Chapter 4
Chapter 4
A friend's advice… will he listen to it?
"I just let you walk away, can't even let you stay… the second time you've turn your back on me, the second time you've left me… can't even tell you what I really feel, I can't even be real…"
Another day had passed. Souichirou was with Bob this time. They were just hanging around the Natsume grounds. Since they are already 18 they now can drink alcoholic drinks and it is not against any law so Bob asked Souichirou to go to a bar and drink there since it is already the weekend…
At the bar an interesting conversation started out of Souichirou's mouth…
"Hey Bob, guess who's back."
"Who?"
"Aya, I saw her last night."
"Are you sure that's Aya?"
"It's her… well it's either her or someone who looks like her, smells like her, feels like her."
"Oh… Wait! You know what she feels like? Did something happen between you two already?"
"No! Bob, I'm not like you ya know."
"Well if that's the case… how do you know that you're not just hallucinating? I mean you've been dreaming and thinking about her ever since she left."
"Look Bob, I know what I saw, I know that she's the one that I caught."
"Caught?"
"She fell down from a tree, I think she slipped from where she was standing."
"Uhmm…"
They were speechless for a while. Drank a couple of beer for a while. After…
"Bob, if you were Aya, are you going to come back just to tell me my mistakes that I already know, tell me that you're no longer in love with me, that I'm not part of your world anymore, that you don't want to see me ever again?"
"Yes I will do that, if I have really moved on, if you've really hurt me that much"
"I see…"
"Souichirou, look, Aya is not a toy that you can play with, that at first you don't like it and show no importance to it but when the day comes that you lost it, you will know that it is the one that you will treasure forever. Aya has feelings, she's a human being. You've lost her, you've lost the game that you've first started to play, you've lost"
Souichirou looked down feeling very guilty for what he has done…
"Souichirou, if you really love her that much, you won't stop until she forgives you, 2 years had passed, I think you just have to prove that you're sincere in your apology and she will forgive you. After all, if she really doesn't want to see you ever again, she wouldn't be there the night you caught her, she wouldn't be back here."
"You really think so?"
"Souichirou, you really don't know anything about girls do you?"
"They're gentle as a wind, sweet as a candy, fragile like porcelain, once they love they will never stop loving that person of even the smallest thing that that person has given her. And once you've shown her that you love her she'll know if it's true. They just want to be appreciated, to be taken care of, to be loved."
"Aya was… she still is… I know deep down the old Aya is still there even if she's grown stronger."
Is he right about her? Am I really that affected? Why do I keep on thinking about her? Why can't I let her out of my mind? Why can't I just let her go? And why did she really come back? Why, why?
When they finished drinking, they both stood up. Souichirou bumped into a muscular, average looking, high school guy, what he did not know is that stranger is one of Aya's cousin that is supposed to meet her with her other cousins. That high school guy is younger than Aya, he has no respect for others except his cousins especially Aya.
"Sorry…" Souichirou said
"Sorry? Why don't you say it like you mean it!?"
"Come on Souichirou, just ignore him" said Bob
"Ei" said the stranger looking at Bob
"Bob, shut up…" Souichirou bowed his head and said "Sumimasen, please pardon my friend and his attitude, he's just drunk and all."
"Hmm, low form kind of a guy… your friend's right when he said that you just have ignored me. Not even a single sign of a pride?? Are you really a guy or are you a gay?"
"Uhh…err…" Souichirou was trying to calm himself down and try not to be angry.
"No wonder you've got no girlfriend, even if you do have, she would be embarrassed to
have a boyfriend like you… can't even talk back?? I bet you can't protect a girl… I bet that a man like you can loose a girl in just a day…"
Souichirou was not in the mood to fight… he just wanted to pass through him after saying sorry but looks like he is headed for trouble…
"Aren't you still going to talk back? Not even a word??"
"Sorry but I'm not in the mood to fight tonight… maybe next time…"
"Arrgg…"
The high school guy was so pissed by Souichirou and was about to punch him with a strong blow… luckily
"Ren! You're the one who is low… fighting a guy who doesn't even wanna fight you back? Amateur!!" Aya blocked Ren's punch … Souichirou was really shocked to see her again
"Aya…"
"Souichirou, you look like you've seen a ghost… you still remember that we've seen each other last night right?? We've talk to each other too…"
"How come you know that him… I mean if that is his name…"
"Who Ren?? Yup that's his name alright… he's just…"
"Aya!!" Shiyen shouted (eldest cousin)
"Senpai…"
"We're going to start our meeting."
"I'll be right there…"
Aya turned her back and was about to walk towards he cousin…
"Aya!! Wait!! Please, just for a second…" Souichirou grabbed her hand tightly
" Uhmm… I'm going to be late for the meeting."
"Please… just for a second… I promise it won't be long…"
"But!"
Shiyen, her cousin walks towards them,
"Aya. I told you, we're going to start out meeting now."
"Hai!" replied Aya
"Aya… please!!" Souichirou won't let her go
"Just wait here okay??"
"But… okay I'll wait"
Aya followed Shiyen upstairs in the meeting room(they own the place) after the meeting, Souichirou was still downstairs waiting for her… When Aya went down with her cousins, (eldest)Shiyen, Shinyun, Muxhua, Hainun, Shaikunyu, (youngest) Ren (Ren wasn't on the first two chapters because Ren can't train Aya by then)… Souichirou was shocked to see Aya with them because he only know that they are powerful human beings and martial artist in the world since last last year but he doesn't know that they are Aya's cousins. They don't use the Natsume family name so that if they do something that is disgraceful for the family, it won't affect the pride of the family name. Aya's family was the only one who is allowed to use the family name because they all know that she was the one who has the dragon blood.
"Aya… how come you're with all these people… how come you know them and they know you…"
"Uhmm… they are the one who trained me these passed two years."
"Trained you? Them?? How come?? You've been trained by powerful people…"
"Powerful ei… they are just my…"
"Aya…" Shiyen stopped Aya from continuing that sentence
"Ah right… sorry I almost slipped there"
"Slipped??"
"Ah nothing…"
"It's alright, you've been in the grounds for 2 years without going out but not in the field."
"Grounds? Field?" Souichirou asked
"Ah… uhmm…" Aya was thinking for a good answer for Souichirou…
"Aya just finished her training last March 10." Shiyen answered
"March 10? Wait… isn't that Aya's birthday?" Souichirou asked him
"Uhmm… yes… that's why last March we had our double celebration… Aya's birthday and the end of her training… now we're preparing her for the fields…"
"You still remember my birthday?"
"Yes of course… but the only time that we've celebrated your birthday together was when you turned sixteen."
"Souichirou… it's already late… you'd better go home… you don't want to be late for your training with my sister…" Aya said that like she was teasing Souichirou because he is still in he's training
"Ahh… guess so… but Aya… will you promise that you'll talk to me tomorrow… just the two of us.. please…"
"Ahh… wait… I'll ask them if we have a meeting tomorrow. Okay?"
"Yeah sure… if you don't have a meeting tomorrow…. I'll just wait for you then…"
"I wish this time you'll listen to me... hope that after tomorrow you'll forgive me... hope that tomorrow we'll both forget what happened in the past... i just really wanna be with you this time... forever..."
