Time After Time 🌹 Daniel LaRusso [1]

Chapter 41: What the Hell, Daniel??

Idk why he reminds me of Shawn Mendes in this picture lol. ANYWAY... gotta spice it up a little so here's a bit of drama in this chapter 😳

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Terry and Daniel stretch while Rosalía stands nearby observing. She came with Daniel to the Cobra Kai dojo to spend some time with him before work... and she wanted to see how different Terry's teaching style is from Mr. Miyagi's. Daniel lays on his back with his right leg up as Terry grabs his ankle, pushing his leg down to stretch it. "The bruise on your foot is gone. That's good. You're a fast healer," Terry comments. He stretches the boy's leg one last time before letting go. "Alright, let's go," he orders, patting his leg and walking off. "Okay," Daniel mutters before rolling back over his right shoulder to get up.

"That's a nice little move. Mr. Miyagi teach you that?" Terry questions. "Oh. Uh, no. She did," he replies, pointing at his girlfriend behind him. Rosalía just smiles and nods while Terry gives her a small grin. "Ah. Are you a gymnast or something?" he asks, making her chuckle. "No, a dancer. He didn't land the way I taught him to but- whatever, it's fine," the girl responds, waving her hand in a dismissive manner. "That's very impressive," the man chuckles before switching his attention to Daniel. "What was the last thing Mr. Miyagi taught you?" he asks him, kicking his leg in the air. Rosalía watches, admiring how high he kicks. Damn, does he kick higher than me? She wonders. "Oh, we did kata," Daniel answers.

"Kata?"

"Yeah."

"Kata's good for working up a sweat. It's not gonna win the tournament," Terry states. Rosalía furrows her eyebrows at this, wondering why he's so quick to disregard kata. Why can't it win the tournament? She checks her watch and sees that it's time for her to leave. "Hey, uh, I have to go now if I wanna make it on time," she speaks up, catching her boyfriend's attention. He pauses his stretching and walks over to her. "Okay, I'll see you later," he tells her, pecking her lips. "Okay, bye. Bye, Mr. Silver," the girl voices, waving at the man as she begins to walk away. He returns the goodbye and Daniel calls out, "love you."

"Love you too," Rosalía replies, slightly turning her head as she makes her way to the door. She slows her pace as she rummages through her purse for her keys. Meanwhile, Terry leads Daniel to the punching bag. "Come on over here. Hold the bag. Rule Number Two of the 'Quick Silver Method," he announces. Hehe, Quicksilver, Rosalía thinks upon hearing this, instantly thinking of the comic book character. "A man can't breathe, he can't fight," the man continues. This makes the girl's head snap up and she stops in her tracks. She backs up a little bit to view the two men. Did I hear that right?

"Now imagine this is the enemy. These are his ribs, behind them his lungs," he explains before sending a powerful punch to the bag. The girl stares in disbelief for a second. Feeling eyes burning into the side of his head, Terry turns to see her standing there with a weird look on her face.  The two lock eyes and Rosalía shakes her head before finally exiting the dojo. She heads to her car and drives off, thinking about what she just heard. Terry continues his lesson with Daniel but can't get Rosalía's disapproving look out of his head. That girl might be a problem, he thinks.