11. Ieyasu's Decision
"I'm home!" Lime closed the door.
Ieyasu was sitting on the couch watching TV, and he saw Lime came home.
"Lime, why do you always have to come home later than your sisters?" said Ieyasu. "What did you do after school?"
"I played with Squirrelly." Lime admitted.
"Oh... the squirrel that you mentioned who lives in the school?" Ieyasu asked.
"Yes, he is my best friend!" answered Lime.
Before that Ieyasu thought Lime went to play with her schoolmates... or she might had a date with someone.
Ieyasu was thinking about something.
--
The 3 sisters and Ieyasu were having dinner at the table in their dinning room.
"Ah! I'm full!" said Lime.
Ieyasu was looking at Lime all the way when they were having dinner.
"Girls. I've made up the decision."
The 3 sisters looked at him. "What decision?" asked Bloodberry.
"I've made up my mind that which of you will marry Otaru." said Ieyasu.
After they heard, The 3 sisters were anxious, they were looking at their father and expecting what he would say next.
"I will marry Lime to Otaru."
Cherry and Bloodberry looked at Lime. Lime was shocked.
"But..." Bloodberry said. "Why? Why it has to be her?"
"Look at Lime." said Ieyasu. "I worry about her. In her mind there is only a squirrel. Otaru is a fine young man, she will be happy to be with him."
"But I..." Bloodberry wanted to say something. But she didn't want it to be heard so she didn't say it.
--
Lime was on her bed, hugging Ponta-kun. She was supposed to sleep but her eyes were wide open.
"I'm going to marry Otaru..." Lime thought. "What can I do?"
Eric came to her mind. She didn't know why. But she didn't think further. She was tired and then she felt asleep.
Bloodberry was in her room, on the bed. She couldn't sleep.
"I don't want Otaru to marry Lime." Bloodberry thought. "I wish Otaru can get married with me."
But her father had made the decision and no one could change it.
"Dammit!!" Bloodberry was frustrated.
--
Next morning, in the school, Bloodberry went to the band room that Otaru usually went to in the morning immediately after she arrived school.
She wanted to meet Otaru, but he wasn't there. Instead it was Akashi practising with his drums.
"Where is Otaru?" asked Bloodberry.
"Otaru is not feeling well today." said Akashi. "He will not come to school today."
Bloodberry was frustrated. She wanted to see Otaru, and tell him how she felt about him.
Her feelings couldn't be expressed to Otaru, that made her feel bad.
She walked towards Akashi, and stared at the drums set.
Akashi left his drums and went to the side to take a sip to a cup of water. He saw Bloodberry staring at the drums.
"I'm feeling really bad, Akashi." said Bloodberry.
"Oh..." Akashi thought a while, and said, "Do you want to try to play the drums?"
"Huh?" Bloodberry looked at Akashi.
"I think playing drums is a way to relieve from tension. Everytime I feel bad I played it and after that I feel much better." said Akashi.
"Really?" Bloodberry thought there was nothing to lose to play a little, may be it could really help, and lord she wanted to play this thing for a long time.
Bloodberry sat on the seat behind the drums set. Akashi gave her the drum sticks.
"Try to hit them this way." Akashi held Bloodberry's hands, instructed her how to play it.
Bloodberry had a special feeling when Akashi was holding her hands. She looked at Akashi, and she felt like Otaru was holding her hands.
It's so warm. She liked the feeling.
--
Lime, as usual, was on the branch again.
But, not as usual, she was not talking to Squirrely. She was staring somewhere else, thinking.
"Squirrelly, I will have to get married with Otaru." Lime told Squirrelly. "I don't know what to do."
"Eric, what can I do?" Lime thought.
And at that time, "Lime!" Lime heard Eric.
Eric was below the tree.
"Hi Eric..." said Lime.
He put down his stuff and climbed up the tree, he could do it smoothly now.
Lime looked at Eric. "oh! You changed your hair style!"
"Yes... hehe..."
"Your hair looks like... Otaru's!" said Lime, and when she thought of Otaru, she looked elsewhere.
"Hey Lime, this time I brought some sushi." said Eric.
