Chapter 243: Makai – Poor Ocean
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Makai
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Ocean may have appeared to be holding it together when he left the coach's office. He may have been smiling and laughing. But that was all just a façade. I could see the pain and the heartache in his eyes.
He was hiding the way that he was truly feeling from everyone else, but he couldn't hide it from me. I knew him too well. And I was far too in tune with him for me not to notice it. So, when he waved bye to me and left the pool for the library, it nearly shattered my heart.
The only thing that kept me from losing it altogether was the knowledge that he was being strong. I couldn't let this get to me if he was trying so hard not to let it get to him. He was my Ocean, he was my boyfriend, he was my fiancé, and I needed to be there for him. However, at this point in time, I had a feeling that the only way for me to be there for him was to give him silent support.
I also needed to get Ocean back in the water and back on the team. I knew that would make him feel better. And I also knew just how to get all of it done. Once practice was over, I would be calling a certain someone. Someone that I knew would want to help Ocean.
I went back to my locker, changed, and put my stuff away. After that, I headed out with everyone else as they all started to do their stretches before practice. I was doing mine along with them, but I was also thinking about Ocean as I did it.
"RIVERS!" Coach called out to me. "Stop daydreaming and get in the damn pool. You're up."
"Oh, yeah, sorry Coach." I jumped and rushed to stand in position. When the whistle sounded, I dove into the pool and swam a good run. It was on par with my usual time, and I beat my opponent so it was all good. I went back to stretch some more and think about what I was going to say to Dr. Malachi. He was the one that would sign off on Ocean being back in the water. He just needed to be updated on the circumstances.
Following practice, I rushed into the locker room and got dressed as quickly as I could. I wanted to meet Ocean at the library before he headed to class. I wanted to walk with him and prove to him that I didn't care if we showed off our relationship.
In the past, he wanted to hide everything because he thought that people would turn against us. However, that didn't happen. And maybe, just maybe, if we were more open about everything at school, he would be a little less tense about everything.
"Ocean?!" I called out to him just as he was leaving the library. I almost missed him. Had I not rushed the way that I had, I would have missed him altogether.
"Makai? What are you doing here? Why didn't you head to class? This is so far out of the way." He looked at me like he was confused. And the first thing that I noticed about his expression was that he was feeling so down. He wasn't keeping the pain in as much as he had been before.
"I wanted to walk with you." I grabbed his hand then and pulled him close to me.
"Makai!" He tried to tug away from me while looking at the people that were around us. None of them were looking at us at all.
"It's fine, Ocean. They know we're dating. Trust me, after that kiss a couple weeks ago, they all know." I reminded him of when he kissed me in front of the whole school on the school steps.
"W..well, that was different. We don't need to do this." He tried to take his hand away from me.
"Yes, Ocean, we do." I pulled him closer. "I love you and I want them all to know it. We're a couple, so let's act like one."
"W..well, I guess." He shrugged at me and looked around the hall. "B..but do you think that it is okay for us to do this?"
"Yes, I do." I pulled his hand to my lips and kissed his knuckles. "I really do, Ocean."
"O..Okay." He nodded at me with his eyes opened wide. Though, he did stop pulling on his hand so that I could hold onto it.
"Good. Now let's go before we're late." The smile on my face told him how happy that I was, yet he still looked miserable.
My poor Ocean was so upset, and I didn't know how to stop this from happening. He just wanted to swim. It wasn't the first time this year that he was in this position, and it was truly upsetting. He was the only person on the team that has been put on medical restriction. And it's been twice now. That had to be eating away at him. It had to be so upsetting to him.
I needed to get this taken care of. My poor Ocean didn't need to be ostracized like this. He needed to swim. That was what was going to make him happy. And I would always do whatever it took to make my man happy.
"Hey, Ocean, you're back!" Another student in our math class called out to us. His name was Quinton, and he was a senior like us.
"Hey Quin. Yeah, I'm back." Ocean smiled sheepishly at him. I think he was nervous because I was still holding his hand.
"I see you and Kai are being more open now. That is awesome. Seeing the two of you be so open that day in front of the school gave guys like me the courage to be open too. Me and my boyfriend came out to the whole school last week."
"Really?" Ocean looked surprised, probably as surprised as I felt.
