Chapter 3- Still Waiting for him

Sanae was counting how much remained till he comes back… Who? TSUBASA obviously.

As she promised him she waited for him and she had no other even though there was a guy obsessed on her. She kept refusing. Once he got hurt so much that he even offended her.

- Flashback -

"…Oh come on please go out with me. Are you still waiting for that stupid?" said the guy that he's obsessed on Sanae.

"Hey mind you're business. And don't talk bad of him or else you'll have trouble" Sanae responded still calm.

"And who'll give me trouble? You a piece of trash? You're still thinking of that stupid player that prefers soccer than you! The truth hurts and I heard a gossip that your STUPID 'love' has a girlfriend in Brazil" he lied to hurt her.

And he did a successful work, he hurt all her feelings and she slapped him with all her energies.

"STUPID! Don't try to do it again or I'll hit you and trouble comes!" he said with his hand on his face coz it was such a slap.

"Leave her or trouble comes to YOU" familiar voice… someone far away was protecting her. As he came nearer she so it was…

"Ryo… thanks for coming, he's offending…" she couldn't continue she went away crying.

"TRUTH HURTS GIRL… and who the heck are you to stop me?" said the wanna-be-best-guy.

"That's not the question…the question is WHO THE HECK ARE YOU TO TALK BAD ABOUT OUR CAPTIAN!" and after Ryo said it the whole team came there who seemed they listened everything.

After he saw so many players he ran away and the players went around Sanae.

"Are you ok?" asked Ryo worried when he saw her crying without stopping.

"Is it true he has another girlfriend?" she answered with another question.

"NO WAY!" said Ryo with all others approving.

"I can't live like this anymore Ryo, I hate it, and I hate my life. Why, why, why? WHY cant I be with him now that I know he loves me too?" and she kept crying.

Yukari and Kumi went to hug her. They had no words to say they didn't live it. They couldn't understand her but she could just cry on their shoulders. Until someone that could help her came.

"Hey" said a familiar voice…

"Hikaru!" exclaimed all team.

"What happened?" he asked curiously.

"Oh well…" and Mamoru explained what happened.

"Now I understand…" said Hikaru as if he remembered something. Then he went on Sanae and told her: "listen Sanae, you may not know but I'm living the same story you're living. I understand you perfectly coz me too… I'm waiting for Yoshiko"

"Hikaru…" she understood him perfectly… "I'm sorry"

"Me too but please cheer up… he'll come back" and he smiled at her.

"Thank you" and she stopped crying like a miracle happened. The thing that it wasn't only her love suffering made her feel better.

After that episode Hikaru walked to the pitch with the team.

"By the way, what are you doing here?" asked the curious Ryo. "Aren't you supposed to be in England playing with Manchester utd?"

"Well you know they gave me a week off because of my injury" and he showed them an ugly wound. "So I came to say hello to you and other clubs too, besides my family and ex team"

"Ah now I understand, whoa that's an ugly wound. But how long will it take you to play again?" asked again the curious Ryo.

"You're rather curious" and they laughed… "Just a week don't worry"

- End of flashback -

:That time… if it wasn't for Hikaru I would be desperate but I got no more like those attacks: She thought as she found few pictures of the day Hikaru came to visit them. One was of all the team, one of Ryo and Hikaru…this was surely funny because it made Sanae laughed… the next one was of Kumi and Mamoru… :They are so cute together: she thought… and when she was having flashbacks of memories with those pictures her mother called her to let her know she has a call.

"Hello…It's Sanae"

"I love youuuuu"

"TSUBASA"

"I LOVE YOU HONEY"

"You told me you couldn't call from Brazil because it will cost you a life"

"I know honey but I'm not in Brazil…"

"Where then?"

"Europe…calls are rather cheap here at night… in fact it's night!"

"What are you doing in Europe?"

"Barcelona"

"What about it?"

"They…want me"

"COOL…" She was really happy but then… "But… that means…"

"I will leave Brazil before the world cup. Then I decide but now Brazil Bye-Bye"

"Oo I'm happy for you" and she smiled.

"But now let's talk about us!"

"What about it?"

"You know one thing…I LOVE YOU"

"I love you too"

"I will see you very soon. I'm happy"

"Me too. I was counting it… its just sixty-…"

"Five days" he interrupted her.

"You're counting it too?" she said smiling.

"To see you my beautiful sweet pie? OF COURSE"

And their conversation continued like that for about 40 minutes…

"Gosh it's late. I have to go to sleep coz tomorrow I will take the plane back to Brazil" he said when he looked at his watch.

"Ok hon. Remember… I LOVE YOU… greetings from Japan. Love and kisses and hugs from Sanae"

He smiled with that sentence… "Love you baby." And he hung up.

While he was on bed sleeping deeply, she was looking out of the window thinking of him. She had his photo in her hands.

"Oh how much I miss you. Why do I have to suffer so much?" and a tear flowed down her face till it ended on the photo.

A month passed and it was February now. Rain was falling and her mobile rung. Sanae didn't dare to respond it; she was on the moon thinking of Tsubasa again. The mobile stopped ringing and Sanae got back to earth. She went to see who it was…

"948 849 374… oh… ye this is Kumi's phone" she whispered to herself. Once again the mobile rung.

"Hello. Sanae speaking"

"Wow hi. Finally you responded! Where you on the moon?"

"Ye can be… how are you?"

"Thought so. Fine you?"

"Don't know…"

"I understand. Well listen I called you to distract you. You can't keep going like this. We're going to climb a mountain and we'll be hmmmm… Mamoru, Yukari, Ryo, Teppei, and me. Wanna come?"

"Well…" Sanae began.

"Please Sa, it's for you!" Kumi pleaded

"Ok I'll come. What time?"

"Be ready soon, I still don't know but we're gonna pass from your house to get you. Ok?"

"Yes but… what to bring? I never went mountain climbing"

"Sure I was gonna tell you. Listen everyone is gonna get something that we share so you have the choice between something to eat or something HOT to drink and don't forget about the jacket for you. The other things we need are bringing them the others. I'll bring what you don't bring"

"Well I don't have a lot time so I'll do some sandwiches and bring a piece of cake. But I'll do the drink too. So what about you do something to eat to?"

"Fine. See you I've gotta call Mamoru to tell him that you'll come too. Bye"

"Bye"

And the call ended. :Nice now I have to hide my feelings… I don't wanna show them I'm still sad because of…him: she was thinking while preparing some sandwiches.

The day passed but she didn't need to hide her feelings. She have fun with them, more then she expected.

After that they organized more outings, especially for Sanae when they saw her having fun. Another month passed and Sanae was counting how many days remained.

"So lets see… hum" and she began to calculate on her calendar "FIVE DAYS" she shouted happily.

She went downstairs and asked her mother if she could go out. It was a sunny day and she decided to have a walk.

"Ok you can go but can you buy me some tomatoes please?" her mother asked.

"Of course mum, I'll bring them when I come back" and she got out.

She began to walk towards her school. There she had memories of her and Tsubasa.

"I remember that day I was gonna tell him…" she said to herself… "This was the tree we sat beside… he was so gorgeous that I blushed every time I saw him" and she continued having some memories.