Preparations For The Fest

After Sakura told me the past of our parents and left me after saying that she's in love with me, my senses got confused and it took me sometime to get that all synchronize though I am still not sure if she was really serious about that love thing. After that I went to market and pick some food, for my parents too since Sakura told me to buy for them, which means this all was their plan to draw me out. When I reached home I saw my parents waiting for me in the dinning room, "finally our dinner has arrived" my father said, "don't get worked up over this honey" my mother said to my father, "don't you two think that you owe me an explanation ?" I asked them, "what for, its not like we did something wrong neither we hide something from you" my father replied, "what the, you were idols once and still kinda too and you think you didn't hide anything" I said, "its not like you ever asked us about it" my father said, "huh, but..." I said while my father cut my line and said "even so Sakura have told you everything, didn't she ?", "but still" I said hesitantly, "leave it at that and just get it over with, will you Tomoya" Sakura said after appearing suddenly from my back side, "what are you doing here" I asked her, "oh I guess I forgot to tell you that I am gonna dinner with you guys, not to mention we do need to prepare for the competition" Sakura said, "we are happy to have you after all you are not just Sakura now but our son's girlfriend too, honey I am so glad you to be here today" my mother said, "me too after all our useless son got himself a girlfriend and specially someone like Sakura, guess that mean he has agreed to help you too" my father said, "he did" Sakura said and hearing all that my mouth was left wide open, "what are you all talking about, don't kid with me and isn't it a bit late for competition preparation" I said though my face was completely red since I was so nervous hearing their conversation, "don't make me repeat myself okay, I told you that I love you and your family has already accepted me, as for the competition we just plan for now and even so your parents are gonna help us too right" Sakura said with a low voice and in a shying manner too, looks like she was nervous to say that, "does that mean you really love me Sakura" I asked her, "I told you, don't make me repeat again and again" Sakura said though she's still nervous and she look cute this way too, "sorry its just hard to believe that you would like someone like me, I am really happy though today Sakura and its all because of you" I said and smiled in return Sakura smiled too, "but why would.." I was trying to say when my mother said "we are happy to help you two anyway we can", "it's the best opportunity for us to change the dim future of our worthless son too" my father said, "what just that mean anyway ?" I reacted towards my father, "you know what I mean, anyway let just feast ourselves first then discussed everything else later, man I am so hungry" my father said. Without wasting much time my mother dined all the food that I brought and after we ate it, Sakura started discussion over the competition and her plan, "as I told you before that we will help you two and since it is for Sakura's parents, we'll do everything we can, even if it means to teach dance to a fool such as my son" my father said, "I am your son, at least don't say words like that" I said with a hopeless face because I knew that my father didn't even heard that, "anyway uncle I am gonna take care of his lessons at school just don't let him falter in his lessons here okay" Sakura said to my father, "don't you worry, he's gonna see the transformed version of his father which he never saw before that he might even pissed his own pants" my father said. This whole conversation was started to kinda freaking me out but hey I don't think I have any choices left and I can't back down now anyway, I took a long breathe and said "okay then I am gonna change my life from tomorrow morning" don't know why but it seems that they have kinda started laughing when I said that, wonder if I said it like a joke, "tomorrow is yet to come and we still have a lot of time at least for the basic lessons, don't you think Sakura" my father said, "you are right uncle, let Tomoya know what I really up to on streets at those dark hours and Jun won't be able to come by today okay uncle" Sakura said, "you don't mean, no wait a sec what do you actually mean anyway" I said with kinda tensed face because I had realized what she meant, in no time I found my father, Sakura and myself on street, it is late and so no one is seemed to passing by and it was like walking through a dessert where no one lives but that doesn't mean that I can dance here, "where is your freaking mind, pay attention to what I am telling you, so the most important part that makes a dance performance epic is your balance at foot to your whole body, specially the upper part..." my father was lecturing me about the basics of dance and Sakura was practicing some dance moves I guess and my mother was watching all of us, so this is what they always up to, my father was teaching dance moves to both Nakazaki and Sakura for their dance performance in the fest, after practicing sometime like that, we all went to our home I went straight to my room and sleep, "I am so tired" I shout within me. The next day started like a bit normal, I did breakfast like normal with my parents though my father suddenly started to ask me what he had taught me last night and I answer him as much as I was able to then he go with the poker face, "what's with that look" I told to myself and took my leave for the school. In my way I met Sakura and we accompanied each other to the school and near the school I met Ichinose and Sekke too, I act like a bit normal and in return Sekke just said this with a little smile near my ear "idiot..", guess we both understand each other better now. During lunch time I met Nakazaki at the terrace and apologized to him, though he's a cool guy, he just told me that its okay since we all are friends now though out of curiosity I asked him about the dance competition about whom he is participating with and he just said you'll see, later when the school dispersed, Sakura took me too the music club room looks