...
Mei then explains to his mom. " I came back here a year ago, and abbi went to pick me up at the airport. At that time I was confused about some things, and I didn't want to get him into anything, so I asked Abbi to not tell Ken I was back..." Mei looked away. " Then the other day I bumped into him in town.. and I guess it gave him quite a shock..."
All of a sudden, a door opens upstairs.
" Hey mom what's all the racket going on.. I'm trying to read a book for college..." the man said getting annoyed, yet confused.
He walked out and walked down the steps, stopping about halfway.
Mei looked up. " S-Satoshi?!"
Satoshi looked down from the steps with his hands in his pockets. " Mei?" he gasped blushing a little. "Man you sure have grown up..." chuckled Saotoshi.
" You too... how old are you now?" mei asked, counting on her fingers trying to remember.
Satoshi held up a two and a zero with his hands. " This guy right here is on his last year of college!" saotoshi said bragging. "I came back for break, but I have to read a book for class..." saotoshi sighed.
" Congrats Satoshi!" smiled mei, feeling a bit better.
Everything seemed like time had nevered stop, but everyone just got older.
" So Mei what are you doing over here?" trying to figure out what the ruckus was about. " That stupid son of mine, your brother is ignoring her..." explained his mom, heading to the kitchen for headache pills.
Saotoshi sighed.
" Lets head on up together!' winked Satoshi. Mei nodded.
- - -
Satoshi headed on up with Mei to Ken's bedroom. " Hey Ken.. it's me So.. come on and open up the door..."
Ken walked on over to the door, and opened it a crack, so he only saw his brother. " I was trying to take a nap!"
Mei started getting anxious and wanted to tell Ken what she wanted to say, and hurry back home, to finish dinner, which was probably cleaned up. " Is "she" here?"
" Of course she's here, she never left... she had to tell you something." Ken didn't answer back. " She came and ran in a downpour, to tell you..YOU something... at least listen to what she has to say!"
Mei was so touched. Never has she known anyone who stood up for like this, besides Ken, but that was a different story.
" Fine!" Ken glared at Mei, and headed back to his bed to go back and continue his nap.
" There you go Mei..." satoshi smiled.
Satoshi opened the door wider. "Thanks again it was nice to see you!" smiled mei, blushing at the fact how cute satoshi got. Mei walked in the room, and suddenly collapsed on the floor.