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Chapter 3 : Dinner Time
Here comes the third wheel, Don't you see we're having a good time together?
" Shindou, What're you doing here? Why didn't you go upstairs? We were waiting for you," demanded coldly Akira.
" Well, Ko suggested that I should be waiting here in case that you guys were going down," Still dense as always, Hikaru didn't even notice that his lifetime rival was angry.
It's your idea, well, I'm not surprised.
Yeah, it's my idea. Do you have any problems with that? Yongha approached the group.
" I must say I'm surprised to see you get along this well," the Kansai pro told both of them. Of course, he knew that Yongha had cleared thing up with Hikaru. The blond himself had told him when they had spent 3 nights at Akira's house for practicing the game just like the year before. But Yashiro didn't imagine that they actually became friends. I should bring my camera.
" Not only you, so are we," Yanghai said.
" Hey! It's dinner time! Let's go!" Kurata urged them. I'm hungry!
" Fine, fine, let's go," the manager of Team China sighed in boredom.
" Yeah, I'm starving to death here!" when it came for food, Kurata took it seriously.
" An-Teson must be waiting for us at the restaurant, Let's go," Yanghai broke away from the group.You're always hungry!
" I hate that name," the fat pro mumbled, " Let's go, boys," he ordered his players.
When they arrived at the restaurant, the other pros had already been there. An-Teson, Suyon, Zhao-Shi, Wang-Shi-Chin and …
" Waya!" Hikaru cried out. Le Ping was irritated because his friends had told him nearly 100 times about that Japanese boy who looked exactly like him, only taller.
" Shindou, he's not Waya-kun, he plays as Chinese third board," Akira whispered.
" He must be the one Isumi-san met in China," Hikaru said to himself. They look exactly alike, only Waya is taller...much taller.
There was a guy standing next to An-Teson whom Hikaru had never seen before. He was a tall dark-haired guy.
" Hi, Shindou," Suyon greeted him. Kurata and Yanghai went to talk with An-Teson.
" Okay, boys, those two tables are ours, let's go," So, they separated in two groups. Team China, An-Teson and Shin-Songkim sat together since Kurata would rather die than have a dinner with his rival and Yongha didn't even want to see Songkim's face. So, Yongha and Suyon joined Team Japan's table.
Yashiro was a bit uneasy to have a dinner in the same table with the boy who had beat him last time and this very same who would be his opponent this year. But Suyon didn't notice that, he was too busy listening to Yongha's little chitchat with Hikaru. He was there to make sure that his friend's arrogance wouldn't cause any bad reputations for Team Korea again.
From Hikaru's view, everything was perfect. The food was tasty, everybody was having a good time. Kurata enjoyed his food. The young pros talked about their carriers, the tournament, the schedule and two new players. Since Lu Lee was 19 this year so he was unqualified. Le Ping, the new Chinese player, who had just passed the pro exam would be Yashiro's opponent. Yongha told him that Im-Iruf-han couldn't join the tournament because he had a car accident. It wasn't a serious accident but it wouldn't look good if a member of Team Korea showed up with a crutch and the leg in plaster. So, they got a new player, it was the dark-haired guy. His name was Shin-Songkim, he came here as the second board of Team Korea. Too bad that this year Suyon and Yongha couldn't stay here after the tournament, they had to go back to Korea right away after the closing ceremony.
As far as, Hikaru was aware, everything went smoothly. Akira talked a bit but he was always like that. The rest of them were chattering and laughing. But Hikaru didn't know the truth behind the scene. Behind Yongha's bright laughter and Akira's unshaken face, two leaders were fighting aggressively in silent by using fondue forks as their rapiers and dinner plates as their shields.
An hour later, the dinner ended. They said " Goodnight," and went to their rooms. They needed to rest before the opening ceremony in the next evening.
A/N : what will happen next?
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