"Yeah. I wanted to thank you for being such an inspiration for the rest of us. If guys like the two of you, the most popular guys in the school, came out to everyone, then there was no reason for us to hide anymore. Thank you." Quinton ran back to his seat after that since the bell had just rung.
"See, Ocean? We're an inspiration." I whispered into his ear and then kissed his cheek before walking him to our seats at the back of the room.
True to his word, there was a pop quiz right after Coach got to the classroom. He had warned Ocean so that he didn't fall behind, but we had studied this last night, so we were all good. I knew that the two of us were going to do well on it.
The morning seemed to speed by. There was nothing truly major or important that happened. It was all just a normal school day. Even lunch didn't seem to be any different than normal. No one had a problem with me and Ocean being together or anything at all. It was like they didn't know or they didn't care.
Well, there was one thing that was different. And that was brought up while we were all eating.
"Man, it's good not to have to worry about Brittney causing problems. I am so glad that she left the school. She hadn't been back since that day." Katie's words reminded me about it. There was no Bitch here to disturb us.
"Oh, she didn't leave the school." Ryan contradicted her so much that it was like it just happened without thinking. I could even see the oops face that was forming on his face.
Dammit! No one was supposed to know that Brittney was in 'jail'. Ben and Ryan knew about it because they were at the house with us, not to mention that my parents were part of the trial as witnesses. They didn't know that it was a sea folk courthouse or that there were absolutely no humans in it at all. They just thought that she was tried and found guilty of her crimes. And the only crime that they knew about was Brittney going to the hospital and attacking Ocean after she left school that day. They didn't know what else happened and they didn't need to know.
"What do you mean she didn't leave the school?" Katie asked him immediately.
"Did she turn invisible?" Alexis asked him.
"Did she shrink to the size of a borrow so she can live in the walls?" She looked at the other girls as they stared at her like she was being weird. "What? It was my favorite book in middle school." They laughed and looked back at Ryan.
"W..well, she didn't actually withdraw from the school. Sh..she's somewhere else." Ryan was getting nervous, and he very well should be.
"Where is she, then?" The always inquisitive Katie asked him.
"W..well, uhm, I..I think Ocean and Kai can answer that better." He was throwing us under the bus here.
"Ocean?" She was hyper focused on him now.
"Brittney was arrested." He was short and sweet but they weren't going to let it go so easily.
"No way? Why? What happened?"
"Hahh." He sighed and set his hamburger down. "Two weeks ago, the day that she 'left school' she came to the hospital and attacked me. She tried to kill me and was arrested. So, she's in jail. Apparently, she's already had her trial. There was enough evidence, and her lawyer wasn't interested in slowing things down. And I guess Brittney was confident that she was going to get off without being punished so she pushed to have the trial rushed too. Now she is serving her time."
"HOLY SHIT!" The three girls yelled the words to the room a little loudly.
"Are you serious? Damn, that is insane." Alexis shook her head. "I always knew she was crazy."
The rest of lunch passed by with them asking questions and Ocean and I dodging them as best as we could. Honestly, that was the most exciting part of the school day. And before long, it was time for practice again. That was when my poor Ocean went to the library again. He was going to study some more and finish his homework for the day while the rest of us were in practice.
I felt so bad for him having to sit out like that. And all throughout practice I was distracted again. It didn't affect me, but I knew that everyone could tell what was wrong with me. Mostly because when I was in the locker room, so many of the guys were consoling me.
"It's okay, Kai, he will be back to swimming soon."
"I know that you're going to help him, and we're all here for him."
"Chin up, man. Ocean will be back in the pool soon."
It honestly felt good that they were being so nice about it all. I knew that they were true friends of Ocean's, and even of me too. And none of them seemed to care that we were gay and dating. Thank God for that one.
After their consoling words, I ran back to get dressed, just like I did before. I wanted to go get my boyfriend from the library again.
"YOU CAN'T LEAVE WITHOUT US, YOU KNOW! THERE'S NO REASON TO RUSH!" Ryan called after me laughingly. I didn't care. I needed to be there for my poor Ocean. I needed to be there to let him know that all of our teammates were rooting for him. He needed to know that things were all going so well.
