I'm re-obsessed with Naruto these days. I want to write another
Naruto/Sakura fic. Maybe as soon as I finish this one.
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Chapter 8
"I want to kick myself for what I said!"
Hikaru was sitting in his room, in front of the Goban, playing another game of Go. It was the middle of summer vacation and Hikaru didn't hear from Akari for a long time now.
"If she doesn't matter to you," replied Sai. "Then there shouldn't be any backings on what you said."
"Of course she matters to me," said Hikaru, messing up his hair. "It's just that sometimes she annoys me so much that I don't know what I'm saying. Usually, she just forgets it, but now, it seems that she's seriously angry at me."
"Will you apologize?" asked Sai, starting a new game.
"I don't know," answered Hikaru. "It seems so hard to face her now. Besides, I have to concentrate on Go more, to beat Akira."
"If Go matters more to you," said Sai. "Then I suggest you concentrate on that. Instead, you're bringing up Akari every time we play."
Hikaru blushed a little. He put one of his stones on the Goban.
They played a few games, before Hikaru got irritated again.
"Maybe I should go find Waya to play with," he said. "That should take my mind off of anything else."
By anything else, I mean Akari, thought Hikaru. Why won't she leave my thoughts?
He decided to visit Waya's home first, and if he wasn't there, he could check their usual Go salon places.
Hikaru knocked on Waya's front door.
Turns out, Waya was home.
Thank god, thought Hikaru. I didn't want to go searching half the town for him.
"Hey, Hikaru," said Waya. "What are you doing here?" "I wanted to play Go," answered Hikaru. He didn't want to go into too much detail.
"Oh, great," replied Waya. "I was just about to go to a Go salon. Come in."
They went up the stairs to Waya's room and sat in front of the Goban, which was in the middle of the room, just like Hikaru's.
The boys put down a few stones before Hikaru started to space out again.
"Hikaru?" said Waya. "What's up with you?"
"Huh?" answered Hikaru. "Why do you ask?"
"Well, you've been looking at the board for quite some time now. Shouldn't you be making a move?"
Hikaru quickly placed a stone on the top right-hand corner.
"Something really is up," said Waya. "That was a pretty bad move."
"Nothing's wrong," replied Hikaru. "It's nothing."
"You're not gonna play very good if you keep troubling yourself with those thoughts," said Waya. "I mean, it must be pretty big. You've never been out of it when playing Go before."
"Argh, damn it," answered Hikaru and he ruffled his hair in different directions. "This is so frustrating!"
"What is it?" asked Waya. "Maybe I can help."
"Unless you can go to America and bring Akari back," replied Hikaru. "Otherwise, it's a hopeless case, really."
"Who's Akari?" asked Waya.
"She's my friend," answered Hikaru. "It's like this. I told her something I shouldn't have and now, for SOME reason, it keeps bothering me."
"Well," said Waya. "If I'm not wrong, that means that you care about hurting her feelings. You have a soft spot for her!"
Hikaru blushed furiously.
"I used to say loads of stupid things to her," he exclaimed. "But she never seemed to care." "And that's why you're worried?" asked Waya.
Hikaru didn't reply.
"Since you're worried about her," said Waya slowly. "Then that means you don't want her to leave you."
"How do you know so much about that kind of stuff?" asked Hikaru, pouting.
"It's rather obvious," answered Waya. "And I'm trying to make you stop putting weird thoughts into your mind so you can play another game with me."
Hikaru motioned for Waya to make a move and they finished another game. Waya won.
Once Hikaru was back at home, he was alone with his thoughts again. Sai didn't help much with this loneliness.
"I really do feel lonely," said Hikaru, lying in bed, dead into the night. "Maybe it's because I know that she's not a house away, but an ocean away."
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Chapter 8
"I want to kick myself for what I said!"
Hikaru was sitting in his room, in front of the Goban, playing another game of Go. It was the middle of summer vacation and Hikaru didn't hear from Akari for a long time now.
"If she doesn't matter to you," replied Sai. "Then there shouldn't be any backings on what you said."
"Of course she matters to me," said Hikaru, messing up his hair. "It's just that sometimes she annoys me so much that I don't know what I'm saying. Usually, she just forgets it, but now, it seems that she's seriously angry at me."
"Will you apologize?" asked Sai, starting a new game.
"I don't know," answered Hikaru. "It seems so hard to face her now. Besides, I have to concentrate on Go more, to beat Akira."
"If Go matters more to you," said Sai. "Then I suggest you concentrate on that. Instead, you're bringing up Akari every time we play."
Hikaru blushed a little. He put one of his stones on the Goban.
They played a few games, before Hikaru got irritated again.
"Maybe I should go find Waya to play with," he said. "That should take my mind off of anything else."
By anything else, I mean Akari, thought Hikaru. Why won't she leave my thoughts?
He decided to visit Waya's home first, and if he wasn't there, he could check their usual Go salon places.
Hikaru knocked on Waya's front door.
Turns out, Waya was home.
Thank god, thought Hikaru. I didn't want to go searching half the town for him.
"Hey, Hikaru," said Waya. "What are you doing here?" "I wanted to play Go," answered Hikaru. He didn't want to go into too much detail.
"Oh, great," replied Waya. "I was just about to go to a Go salon. Come in."
They went up the stairs to Waya's room and sat in front of the Goban, which was in the middle of the room, just like Hikaru's.
The boys put down a few stones before Hikaru started to space out again.
"Hikaru?" said Waya. "What's up with you?"
"Huh?" answered Hikaru. "Why do you ask?"
"Well, you've been looking at the board for quite some time now. Shouldn't you be making a move?"
Hikaru quickly placed a stone on the top right-hand corner.
"Something really is up," said Waya. "That was a pretty bad move."
"Nothing's wrong," replied Hikaru. "It's nothing."
"You're not gonna play very good if you keep troubling yourself with those thoughts," said Waya. "I mean, it must be pretty big. You've never been out of it when playing Go before."
"Argh, damn it," answered Hikaru and he ruffled his hair in different directions. "This is so frustrating!"
"What is it?" asked Waya. "Maybe I can help."
"Unless you can go to America and bring Akari back," replied Hikaru. "Otherwise, it's a hopeless case, really."
"Who's Akari?" asked Waya.
"She's my friend," answered Hikaru. "It's like this. I told her something I shouldn't have and now, for SOME reason, it keeps bothering me."
"Well," said Waya. "If I'm not wrong, that means that you care about hurting her feelings. You have a soft spot for her!"
Hikaru blushed furiously.
"I used to say loads of stupid things to her," he exclaimed. "But she never seemed to care." "And that's why you're worried?" asked Waya.
Hikaru didn't reply.
"Since you're worried about her," said Waya slowly. "Then that means you don't want her to leave you."
"How do you know so much about that kind of stuff?" asked Hikaru, pouting.
"It's rather obvious," answered Waya. "And I'm trying to make you stop putting weird thoughts into your mind so you can play another game with me."
Hikaru motioned for Waya to make a move and they finished another game. Waya won.
Once Hikaru was back at home, he was alone with his thoughts again. Sai didn't help much with this loneliness.
"I really do feel lonely," said Hikaru, lying in bed, dead into the night. "Maybe it's because I know that she's not a house away, but an ocean away."
