Sendoh woke up at around 10 am on Saturday morning. After dressing up and
eating brunch (breakfast-lunch. In case you don't know), he went to the
house of Anica and Mrs. Kurama opened the door.
"Oh. Hello Sendoh!!!" she greeted.
"Good Morning Mrs. Kurama!" Sendoh greeted, looking at his watch if it's still morning.
"Come in!!" Mrs. Kurama said. "I'll just call Anica."
Sendoh entered to see Mr. Kurama sitting on their sofa, reading the day's newspaper.
"Good Morning Mr. Kurama!!" Sendoh greeted.
Mr. Kurama put down the newspaper and greeted him. "Sit down, Sendoh"
"Thank you for saving Anica, Sendoh" Mr. Kurama said. "That could really be life threatening for her."
Why is he saying *life threatening*?, She only collapsed, Sendoh thought.
"No problem!" Sendoh assured him.
"I want to ask you something, Sendoh" Mr. Kurama said in a more serious tone. "Do you love my daughter?"
It took a while before Sendoh answered. "Yes, sir, I do."
"Well, I'm sorry to tell you but it may not turn out as happy as you think it will be." Mr. Kurama said, looking at the surprised look on Sendoh's face.
Is he thinking that I'm just playing with Anica?, Sendoh thought.
"I love your daughter, Mr. Kurama" Sendoh explained. "I can assure you that."
Before Mr. Kurama can say anything, Anica entered the room.
"Hello Sendoh!!... I thank you again for saving me." Anica said, sitting down beside Sendoh. "Were you talking boy stuff?"
"We were talking about you" Mr. Kurama said. "How beautiful you are."
Anica smiled and giggled. "Whatever!"
Ahhhh, She really has a very beautiful smile, Sendoh thought.
"So, Why did you drop by?" Anica asked Sendoh.
"I just want to check if you're okay" Sendoh said. "I dropped by the hospital 2 days ago, the nurse said you went home already."
"Yeah!!... We left the night before." Anica said.
Mrs. Kurama entered the room with 4 glasses of juice.
"So, Sendoh, Anica told me you're a very good Basketball player." Mrs. Kurama said, sitting down beside her husband.
"I really don't know about that." Sendoh said blushing.
"Ma, he's really humble!" Anica said, turning to her mom.
"You practice everyday with Anica?" Mr. Kurama asked.
"Yeah!... I practice with her before I go to school."
"It has always been Anica's dream to play with a famous Basketball player." Mr. Kurama said.
"Yeah!... She told me that already."
"Really?... Did she tell you that-"
"That nothing!" Anica interrupted.
"You're so defensive. I was only going to tell him that you also like Tony Parker from the San Antonio Spurs." Mr. Kurama said, chuckling.
Why?... Is there a deeper secret that Anica's keeping?, Sendoh asked himself.
"Anica." Sendoh said. "Will you play Basketball tomorrow morning?"
"Yeah, I guess" she said. "Why?"
"I'll be with you then." He said. "I have to go now."
"Take Care!" Anica and her parents said in unison when Sendoh went out the door.
"I'll see you tomorrow!!" Sendoh said.
@--,--___--,--@
"Anica." her dad said while they were eating lunch. "I hope you know what you're doing."
"Yeah, pa, I know what I'm doing."
"This may not have a happy ending."
"But pa, love doesn't have a happy ending, it simply doesn't end!"
@--,--___--,--@
The next day, Sendoh got up at 6 am, wore jugging pants and shirt because he will again play Basketball with Anica.
"Hey Sendoh!.. You're late today" Anica said when she saw Sendoh.
"I'm sorry, I overslept." Sendoh apologized.
"C'mon!.. Let's play game!" Anica said.
When they were in the middle of their game, someone from behind called Anica and they both stopped playing to see who it was.
"Cori!!" Anica gasped.
"Oh, Hi Anica!!... Are you surprised to see me?" Cori said.
"You know her?" Sendoh asked Anica.
"Know me?!" Cori asked moving closer to Sendoh. "She was my best friend."
"Was!!" Anica shouted angrily. "I trusted you and told everything about me!... But you left me!!!... Just like everyone else in our gang!!.. Best friends don't leave each other!!
"I bet you haven't told Sendoh yet." Cori said. "Because if you did, he'll do the same."
Anica just stood there speechless then ran away crying.
"WHAT"S YOUR PROBLEM?" Sendoh shouted at Cori.
Before Cori can answer he ran to follow Anica..
"Anica!!... Anica!!" Sendoh called.
"Don't call me!!!" Anica shouted. "You don't know me!!!"
Sendoh being a Basketball player, ran faster than Anica and blocked her path.
