Shocked by what Zaizen said I immediately reply," A what?!But I am not a tennis...".
But I could continue,he place his finger near my lips and continued,"I know so that's why we need to brush you up and get you a better racket. Besides,you can't use the school's one to the tournament,right?".
I have nothing to say,I guess it wouldn't hurt but he is going to regret having me for a parther sooner or later. But the money,how am I going to tell my father? A thief stole my money and took off? I would be in trouble if he knew.
Zaizen then suggested that I go to his house. I was not prepare for that either. I was wondering if he had indeed planned this as we walked to his house.
As I arrived,I was amazed that he was living in such a pleasant place. I thought it was an apartment or something but turns out is was really a house on a piece of land like mine. In front of the yard was a young lady in her 20s sweeping the floor. As I approached closer,the lady was actually pregnant. I could see the small bump on her tummy and most likely was 3 months or so.
The lady noticed our presence and was suprised to see me. She greeted us and invited us to come inside the house. I was by then wondering who that lady was to Zaizen. Was she his mother but impossible,what about his sister? My thoughts sure wonder off aimlessly.
The lady then spoke again,"Take a seat,erm..."
I knew what she meant so I replied,"It's Yuki Akiyama. You can call me Yuki. It's sounds better this way."
"Oh,then take a sit."she continued.
Zaizen already went up stairs,probably to his room as the lady continued,"I am Hikaru's sister-in-law. It's a pleasure to meet you. I am rather suprised that a kid like him will bring home a friend and not just any friend... Either way,let me get you some tea.",And she left the room.
Another much older lady appeared as Zaizen's sister-in-law left the room. She was in her 40s or 50s and she was as suprised as the other lady as well. At the same time,Zaizen came down the stairs and greeted the lady as his mother. So that's his mother. His mother then spoke to me,"Hi,you must be one of Hikaru's friends. It's a pleasure to meet you. Hikaru rarely bring friends over,as the matter in fact,you are the first."
Puzzled,I looked at Zaizen. He shrugged and said,"That's because she is interesting than other people."
"That's not the way to speak about your friend like that!", Zaizen's mother scolded him while pulling his ear. I was most bursting into tears through laughter. It was seriously the most funniest thing I seen for a long time. I never expected to see Zaizen's reaction like that,in the state of torture. I guess even a guy like him has fears,for his case,his mother.
"Now,apologise to the young lady before I ask your sister-in-law to delete the stuff in your computer and CDs!",she continued scolding him.
"Fine,fine,I am sorry Akiyama!", he apologised while his ear was hurted from his mother's pulling.
"I hope you are sincerce. Anyway sweetie,I am sorry you have to see this,he is kind of hard to control.",Zaizen's mother apologise and bowed.
I immediately helped her up and replied to her ,"It's okay!I know how you feel."
Zaizen then dragged me away to his was rather rude for him to do that but I guess it is pretty embrassing for him to face that situation again. As I entered Zaizen's room,it was actually not what I expected. It was neat and rather simple-looking,like an average room. There was no posters but instead there stood a shelf with a section of CDs. I was attracted to that bunch of CDs and as I took a closer look,it was all computer CDs. That's when I thought he might be a gamer.
However,Zaizen dragged me away again and took one of the CDs. He then played it on his computer. I couldn't believe my ears as I heard music coming out of it! He then looked at me and gave me a "Seen that?That's what it is." look .I then asked him what was that and he told me it's his composition of music he made on the computer. It was actually pretty good but then I realised my main objective.
"Zaizen,why am I in your house anyway?"I asked him.