Also, I wanted to kiss him. I know that he would be embarrassed, but I still wanted to do it. It would be so erotic to kiss him in the library like one of those cheesy manga scenes. I definitely wanted to try it.
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Makai
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Ocean may have appeared to be holding it together when he left the coach's office. He may have been smiling and laughing. But that was all just a façade. I could see the pain and the heartache in his eyes.
He was hiding the way that he was truly feeling from everyone else, but he couldn't hide it from me. I knew him too well. And I was far too in tune with him for me not to notice it. So, when he waved bye to me and left the pool for the library, it nearly shattered my heart.
The only thing that kept me from losing it altogether was the knowledge that he was being strong. I couldn't let this get to me if he was trying so hard not to let it get to him. He was my Ocean, he was my boyfriend, he was my fiancé, and I needed to be there for him. However, at this point in time, I had a feeling that the only way for me to be there for him was to give him silent support.
I also needed to get Ocean back in the water and back on the team. I knew that would make him feel better. And I also knew just how to get all of it done. Once practice was over, I would be calling a certain someone. Someone that I knew would want to help Ocean.
I went back to my locker, changed, and put my stuff away. After that, I headed out with everyone else as they all started to do their stretches before practice. I was doing mine along with them, but I was also thinking about Ocean as I did it.
"RIVERS!" Coach called out to me. "Stop daydreaming and get in the damn pool. You're up."
"Oh, yeah, sorry Coach." I jumped and rushed to stand in position. When the whistle sounded, I dove into the pool and swam a good run. It was on par with my usual time, and I beat my opponent so it was all good. I went back to stretch some more and think about what I was going to say to Dr. Malachi. He was the one that would sign off on Ocean being back in the water. He just needed to be updated on the circumstances.
Following practice, I rushed into the locker room and got dressed as quickly as I could. I wanted to meet Ocean at the library before he headed to class. I wanted to walk with him and prove to him that I didn't care if we showed off our relationship.
In the past, he wanted to hide everything because he thought that people would turn against us. However, that didn't happen. And maybe, just maybe, if we were more open about everything at school, he would be a little less tense about everything.
"Ocean?!" I called out to him just as he was leaving the library. I almost missed him. Had I not rushed the way that I had, I would have missed him altogether.
"Makai? What are you doing here? Why didn't you head to class? This is so far out of the way." He looked at me like he was confused. And the first thing that I noticed about his expression was that he was feeling so down. He wasn't keeping the pain in as much as he had been before.
"I wanted to walk with you." I grabbed his hand then and pulled him close to me.
"Makai!" He tried to tug away from me while looking at the people that were around us. None of them were looking at us at all.
"It's fine, Ocean. They know we're dating. Trust me, after that kiss a couple weeks ago, they all know." I reminded him of when he kissed me in front of the whole school on the school steps.
"W..well, that was different. We don't need to do this." He tried to take his hand away from me.
"Yes, Ocean, we do." I pulled him closer. "I love you and I want them all to know it. We're a couple, so let's act like one."
"W..well, I guess." He shrugged at me and looked around the hall. "B..but do you think that it is okay for us to do this?"
"Yes, I do." I pulled his hand to my lips and kissed his knuckles. "I really do, Ocean."
"O..Okay." He nodded at me with his eyes opened wide. Though, he did stop pulling on his hand so that I could hold onto it.
"Good. Now let's go before we're late." The smile on my face told him how happy that I was, yet he still looked miserable.
My poor Ocean was so upset, and I didn't know how to stop this from happening. He just wanted to swim. It wasn't the first time this year that he was in this position, and it was truly upsetting. He was the only person on the team that has been put on medical restriction. And it's been twice now. That had to be eating away at him. It had to be so upsetting to him.
I needed to get this taken care of. My poor Ocean didn't need to be ostracized like this. He needed to swim. That was what was going to make him happy. And I would always do whatever it took to make my man happy.
"Hey, Ocean, you're back!" Another student in our math class called out to us. His name was Quinton, and he was a senior like us.
"Hey Quin. Yeah, I'm back." Ocean smiled sheepishly at him. I think he was nervous because I was still holding his hand.
"I see you and Kai are being more open now. That is awesome. Seeing the two of you be so open that day in front of the school gave guys like me the courage to be open too. Me and my boyfriend came out to the whole school last week."
