Dreams Come True Ch. 7
By Ryu Dragon

On the next day, Sean told Ryu about his intention to join with Ryu to go to Hong Kong, Ryu is very glad to hear that. Then, after their practice finish, they go to a Chinese language course to enroll. They took a test to determine on which grade they are. Ryu passed to grade 2 from 10 grades, but Sean didn't, he has to start from grade 1. "How come your result is better than mine ?" - Sean.

"Hehehe, listening to ECC songs pays off a bit. And when I trained with Sensei Gouken, he also taught Ken and me some basic Chinese." - Ryu.

"Ooo, I see…" - Sean.

"Don't worry, I'll wait for you to finish, we'll go together, right ?" - Ryu, pat Sean shoulder.

So they learned together, work together, study together. And because they work together, their progress is very fast, so fast that actually the course should be for 4 - 5 years, they can finish in just 2 years. And of course, while they study, they also maintain their relationship with ECC girls, through mail, e-mail and telephone.

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In Hong Kong, about a week after come back from Singapore…

After the event in Singapore with Ryu, Chun Li is changed, usually she likes to go hang out with her friends at mall or shopping, now she likes to stay at home. She always thought about Ryu, when she sleeps, eats, study (she is 23 and is in college), everything, there is nothing that she does without thinking about Ryu.

One day, Eliza and Cammy came to her place. They want to talk to Chun Li about her strange behaviour, not that they don't know why, but they worried that she might gets sick from thinking too much about Ryu. They found Chun Li sits in the garden -her favorite place when she is in bad mood- looking at the fishpond.

"Hi Chun Li, how are you ?" - Eliza and Cammy.

"Oh, you two, hi." - Chun Li.

"What are you doing here ?" - Cammy.

"Like you don't know why I'm here." - Chun Li.

"Hmm… let me guess, thinking about new song ?" - Cammy, teasing Chun Li.

Eliza elbows Cammy on the ribs. "Look, Chun Li, we know why you're like this, but you can't go on like this. I know you're sad that you and Ryu can't become an item. But you have life to go on, you can't just torture yourself like this. What happened between you and Ryu is already past. You have to look at the future, maybe if you two are destined to be together, then you'll find him again someday. Chun Li, you have to be strong."

"I know, Eliza, I know… but I..." Chun Li cries, she puts her face on her hands.

Cammy quickly hugs Chun Li to comfort her. "Shh, don't cry Chun Li, its okay, don't cry." She continues "Have you received any letter or news about him ?"

"No, not yet. I gave him my mail and email address though. Maybe I just wait for a while and see if he still want to maintain our relation." - Chun Li.

"Well, that's better. Say, what about Vega ? He's not bad you know. And you two have been dating each other for a while." - Cammy.

*Sigh* "He is handsome, I know that, but if compared to Ryu, I feel more comfortable with Ryu. Vega is too self centered I guess. He seems only care about himself." - Chun Li.

"Well, its your choice. Now, seeing that you're ok again, how 'bout if we go to mall, there is a new shop that I want to raid." - Cammy winks at Chun Li.

"Alright, let me change first." - Chun Li.

One night, about a week after the conversation, Chun Li is thinking about her relation with Ryu. *He could at least send me a letter or email to me, explain what he feels, what he wants. Heck, right now, he is probably already forget about me, or worse, dating a girl. Why do I have to torture myself like this, idiot… But he is so hard to forget, I can't get him out of my mind. Aaagh !!! Why am I becoming like this ?* She closes her eyes, try to hold her tears. *Stupid and silly question, the answer is so obvious, I fall in love with him… But I only know him for 2 or 3 days, how can I fall in love with a man whom I barely know… I'll go bonkers if I stay like this. Maybe I better forget about him, there are lots of guys in the world.* With the thought of that she gets up from her bed and turn on her computer to go online. When she checks her email, her eyes goes down looking for new emails, her eyes stumble on a name that she missed so much, Ryu Hoshi…