Intro
Do you believe in love? A love that change your destiny & fate? Love. Is it really possesses that miraculous power? I once was a victim of love that craved for money & created to cheat and hurt. I simply took it as “love is a lie”. People use to “lie” when they bored, as to fill up their free. It’s a hilarious fun to toy with love…a game of love!
End of April, 2000
J walked lazily along his way through the subway tracks, passing one platform and another. How he wishes the time just fly away yet quickly ends his boring day. Carrying his nearly empty school bag pack on his right arm, J stepped into the train heading to Harajuku as its door opened. He was nearly thrown away by other passengers that rush to get into it. This is the rush hour. Everybody can’t wait even a second to get themselves on the train. He can see a group of 5 to 6 high school boys wearing the same uniform as him on the opposite site of the train. Those boys were absorbed in their conversations didn’t even glance at him. He threw his sight to the outside of the train when it moves. Minute by minute passed slowly. He kept looking at his watch on his left wrist. Those boys are still talking and sometimes giggling loud like crazy.
“Chikushou!!~~ What are so funny to giggle for?” he thought himself for a second then turned his face into those boys, and slowly getting near. He holds his right hand to a hand drill, before he pretends to fall on one of them. This made the one who sits next to the boy angry. That’s what he’s looking for – a fight. It’s a usual to see him skipping classes, to come late or came just to waste his time, but the first time to get into the fight.
Today is so bored. Why not I try something new? And have some fun!
“What’s the big matter? I just fell on him. Not even hurt him anywhere??!!” J replied before giving a great punch on the boy. He succeeds for trying to start a fight. But he’s about to lose in the fight he himself started. What would he expected? It’s now 6 versus 1. The other passengers would just stand still and just look at them. No one dares to offer a help or even try to stop.
A cure for the pain is the pain itself. J was beaten hardly by the 6. But he just let them did it without replying back. What he had seen yesterday night was much more painful than this. His dad, Mr. Lee brought back a new girl which is just few years older than J, to his home office room. It’s not an unusual thing to see. This has been continuing over a decade, since his mom passed away. Mr. Lee has been changing girls which he said to be his secretary, but later they keep on their secret affair to more than just the boss-secretary. While J was still drowned by the images of his dad and that girl, suddenly a hand came from his back and pulled him aside. A girl with long black jacket to her knee came from nowhere did the 6 and stopped the fight within the minutes. She seemed not to be a local – a 5’5 girl wearing a white head scarf, with worn –out white long sleeves shirt & black tight jeans picked up J’s bag that thrown few meters away and handed it to him before she left at Harajuku stop first without uttering any words.
But later I began to see the fact that it is true that love encourages you to be invincible, to face the changes you’ve be able to make to yourself. The love that changed my destiny & fate… this is where my life story begins…no…my brand new life story like I was reborn to the same world.
…Two years later…
Early of April 2002
“Young master, we’re arrived” said the 65 years old Uncle Dan softly. Eye-glassed Dan, lowered his specs and takes a peek at J which sitting at the back seat. His reflection of yawning big on Dan’s specs can be seen clearly. J stepped out from the car and leave without saying anything.
“Itterassyai, young master.” Uncle Dan wished before he turned his car to the right and leaves the main entrance of Meiji University.
“Mattaku!~ Why did that old man sent me here this early? I normally would still curl up in my futon at this time!” J grumbled over Uncle Dan.
He is not that eager to be here in Economic Department yet his academic reputation never meets the needs that set by the university. It’s just his dad. Yeah, money can buy anything! J was in after those behind the scenes process was made between his dad and principal of the university.
J walked slowly leaving the main entrance entering the college. He was attracted by a crowd of students in front of the notice board. Everyone is stretching their necks to take a look to something posted on the board. An A5 sized paper which written “Last Semester Final Exam Results” clipped with over 200 students’ numbers ranked on it.
“Who’s that 26030171?? He or she’s ranked first with 3.99 pointers? Oh my goodness!” one of the student uttered her shock to see the ranked first student’s result.
“I know. It must be Dean, an only foreign student in our department. She’s the only genius would make it like this” another girl replied.
Whatta! Is that what they’re pushing & pulling each other to know since now? Kudaranai!!
J left the crowd, heading towards to the lecture hall. Since this is the first day of the new semester, so it’s normal to have all students gathered for a short guidance, called orientation. He entered from the back doors, stepped into a hall than can let over 300 students at one time. As soon as he was in, there were few girls already sitting here and there. Then a girl from a group that sitting at the left corner of the hall noticed his presence suddenly run into him. Other girls that left sitting still at their seats just stare at this branded, rich and good looking guy from afar. The girl just greeted him at first. But few minutes later she went crazy and asked for J’s phone number.
Ah! This girl! Do you really want it that bad?Do you really wanna “play”with me?
J took the piece of note handed to him pretends to write something. At the same time, a girl enters the hall from the front door caught everyone’s eyes. Everyone that is talking to each other just now lowered their voices into the murmurs. J was curious too. He raised his face and searched for the source of everyone’s attention and found it is just a mere girl, a normal student. But after he handed the note back to the girl, he recalled something… and the girl just looked familiar to his eyes…
Who’s that girl….? Have we met before?It can’t be…!
……………To be continued………………
Word List
Chikushou – Damn it!
Itterassyai – Have a pleasant journey!
Mattaku! – an exclamation of sigh
Kudaranai – trashy/nothing/stupid things etc.
