"What am I doing here,anyway?",I asked Zaizen. That was the main purpose of coming here,right? I mean why would I be here just to see him humiliated by his mother. But then again,it is worth the trouble.

"I brought you here to hand some stuff to you.",He went to the shelf again and took some books or rather magazines and handed it to me.
He then continued,"This are some of the guides to help you master your basics in tennis. Read it when you are free. Then again I will help you if you don't know some parts."
"Ermm,thanks?",I gasped.
I had no idea he would lend me such stuff. Wait a minute,is he that kind of guy to have guidebooks to refer to? I thought he was a genius at this stuff?

Then the door opened. It was Zaizen's mother. She was holding a tray with glasses of water on it. She entered the room,smiling,and placed a glass on Zaizen's desk and hands me a glass to drink. She then spoke,"Akiyama,would you like to stay for dinner? It's getting pretty late and it's dangerous for a girl to walk by home like that. After dinner,Hikaru would bring you home."

"Great,dinner...You have taken a liking for her huh....",mumbled Zaizen.
"Do you have a problem young man? You rarely or rather never bring your friends home before. So what I can do is to offer dinner to your friends that rarely comes. I don't even know when you are going to bring another home.",replied his mother as she heard his mumbling.

"I need to call my father first.",then I dial my father's number and told him the whole story. It was actually a good excuse because I haven't got the money to buy the chopping board which I broke. My father agreed to the offer that the Zaizens have given me mainly because he was working overtime and he was afraid of me cooking myself.

And here begins my experience with the entire Zaizen's household for the first time. Let me tell you this,these people are a bunch of lively people and unlike my family. Zaizen's father and brother came back shortly after I called my father. I was introduced to them and Zaizen seem to be pissed. Probably because of his brother's look on his face when I was introduced as Zaizen's friend.

Dinner was a spread. Either they made it especially for me or they always have this every night. I mean there are tons of dishes but then again Zaizen's sister-in-law is pregnant so I guess she ate,a lot. They were very sociable people but to me,Zaizen just sat down there eating quietly. Zaizen is really not the kind of person to chat all day long after all.

After dinner,it was time for me to go back home. I really didn't want to leave but then again it's not my home,it's Zaizen. It was the family I dreamed of in my dreams,a family sticks together,not separated far apart. Zaizen then brought me home immediately as though he didn't want me to hang around anymore.

Throughout the way back home,he was quiet and walking so quickly that I couldn't keep up. My father was waiting at the gates by the time I arrived home. I said my goodbye and entered my home with my father as Zaizen walked back home.

It has been a week since then. I did read the guidebooks Zaizen have given me during my free time and practice them. Zaizen also helped me practice those moves that I was not sure after school. Basically,I was never that in to tennis before. But I really hoped that I could quickly transfer out of here and forget everything.

Thankfully,it was sunday. That means no school and free time for me. My father on the other hand was at home. He didn't realised that I had used the money to buy a racket that I have hidden at....Zaizen's place. It seem to be the best place since my father often scope around my room for things which I don't guidebooks was asumed as a research for the school's paper.

My father also started bugging me about Zaizen since he escort me back home. He also asume that I had started to have actual friends or 'dating' as he call it. It was really bothering me since I don't like people asuming I was Zaizen's girlfriend. To make things worst,Zaizen's family called over and invited us for dinner as a welcoming to the neighbourhood. I had enough of seeing Zaizen for 7 days in a week.

My father accepted the offer and off we went to Zaizen's home,again. When we arrived I immediately dragged Zaizen to his room.I had planned everything that I wanted to do when I come here. I begin questioning him what was going on. He actually was willing to answer my question. He had no plans of this and his brother forced him to tell all he know about me that night I went to his place and that's how they knew we were new in town.

That is when laughter was heard and there at the door stood our parents. They were laughing at how well we get 's brother on the other hand was smirking was pissed off and went attacking his brother. He must have resisted that night when his brother smirked at him. And it was my turn to laugh at them.

Everything was so lively,and my father never seem so happy before. It was the first time in a long time that he smiled like that.I felt so happy,as though we never found happiness before. But eventually we are going to leave this place again. Will we ever find happiness in the other place?Only time will tell...