like she had friends with whole school, some music club members were practicing their music while others their dance moves, I realized then that after school dispersal I need to spend my most of the time here with Sakura and others in order to get ready for the dance competition. After I arrived at my home I was so tired that I went straight to sleep and woke up later for the late night practice this time Nakazaki joined us and man to be honest it look it though that he is very good at dancing too. My days were started to pass like this now, I will wake up then my father will always remind of me everything that I learned until now during breakfast after that I'll go to school there my whole day passes like normal except the fact that sometimes I got so tired that I slept in mid lecture and got some special lecture by teachers, then I have to stay a little long in school to practice more in music club room with its members and Sakura then I will come back home and go to sleep directly in my room then I'll wake up late for the night lecture by my father where I will practice along with Nakazaki and Sakura, this all was so tiring that the next time I got weekly off from school I didn't woke up until afternoon, "really what a loser you're" my father said while I was half asleep, "come on today's holiday give me some break I am so tired" I said while in half asleep, "for real..., though I have to admit you really are doing better than most, after all you're my son" my father said, "yeah I know I am a worthless son" I said as I thought he might have said something like that, in return my father just smiled and left me so that I can sleep a little more, later at afternoon when I woke up I found Sakura at my home talking to my parents about something, I went towards them and found out that they were planning how we gonna pull out our little act at the fest. "There you're Tomoya, we were just discussing how I am gonna make my entry" Sakura said, "what do you mean ?" I said as I didn't know what she mean, "see we decided that you'll first solo perform then the music will stop and you'll point at the entrance gate from where I'll make my appearance to the public from the middle of my parents" Sakura said then suddenly a question pops out that I just have to ask, "hey Sakura, just tell me how you'll make sure that your parents not gonna meet each other before your and Nakazaki's performance" I asked Sakura then suddenly the atmosphere of my house turned into the atmosphere of a silent movie that even the sound of wind could be heard which was kinda creepy to break out the silent I said, "Sakura...", " I..I didn't think about it" Sakura said with a hopeless face, "okay so what now" I asked her, "we need to do something about it, I knew them very well if any of them saw each other before our performance, it will turn into a mess for sure and our efforts will be proved worthless" Sakura said and she got pretty tensed too, "calm down Sakura, I guess my parents can take care of Mrs. Izuya since they will be coming too right" I said, "I guess we can take care of her, she is still our friend after all" my father said, "as for your father I guess we need some backup" I said, "we can't discuss about it to others, you see I don't want media to bump in this again, if the word gets out and their reality then it will be more difficult for my mother" Sakura said, "Sakura, you've to believe in me and our friends, you're not alone anymore, there are people that you can trust on okay, the final decision will be yours though, so tell me what you wanna do" I said in a bit serious voice since I knew that we don't have any better options at this point, after sometime of complete silence, Sakura finally broke it, "okay then I'll trust you with this, don't let me down okay I am counting on you though I guess you are planning to tell this to Ichinose" Sakura said, "actually the person that I have in my mind is Sekke" I said, "you can't be serious about it, I mean he's just like any other guy who is just a creep, are you happy to tell your girlfriend's secret to a creep, you are cruel" Sakura said and left my mouth wide open, "it's not good to make your lady suffer like this kid, sorry I forgot you're not a kid anymore, you're a full grown adult" my father said, "wait, stop there okay and you don't act like that, I agree that Ryou did act like that sometimes but tell me then why is it that you hang out with us even when he is with us" I asked Sakura, "you know it's not good to create an imaginary personality of one if you didn't see it, though I assure you that he's also a trustworthy friend that you have, even so there is a reason that I chose him" I said, "what you mean" Sakura asked me, "don't you remember Ichinose said that Ms. Fujitoshi asked her to join English literature contest and that will start just 1 hour before our dance competition and as I know about its length it will take at least half an hour for Ichinose to get free, I am afraid that maybe she won't be able to distract your father at the required time, as for Ryou his drawing competition will completely end almost, I guess, one and a half hour before our competition even so I think as Nakazaki's friend he'll more suitable just so your father don't get any misunderstanding" I said, "what do you mean" she asked me suspiciously, "I just mean that Ryou will be a better option that's it though he's kinda dumb so I'll tell Ichinose too" I said, "I'll leave it to you then, just don't let him mess this up otherwise we'll be in a big problem" Sakura said, "don't worry, I won't let anything like that happen" I said, after that we goes to normal routine, tomorrow I need to tell them both what's going on I guess they might have some of their own questions for me since I am kinda acting awkward lately because of that training. "Today might be a hassle, I am gonna tell them both everything" I told to myself when I woke up at morning, although my day seems to goes like normal, when walking towards school, Sakura and I decided that we will discuss with them during lunch, we reached school and met Ichinose and Sekke both though while talking Sakura seemed pretty hesitant, guess she still don't want anyone to know that, "earth to Tomoya, can you hear me I am your friend Ryou" Sekke said in my ears