"I know you." He said. "You're Anica Kurama. You have nice parents whom you call Pa and Ma. You and I are in the same batch. I know where you live. You practice Basketball early in the morning and have tutor from 8-5. You're from Shohoku. Cori was your bestfriend and she knew a lot about you."
"A lot?" Anica said crying. "She knew everything, and if you did, you'll leave me, just like what she did."
"I'll never leave you" He said. "And if it hurts you telling me what your secret is, then don't. I don't care about your secret. Anica, I love you more than anything."
Anica looked at Sendoh with her face full of tears. After several seconds, she hugged him.
I hope we can stay like this forever, he thought.
After she let go, Sendoh asked her: "Ayako and Miyagi are inviting you to watch a movie later at 3, can you come?. We'll meet at the Basketball court."
"Yeah, sure!" she answered wiping her tears.
Cori who followed Sendoh, witnessed everything that happened and left feeling bad.
@--,--___--,--@
*ring* *ring* *ring*
"Sh*t!.. Who will call me this early in the morning?" a sleepy Miyagi asked.
"Hello?"
"Hey Miyagi!"
"Sendoh?!?"
"Hey!!... Our date with Anica is later at 3. Okay?"
"Yeah sure!!!"
"Call Ayako okay?"
"Got it!"
"Anica hugged me today!"
A sleepy Miyagi became wide awake.
"What?!... Why?!"
"Well. Flirt Cori arrived while we were playing Basketball." Sendoh explained. "She, like, picked on her then she ran away crying"
"She knows Cori?!"
"Cori was Anica's best friend... WAS."
"So, they're not best friends anymore?"
"Yeah!!.. Anica told Cori a secret then she left her." Sendoh said. "She even told me that if she told me her secret, I'll leave her too."
"What did you say?"
"I told Anica that I'll never leave her and that I love her so much."
"What did she say?"
"She hugged me."
"That's all?!?!... No *I love you too?*"
[laughs] "No."
"That means she just likes you as a friend!"
"Hey!!.. Don't scare me!!"
"I'm telling the truth!... Believe me!!"
"Maybe she's not ready yet!"
"Whatever you say!... But don't tell me I didn't warn you!"
"You're really scaring me. What movie are we going to watch?"
"A scary one so, you know, we can put our hands on their shoulders."
[laughs] "You really are a *love boy*!"
"Well, that's my Natural talent!"
"Whatever!... I'll see you later!"
"Yeah!!.. I'll see you!"
*Sendoh hung up the phone*
Is Miyagi right? Are we just friends?, he thought.
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"Oh. Hello Sendoh!!!" she greeted.
"Good Morning Mrs. Kurama!" Sendoh greeted, looking at his watch if it's still morning.
"Come in!!" Mrs. Kurama said. "I'll just call Anica."
Sendoh entered to see Mr. Kurama sitting on their sofa, reading the day's newspaper.
"Good Morning Mr. Kurama!!" Sendoh greeted.
Mr. Kurama put down the newspaper and greeted him. "Sit down, Sendoh"
"Thank you for saving Anica, Sendoh" Mr. Kurama said. "That could really be life threatening for her."
Why is he saying *life threatening*?, She only collapsed, Sendoh thought.
"No problem!" Sendoh assured him.
"I want to ask you something, Sendoh" Mr. Kurama said in a more serious tone. "Do you love my daughter?"
It took a while before Sendoh answered. "Yes, sir, I do."
"Well, I'm sorry to tell you but it may not turn out as happy as you think it will be." Mr. Kurama said, looking at the surprised look on Sendoh's face.
Is he thinking that I'm just playing with Anica?, Sendoh thought.
"I love your daughter, Mr. Kurama" Sendoh explained. "I can assure you that."
Before Mr. Kurama can say anything, Anica entered the room.
"Hello Sendoh!!... I thank you again for saving me." Anica said, sitting down beside Sendoh. "Were you talking boy stuff?"
"We were talking about you" Mr. Kurama said. "How beautiful you are."
Anica smiled and giggled. "Whatever!"
Ahhhh, She really has a very beautiful smile, Sendoh thought.
"So, Why did you drop by?" Anica asked Sendoh.
"I just want to check if you're okay" Sendoh said. "I dropped by the hospital 2 days ago, the nurse said you went home already."
"Yeah!!... We left the night before." Anica said.
Mrs. Kurama entered the room with 4 glasses of juice.
"So, Sendoh, Anica told me you're a very good Basketball player." Mrs. Kurama said, sitting down beside her husband.
"I really don't know about that." Sendoh said blushing.
"Ma, he's really humble!" Anica said, turning to her mom.
"You practice everyday with Anica?" Mr. Kurama asked.
"Yeah!... I practice with her before I go to school."
"It has always been Anica's dream to play with a famous Basketball player." Mr. Kurama said.
