Kuwabara's spirits were somewhat lifted by the purchase of a large banana split. Still, if he let his thoughts linger on what had happened too long, all the pain came rushing back.
Mr. Kuwabara waited until Kuwabara had finished about half of his ice cream before he started talking. "It's rough, when a girl you like rejects you," he said.
Kuwabara's eating slowed. "I knew she might not like me," Kuwabara said. "But why'd she have to say no like that?" He could have handled the rejection if she just hadn't been so…so cruel about it. "It was like she didn't even care that I liked her."
"She probably didn't," Mr. Kuwabara said. "Let me tell you something, Kazuma. Most people are incredibly selfish. It's human nature to be so. All they care about are themselves, and other people really don't matter. I've known very few people who aren't selfish like that." Mr. Kuwabara reached over and ruffled Kuwabara's hair. "You're one of the one's who aren't selfish. You get that from your mother. She was one of the most selfless people I ever met."
"You're not selfish," Kuwabara said.
Mr. Kuwabara smiled, somehow looking sad at while doing so, which was weird. "Oh, I'm very selfish. You're just too young to see it yet." He leaned forward a little. "You may not understand me now, but I'm going to say this anyway. That girl? She's not good enough for you. And I don't want you settling for just any pretty girl, Kazuma. I want you to keep looking, until you find a girl whose as selfless as you are. Understand?"
"I'm not sure," Kuwabara said. He didn't feel particularly selfless, whatever his dad said.
Mr. Kuwabara just smiled. "One day you will."
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AN: Hello again! Well, I did warn you all updates would be sporadic, didn't I? I am trying to type up a bunch of chapters though, so I can get a stacked backed up so these long breaks won't keep happening. We'll see how that goes.
Hope everyone's had a good summer! Mine is very nearly over.