when I was trying to read the face of Sakura, "don't do that Sekke" I said to him, "oh come on, you two love birds just don't gonna hear my voice by any other way" Sekke said, "what...what are you trying to say" I said while shying a bit, "give me a break, the whole school knew about your relations with Sakura and to be honest most of the boys in school is jealous of you Tomoya my friend, so you better watch yourself, though I am one of the jealous ones myself I will still save you from others" Sekke said and to confirm what he said I started moving my eyes around the school and to be honest I could actually felt the intensity of other's gazes on me who were jealous of me since I am a little close to Sakura, maybe little won't be a suitable word. We all started laughing, though I was laughing I was actually a bit tensed because of those gazes which were giving me goosebumps earlier, then we all headed to our class. Its already the first period means of Ms. Fujitoshi, "okay Kiddo's tell me now how many of you have decided to take part in the fest by their own will, and just how many of you want themselves to forced in the fest" Ms. Fujitoshi said, "I thought that we still have two days before we finally decided about fest", "yeah me too" mumbling started in our class and like always Ms. Fujitoshi showed her demonic form and stopped all that mumbling, its happened so many times now that I have started to believe that rumor, according to which Ms. Fujitoshi was a demon in her previous life and its significances still shows in her sometimes. One by one everyone told Ms. Fujitoshi what they gonna do in the fest and those who didn't decided that, I don't even want to know what they gonna do in the fest, still Ms. Fujitoshi asked them to meet her later, just as I thought Ichinose told her that she'll be in the English literature competition and in drawing competition and she told Ms. Fujitoshi that Ryou is her partner for the drawing competition and I don't seem her to have any issue regarding that. Now its time for me to tell what I am gonna do, "I am gonna join the dance competition with Sakura" I shout it a little loud and when I said that everyone get shocked since only music club member knew that we gonna participate and I can also feel that intense gazes upon me again, "are you really gonna team up with him for the dance competition, Sakura" Ms. Fujitoshi asked to Sakura, "yes mem" Sakura replied and now I can feel that the intensity of those gazes has been increased and just as I thought Ryou was a part of it as I could see he was staring me all that time like when a wild animal stares at another animal before he hunt him down and kill him, "guess that'll be all for you two, what's you gonna do Ryou" Ms. Fujitoshi asked to Ryou, "well Ichinose already told you about that" Sekke said, "are you saying that drawing competition is all you gonna do, hmm guess you have to meet me later too" Ms. Fujitoshi said hearing that Ryou's face kinda look like someone who is depressed, I can't let this happen, it will ruin our little plan, hmm guess I have to interfere, "Ms. Fujitoshi.." I said, "what it is Tomoya ?, are you gonna do something else along with that dance performance ?" Ms. Fujitoshi asked me, "No, actually you see I need Ryou after his drawing competition, regarding my dance performance" I said in some hesitant voice, "what for ?" Ms. Fujitoshi said, "I need him for my end moment dance practice" I said when being a little more nervous, "for real, is that true Sakura" Ms. Fujitoshi said, "yes, mem" Sakura said though she was a little nervous too, "I actually can't believe what are these youngsters doing nowadays, you there Ryou you can't even say yourself that you're gonna help your friend so you won't be able to do anything else, guess drawing competition is all for you then and whatever you gonna do to help Tomoya in his dance performance" Ms. Fujitoshi said and in return Sekke just smile and then Ms. Fujitoshi started to ask to other students, "thanks bro, you're a life savior" Sekke said and in return I just smile a little. After that I told both Ichinose and Sekke to come to the terrace for lunch, there Sakura and I was already waiting for them, after they arrived we all ate lunch together then we started chatting a bit, "you two really surprised me, who could've thought that you two gonna take part in dance competition together" Ichinose said, "nice save back there buddy, just so you know, I am still jealous of you and tell me is there something that you really need me for" Sekke said Sakura was still nervous but I know that we must do this or the situation will be hard to handle, "guys I need help, and from both of you" I said that and explained them every single detail, every single thing about Nakazaki, Sakura, myself, our parents and what we are gonna do to help Sakura's parents. "That's must have been hard on you" Ichinose said, "so this was the reason that you saved me from Ms. Fujitoshi huh" Sekke said, "well I don't have any options, you know I don't have much friends and Sakura don't want it to reveal to someone she can't put her trust on" I said, "Tomoya, you know that we are not on the best terms specially now when you got a chance to dance with her, man I am jealous, but you see I can just dump that useless pride of mine to help you guys, I can't let a friend down like this not when they just saved my fest time, now can I ?" Sekke said, "yeah I will help too as soon as I got free" Ichinose said, "you guys, hmm you see Sakura, I told you that they will surely help you" I said and Sakura was watching me, staring at my face like she got a new hope, "yeah I really do have friends that I can trust on" Sakura said.

Her face looks nothing like before now, this flower of that divine garden that I saw that day, that I tagged as the ideal one, with a little no. of encounters I now knew she has her own problems I see it now but as a fellow flower or more than that, as a part of that same garden I will help this flower to get over with its problems and become the ideal one for real so that this flower get bloomed to the fullest so that its beauty can increase the prestigious appearance of this garden and eventually become something that we other flowers can hope to become, that someone can hope to achieve.