Day 1

[americal_angel]

My plane landed five hours ago and I know I should be tired. It's strange, but I'm not. Maybe I'm just too excited. School was finished back in the States and they said that it would be better if I came out here to get used to the city and the school before classes started in the fall. I think I might start looking for a part-time job, maybe

Comments

[r_echizen1225]

Your Japanese is pretty good.

[americal_angel]

Thanks. It's taken a few years to get to where I am. I hope I don't mess up horribly.

[r_echizen1225]

Most people are understanding about that.

[americal_angel]

I really hope so. Your name sounds familiar. Can I assume that you were or are a tennis player?

[r_echizen1225]

You can assume that.

[americal_angel]

So then you were playing when I came over with the American team. You were also playing around the States. I highly doubt you remember me. Things are...different.

[r_echizen1225]

I was.

Different?

[americal_angel]

Different in the sense that I am a different person from who I was then. Name is still the same though.

[r_echizen1225]

...Okay. Then I'll call you the same thing.

[americal_angel]

To put it simply - the last time I was in Japan I was male. Now, I am female.

[r_echizen1225]

Oh. But that doesn't make you a different person.