Always

Showdown

Its late-night, empty street, with no people people around. Hiro is waiting for someone, alone. A car arrives, and its none other than Satoshi. The two men glares at each other, seems like they want to kill each other. "What do you want? Why did you call me here. And by the way, how the hell did you find my private social media account. Are you stalking me???" Hiro asks. Satoshi glares "Don't give me that creepy look." Hiro added. "I don't want you to bother my fiancée." Satoshi replied. "Did you call me here to brag about your relationship? Be a man! Lets fight one on one, come on" said Hiro. Satoshi smirks, "Its been 5 years, I thought you would have become mature now, maybe I set my expectations too high". Hiro calms himself and stands straight, "I was just kidding around with you. We are meeting after five years... We were never friends, but I must say thankyou, thanks for taking care of her when I wasn't around. Although deep inside I wanted to punch you when I imagined you with her, but you kept her happy where I left her alone suffering. You deserve her. I am a loser. A pathetic loser" said Hiro, tapping on his shoulder. "Forget about her." Satoshi said, "There is no way I am going to give up on her. Also I would allow no one, no one! To break her heart anymore." As Satoshi moves towards toward his card Hiro interrupts He added. "I am not going to stop." Satoshi turns his face towards him, "I am not going to stop, until I know whether or not she still loves me. If she really doesn't love me anymore, I'll disappear forever from her life." They both glares at each other.

Rosie and watching the old pictures of them from college, "Oh this picture! What a day it was!" Yumi pointed towards the picture of behind the scenes from a play they did in the college. "We were so young..." Yumi said. "I think I have more if these in my laptop" Rosie replied. Rosie opens a folder which had more of the pictures. "You are looking so pretty here!" Said Yumi. "Yea, Nanako did my makeup, she is really talented" Rosie replied. "Oh its you and Satoshi, but I still don't understand why did Satoshi suddenly backed off from his role..." Yumi asked. "He did it for me" Rosie replied. "Huh?!" Yumi gets stunned. "I was distressed that Hiro failed to get that role. So he backed off from that role and suggested Hiro's name" Rosie replied. "Rosie, Satoshi really cares for you... you are really happy to have him in your life, they say whatever happens, it happens for good" said Yumi, then she observes that Rosie is all teary eyed "Huh? What happened Rosie? Are you crying?" Yumi asks. Rosie hugs Yumi and says, "Yumi, Why did he left me... why did he left me without saying anything?" said Rosie. "Left?... left who?" Yumi asked. "He left me, he could've asked me to wait for him... but he just left me" said Rosie crying. "Are you... talking about... Hiro...?" Yumi asks. "Satoshi is a perfect guy... no doubt... but my heart, my heart denies to forget about him. I am feeling helpless. When I almost collected myself, piece by piece... he came back into my life, again. I am confused, I am really confused Yumi." Rosie cries.

Kaiji, now a grown-up president of his Father's real estate business along with Daisuke, Marketing Director of a leading company in Japan, are waiting for Hiro to arrive in cafe. "Why did Hiro san called us here in Shizuoka?" Kaiji asked. "Hmm... I heard Satoshi Endo and Rosie are getting married soon. Also Satoshi Endo is here in Shizuoka for fan meet-up. Is boss- I mean Hiro-san by any chance wants to harm Satoshi Endo? Said Daisuke. "Don't be stupid. I am sure he must have forgotten about Rosie now. It has been 5 years". Said Kaiji. "Hey guys, How have you been?" Hiro arrives. Daisuke and Kaiji immediately runs to him and hugs him. "Boss..." they both cries. "Okay okay keep calm now boys..." Hiro chuckles.

They both discuss about how life has been all these years, old memories, stock prices, politics. Both the elements of the soft student life to adulthood's hardship were present in the discussion. The old funky boys group reunited. Hiro shared how he still feels for Rosie, but cannot do anything and his friends try to cheer him up. "I wish, I wish life could give me one more chance, just one chance to let me prove my love for her...", Hiro with the tears in his eyes... "I cannot see her... I cannot see her in some one else's arms" Hiro added. Kaiji and Daisuke feels pity but cannot do anything to help him. It was getting late so they all leave for their hotel. Hiro gets in to the car. While driving, he couldn't control his mind and kept losing focus. He was not in his right mind, the heartbreak, and pain of losing someone he loves, was driving him crazy. Lost in thought he increased the speed of his car and it got him to the accident. The car got hit by the tree, all damaged. Inside the car was Hiro, lying all wounded.