"Yeah!... She told me that already."
"Really?... Did she tell you that-"
"That nothing!" Anica interrupted.
"You're so defensive. I was only going to tell him that you also like Tony Parker from the San Antonio Spurs." Mr. Kurama said, chuckling.
Why?... Is there a deeper secret that Anica's keeping?, Sendoh asked himself.
"Anica." Sendoh said. "Will you play Basketball tomorrow morning?"
"Yeah, I guess" she said. "Why?"
"I'll be with you then." He said. "I have to go now."
"Take Care!" Anica and her parents said in unison when Sendoh went out the door.
"I'll see you tomorrow!!" Sendoh said.
@--,--___--,--@
"Anica." her dad said while they were eating lunch. "I hope you know what you're doing."
"Yeah, pa, I know what I'm doing."
"This may not have a happy ending."
"But pa, love doesn't have a happy ending, it simply doesn't end!"
@--,--___--,--@
The next day, Sendoh got up at 6 am, wore jugging pants and shirt because he will again play Basketball with Anica.
"Hey Sendoh!.. You're late today" Anica said when she saw Sendoh.
"I'm sorry, I overslept." Sendoh apologized.
"C'mon!.. Let's play game!" Anica said.
When they were in the middle of their game, someone from behind called Anica and they both stopped playing to see who it was.
"Cori!!" Anica gasped.
"Oh, Hi Anica!!... Are you surprised to see me?" Cori said.
"You know her?" Sendoh asked Anica.
"Know me?!" Cori asked moving closer to Sendoh. "She was my best friend."
"Was!!" Anica shouted angrily. "I trusted you and told everything about me!... But you left me!!!... Just like everyone else in our gang!!.. Best friends don't leave each other!!
"I bet you haven't told Sendoh yet." Cori said. "Because if you did, he'll do the same."
Anica just stood there speechless then ran away crying.
"WHAT"S YOUR PROBLEM?" Sendoh shouted at Cori.
Before Cori can answer he ran to follow Anica..
"Anica!!... Anica!!" Sendoh called.
"Don't call me!!!" Anica shouted. "You don't know me!!!"
Sendoh being a Basketball player, ran faster than Anica and blocked her path.
"I know you." He said. "You're Anica Kurama. You have nice parents whom you call Pa and Ma. You and I are in the same batch. I know where you live. You practice Basketball early in the morning and have tutor from 8-5. You're from Shohoku. Cori was your bestfriend and she knew a lot about you."
"A lot?" Anica said crying. "She knew everything, and if you did, you'll leave me, just like what she did."
"I'll never leave you" He said. "And if it hurts you telling me what your secret is, then don't. I don't care about your secret. Anica, I love you more than anything."
Anica looked at Sendoh with her face full of tears. After several seconds, she hugged him.
I hope we can stay like this forever, he thought.
After she let go, Sendoh asked her: "Ayako and Miyagi are inviting you to watch a movie later at 3, can you come?. We'll meet at the Basketball court."
"Yeah, sure!" she answered wiping her tears.
Cori who followed Sendoh, witnessed everything that happened and left feeling bad.
@--,--___--,--@
*ring* *ring* *ring*
"Sh*t!.. Who will call me this early in the morning?" a sleepy Miyagi asked.
"Hello?"
"Hey Miyagi!"
"Sendoh?!?"
"Hey!!... Our date with Anica is later at 3. Okay?"
"Yeah sure!!!"
"Call Ayako okay?"
"Got it!"
"Anica hugged me today!"
A sleepy Miyagi became wide awake.
"What?!... Why?!"
"Well. Flirt Cori arrived while we were playing Basketball." Sendoh explained. "She, like, picked on her then she ran away crying"
"She knows Cori?!"
"Cori was Anica's best friend... WAS."
"So, they're not best friends anymore?"
"Yeah!!.. Anica told Cori a secret then she left her." Sendoh said. "She even told me that if she told me her secret, I'll leave her too."
"What did you say?"
"I told Anica that I'll never leave her and that I love her so much."
"What did she say?"
"She hugged me."
"That's all?!?!... No *I love you too?*"
[laughs] "No."
"That means she just likes you as a friend!"
"Hey!!.. Don't scare me!!"
"I'm telling the truth!... Believe me!!"
"Maybe she's not ready yet!"
"Whatever you say!... But don't tell me I didn't warn you!"
"You're really scaring me. What movie are we going to watch?"
"A scary one so, you know, we can put our hands on their shoulders."
[laughs] "You really are a *love boy*!"
"Well, that's my Natural talent!"
"Whatever!... I'll see you later!"
"Yeah!!.. I'll see you!"
*Sendoh hung up the phone*
Is Miyagi right? Are we just friends?, he thought.
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