Disclaimer: I do not own Slamdunk. I know that. This is just for formalities.. hehe.. Libre naman ang mangarap diba?
Calliope Medina Erato: for chapter 5, well I think that Mitsui just had his conscience with him, and therefore you wouldn't want to injure someone who has practically allowed you to be her eyes… also feelings are very evident in Chapter 7… Mitsui doesn't notice that… hmm… I would be glad to tell you… but… I would like you to have your own suspicions… and the answer of course I will insert in a future chapter… Ayako noticing too also has a whole new reason… ;)
Coffeemaverick: you're right on with everything you've said... and to add to that, i think that as you are reading the story, it almost seems as if you take on the character, because of elements such as I, and seeing things in her point of view, and the content is only based on what she has experienced, so it's very concentrated, and you also get inside her thoughts, and so in a way, it reaches deeper into you, and so i think it has this kind of effect... i'm really glad...
Simmic: um… there are 2 stages to that… first is I would've used her instead of you, since I also thought of the same thing that "you" directly referred to him, but the superficial reason is that I would not wanted to call Ayako as just a her, because it doesn't really sound as if they were close… however, the deeper meaning will be revealed later in the story… there is a good reason… heheh..
A/N: I actually feel that you're catching up to things pretty fast... it is a concentrated fic so there isn't a lot of places to go...so i almost feel as if i have to be careful of what i say or i might reveal the plot... i will not say much because i know you will discover it anyways... i'm starting to think you can read Karin's mind... hehehe...
updates tend to be early... well because... i often think of one itsy bitsy chapter of mine... for like a couple of hours... and of course being a reader myself in here, sometimes cliffhangers just kill me, so that's why every chapter are almost independent in a way, and sometimes a really great and long chapter comes along for like the price of time... but since i have lots of time available to me for the moment, i'm making use of it.. so i'm always ahead... just in case i lose this privilege... besides i don't follow order so i know the chapters nearing the end, but in between that i still have to check again to make sure i'm not straying away, and i have to think of what connects with that... hate it when that happens though.. hehehe.. oh my gosh.. too much talking.. here, just read the story...
Do You See Me?
Flashback
A weave of silk, the flutter of fans, a swirl of umbrellas, the quilt of music and air, everything a haze until you are awakened by the echo of thunder.
Lightning flashed. Thunder roared. A thunder of praise enveloped the stage.
The school performance had ended. The theatre buzzed like a swarm of bees on a sunny day.
The crowd became a strong current in the sea, my attempts at escaping it turned to futility, so I flowed with it. I rode with the current till the cool breeze grazed my cheek, and the cloudy skies gave way to the rays of the sun. I was relishing this newfound freedom from being entrapped by the crowd when they brought you outside.
"Karin, come with me, I have to look for my mom." I tried to explain to you that I was waiting for my aunt, but you didn't seem to hear, didn't even give me a breath to congratulate you on your outstanding performance. Just started to drag me back into a tide I did not wish to go against.
"Karin!" I looked to see Ayako coming up the steps. "Hi Ayako." That caused you to stop moving, though your eyes kept roaming for your mom. I thought you'd let go of my hand, as I tried to do with yours, for I did not wish to be at the receiving end of Ayako's tease. That has been her specialty among other things. But you did not; still busy searching the crowd. "Ooohh… I didn't know you guys were heading on to the next level." I tugged at your hand, but you only looked this way and that, still looking for the all too familiar face of your mother.
My current state of mind: blank. Mitsui was a friend, right? Because of one statement, my mind is messed up. Everything was organized, I knew what you were to me, I knew the feelings I held for you, and now, the puzzle became new to me. I had to put the pieces together with not a single clue as to what it might be. Ayako did something to me. Unlocked something I did not know was in me. Yet I do not know what conquered me, took control of my mind.
Before I could pull myself together and come up with an explanation, you started to drag me again, but another hand reached out and prevented you from doing so. "Let her go." That's right, my aunt will be looking for me. It was a tug of war, but I could not take sides, as I was preventing myself from losing my balance.
You
won, and so we cut through the current, standing amidst the constant
flow of people, we ran out of faces to look. Yet we still walked,
walked along the path that became a merge of lives, though I never
realized when I let go of yours and when you
released mine.
Again.. getting shorter, going back to the shorter chapter styles… anyways, I hope you like it, there is a lot of symbolism going on with the chapters I have written, you probably noticed that, but the new
