...That bad huh. [Wow she had a lot of work to do, then.]
Yeah. I didn't call them fans before either. I guess when you start winning tournaments you attract a lot of crowds...the good and the bad. I have to admit...all the attention did get to me. I wanted to be everyone's friend...I never had any as a child...to be surrounded by so many and be the popular girl at school...
[She shakes her head again, grinning. The memory isn't as painful telling her now.]
Fortunately, Minami grounded my feet down to the earth again and helped me realize that a hundred false friendships were not worth a single true friend. I purposefully lost a tournament that year to see what would happened. She was right; the minute I wasn't the best, they don't look at you the same. A guy I had liked just wasn't around anymore...
[Miki looked at Minako again before speaking.]
I won back all my titles a few months after, of course. The fans came back, but that's all they were to me then...fans.
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Yeah. I didn't call them fans before either. I guess when you start winning tournaments you attract a lot of crowds...the good and the bad. I have to admit...all the attention did get to me. I wanted to be everyone's friend...I never had any as a child...to be surrounded by so many and be the popular girl at school...
[She shakes her head again, grinning. The memory isn't as painful telling her now.]
Fortunately, Minami grounded my feet down to the earth again and helped me realize that a hundred false friendships were not worth a single true friend. I purposefully lost a tournament that year to see what would happened. She was right; the minute I wasn't the best, they don't look at you the same. A guy I had liked just wasn't around anymore...
[Miki looked at Minako again before speaking.]
I won back all my titles a few months after, of course. The fans came back, but that's all they were to me then...fans.