"Really?" Ocean looked surprised, probably as surprised as I felt.
"Yeah. I wanted to thank you for being such an inspiration for the rest of us. If guys like the two of you, the most popular guys in the school, came out to everyone, then there was no reason for us to hide anymore. Thank you." Quinton ran back to his seat after that since the bell had just rung.
"See, Ocean? We're an inspiration." I whispered into his ear and then kissed his cheek before walking him to our seats at the back of the room.
True to his word, there was a pop quiz right after Coach got to the classroom. He had warned Ocean so that he didn't fall behind, but we had studied this last night, so we were all good. I knew that the two of us were going to do well on it.
The morning seemed to speed by. There was nothing truly major or important that happened. It was all just a normal school day. Even lunch didn't seem to be any different than normal. No one had a problem with me and Ocean being together or anything at all. It was like they didn't know or they didn't care.
Well, there was one thing that was different. And that was brought up while we were all eating.
"Man, it's good not to have to worry about Brittney causing problems. I am so glad that she left the school. She hadn't been back since that day." Katie's words reminded me about it. There was no Bitch here to disturb us.
"Oh, she didn't leave the school." Ryan contradicted her so much that it was like it just happened without thinking. I could even see the oops face that was forming on his face.
Dammit! No one was supposed to know that Brittney was in 'jail'. Ben and Ryan knew about it because they were at the house with us, not to mention that my parents were part of the trial as witnesses. They didn't know that it was a sea folk courthouse or that there were absolutely no humans in it at all. They just thought that she was tried and found guilty of her crimes. And the only crime that they knew about was Brittney going to the hospital and attacking Ocean after she left school that day. They didn't know what else happened and they didn't need to know.
"What do you mean she didn't leave the school?" Katie asked him immediately.
"Did she turn invisible?" Alexis asked him.
"Did she shrink to the size of a borrow so she can live in the walls?" She looked at the other girls as they stared at her like she was being weird. "What? It was my favorite book in middle school." They laughed and looked back at Ryan.
"W..well, she didn't actually withdraw from the school. Sh..she's somewhere else." Ryan was getting nervous, and he very well should be.
"Where is she, then?" The always inquisitive Katie asked him.
"W..well, uhm, I..I think Ocean and Kai can answer that better." He was throwing us under the bus here.
"Ocean?" She was hyper focused on him now.
"Brittney was arrested." He was short and sweet but they weren't going to let it go so easily.
"No way? Why? What happened?"
"Hahh." He sighed and set his hamburger down. "Two weeks ago, the day that she 'left school' she came to the hospital and attacked me. She tried to kill me and was arrested. So, she's in jail. Apparently, she's already had her trial. There was enough evidence, and her lawyer wasn't interested in slowing things down. And I guess Brittney was confident that she was going to get off without being punished so she pushed to have the trial rushed too. Now she is serving her time."
"HOLY SHIT!" The three girls yelled the words to the room a little loudly.
"Are you serious? Damn, that is insane." Alexis shook her head. "I always knew she was crazy."
The rest of lunch passed by with them asking questions and Ocean and I dodging them as best as we could. Honestly, that was the most exciting part of the school day. And before long, it was time for practice again. That was when my poor Ocean went to the library again. He was going to study some more and finish his homework for the day while the rest of us were in practice.
I felt so bad for him having to sit out like that. And all throughout practice I was distracted again. It didn't affect me, but I knew that everyone could tell what was wrong with me. Mostly because when I was in the locker room, so many of the guys were consoling me.
"It's okay, Kai, he will be back to swimming soon."
"I know that you're going to help him, and we're all here for him."
"Chin up, man. Ocean will be back in the pool soon."
It honestly felt good that they were being so nice about it all. I knew that they were true friends of Ocean's, and even of me too. And none of them seemed to care that we were gay and dating. Thank God for that one.
After their consoling words, I ran back to get dressed, just like I did before. I wanted to go get my boyfriend from the library again.
"YOU CAN'T LEAVE WITHOUT US, YOU KNOW! THERE'S NO REASON TO RUSH!" Ryan called after me laughingly. I didn't care. I needed to be there for my poor Ocean. I needed to be there to let him know that all of our teammates were rooting for him. He needed to know that things were all going so well.
