Upside Down

Chapter Three: Dates and Discussions

September 16

I had a pretty bad day today. First, at the Go Institute, I was contending for the Ouza league, and just my luck- I played Kuwabara-kun first. I lost. That barmy old codger scares the heck out of me. I swear, his eyes are just eerily dislocated or something. He kept cackling about youngsters these days not have enough respect.

Er…I have respect…but it's still unnerving to play against someone like him.

After that, I went home to prepare for my dinner with Kyshima-san and drove over to her house.

Wow.

I have to say that she actually dressed herself up well. That was a bit of a compliment and admiration, but that doesn't mean that I like her or anything.

Her hair was held up with two glittering emerald colored pins in the oriental style, and she wore no makeup.

I know. What a shocker.

She was wearing a green one-shouldered top with the straps being this emerald green colored beaded strands. One of the strands came from the her right side, thus, giving this slanted top look. And on the right side (the strapless side) the bottom narrowed into a tip. Her dress was this silky green dress that reached to her ankles, where I could see that she was wearing open toed emerald green heels.

What? She looked really good, can't blame me for saying that.

At least I didn't look like a loser in my outfit or something. I on the other hand, was wearing a light green flannel with a deep bottle green dress suit and black dress pants.

I told her she looked beautiful, and she blushed. She also mentioned how we happened to match our clothing as well. "Great minds think alike", she said. God, I hope not. Having to think like she does would be just scary.

So we get into the car, and I drove us to Nuit Noire. I know, what irony. On the way there, we actually had a pleasant conversation. But once we got inside, she went into total business mode. She offered me a pretty good deal for the modeling job actually.

It was flexible in according to my Go schedule, plus as an "employee" as she put it, I was able to choose what clothes I wanted for free. I don't know about you, but free clothes in a store with good taste and style means one less hassle for me. So I accepted. She was practically glowing about that, and said that I should come over to her shop tomorrow to sign the agreement.

Oh, yeah. She also added that I must work for 3 months at the least before I could decide to quit. Whatever, it's not like I'm trying to make some extra money or something, but it can't all be bad…can't it?

September 17

I had no match today, so I went to the Rê ve instead. I signed the agreements and received a copy of them. Then, while I was driving, I decided to go to the Institute, remembering that Shindo had a game today, and see how he did. I wound up knocking into him, and he told me he won his match against Ogata-10-dan.

Ugh, another weirdo. So what if he's of the "middle-aged" region…that guy's also freaking scary. He's so unnerving. Rumor has it that he owns piranhas…yuck, why would anyone be interested in owning carnivorous fish is beyond me.

Anyways, Shindo invites me to go over to a café and play Go. We went inside, and we bumped into Touya. Shindo started slinking behind my tall figure, much to my annoyance.

Then I got an idea. A really evil idea.

I called over to Touya loudly, and he turned around in surprise, and waved for us to sit at his table. Hikaru shot me a really evil glare.

Hah! Served him right for teasing me about Kyshima-san. Payback! Score: Waya: 2, Shindo: 1

In addition, I challenged Touya to a game, stating that the loser has to pay for the winner's meal. Shindo loudly says that Touya doesn't play such games as those, and also saying that I'll lose. That annoyed me, so I grab his hand and protest about his lack of faith in my Go ability. Shindo pulls back from me as I grin.

Heh. He hates it when I act like that towards him. Another point for Waya!

Anyways, much to Shindo's surprise, Touya accepts. After 30 minutes, I realized that I was going to lose, and I resigned. Shindo pokes some more fun at me, and I retorted back about whether Fujisaki-san would forgive him. He replies that she already has.

What. Some guys just get all the luck. Freaking Shindo. Wish I had a girlfriend like that. Then again, I don't even have a girlfriend anyways. Sigh.

Ok, back to the subject. After we snapped Touya out of his daydream, the three of us headed to Shindo's for a Go discussion. The discussion was one of the scariest things I have ever faced. Shindo and Touya kept yelling at each other, while I stood there, hoping to be invisible until it blew over.

Then Fujisaki-san threw a ball at Shindo's wall to get his attention. Then Shindo got told by a girl. God bless her. She also told us to prevent Shindo from shouting again. After that, we finally got a decent discussion going.

A/N: Many thanks to the people who reviewed! School has just begun, but I've already had a plan laid out for this fanfic and for the original story, If I Win, so I'll try to update as soon as possible. And if you haven't read If I Win yet, then please read and review, it's also newly updated! Thanks again, and please review!