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( outside principal office )

Ken- so only three of us applied for early graduation today ... I wonder what others are up to ?

shirasu - well they are all busy planning their future ..I'm sure .

miyuki- yes . oh ... I got a call from our schools affiliate university in Canada yesterday . looks like I will also leave for a few years like you shirasu ..

shirasu - eh ? which course did you choose then ?

miyuki- baka. of course it's a sports scholarship . that shameless principal was very happy now when he talked about the successful recommendation. maybe he wanted to earn some favorability points with university management overseas . forget it . so Ken, do you have any idea for a room somewhere now ?

Ken - not right now . but both of you are going overseas huh . I will be lonely for a while then . maa. work hard there then see ya .. ( smile )

( after a while on the road )

( hmm.. now that graduation matters are over , what to do ? I haven't planned anything for today . well let's roam around for a while searching for some good food then ..)

( inside nearby ramen shop )

( welll this shop looks clean than I thought . hmm.. let's eat some ramen for lunch then .)

cook - welcome . what will you have ? ( smile )

Ken- ( how rare . a woman cook in a ramen shop . well in my past life , i didnt meet one . )hmm.. miso ramen then . oh yes . add some gyoza too ..

cook - yes yes . one miso , one gyoza . please wait for a while .

Ken- but for lunch hour , there is no customer other than me here . is business bad now miss?

cook - akane . my name is akane . sigh .. business was good but a few days ago a new fried chicken shop opened opposite so customers are decreasing day by day . well I will just do my best to make delicious ramen ( smile )

Ken- ( eating ) it's delicious. hmm.. the students from around there just love western food like burger and fried chicken . dont worry , all of them will come back gradually when they are fed up with fried chicken ( well I was quickly fed up of burgers and ate ramen daily so this is the truth at least for some people ..)

akane - I hope so . thanks for your kind words young man . huh ... that uniform .. seido high school ? are you a baseball player ?

Ken- yes . well I just went and took my graduation certificate so now I have graduated from high school though . so you like baseball ? ( smile )

akane - well my husband loved it so now it's just like our family sport ...

Ken- what does your husband do for work ? maybe a salaryman as you are alone managing this shop ..

akane - this shop was inherited by his family after we got married. but he died in a car accident 3 years ago . now my family is only my daughter who is going to graduate high school soon ( worried) ..

Ken- I'm sorry . ( I wonder why I'm talking so much with her . it's just pure first meeting now.. well now let's just continue our talk then as I'm free ..) why are you looking so worried when you mentioned that your daughter is graduating soon .. ( confused )

akane - it's just that my daughter is a baseball idiot . she wants to be a professional woman baseball player. sigh .. I have no problem as it's her dream but you see nowadays she is always down..

Ken- why ? it's good thing that she has a dream ...

akane - well it's just that her coach told her that she won't pass the selection test of all Japan woman baseball team . she is not that talented anyway so is now hesitating to take the test or not. maybe she is thinking about managing shop with me .. anyway she is struggling right now . I don't know what to do right now .. ( crying )

Ken- there is no need to cry ... ( hmm.. now that I'm involved somewhat let's see what I can do to help then .. ) it's okay. let me see her play . if I find that she will not pass then I will just tell her directly on the spot . maybe she will stop struggling then ( smile) . but if she is good then I promise you that I will personally train her for a while then .. happy now ?

akane- you are such a good young man . it's none of your business but you are willing to help her anyway .. please help her . ( begging me ) ..

Ken- well I'm free for a few days so it's fine with me . oh .. you know about any cheap apartment that I can rent in the neighborhood. I want to rent one for at least a month.. ( smile )

akane - we have an empty room upstairs . you can just become our tenant then ( smile ) . I feel that you are a good man and on top of that you are a baseball player from champions seido high school so misa will not be bored too ...

Ken- well let me tell you straight then . if I like your daughter then I will not be shy and make her my girlfriend then . from your talk I can feel that she is my type of girl . well its really difficult to find a baseball idiot girl and she must be beautiful like you so I'm sure that I will like her .. ( it's the truth so it's fine to tell her . maybe she will change her mind then . if not then maybe I will find love here then . oh.. maybe that's why I was strangely talking to akane for a long time till now . )