Also, I wanted to kiss him. I know that he would be embarrassed, but I still wanted to do it. It would be so erotic to kiss him in the library like one of those cheesy manga scenes. I definitely wanted to try it.
~~Makai~~Ocean may have appeared to be holding it together when he left the coach's office. He may have been smiling and laughing. But that was all just a faade. I could see the pain and the heartache in his eyes.He was hiding the way that he was truly feeling from everyone else, but he couldn't hide it from me. I knew him too well. And I was far too in tune with him for me not to notice it. So, when he waved bye to me and left the pool for the library, it nearly shattered my heart.The only thing that kept me from losing it altogether was the knowledge that he was being strong. I couldn't let this get to me if he was trying so hard not to let it get to him. He was my Ocean, he was my boyfriend, he was my fianc, and I needed to be there for him. However, at this point in time, I had a feeling that the only way for me to be there for him was to give him silent support.I also needed to get Ocean back in the water and back on the team. I knew that would make him feel better. And I also knew just how to get all of it done. Once practice was over, I would be calling a certain someone. Someone that I knew would want to help Ocean.I went back to my locker, changed, and put my stuff away. After that, I headed out with everyone else as they all started to do their stretches before practice. I was doing mine along with them, but I was also thinking about Ocean as I did it."RIVERS!" Coach called out to me. "Stop daydreaming and get in the damn pool. You're up.""Oh, yeah, sorry Coach." I jumped and rushed to stand in position. When the whistle sounded, I dove into the pool and swam a good run. It was on par with my usual time, and I beat my opponent so it was all good. I went back to stretch some more and think about what I was going to say to Dr. Malachi. He was the one that would sign off on Ocean being back in the water. He just needed to be updated on the circumstances.Following practice, I rushed into the locker room and got dressed as quickly as I could. I wanted to meet Ocean at the library before he headed to class. I wanted to walk with him and prove to him that I didn't care if we showed off our relationship.In the past, he wanted to hide everything because he thought that people would turn against us. However, that didn't happen. And maybe, just maybe, if we were more open about everything at school, he would be a little less tense about everything."Ocean?!" I called out to him just as he was leaving the library. I almost missed him. Had I not rushed the way that I had, I would have missed him altogether. "Makai? What are you doing here? Why didn't you head to class? This is so far out of the way." He looked at me like he was confused. And the first thing that I noticed about his expression was that he was feeling so down. He wasn't keeping the pain in as much as he had been before."I wanted to walk with you." I grabbed his hand then and pulled him close to me."Makai!" He tried to tug away from me while looking at the people that were around us. None of them were looking at us at all."It's fine, Ocean. They know we're dating. Trust me, after that kiss a couple weeks ago, they all know." I reminded him of when he kissed me in front of the whole school on the school steps."W..well, that was different. We don't need to do this." He tried to take his hand away from me."Yes, Ocean, we do." I pulled him closer. "I love you and I want them all to know it. We're a couple, so let's act like one.""W..well, I guess." He shrugged at me and looked around the hall. "B..but do you think that it is okay for us to do this?""Yes, I do." I pulled his hand to my lips and kissed his knuckles. "I really do, Ocean.""O..Okay." He nodded at me with his eyes opened wide. Though, he did stop pulling on his hand so that I could hold onto it. "Good. Now let's go before we're late." The smile on my face told him how happy that I was, yet he still looked miserable.My poor Ocean was so upset, and I didn't know how to stop this from happening. He just wanted to swim. It wasn't the first time this year that he was in this position, and it was truly upsetting. He was the only person on the team that has been put on medical restriction. And it's been twice now. That had to be eating away at him. It had to be so upsetting to him.I needed to get this taken care of. My poor Ocean didn't need to be ostracized like this. He needed to swim. That was what was going to make him happy. And I would always do whatever it took to make my man happy."Hey, Ocean, you're back!" Another student in our math class called out to us. His name was Quinton, and he was a senior like us."Hey Quin. Yeah, I'm back." Ocean smiled sheepishly at him. I think he was nervous because I was still holding his hand."I see you and Kai are being more open now. That is awesome. Seeing the two of you be so open that day in front of the school gave guys like me the courage to be open too. Me and my boyfriend came out to the whole school last week.""Really?" Ocean looked surprised, probably