Sayomi's Jorunal, Sunday, April 12,
Yesterday was my date with Eiji. I'm so glad that Ryoma set it up. He showed me a bunch of places downtown. I knew I'd have fun with Eiji, but I didn't think anything too big was going to happen. But I was totally wrong.
First of all, we went to a little cafe. I thought it was going to just be a quiet lunch, but of course, Eiji is far from quiet. But with me being quiet, he asked me what was wrong like the sweet guy he is. So then I had to explain that I couldn't look at him or I'd blush. And when I told him it was because he's so cute, he told me he thought I was cute too! But as if that wasn't enough, he asked to kiss me!
The cafe was pretty eventful, but kissing Eiji was probably the least dramatic part of my day. When we left and he showed me more places, he showed me a local hair salon. I thought he was just going to get my hair done or something, but once again, I was totally wrong. What did I get done to my hair? I got a red streak in my hair! It's the same colour as Eiji's hair and he wanted me to get it so it could represent him. So now, I'm going to have a red streak in my hair, and he's going to wear a collar, just like I wear my ribbon.
I got a red streak in my hair, enough eventfulness for the day, right? Wrong! While we were waiting for the dye to set, he ran over to the newsstand and bought a tennis magazine for me to read. It was covering international events. There was an article that was reviewing the best junior tournaments of this decade. One of them was the finals of the girls division from a few years ago, the one that made me the junior female champion of North America. I would have hidden the page, but of couse, Eiji had been reading over my shoulder the whole time. So now...both Ryoma and Eiji know about it.
I know that Eiji is more of a doubles player, but I managed to get him to play singles with me. He told me that he doesn't like singles because it's too lonely for him, but he played with me anyways because he's such a sweet guy. I tried out my blind serve for the first time yesterday. I'd figured out how to do it, the probability of it working, and all that math, but I never got to try it out until yesterday, so it made me so nervous. But I decided I'd do it anyways because I knew Eiji woudn't laugh if it didn't work. But thankfully, it did work.
He told me that he saw me practicing a couple days before at the tennis courts. I remember Kome saying that he told Oishi about it. He said I was an amazing player and that he only knew one other person that plays the way I do. He's so amazed by me, he even calls me sama, even though he's two years older than me. I've asked him not to, but he still does sometimes. It's not that I don't like it, because it really flatters me, but it just feels really weird for a senpai to be calling me sama.
Eiji is one of the coolest people I've met in Japan. I've met tons of people at Seigaku, but none like him. He's cool, funny, sweet, friendly, everything you could want a person to be. And he comes from a pretty big family. During lunch, he told me that he lives with his mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, two older brothers, and two older sisters. And as if the amount of people isn't enough, there are pets too! His sister has a dog and his grandma has a parakeet. He must live in a pretty big house.
Friday was the day Ryoma and I played against Eiji and Oishi. Oishi suggested that the losers drink Inui juice. He told me that it would help improve my game. Even though Ryoma and I won, I still decided to try the Inui juice. After all, it would help me improve my game. After they drank it, Eiji and Oishi ran to the water fountains, coughing and gagging, but I can't understand why. Fuji seems to love it, and I don't think it's all that bad. I mean, it's not the most delicious thing I've had, but it isn't all that bad.
