𝗜𝗡 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛! ✧ ｡⁺ ˚࿐
cherry garcia meets her only worthy competitor and he doesn't take her seriously.
❝𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗧 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗔𝗧 𝗠𝗘?❞
❝𝗬𝗢𝗨'𝗥𝗘 𝗔 𝗪𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘.❞
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CHERRY BRUSHED A STRAND OF HER HAIR BACK!
She swung at the punching bag again. Her father, Alexander, stood a foot away, watching her. The male captain, Carlos Gutierrez, stood at his side, waiting for his turn.
"Higher." Her dad instructed the punch. "Harder."
"Am I fighting or are you?" Cherry snapped, turning to face him.
Sore spot. Her father let his expression drop for only a second, before hardening it again to show nothing, like usual.
Truth was, Cherry was overworked. Her dad was putting everything into revising every sort of combat she'd mastered. Why wasn't it good enough?
Entry into the world's biggest karate tournament wasn't enough to make him see his daughter as having done enough.
"You're not taking this seriously. You never do." Her father scolded. "We are representing the entire country of Mexico in a tournament, in case you forgot. You've had it hard enough, haven't you?"
Cherry's hand balled into a fist, the glove moving with it. Her father noticed this and continued to prod at her. "Don't forget this is a group effort. You are only as good as your weakest link. And that's you." He said, leaving the dojo without another word.
No matter what she did, she wasn't taken seriously in her sport. Every one of her opponents underestimated her until she stood over them, her arm held up triumphantly by a ref.
She used the doubt to her benefit, but she could only take so much disbelief. It felt shitty.
She didn't have anything but karate. Not two solid parents, not real friends, nothing. All she had was a sport she despised.
After an entire day of training, the punching bag was knocked off its stand with one swift kick from Cherry.
"Take it easy." Carlos advised. "He's just angry."
"Whatever." Cherry said, tossing her gloves aside and shoving the door open like her father had.
"I see where you get it from!"
"Fuck you!"
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