"Madaling hulihin ang manok na nakatali"
"Will you go out with me?"
His heart raged like the deafening noise of a busy Shibuya District. If a girl agreed to go out with you once and you blew that opportunity out, how do you ask for a second date? After five years?
Oops. Five years? Wait a second...
The five-day rule will only work if you met the girl for the first time. But hey! Meari and Takeshi met already five years ago. The five-day rule does not apply to them because it was way past the fifth day after their first meeting. Why am I so stupid!?! Takeshi taught. Before it was Haagen Dazs and then now this one. Why is he always being an idiot when it comes to Meari? He remembered Robert calling it "The Tokyo University Syndrome". This happens to smart people who acts foolishly in front of the person they are hitting on because the attraction is way above it should be. (The Haagen- Dazs Code-Don't be attracted to someone too much because it blurs you mind. (Robert 2006))
But there's no turning back now. All he could do is wait, imagining all the possible response Meari could give.
a. No way! After what happened five years ago? Hell no!
b. I am sorry I am so busy I don't have time for dates.
c. Dame da! (No way)
He was like a speeding Bullet train made out of porcelain about to hit a wall as Meari opened her lips.
But to his surprise, Meari replied with the greatest and most subtle word in the Japanese language.
***
After his class, Takeshi went straight to Robert's room to tell him the good news. But as he opened the door to his room, he forgot everything as he saw Robert...
...with Mochiko. (Do you remember when I told you that Mochiko advised Sue to go without Robert because of some reason different to what Takeshi had? Well, here's the reason.)
"ROBERT!!! GIRLS are NOT ALLOWED in our DORM!!!"
"Wait. can you go outside first so she can put on her dress."
"Okay" He waited outside, then after awhile, Mochiko stepped outside with the most humiliating bow to avoid Takeshi's eyes. Then he went inside.
Robert, in a "user-friendly-friendly-user" gesture, approached Takeshi. "Please do not tell this to Sue."
It was just then when Takeshi realized what really happened. "You are cheating on her!?!"
"This is exactly why I don't want to be away from her." Before Robert met Sue, he was a womanizing idiot. But Sue changed him entirely, although no one knows how. "You see, she is not just my girlfriend. She's also my conscience. You take her away from me, I'm like a whining school boy eager to eat all those soft, sweet and pink cotton candies there."
"Robert, this must stop. Think about her. Do you wanna lose her?"
"No. Hell no! I love her."
"If this will happen again I will tell her."
"Ok.Ok!"
Just when they about to shake hands for a done deal, Mochiko went inside the room and said "Robert, how about tonight?"
And like all the other bro's do, Takeshi and Robert had a telepathic conversation in front of a girl.
Takeshi: :-x
Robert: :-(
":-0"
":'("
":0"
";-)"
":-/"
":-D"
":-/"
"Yes, Mochiko. Sure." Mochiko stepped outside. Robert thanked Takeshi but Takeshi felt disgusted with himself.
"Robert. I will not tell Sue but please, you will go out with her but no cotton candies, ok?"
"No cotton candies." *wink*
"I'm serious."
"Yeah." *wink*
"Robert?" *mean look*
" Ok! No cotton candies!" Robert, in his attempt to change the topic asked Takeshi the question that he should have asked him minutes ago. "Hey, Why are you here? I forgot to ask"
"I ask Meari to go out with me."
"What did she say?"
"The greatest and most subtle Japanese word."
"Oh! That one? Nice!"
"See? Your five-day rule is not true! We met five years ago and I still have all the chance in the world to get her."
"Do you hear that?" Robert looked at the sky (Or more specifically, at the ceiling), raised his hands and closed his eyes. "God is talking to us."
"Are you stoned?"
"He is saying that you broke the five-day rule five years ago but he will give you this second chance." Robert opened his eyes and smiled at him. "The heaven loves you so much!"
"What are you..."
" Five-day rule, again after five years. High Five!"
***
It was 6pm when Takeshi arrived at Haagen-Dazs. Wearing his favorite suit, he waited for Meari.
And there she was, walking straight towards him. And once again, the most breath-taking smile he had ever seen...
To be continued...(Chapter 4: Dates)
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