By Shirogami
Chapter 15: Please forgive me, Sakura.
As soon as Tsubaki leaves for the gift shop, Oogami slowly walks upstairs towards Sakura's room.
When he reaches in front of the room, he stares at it for a while, looks at the sign 'Do Not Disturb' hang on the doorknob, no doubt Sakura is really angry until does not want to meet anyone, especially Oogami Ichiro. Oogami takes a deep breath first, then knocking the door.
"Sakura, are you in there"
Oogami gets no respond from the room, neither nor a sound to call him to leave. So he keeps knocking.
"Sakura, can you hear me? I am Oogami"
Still, he gets no respond from the one he called.
Meanwhile, not far from Sakura's room, a door slightly opened and two persons are peeping from it.
"Ara... it's been interesting to see ensign apologizing to someone, look at his expression." Sumire smiles and says.
"But is it good to do that, Sumire-san? I may be angry but it is not much for me to cheat onto Oogami-san." It is Sakura who responds to Sumire.
"Then, who is the person told me earlier that she wished to teach this unfaithful playboy a lesson?" Sumire gives an uneasy glare towards Sakura. Eventually, after Sakura leaves canteen towards her room, she meets Sumire on the way. Sakura keeps mumble on teaching Oogami and Sumire offers her an idea.
"But... but I just saying on impulse, I really do not mean to trick on Oogami-san." Sakura replies to Sumire.
"Ohohoho... whatever you says, it is too late for you to pull back now. So just sit back and enjoy the show shall we?" Sumire pulls her out from nowhere and cover her lower face.
After Oogami gets no respond from the door, he stops knocking the door. He stands in front of the door and thinks.
"Is she not in? It cannot be, since there is the sign on the doorknob, then she is really angry to me already. No doubt about it, yesterday night she just talked to me like close friends and I am not dare to share my worries with her. How could I? How could I let someone shares my burden of the responsibility as Hanagumi's captain? This is not I am assigned for!" Oogami looks at the nameplate 'Sakura' on the door and keep thinking. "But to think back again, may be I should talk frankly to her, after all, she has the right too"
"Sakura, can you hear me?" Oogami finally talks after a long silent.
"Either you like to hear it or not, I still want to say this. It is right that I told Maria about something important but I only intend to ask opinion, nothing more. It is a serious problem and I do not want it to distract you since there is a show tonight. I actually planned to tell you after the stage play, but I never thought that Yuri is overheard the conversation and told you in person." Oogami stopped for a while and continues.
"Sakura, believe it or not, I really want to say that I am sorry if my decision makes you angry, but please believe me that I do not intend to. You should know that I never try to hurt you." Sakura starts to nod and cry as she agrees his words in her heart. "Think as you like, I will be waiting here for your reply. I will not go away until you comes out from this door, I want to apologize to you in person." Sakura is shocked to hear that, as now she is in Sumire's room. If Oogami really takes what he says for real, then he has to wait forever.
Just when Sakura starts to walk out form the door, Sumire stops her from and says, "Do you really think ensign would keep his words?" Then Sumire looks back onto Oogami side and says, "How about a bet with me, Sakura-san? Let us bet how long will Oogami wait for you, are you dare?" Sakura look at Oogami's side and notice his determined expression, then she replies, "Okay, I will bet he will wait until I show up, the prize will be I let go for participating for the next three stage plays, deal?" Finding the prize is interesting, Sumire answers, "Fine, but I will bet for he won't stand for 1 hours from now, if he can do that, I will not argue and let go for taking the main role for the next three plays, deal?" Looking at their eyes each other, Sakura says, "Fine, let it begins."
Clocks keep ticking, and it is been 45 minutes Oogami stands in front of Sakura's door, not moving an inch and still waiting for Sakura to come out from the room. Sumire slowly become nervous when she see something that is out of her expected, while Sakura's emotion is mixture with happiness and regrets, she is happy because Oogami keeps his promise upon her, the regret emotion of her is due to she thinks she is tricking Oogami too much for her little jealousy. But, for the Best Student from the Navy Academy, Standing like a statue for hours is just a normal practice for Oogami, plus he is so eager to meet Sakura in person, therefore there is nothing will change his mind, nothing other than Sakura appears in front of his face. However, Oogami cannot stop himself from getting hungry because he hadn't had his breakfast yet. When the time limit of their bet is almost reached, Sakura notices that Oogami's expression is getting harder as the time pass by, and he starts to stand out of balance due to his hungry stomach. Finally, as the timer reached 1 hour, Oogami cannot stand the hunger anymore and starts to fall on the floor, and the nervous Sakura quickly ran out to reach him, without worrying about the bet between Sumire and her. Now there is only one thing in her mind, the falling Oogami in front of her room.
Oogami half-consciously opens his eye and sees that he is resting on the bed in a room that is so familiar. "This room... could it be..." Making himself stand up and look around clearly, he realizes that he is in Sakura's room and the time is almost evening. "Gee... I think I sleep too long already and..." Oogami holds his stomach and the 'eer' sound start playing from it. "...I am really hungry, I hope they had saved some meal in the fridge, I better go and check it out." Just when Oogami places the bed nicely and starts to walk from the room, he notices there are some warm rice balls on the table, besides it is a paper with the word 'To Oogami-san' on it. Oogami opens it and he knows that it is Sakura's writing.
'Oogami-san The rice balls are made for you. Please enjoy it when you wake up. From Shinguji Sakura.
P/s: I forgive you'
Oogami smiles when he saw the last words and he starts to eat the reserved rice balls.
Meanwhile, in the backstage, Sakura and the others are preparing for the performance.
"Sumire-san, about the bet this morning..." Sakura talks to Sumire as they try the cloths for the performance later.
"Okay, okay, I lose the bet and I won't argue for the main role for the rest three plays. Stop bothering me, will you?" Sumire is frustrated for losing the bet.
"Actually, I want to say that the bet between us is cancelled." Sakura bend down her head a bit and says.
"What?! What do mean by that, Sakura-san? Tell me loud and clear." Sumire raise her voice and everyone is looking at the talking pairs.
"I... I think that the result is even to both of us, as you know Oogami is waiting for an hour sharp but at the same time he fall down, so I don't either of us win and I feel ashamed to take Oogami as our tool in the bet." Sakura says the truth form her heart and Sumire become speechless.
"What? You take Big Brother for bet? How could you?" Iris shouts toward Sumire and Sakura.
"Oogami-han is being very busy for us since the last battle, don't you feel guilty for it?" Kohran says as she put on the make up.
"I found no doubt about it if it is the snake woman's idea." Kanna talks as she comes out from the changing room.
"Shut the mouth up, you ape woman." Sumire cannot stand anymore and shouts at Kanna.
"Whatever it is, we got a show to run and don't let it distract us, okay?" Maria says as she finished her changing for the play.
"Okay." Everyone respond and try to finalize every detail for the show later.
Author's Note:
Greetings, everyone! Shirogami here and I would like to thank you all for keep reading this story. The next chapter would be the final chapter for this fan fiction, as it is just an alternative route happens to be in the middle of the real Sakura Wars story.
I don't owe any of Sakura Taisen's character, but I hope you enjoy the story.
Next chapter is up soon, please R&R, Thank you.