Somehow Meet Again?

“Yui?!”

It’s been long time I have not met with her since that accident.

"Why are you here? I thought we'd never see each other again," Yui responded, casting a sidelong glance at Yuka.

How can I forget about Yui? Just how bad I have become?

"I'm so sorry, Yui. I know I haven't visited you since you regained consciousness."

I hope she can accept my apologies. If this is not enough, I will kneel before her. But what I heard after that is….

Yui suddenly broke into laughter. "Hahaha! What are you talking about, Yuka? I was just kidding!"

Can I break her other legs? It’s okay right if people don’t know! Just kidding too.

“You are mean, Yui! How can you do this to me?”

“So, what are you doing here, Yuka?”

“Just to see my mom. How about Yui?”

“I just done my medical checkup for my leg.”

Then, suddenly this idea appeared in my mind.

"Yui, do you want to grab a drink? My treat and I also have brought my friend with me,”

I suggested.

At first, she seems to hesitate to accept my invitation. But she finally gave in after I said that I would pay for her.

“Now, both you can introduce with each other!”

“Suddenly?! Yuka, should not you to become as our middle person?” said Yui.

“I agree with that!” said Ai.

We now at a café that is near to the hospital where mom work.

“By the way, my name is Wakamiya Ai. You can call me Ai! Nice to meet you!”

“My name is Satou Yui. You can call me Yui. Nice to meet you too.”

“Yui?’

“What is it Yuka?”

“I sense that you have change a lot since last time,” I share my impression of her since our last met.

“What did something change about me?” ask Yui.

“You become more easily approach and somehow you look cheerful than before.”

“Maybe I have really change. After that accident, I was told that I cannot dance like I always do. When I heard about that, it just feels that all I done before was useless. I can’t surpass my late sister after all. Since then, I only focus on recovering and try to find new motivation.”

“Did you found it?” I asked Yui.

“I don’t know. But I want to find my own new motivation. Although I can’t follow my late sister’s step, I can find hope in music. Really, why I am talking about this?” said Yui.

Then, a woman come to our table out of blue. She is wearing a hat and sunglasses. But her small figure reminds me of someone.

“Ana?!”

“Shhhhh! I don’t want people to know that I am here. So, is this Sweet Smile’s reunion? Why was I not invited?”

“No Ana! We just met with each other today for the first time after long time,” explained Yui.

“Really? But it’s been a long time since I have seen you guys. And who is her?” ask Ana toward Ai.

“I am Yuka’s friend! My name is Wakamiya Ai! Nice to meet you!”

“Nice to meet you too!”

And so, this is how ‘some drink’ turns into a small reunion between Sweet Smile members. Ai blend perfectly with this group. I feel like Ai is one of our members.

“Ana, I heard that you now being cast as a supporting role in the drama that will air next month.”

“Right, Ai! Finally, the moment I have been wait will come! I had so much fun while learning many new things while filming this drama. Guys, I have an idea. How about we create our label?” said Ana.

“I think you are crazy, Ana. You just need to focus on your acting now, “ said Yui.

“Right. and normally, Haruna will suggest this kind of idea. Hearing that from Ana is a bit weird,” I said.

“What are you guys talking about me?”

“Haruna?!” All of us are shocked to know that Haruna were here.

“Why are you guys so surprise? Of course, I am here! this is my dad’s café,” explains Haruna.

“It just we can expected to see you here. back to my suggestion earlier, did all of you agree?” ask Ana.

“You are ignoring me just now, Ana. Is that how you treated me after we didn’t see each other. Yui, can you just stop thinking about music. Don’t you realize your situation? And Yuka. How can you still sing after all the controversy? All of you here are still clinging to the past. Remember, the chosen one will success in music but the chosen one is not us. So, just stop talking abo-“

“Hey, Haruna! I don’t want to talk to you like this, but you have crossed the line just now. Why do you need to say that? Are you still thinking about your past?” said Yui.

Now, I can see Haruna is very angry. This is the first time I have seen her angry. I always thought she was cheerful person, but I guess now is not.

“Do you want to settle this outside, Yui?”

“As your pleasure, Haruna.”

“Just stop it both you! There are peoples here in café.” I try to calm down the situation.

“Yuka, you should not disrupt us! I have hold my anger toward Yui since first time we met!” said Haruna.

“Really? You are annoying since we met first time too!” said Yui.

I don’t think this will end soon.

“Okay, okay! As the older one, I apologize for what I suggested earlier but, in my opinion, there is nothing wrong with creating our own label. We just need to find modal first for now,” said Ana.

“Do you think all of that is easy? Especially with our bad reputation?” said Haruna.

“Sweet Smile, can all of you calm down for a while? All customer in this café starts to look at us now.” said Ai who has been quiet since earlier.

“Who are you?” ask Ana toward Ai.

“She is Ai, Yuka’s friend. Then, can we try to create our own label? Although maybe it looks hard, we can do some things together again. Ai-san, you can join us too!” said Ana excitedly.

“I don’t know but I will consider it again in the future,” said Ai.

“I think it’s worth trying,” I said to them.

“I will join this as long as Haruna is not there,” said Yui suddenly.

”Same to me too!” said Haruna.

Why are both so angry with each other? Did they hide something? But I don’t sense anything weird and especially Haruna’s personality. She reminds me how Ai’s behavior in the past.

“How about three of you join this competition?” suggest Ana while showing the poster of the contest on her phone.

I ask Ana,” What is the name of this competition?”

“Sing If You Can!”