Part: 3/9
Day 2
(Sendoh)
I wish I had a watch, 'What time is it anyways? Note to self, got to buy a watch later.'
Kaede just turned around the corner and was walking over, I smiled, "Konnichiwa."
He grunted.
I didn't mind. I don't know why but I felt very tolerant towards him. Usually I wouldn't associate with people like him, but he seems different. Guess there is an exception to everything. Or it could just be the way we met, and his good looks didn't hurt. I continued cheerfully, "Let's go then."
"Where?" he asked.
"The mall!"
He looked at me like I had to be joking.
"What?" I asked.
"Baka," he stated.
"Akira, you got some horrific memory. I mean baka and Akira aren't even close."
He glared at me.
(Rukawa)
I looked at the growing mountain of food and it ranged from ramen, burgers, sushi, to half melted ice cream, cotton candy. And he was currently carrying back a coconut, some other stuff and a sugarcane?
'I'm not even going to ask.'
"Ooooh, they got almond cookies!"
"Eat what you have," I said sounding more annoyed than I intended.
He stared at me.
"…"
Then he smiled brightly, "You're right! I should eat this stuff first. Oh, the ice cream is half melted just the way I like."
Looking at him eat, I felt full.
He swallowed whatever it was he was eating and asked, "Aren't you going to eat more?"
"No."
"You only had a burger."
"I'm not finishing your food," I said.
"I was only going to eat a bite of everything anyways. Everything here tastes so good…"
"It tastes the same anywhere."
"Taste and texture differ wherever you're from."
"How could cotton candy taste different?" I challenged.
"Where I'm from…it kind of had the texture of a shoelace," he said.
"You chewed shoelace before?"
"Huh…what? Of course not! But you can tell just by feeling it."
I was surprised that I found his stuttering cute and amusing, "Uh-huh."
"It's true," he said and pointed at his shoes, "look, I don't even have laces. I wear Velcro."
I hadn't even notice that, but he did have on Velcro shoes. It was funny, especially seeing his proud look. He reminded me of a little 4 year old showing off his sneakers for the first time, "Probablyate the laces and was force to wear this by your mother."
(Sendoh)
I think he was kidding, I even believe I saw a hint of a smile but I couldn't be sure. So I had to ask, "You're kidding, right?"
He sighed, "Baka."
"Akira."
I took a bite out of the dumplings, 'Not bad. I love the mall. It's such a great, cheerful, and diverse place. They have something for everyone and people are so lively.'
Kaede was nodding off. I didn't quite get him, he seemed very complicated, but that made him all the more interesting.
"Let's go look at furniture after," I said.
Kaede, of course, looked at me like it was the world's worst idea ever. He's been giving me a lot of those looks today.
"What? I thought since you're tired and nodding off all the time, you can go sleep on their beds. But if you don't like it, we could do something else," I said, "if you don't snore the theatre is another wonderful place to sleep. Well, as long as you're not in to watch an action movie."
"No. The most wonderful place to sleep is my hotel bed."
'Is he implying he wants to go home? Am I that horrible a date? Or maybe he's trying to tell me he doesn't want to sleep…he's really hard to comprehend. I never met anyone like him,' I smiled.
(Rukawa)
'I hate the mall. It's loud, and crowded. Kids throwing tantrums, annoying sales people trying to get you to buy stuff, dumb-'
"Hey, isn't that dog cute?"
I looked at the display he was pointing at, "It's a huge furless rat."
Sendoh pouted, "Is not, it's a dog. Let go in and buy some birds, then we could set it free."
"It'll die if we did that…" I said, "it's never been taught to take care of itself."
He looked thoughtful and asked, "You ever wonder what dog food taste like?"
"No," I said, 'what kind of question is that?'
"What do you wonder about then?" he asked.
"Why you bear such a resemblance to that," I said pointing at a hedgehog.
"A baby porcupine!" he exclaimed excitedly.
"It's a hedgehog."
"Oh, so it is," he said and scratched his cheek thoughtfully, "do I really look like it? Actually now that I think of it…I do when I'm sleeping because I like to roll up in a fetal position too. How do you like to sleep?"
I can't believe I was caught off guard again, 'The types of questions he asks me are unprecedented.'
"Did you know how a person sleep is reflective of their personality?" Sendoh asked, "if you tell me how you sleep, I can assess you."
'Like I want to be assessed,' I began walking, "with my eyes closed."
"You can sleep with your eyes open?" he asked.
I decide to ignore that.
"Come on you can tell me."
"Alone."
"Well, I meant position. But you're only sleeping alone because you just got here, right? I mean it can't be that hard for you to find girlfriends are one night stands. Girls like the strong, silent type, ne?"
'Strong, silent type? Are guys suppose to use such descriptions?' I wondered.
"Something wrong?" he asked with a smile.
'He meant nothing by it. I got to stop pondering over the odd stuff this do'aho says.'
"Kaede?" he asked worriedly.
"Nothing's wrong."
"Where to next?" he asked.
"The exit."
"Why? There's nothing there, we can't buy anything, there's nothing to see. Lets got to the Glasshouse."
I didn't think he'd take the hint.
Later that Evening:
(Sendoh)
"So where are we going tomorrow?"
"We're not going anywhere."
"We got to or it won't be fair. I mean today I picked the place and you came with me. So tomorrow you pick a place and I'll accompany you."
"No need," he muttered.
"You got nowhere you need or want to be?"
"No."
Great! I can pick the place and you can accompany me."
"No," he said firmly.
I smiled, "Fine, you pick the place. See you tomorrow same time and place, kay?"
I didn't wait for an answer, "Great! See you."
I ran off before he could object. I know I shouldn't force him like so, but I had no other choice. Plus I really wanted to see him again. I liked the feeling I got when I was with him, 'Better go to the hotel and rest up. Don't want to look horrible tomorrow.'
TBC