"Hmm... thank you Eric." said Lime, tried hard to smile.
"Yeah Lime, today after school it's the Blues Festival gig and my band with perform. I'm sure you gonna come right?"
"... Yes of course."
"Here is the ticket, it's in front row. I have got the best ticket for you."
"Thank you..."
Eric noticed that Lime didn't look ok. She looked worried.
"
Lime, are you okay?" asked Eric.
"Oh... I'm fine." Lime managed to smile.
"... ok then." Eric took out the box of sushi from his backpack.
Eric and Lime were having the sushi. But after having 3 pieces, Lime put down the chopsticks.
"I'm full..."
Eric was surprised. That was the first time he saw Lime was like that.
"Lime, what's the matter? There must be something wrong. Tell me please." said Eric.
"Eric..." Lime said. "My dad and Otaru's father are very good friends..."
"And now... my dad told me I have to marry Otaru. We will get married later this year... I don't know what to do..."
A pair of chopsticks dropped down to the ground from Eric's hand.
Eric couldn't believe what Lime said. But she didn't look like she was kidding. She never kidded people this way.
This was disasteous for Eric. He felt like a million needles had stung his body and his heart.
"No..." Eric was thinking.
"Lime... I..." Eric wanted to tell Lime how he felt towards her.
"I... I..."
But, he couldn't do it.
"I... I have to go now, sorry."
Eric was a total loser on this field apparently.
Lime said bye to him, but it's like he wasn't listening. Eric quickly climbed down the tree, pick up his stuff and went away quickly, as quick as he could.
--
In the class, Eric was at his seat, he was looking at the table.
His hand was holding a pencil, very tightly.
"Oh no... Lime... no..." Eric was thinking. He felt so bad, he was shivering, his eyes was full of tears but he managed to make them not dropping out. He knew that Lime didn't even know how he felt towards her, how Eric wanted to be with her every single day.
He finally bended the pencil.
"Otaru... you'd better treat Lime well... or I won't forgive you."
--
Go to Chapter 12, "Have You Ever Loved A Woman?".
"I'm home!" Lime closed the door.
Ieyasu was sitting on the couch watching TV, and he saw Lime came home.
"Lime, why do you always have to come home later than your sisters?" said Ieyasu. "What did you do after school?"
"I played with Squirrelly." Lime admitted.
"Oh... the squirrel that you mentioned who lives in the school?" Ieyasu asked.
"Yes, he is my best friend!" answered Lime.
Before that Ieyasu thought Lime went to play with her schoolmates... or she might had a date with someone.
Ieyasu was thinking about something.
--
The 3 sisters and Ieyasu were having dinner at the table in their dinning room.
"Ah! I'm full!" said Lime.
Ieyasu was looking at Lime all the way when they were having dinner.
"Girls. I've made up the decision."
The 3 sisters looked at him. "What decision?" asked Bloodberry.
"I've made up my mind that which of you will marry Otaru." said Ieyasu.
After they heard, The 3 sisters were anxious, they were looking at their father and expecting what he would say next.
"I will marry Lime to Otaru."
Cherry and Bloodberry looked at Lime. Lime was shocked.
"But..." Bloodberry said. "Why? Why it has to be her?"
"Look at Lime." said Ieyasu. "I worry about her. In her mind there is only a squirrel. Otaru is a fine young man, she will be happy to be with him."
"But I..." Bloodberry wanted to say something. But she didn't want it to be heard so she didn't say it.
--
Lime was on her bed, hugging Ponta-kun. She was supposed to sleep but her eyes were wide open.
"I'm going to marry Otaru..." Lime thought. "What can I do?"
Eric came to her mind. She didn't know why. But she didn't think further. She was tired and then she felt asleep.
Bloodberry was in her room, on the bed. She couldn't sleep.
"I don't want Otaru to marry Lime." Bloodberry thought. "I wish Otaru can get married with me."
But her father had made the decision and no one could change it.
"Dammit!!" Bloodberry was frustrated.
--
Next morning, in the school, Bloodberry went to the band room that Otaru usually went to in the morning immediately after she arrived school.
