To my dear readers:

maggie: the answer to your question is in this chapter^^

Maya: i am sorry about the tenses, i hope i will improve, and I will really glad to have you as my beta!

sakurayuri: thanks for your support!!

Ringo Nonohara: I am very eager to read your Waya/Nase fanfic!!

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Chapter 3

Waya's nightmare

"Waya Yoshitaka is such an aloof child! All he cares is that stupid Go board..."

"yea, and he does not care about others neither! no wonder he hasn't got any friends!"

"He doesn't seem to study a lot, does he? he always sleeps in class, but he still can get perfect marks in all the exams, i wonder why"

"Is it possible that he cheats in exam?"

"what are you talking about,but then there is a possibility when I think about it"

10 years old Waya Yoshitaka ignored all the comments. He did not care how people think of him. All he cared about was his Go board and....his father

"Papa, when can I learn Go under a famous Master? I really love Go!"

"Really, Yoshitaka?"

'Of course, does Papa not believe in Yoshitaka?"

"I believe in you kiddo, but let me see your report card first, do you do well?"

"Sure, I am the first as always!!!!!"

"Well done, Yoshitaka, but your teacher told me something about you"

Waya's voice suddenly became more serious and low " What is it? the ridiculous thing that I cheat in exam again? Papa, I cant believe you believe in them! I do not care what the others think! but papa, do you not trust Yoshitaka?" Waya pouted.

"It is not that...listen, I heard that your relation with other children is not very good...You are just always by yourself and you do not really have any friends, is that true?" his father asked him sincerely

"aye...so what? I do not really care. All I care is how papa you think of me, I want you to be proud of me! You dont like Yoshitaka anymore??because I have a poor relationship with others?" Tears started to well up in Waya's eyes

"It's not that. Papa just want you to have more friends. Understand? Yoshitaka is a very nice child, you are just too passive, try to talk to other children, I am sure they will start to like you!"

"Really?"

"Sure, and if Yoshitaka is willing to do so, papa will give you a present tomorrow. Do we have a deal?"

"YEP!!" Waya anwsered eagerly

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Next day, unfortunately, school was cancelled because of the bad weather. Waya did not have chance to make friends at school. And tragically, his father died in a car crush that same day. A letter and a gift was found in his father's car. It was a computer. And the letter was like this:

"Yoshitaka,

my dear boy, have you done what you have promised to do?? Have you made any friends? Here is the gift, this is a computer! You can talk with others though this thing. I think somehow you are too shy to talk with others, so you can just communicate with them though this box. You can also play internet Go on this computer.

I hope you like the present.

Your papa"

Waya and his mother moved to a new place after the incident since his mother thought that place was too painful to live in. Waya attended a new school there, and he put up a mask just not to let people know his past. He pretended to be the most cheerful person in the world, he always laughed and talked about stupid jokes and things. He always talked with others and was really popular among the school. He did not really like this life. He thought being popluar was annoying, especially chasing everywhere by those girls. They were not really his friends anyway, they were with him just because he was famous in school with his good look and outstanding academic result. He preferred the life he used to have, but then all changed after his father's death. Yeah, he did this for his father, for he thought that what his father loved to see in heaven. His mother was also very grateful to this. She thought Waya had really changed into someone more sociable.

No one knew it was only a mask Waya hid in. As time went by, even Waya himself forgot since he was so used to his own mask..

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"NO!!!!" Waya woke up. Tonight he was haunted by the same nightmare again. He thought he could forget the past like he had for 2 years. But recently, the images of his old school kept haunting him. Reminded him of his painful past again......................

Why?

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