Pieces of Childhood Memories
Chapter 12: No Reply
"What do you want to tell me, Aki?" Yoko asked to Aki.
"Just now I got a message from Raimon Natsumi, the chairman's daughter," Aki replied.
"What did she say?" Yoko asked, then she gasped. "Did she say that she will disband the football club?"
Aki shooked her head and smiled. "No, no! Not that," she replied.
"So what is it?" Yoko asked Aki again.
"She said that she wanted to be Raimon's football club's manager!" Aki said happily.
"Do you believe it? The chairman's daughter wanted to be the manager of the football club!" Haruna said happily.
"Wow, that's great," Yoko said. Sheesh, how many managers can the club have, actually? Soon, the football club will have more than 1000 managers! Yoko thought as she sweatdropped. But then if the chairman's daughter wanted to join this club, it means that this club is something special.. Yoko then smiled, then she sat next to Haruna. As the time went on, Yoko remembered all about how fun it is to play soccer with Raimon, how relaxing it is to watch the beautiful view of the Inazuma Town up in the Inazuma Tower, how great it is to get the same score as Kidou, and how nice is her memories with the boy. Minutes passed, and now you can find her sleeping, having sweet dreams again. Then finally they arrived at the train station. Now its time for everyone to go home.
"I should go home quickly now, because I don't want to make my onii-chan and mother worried," Yoko said to Aki and Haruna as she waved her friends goodbye. "I'll see you guys later!" Then Yoko ran to her house.
"I'm home!" she shouted after she arrived home already. Then she put off her shoes and went upstairs to her bedroom. She then sat at her cozy bed. Suddenly, she heard someone knocking her bedroom's door.
"Who's there?" Yoko asked.
"It's me, your onii-chan," the person who knocked the door replied. It was Sakuma. "May I come in?" he asked.
"Oh. Sure, onii-chan," Yoko replied. She hoped in her heart that Sakuma won't scold her because she became Raimon's manager secretly.
Sakuma then opened Yoko's bedroom door and came in. Then he sat next to Yoko. Straight to the topic, he asked, "Where have you been all day?"
Yoko gulped. Oh, no, she thought. This is bad. If onii-chan finds out that I am also Raimon's manager, what will he do to me?
"Err..." Yoko replied. "I'm just hanging out with friends. Yeah, that's all."
Sakuma narrowed his eyes. "Really? But I called all of your friends, but they said that you weren't with them all the time," he said. "So... where have you been all day? Are you playing with Raimon again?"
KYAA! He guess it right! Yoko thought. Well, Yoko is a bad liar, so of course Sakuma could guess it right. "I'm not playing with Raimon," Yoko answered. "I'm just... watching their match against Nosei Junior High!"
"Okay, then, but why recently you are not watching Teikoku practiced soccer?" Sakuma asked.
Yoko just remain silent. Then she started to cry. "I-I'm sorry onii-chan!" she cried. "I'm really sorry! Yes, you're right, I'm playing with Raimon and forgot to watch Teikoku practice!"
Sakuma just remain silent. "Starting now, I will follow you whenever you go, except to the toilet," he said.
"Onii-chan..." Yoko said, sobbing. Sakuma didn't say anything, he just left the room. Suddenly, Yoko remembered something.
"Chotto, onii-chan!" she said.
"What's wrong, Yoko?" Sakuma asked.
"Did... did I... get an amnesia... when... I was still in my childhood...?" she asked. There was a silence, then Sakuma left Yoko's bedroom, without answering Yoko's question. Yoko was very disappointed, since she got no reply from her onii-chan.
I guess... Yoko thought, I guess he doesn't want to tell me... So maybe I've got an amnesia after all... Then she sighed and texted Aki to tell her that she will not watch Raimon practice for a while.
(PS: Chapter 12 ends! Kyaa~ I know that this chapter is soo short, I can't just think about an idea right now, sorry... But next time at chapter 13 I'll make it longer! I promise that~ And please be patient and wait for the next chapter!)