She wanted to meet Otaru, but he wasn't there. Instead it was Akashi practising with his drums.
"Where is Otaru?" asked Bloodberry.
"Otaru is not feeling well today." said Akashi. "He will not come to school today."
Bloodberry was frustrated. She wanted to see Otaru, and tell him how she felt about him.
Her feelings couldn't be expressed to Otaru, that made her feel bad.
She walked towards Akashi, and stared at the drums set.
Akashi left his drums and went to the side to take a sip to a cup of water. He saw Bloodberry staring at the drums.
"I'm feeling really bad, Akashi." said Bloodberry.
"Oh..." Akashi thought a while, and said, "Do you want to try to play the drums?"
"Huh?" Bloodberry looked at Akashi.
"I think playing drums is a way to relieve from tension. Everytime I feel bad I played it and after that I feel much better." said Akashi.
"Really?" Bloodberry thought there was nothing to lose to play a little, may be it could really help, and lord she wanted to play this thing for a long time.
Bloodberry sat on the seat behind the drums set. Akashi gave her the drum sticks.
"Try to hit them this way." Akashi held Bloodberry's hands, instructed her how to play it.
Bloodberry had a special feeling when Akashi was holding her hands. She looked at Akashi, and she felt like Otaru was holding her hands.
It's so warm. She liked the feeling.
--
Lime, as usual, was on the branch again.
But, not as usual, she was not talking to Squirrely. She was staring somewhere else, thinking.
"Squirrelly, I will have to get married with Otaru." Lime told Squirrelly. "I don't know what to do."
"Eric, what can I do?" Lime thought.
And at that time, "Lime!" Lime heard Eric.
Eric was below the tree.
"Hi Eric..." said Lime.
He put down his stuff and climbed up the tree, he could do it smoothly now.
Lime looked at Eric. "oh! You changed your hair style!"
"Yes... hehe..."
"Your hair looks like... Otaru's!" said Lime, and when she thought of Otaru, she looked elsewhere.
"Hey Lime, this time I brought some sushi." said Eric.
"Hmm... thank you Eric." said Lime, tried hard to smile.
"Yeah Lime, today after school it's the Blues Festival gig and my band with perform. I'm sure you gonna come right?"
"... Yes of course."
"Here is the ticket, it's in front row. I have got the best ticket for you."
"Thank you..."
Eric noticed that Lime didn't look ok. She looked worried.
"
Lime, are you okay?" asked Eric.
"Oh... I'm fine." Lime managed to smile.
"... ok then." Eric took out the box of sushi from his backpack.
Eric and Lime were having the sushi. But after having 3 pieces, Lime put down the chopsticks.
"I'm full..."
Eric was surprised. That was the first time he saw Lime was like that.
"Lime, what's the matter? There must be something wrong. Tell me please." said Eric.
"Eric..." Lime said. "My dad and Otaru's father are very good friends..."
"And now... my dad told me I have to marry Otaru. We will get married later this year... I don't know what to do..."
A pair of chopsticks dropped down to the ground from Eric's hand.
Eric couldn't believe what Lime said. But she didn't look like she was kidding. She never kidded people this way.
This was disasteous for Eric. He felt like a million needles had stung his body and his heart.
"No..." Eric was thinking.
"Lime... I..." Eric wanted to tell Lime how he felt towards her.
"I... I..."
But, he couldn't do it.
"I... I have to go now, sorry."
Eric was a total loser on this field apparently.
Lime said bye to him, but it's like he wasn't listening. Eric quickly climbed down the tree, pick up his stuff and went away quickly, as quick as he could.
--
In the class, Eric was at his seat, he was looking at the table.
His hand was holding a pencil, very tightly.
"Oh no... Lime... no..." Eric was thinking. He felt so bad, he was shivering, his eyes was full of tears but he managed to make them not dropping out. He knew that Lime didn't even know how he felt towards her, how Eric wanted to be with her every single day.
He finally bended the pencil.
"Otaru... you'd better treat Lime well... or I won't forgive you."
--
Go to Chapter 12, "Have You Ever Loved A Woman?".