He had been standing in front a house for almost thirty minutes. But still, the courage that he had been hoping to be inside him did not come. He sighed of dissapointment at his cowardness. His palm never stop sweating and his heart beats faster than usual. Why on the earth he had to feel nervous like this. Sho looked up on the house again and started to walk. When he reached the door of the house, hesitation came one more time. His knuckle turned white when he wanted to knock the door.Come on Sho. What makes you so scared. It just Maki’s parents, no one else.Muttered Sho. His hand shaken because of his nervousness. Aaahhhh..... he shouted in his heart as he unknuckled his hand . His body shivered at the thought of facing Maki’s father. The past came in front of his eyes when he was spending his time with Maki.

“My father?” asked Maki short when they had a dinner together at the restaurant. Sho just nodded his head while chewing on his meal. Maki smiled to him.

“Why do you want to know about him?” asked Maki, eyeing Sho suspiciouly. He gulped the food that he had nervously.

“It just...ummmmm......I wanted to know....aaa...the person who..who had a daughter like...like you.”  Sho stuttered as he said the it. Damn! She is getting on his nerves. Why she had to look at him that way. Maki laughed when seeing Sho squirming uncomfortably under her gaze. Even stuttering.

“ My father is a hardworking man.” Said Maki after some times. Her hand put the chopstick on her bowl. Her smile never leave her face as she told the story.

“Hardworking man?” Maki just nodded the Sho’s words.Then she continued.

“Well, he always busy with his work. But he never failed to bring all of us out during weekend. He is the man who priotize the work but at the same time able to divide his time wisely fo his family.” Added Maki. Sho noted something in his brain.

“ One thing that I really admire him is his principal.For him, it doesn’t mat