as surprised as I felt."Yeah. I wanted to thank you for being such an inspiration for the rest of us. If guys like the two of you, the most popular guys in the school, came out to everyone, then there was no reason for us to hide anymore. Thank you." Quinton ran back to his seat after that since the bell had just rung."See, Ocean? We're an inspiration." I whispered into his ear and then kissed his cheek before walking him to our seats at the back of the room.True to his word, there was a pop quiz right after Coach got to the classroom. He had warned Ocean so that he didn't fall behind, but we had studied this last night, so we were all good. I knew that the two of us were going to do well on it.The morning seemed to speed by. There was nothing truly major or important that happened. It was all just a normal school day. Even lunch didn't seem to be any different than normal. No one had a problem with me and Ocean being together or anything at all. It was like they didn't know or they didn't care.Well, there was one thing that was different. And that was brought up while we were all eating. "Man, it's good not to have to worry about Brittney causing problems. I am so glad that she left the school. She hadn't been back since that day." Katie's words reminded me about it. There was no Bitch here to disturb us."Oh, she didn't leave the school." Ryan contradicted her so much that it was like it just happened without thinking. I could even see the oops face that was forming on his face.Dammit! No one was supposed to know that Brittney was in 'jail'. Ben and Ryan knew about it because they were at the house with us, not to mention that my parents were part of the trial as witnesses. They didn't know that it was a sea folk courthouse or that there were absolutely no humans in it at all. They just thought that she was tried and found guilty of her crimes. And the only crime that they knew about was Brittney going to the hospital and attacking Ocean after she left school that day. They didn't know what else happened and they didn't need to know."What do you mean she didn't leave the school?" Katie asked him immediately."Did she turn invisible?" Alexis asked him."Did she shrink to the size of a borrow so she can live in the walls?" She looked at the other girls as they stared at her like she was being weird. "What? It was my favorite book in middle school." They laughed and looked back at Ryan."W..well, she didn't actually withdraw from the school. Sh..she's somewhere else." Ryan was getting nervous, and he very well should be."Where is she, then?" The always inquisitive Katie asked him."W..well, uhm, I..I think Ocean and Kai can answer that better." He was throwing us under the bus here."Ocean?" She was hyper focused on him now. "Brittney was arrested." He was short and sweet but they weren't going to let it go so easily."No way? Why? What happened?""Hahh." He sighed and set his hamburger down. "Two weeks ago, the day that she 'left school' she came to the hospital and attacked me. She tried to kill me and was arrested. So, she's in jail. Apparently, she's already had her trial. There was enough evidence, and her lawyer wasn't interested in slowing things down. And I guess Brittney was confident that she was going to get off without being punished so she pushed to have the trial rushed too. Now she is serving her time.""HOLY SHIT!" The three girls yelled the words to the room a little loudly. "Are you serious? Damn, that is insane." Alexis shook her head. "I always knew she was crazy."The rest of lunch passed by with them asking questions and Ocean and I dodging them as best as we could. Honestly, that was the most exciting part of the school day. And before long, it was time for practice again. That was when my poor Ocean went to the library again. He was going to study some more and finish his homework for the day while the rest of us were in practice.I felt so bad for him having to sit out like that. And all throughout practice I was distracted again. It didn't affect me, but I knew that everyone could tell what was wrong with me. Mostly because when I was in the locker room, so many of the guys were consoling me."It's okay, Kai, he will be back to swimming soon.""I know that you're going to help him, and we're all here for him.""Chin up, man. Ocean will be back in the pool soon."It honestly felt good that they were being so nice about it all. I knew that they were true friends of Ocean's, and even of me too. And none of them seemed to care that we were gay and dating. Thank God for that one.After their consoling words, I ran back to get dressed, just like I did before. I wanted to go get my boyfriend from the library again."YOU CAN'T LEAVE WITHOUT US, YOU KNOW! THERE'S NO REASON TO RUSH!" Ryan called after me laughingly. I didn't care. I needed to be there for my poor Ocean. I needed to be there to let him know that all of our teammates were rooting for him. He needed to know that things were all going so well.Also, I wanted to kiss him. I know that he would be embarrassed, but I still wanted to do it. It would be so erotic to kiss him in the library like one of those cheesy manga scenes. I definitely wanted to try it.
