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Chapter 8 : Don't act like a housewife
The following day, around 13.00, at the lobby
Hikaru was very very frustrated right now. In fact, he didn't have a game today, he should have stayed at home studying his kifu and went to Touya's Go salon in the evening for practicing. Unfortunately, there seemed to be a mistake in his schedule so he had to go to the association to clear it up.
" Hey! Touya,"
" Shindou? What are you doing here? I think you don't have a game today," Touya questioned as he ran into his lifetime rival, " Moreover, we agreed to meet at my Go salon at 4 p.m."
" Yeah! I don't have a game today! Damn it! I should be resting at home! But I have to talk to a scheduling department! Look at this!" the upset 1 Dan complained angrily as he showed the Meijin's son his timetable, " They want me to play 2 games in the same time? Do they actually think that I can multiply myself? I'm not a freak'in ameba, for Christ's sake!"
" Hmm…that's true, there must be some misunderstanding here," Checking the schedule watchfully, the 3 Dans agreed.
" Hey, Are you coming up or not?" Walking into the elevator, he called the blue-eyed pro.
" Ah, yes," Touya quickly stepped in. I wonder if he gonna kill someone. Shindou-pro isn't only famous for his talent but also his bad temper. Let's hope that the unlucky staff will survive.
As they reached the 6th floor, they overheard two pros gossiping.
" Eh? Tomorrow Ogata will have a game with Serizawa-Sensei?" Not noticing the new comers, themiddle-aged pro uttered.
" Yeah, it seems that 2 titles isn't enough for him," the other pro sniggered.
" Maybe he wants to be like his Sensei,"
" Him? The next Touya Kouyo?" the 40-year-old pro in a navy shirt snorted, " He can't compare to the Meijin,"
" Are you saying that he's not strong enough?" his friend questioned.
" …It's not his skill I'm talking about, it's his personalities," he clarified.
" His personalities?"
" Yeah, Although he gains all titles, no one will respect him the way they respect Touya-Sensei," the 7 Dans pointed out.
" I agree," the overweight pro stated, " Look at the way he treats the others, he always condescends us. And that scary smile makes my blood run cold,"
" Yeah, Touya-Sensei always send out a peaceful aura but Ogata? Every time he's here, the building turns to be a creepy graveyard," the rude pro laughed loudly.
The young pros had listened to this rude conversation since the beginning. Touya didn't know what to do or what to say. These pros seemed to have a great respect for his father but they bad-mouthed his upperclassman in the same time. Unlike Touya, Hikaru knew what to say and he decided to say it right away since he had been silent long enough.
" If you want him to treat you better, why don't you give him some more respect as he deserves, maybe he'll give you back some," he suddenly declared. The pros turned around and turned white as a sheet when they saw Touya Akira. The said boy was shocked by Hikaru's statement too.
" Shi…Shindou," he stammered.
" Now, I understand why he doesn't since you two don't deserve it. You know, it's kind of pathetic to see a Go pro behaves like a housewife who doesn't have anything better to do than gossiping behind somebody's back," Hikaru snapped back dryly before he walked away heading to the scheduling department.
" ..W..Wait, Shindou," Touya cried out as he ran after his trendy rival.
" Who does he think he is! That Punk! Lecturing us like that!" said angrily the fat man.
" Shindou!" Panting out of breath, finally the prodigy caught up on him.
" What?" Hikaru asked innocently.
" You..You shouldn't have said that…they're adults, it's rude," the long-haired boy lectured him.
" So are they," the loud-mouthed boy said indifferently, " They insulted Sei..Ogata-Sensei," he paused, " An eye for an eye, Touya, Haven't you ever heard of it?"
" Of course, I've but…Shindou," Touya tried to remain clam, " I'm just surprised to see you fight for Ogata-san like that because you always tell me that he's creepy and you try to avoid him most of the time. So, I….It's not that I'm not thankful or anything, I'm glad you said it. I've known him for all my life, he's like a relative to me but…" Why does he take his side?
" Well, we have a little talk, Let's say that he's not that creepy," Yeah, that's a right word. He's still creepy sometimes but not that creepy.
" Oh, it's good to hear that," Now his rival and his upperclassman seemed to get along, why wouldn't Touya be happy, right? It was good? Right?
" I'll go talk to them, See you later, Touya," the blond excused himself, he had a problem to fix.
" I'm coming with you,"
In the end, the problem was solved. It had been a little misunderstanding, Hikaru was supposed to have 2 games in a row in the next 2 days; one in the morning, another one after lunch, not 2 games in the same time.
" Thanks, Touya," he thanked another boy since the prodigy did all the talk.
" You're welcome," Touya Akira was surely polite, " I've to go now,"
" See you at the salon, Thanks again, man," Hikaru shouted as the elevator was closing.
Darak : What I mean is.. Ogata didn't expect him to smoke 'coz you gotta accept that a Go player always has a Goog image. He expected Hikaru to be a Good boy.
dragaonshadow : Oh! Thank! " crack!" huh?
gravitation gig : You're right. Manga and Anime didn't mention his age. I made it up...I didn't want him to be That old.
By the way, you like " Behind the scene" right?
